State Environmental Planning Policy (Housing) 2021
55Development carried out for secondary dwellings and principal dwellings at same time
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55 Development carried out for secondary dwellings and principal dwellings at same time
55 Development carried out for secondary dwellings and principal dwellings at same time
(1) Development for the purposes of a secondary dwelling and the erection of, or alterations or additions to, a principal dwelling may be carried out as a single complying development if—
(a) the development for the secondary dwelling will be carried out at the same time as the development for the principal dwelling, and
(b) the erection of the secondary dwelling is complying development under this Division, and
(c) the development for the purposes of the principal dwelling is complying development under the Codes SEPP.
(2) In determining whether development for the purposes of a principal dwelling is complying development, the principal dwelling is taken to be a building containing only 1 dwelling, whether or not the secondary dwelling is located within or attached to it.