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7. Specific Controls for Residential Development

Table of Contents

7.1

7.2

Home Activities ...............................................................................................4

Single Dwelling Houses ..................................................................................5

7.2.1

General Information ............................................................................................................... 5

7.2.1.1

7.2.1.2

7.2.1.3

7.2.1.4

7.2.1.5

7.2.1.6

7.2.2

Design in Context .................................................................................................................. 7

7.2.2.1

7.2.2.2

7.2.2.3

7.2.3

7.3

Maximum Floor Area .......................................................................................................10

Landscaping and Open Space Areas ..............................................................................11

Building Height ................................................................................................................15

Setback Controls .............................................................................................................16

Basements and Attics ......................................................................................................21

Balconies & Terraces ......................................................................................................23

Facade Articulation ..........................................................................................................24

Car Parking and Vehicular Access ..................................................................................25

Visual and Acoustic Privacy ............................................................................................26

Solar Design and Energy Efficiency ................................................................................28

Heritage ...........................................................................................................................29

Stormwater ......................................................................................................................30

Contaminated Lands .......................................................................................................30

Development on Land Identified on the Acid Sulphate Soils Planning Map ....................30

Advisory Note: Accessibility and Adaptable Housing ......................................................30

Alterations and Additions to a Single Dwelling House ......................................................... 31

Ancillary Structures and Outbuildings .................................................................................. 34

7.2.5.1

7.2.5.2

7.2.6

Good Site Analysis and Planning ......................................................................................7

Streetscape Character .......................................................................................................8

Foreshore Scenic Protection Area .....................................................................................9

General Controls for Single Dwelling Houses ...................................................................... 10

7.2.3.1

7.2.3.2

7.2.3.3

7.2.3.4

7.2.3.5

7.2.3.6

7.2.3.7

7.2.3.8

7.2.3.9

7.2.3.10

7.2.3.11

7.2.3.12

7.2.3.13

7.2.3.14

7.2.3.15

7.2.4

7.2.5

About The Section .............................................................................................................5

Land to Which This Section Applies ..................................................................................5

Aims of This Section ..........................................................................................................5

Relationship with Other Plans and Sections in this DCP ...................................................6

How To Use This Section ..................................................................................................6

Explanatory Notes .............................................................................................................6

Ancillary Structures ..........................................................................................................34

Outbuildings .....................................................................................................................36

Summary of Key Controls .................................................................................................... 37

Housing for Seniors or People with a Disability ......................................... 40

7.3.1

General Information ............................................................................................................. 40

7.3.1.1

7.3.1.2

7.3.1.3

7.3.2

Development Controls ......................................................................................................... 41

7.3.2.1

7.3.2.2

7.3.2.3

7.3.3

Locational Criteria ............................................................................................................41

Site Requirements ...........................................................................................................41

Location of Facilities, Services and Transport .................................................................42

Building Form and Development Design ............................................................................. 43

7.3.3.1

7.3.3.2

7.3.3.3

7.3.3.4

7.3.3.5

7.3.3.6

7.3.4

7.3.5

7.3.6

Land to which this Chapter applies ..................................................................................40

Relationship to other plans ..............................................................................................40

Aims .................................................................................................................................41

Density .............................................................................................................................43

Height ..............................................................................................................................43

Setbacks ..........................................................................................................................43

Relationships to Adjoining Properties ..............................................................................44

Signage ...........................................................................................................................44

Letterboxes ......................................................................................................................44

Solar Design and Energy Efficiency .................................................................................... 45

Vehicular Access and Car Parking ...................................................................................... 46

Access ................................................................................................................................. 48

7.3.6.1

DCP No. 2 Hurstville City Centre

General ............................................................................................................................48

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7.3.6.2

7.3.6.3

7.3.7

Landscaping and Private Open Space ................................................................................ 50

7.3.7.1

7.3.7.2

7.3.8

7.3.9

External Access Standard ...............................................................................................48

Access for Seniors or People with a Disability.................................................................49

Landscaping and Private Open Space ............................................................................50

Tree Preservation and Planting .......................................................................................51

Drainage and Stormwater .................................................................................................... 51

Streetscape and Building Design......................................................................................... 52

7.3.9.1

7.3.9.2

7.3.9.3

7.3.9.4

7.3.9.5

Streetscape .....................................................................................................................52

Materials and Finishes .....................................................................................................52

Entry and Security ...........................................................................................................52

Outdoor Spaces ...............................................................................................................53

Balconies .........................................................................................................................53

7.3.10 Internal Building Design ....................................................................................................... 54

7.3.10.1

7.3.10.2

7.3.10.3

7.3.10.4

7.3.10.5

7.3.10.6

7.3.10.7

Indoor Spaces ................................................................................................................54

Laundry ...........................................................................................................................55

Storage ...........................................................................................................................55

Ancillary Items ................................................................................................................55

Kitchen ............................................................................................................................55

Toilet ...............................................................................................................................56

Bathroom ........................................................................................................................57

7.3.11 Visual Privacy and Acoustic Amenity................................................................................... 57

7.3.11.1

7.3.11.2

7.3.11.3

7.4

Multiple Dwellings & Residential Flat Buildings ......................................... 61

7.4.1

Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 62

7.4.1.1

7.4.1.2

7.4.1.3

7.4.1.4

7.4.2

7.4.3

Site Planning ...................................................................................................................66

Streetscape .....................................................................................................................70

Building Form and Style ..................................................................................................70

Building Setbacks ............................................................................................................73

Car Parking and Access ..................................................................................................74

Privacy .............................................................................................................................76

Solar Design and Energy Efficiency ................................................................................77

Fences at the Front Boundary .........................................................................................79

Landscape .......................................................................................................................80

Site Services ...................................................................................................................82

Specific Development Controls............................................................................................ 84

7.4.3.1

7.4.3.2

7.4.3.3

7.4.3.4

7.4.4

How to Use Section .........................................................................................................62

Purposes of This Section .................................................................................................62

Metropolitan Location ......................................................................................................63

A Brief Historical Perspective ..........................................................................................64

General Development Controls ........................................................................................... 66

7.4.2.1

7.4.2.2

7.4.2.3

7.4.2.4

7.4.2.5

7.4.2.6

7.4.2.7

7.4.2.8

7.4.2.9

7.4.2.10

7.5

7.6

Visual Privacy .................................................................................................................58

Acoustic Amenity ...........................................................................................................58

Fencing ............................................................................................................................59

DEVELOPMENT AREA A ...............................................................................................90

DEVELOPMENT AREA B ...............................................................................................93

DEVELOPMENT AREA C ...............................................................................................97

DEVELOPMENT AREA D .............................................................................................104

Site Specific Building Envelopes ....................................................................................... 108

Balcony Enclosures in Residential Flat Buildings ................................... 109

Outbuildings ................................................................................................ 110

7.6.1

General Information ........................................................................................................... 110

7.6.1.1

7.6.1.2

7.6.2

Purpose .........................................................................................................................110

Aims and Objectives of Section .....................................................................................110

General Controls for Outbuildings ..................................................................................... 110

7.6.2.1

7.6.2.2

7.6.2.3

7.6.2.4

DCP No. 2 Hurstville City Centre

Size ................................................................................................................................111

Landscaping ..................................................................................................................111

External Finishes ...........................................................................................................111

Height ............................................................................................................................111

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7.6.2.5

7.6.2.6

Driveway Gradients/Levels & Car Parking ....................................................................111

Stormwater ....................................................................................................................112

7.6.3 Specific Controls for Outbuildings ........................................................................................... 112

7.6.3.1

7.6.3.2

7.6.3.3

7.6.3.4

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Garages, Gyms, Cabanas and Sheds ...........................................................................112

Carports and Awnings ...................................................................................................112

Pergolas and Sunblinds .................................................................................................113

Terraces, Landings, Steps and Ramps .........................................................................113

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7.1 Home Activities

7.1 Home Activities

Certain home activities are exempt from requiring development consent (refer to Section 2 ¨C Exempt

& Complying Development).

Please refer to Councils Home Activities Policy (Appendix 3).

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7.2 Single Dwelling Houses

7.2 Single Dwelling Houses

7.2.1 General Information

Clause 1.15 Savings and Transitional Provision applies to this Section. The amendments to this

Section adopted as part of Amendment No.3 to this DCP, only apply to development applications

lodged on or after 22 March 2010.

7.2.1.1

About The Section

This section contains controls for the planning and design of single dwelling houses within the City of

Hurstville (excluding Small Lot Housing). This includes the construction of new dwellings as well as

alterations and additions to existing dwellings and ancillary structures to dwellings.

Council¡¯s requirements for the submission of development applications including checklists can be

found on Council¡¯s website hurstville..au.

7.2.1.2

Land to Which This Section Applies

This section applies to all single dwelling houses in the Hurstville Local Government Area.

7.2.1.3

Aims of This Section

The aims of the Single Dwelling House Controls are to:

Context and compatibility


Provide detailed development controls for low density housing,




Ensure that new development and /or additions and alterations to existing development respond

to their context,




Ensure development that is compatible with the existing character, and




Ensure that development makes a positive contribution to the streetscape and when viewed from

other open spaces and waterways.

Urban Design and Neighbourhood Amenity


Promote high design standards which also respect the character of existing neighbourhoods and

minimise loss of amenity to adjacent residents,




Limit the overall bulk and scale of dwellings, and




Enhance the quality and safety of the physical environment of properties.

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