State Environmental Planning Policy (Housing) 2021
179Non-discretionary development standards—residential flat buildings and shop top housing in Zone R1 or R2
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179 Non-discretionary development standards—residential flat buildings and shop top housing in Zone R1 or R2
179 Non-discretionary development standards—residential flat buildings and shop top housing in Zone R1 or R2
(1) This section applies to development for the purposes of residential flat buildings or shop top housing on land in a low and mid rise housing area in Zone R1 General Residential or R2 Low Density Residential.
(2) The following non-discretionary development standards apply—
(a) a minimum lot size of 500m2,
(b) a minimum lot width at the front building line of 12m,
(c) if no environmental planning instrument or development control plan that applies to the land specifies a maximum number of car parking spaces per dwelling—a minimum of 0.5 car parking spaces per dwelling,
(d) a maximum floor space ratio of 0.8:1,
(e) a maximum building height of 9.5m.
s 179: Ins 2025 (81), Sch 1[3].