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Current version for 8 February 2019 to date (accessed 24 April 2019 at 18:19)
This Policy is State Environmental Planning Policy (Exempt and Complying Development Codes) 2008.
This Policy commences on 27 February 2009.
This Policy aims to provide streamlined assessment processes for development that complies with specified development standards by:
(b) identifying, in the exempt development codes, types of development that are of minimal environmental impact that may be carried out without the need for development consent, and
(c) identifying, in the complying development codes, types of complying development that may be carried out in accordance with a complying development certificate as defined in the Act, and
(d) enabling the progressive extension of the types of development in this Policy, and
(e) providing transitional arrangements for the introduction of the State-wide codes, including the amendment of other environmental planning instruments.
(1) This Policy applies to the State, except as provided by this clause.
(2) This Policy does not apply to land:
(a) to which State Environmental Planning Policy (Kosciuszko National Park—Alpine Resorts) 2007 applies, and
(b) to which State Environmental Planning Policy (Western Sydney Parklands) 2009 applies, and
(c) that is less than 18 kilometres from the Siding Spring Observatory, except as provided by clause 1.16A.
This Policy does not apply to development to which Part 3 of State Environmental Planning Policy (Affordable Rental Housing) 2009 applies.
Acid Sulfate Soils Map means a map in an environmental planning instrument that identifies land containing acid sulfate soil.
Advertising and Signage Exempt Development Code means the code for exempt development set out in Division 2 of Part 2.
alternative solution means a building solution which complies with the performance requirements other than by reason of satisfying the deemed-to-satisfy provisions (where each of those terms is also defined in that document).
ancillary development, in Parts 1, 2, 3A and 4, means any of the following that are not exempt development under this Policy:
(a) access ramp,
(c) balcony, deck, patio, pergola, terrace or verandah that is attached to a dwelling house,
(d) basement,
(e) carport that is attached to a dwelling house,
(f) detached studio,
(g) driveway, hard stand space, pathway or paving,
(h) fence or screen,
(i) garage that is attached to a dwelling house,
(j) outbuilding,
(k) rainwater tank that is attached to a dwelling house,
(l) retaining wall,
(m) swimming pool or spa pool and child-resistant barrier.
ancillary development, in Parts 5 and 5A, means any of the following that are not exempt development under this Policy:
(c) carport,
(d) driveway, hard stand space, pathway or paving,
(e) earthworks, retaining wall and structural support,
(g) garbage bin store enclosure,
(h) landscaping,
(i) loading dock,
(j) pergola,
(k) rainwater tank (above ground),
(l) rainwater tank (below ground),
(m) roller shutter door,
(n) shed,
(o) storage enclosure.
ANEF contour, for an airport, means a noise exposure contour shown as an ANEF contour on any Noise Exposure Forecast Contour Map for that airport prepared by the Department of the Commonwealth responsible for airports.
articulation zone means an area of a lot forward of the building line within which building elements are permitted to be located, being an area measured from:
(a) one side boundary of the lot to the opposite side boundary of the lot, or
(b) if the lot is a corner lot—the secondary road boundary of the lot to the boundary opposite the secondary road boundary.
attached, in relation to a building or structure that is complying development, means not more than 900mm from another building or structure.
attached development means any of the following, if it is situated not more than 900mm from a building that is residential accommodation to which it relates and is not exempt development for the purposes of this Policy:
(c) balcony, deck, patio, pergola, terrace or verandah,
(e) cabana, cubby house, fernery, garden shed, gazebo or greenhouse,
(f) carport,
(g) driveway,
(h) garage or hard stand space,
(i) pathway or paving,
(j) rainwater tank,
(k) retaining wall,
(l) shed.
boundary wall means a wall that has a setback of 150mm or less from the side or rear boundary of a lot.
building element has the meaning set out in the code in which it is used.
building line means the line of the existing or proposed external wall of a building (other than any ancillary development, attached development or detached development) closest to the property boundary adjacent to:
(a) the primary road of the lot, or
(b) in the case of a battle-axe lot, the rear boundary of the dwelling house on the lot in front of the battle-axe lot, or
(c) any other stated boundary of the lot.
bush fire attack level-40 (BAL-40) has the same meaning as it has in AS 3959—2009, Construction of buildings in bushfire-prone areas.
carport means a roofed structure for the shelter of motor vehicles that has 2 or more sides open and not less than one-third of its perimeter open.
class, in relation to a building or part of a building, has the same meaning as in the Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000.
collection point has the same meaning as in Part 5 of the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2001.
Commercial and Industrial Alterations Code means the code for complying development set out in Part 5.
Commercial and Industrial (New Buildings and Additions) Code means the code for complying development set out in Part 5A.
common wall means a wall shared between 2 properties.
community consultation means:
(a) consultation with the community under clause 4 of Schedule 1 to the Act, or
(b) public exhibition under section 66 of the Act, as in force on 30 June 2009.
community event means a function or event open to the public or a section of the public that is a ceremony, cultural celebration, exhibition, fete, fair, gathering, market or sporting event.
complying development code means any of the following codes:
(a) the Housing Code,
(b) the Rural Housing Code,
(b1) Low Rise Medium Density Housing Code,
(b2) the Greenfield Housing Code,
(c) the Housing Alterations Code,
(d) the General Development Code,
(e) the Commercial and Industrial Alterations Code,
(e1) the Commercial and Industrial (New Buildings and Additions) Code,
(e2) the Container Recycling Facilities Code,
(f) the Subdivisions Code,
(g) the Demolition Code,
(h) the Fire Safety Code,
(i) the Inland Code.
container deposit scheme means the container deposit scheme established by Part 5 of the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2001.
Container Recycling Facilities Code means the code for complying development set out in Part 5B.
container recycling facility—see clause 5B.1.
corner lot means a lot that has 2 contiguous boundaries with a road or roads (other than a lane) that intersect at an angle of 135 degrees or less (whether or not the lot has any other boundaries with a road).
council means the council of a local government area and, in relation to a particular development, means the council of the local government area in which the development will be carried out.
Demolition Code means the code for complying development set out in Part 7.
detached, in relation to a building or structure that is complying development, means more than 900mm from another building or structure.
detached development means any of the following, if it is situated more than 900mm from a building that is residential accommodation to which it relates and is not exempt development under this Policy:
(c) deck, patio, pergola, terrace or verandah,
(d) cabana, cubby house, fernery, garden shed, gazebo or greenhouse,
(e) carport,
(g) driveway, hard stand space,
(j) rainwater tank (above ground),
(l) screen,
(m) shade structure,
and any fence, swimming pool or spa pool and child-resistant barrier that is not exempt development under this Policy.
detached studio means a habitable building that is used for purposes ancillary to a dwelling house such as a home office, entertainment area, art studio or guest room and:
(a) is established in conjunction with a dwelling house, and
(b) is on the same lot of land as the dwelling house, and
(c) is separate from the dwelling house, and
(d) is not used as a separate dwelling house, and
(e) does not contain any cooking facilities.
development consent includes an approval under Part 3A of the Act (before its repeal), and an approval under Division 5.2 of the Act.
dilapidation report means a report, prepared by a professional engineer, confirming the structural condition of the adjoining wall before any development commences.
draft heritage conservation area means an area of land identified as a heritage conservation area or place of Aboriginal heritage significance in a local environmental plan that has been subject to community consultation, other than an area that was consulted on before 1 March 2006, but has not been included in a plan before 27 February 2009.
draft heritage item means a building, work, archeological site, tree, place or aboriginal object identified as a heritage item in a local environmental plan that has been subject to community consultation, other than an item that was consulted on before 1 March 2006, but has not been included in a plan before 27 February 2009.
dwelling house means a building containing one dwelling, an attached dwelling or a semi-detached dwelling, but does not include any part of the building that is ancillary development, attached development, detached development or exempt development under this Policy.
(b) a coastal lake identified in Schedule 1 to State Environmental Planning Policy (Coastal Management) 2018,
(c) land identified as “coastal wetlands” or “littoral rainforest” on the Coastal Wetlands and Littoral Rainforests Area Map (within the meaning of State Environmental Planning Policy (Coastal Management) 2018),
(f) land within 100m of land to which paragraph (c), (d) or (e) applies,
(h) land reserved under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 or land to which Part 11 of that Act applies,
(j) land identified as being critical habitat under the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 or Part 7A of the Fisheries Management Act 1994.
exempt development code means any of the following codes:
(a) the General Exempt Development Code,
(b) the Advertising and Signage Exempt Development Code,
(c) the Temporary Uses and Structures Exempt Development Code.
external combustible cladding has the same meaning as in the Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000.
Fire Safety Code means the code for complying development set out in Part 8.
flame zone (BAL-FZ) has the same meaning as it has in AS 3959—2009, Construction of buildings in bushfire-prone areas.
flood control lot means a lot to which flood related development controls apply in respect of development for the purposes of industrial buildings, commercial premises, dwelling houses, dual occupancies, multi dwelling housing or residential flat buildings (other than development for the purposes of group homes or seniors housing).
This information is a prescribed matter for the purpose of a certificate under section 10.7 (2) of the Act.
floor area, for a balcony, deck, patio, pergola, terrace or verandah referred to in Part 3, 3A, 3B, 3C or 4, means the area of the balcony, deck, patio, pergola, terrace or verandah, measured at the floor level, within the outer face of:
(a) the external walls if the balcony, deck, patio, pergola, terrace or verandah is enclosed, or
(b) the balustrade or other safety barrier if the balcony, deck, patio, pergola, terrace or verandah, is not enclosed.
floor area, for a dwelling house referred to in Part 3, 3A, 3C or 4, means the sum of the areas of each storey of the dwelling house and any carport, garage, balcony, deck, patio, pergola, terrace or verandah, measured at a height of 1.4m above each floor level, that is within the outer face of:
(a) the external walls of the dwelling house, and
(d) the eaves,
floor area, for an outbuilding referred to in Part 3, 3A, 3C, 3D or 4, means the sum of the areas of each storey of the outbuilding, measured at a height of 1.4m above each floor level, within the outer face of:
(a) the external walls of the outbuilding if it is enclosed, or
(b) the supporting columns or posts of the outbuilding if it is not enclosed,
foreshore area means the land between a foreshore building line and the mean high water mark of an adjacent waterbody (natural).
foreshore building line means the foreshore building line identified by:
(a) a development control plan adopted before 12 December 2008, or
General Development Code means the code for complying development set out in Part 4A.
General Exempt Development Code means the code for exempt development set out in Division 1 of Part 2.
grain bunker means a lined area in which grain is stored under a non-structural cover.
Greenfield Housing Code means the code for complying development set out in Part 3C.
Greenfield Housing Code Area means the area identified as the Greenfield Housing Code Area by the Greenfield Housing Code Area Map.
Greenfield Housing Code Area Map means the State Environmental Planning Policy (Exempt and Complying Development Codes) 2008 Greenfield Housing Code Area Map.
The Greenfield Housing Code Area Map adopted by this Policy is to be made available on the NSW legislation website.
gross floor area has the same meaning as it has in the Standard Instrument. However, in Part 3, 3B, 3C or 3D it means the sum of the floor area of each floor of a building measured from the internal face of external walls, or from the internal face of walls separating the building from any other building, measured at a height of 1.4m above the floor, and includes habitable rooms in a basement or an attic, but excludes the following:
hard stand space means an area of concrete, paving or other hard material at ground level designed solely for parking a motor vehicle.
heritage conservation area means an area of land identified as a heritage conservation area or a place of Aboriginal heritage significance, including any heritage items situated on or within that area, in an environmental planning instrument.
heritage item means a building, work, archaeological site, tree, place or Aboriginal object identified as a heritage item in an environmental planning instrument.
horizontal plane, in relation to a light fitting, means the horizontal plane passing through the centre of the light source (for example the bulb) of the light fitting.
Housing Alterations Code means the code for complying development set out in Part 4.
Housing Code means the code for complying development set out in Part 3.
industry has the same meaning as in the Standard Instrument but includes packaging industry.
Inland Code means the code for complying development set out in Part 3D.
landholding includes one or more lots of land (whether held under the same title, different titles or different kinds of titles) that constitute or are worked as a single property and that are contiguous with one another or are separated from one another only by a road, river, creek or other watercourse.
lane means a public road, with a width greater than 3m but less than 7m, that is used primarily for access to the rear of premises, and includes a nightsoil lane.
Low Rise Medium Density Housing Code means the code for complying development set out in Part 3B.
manual collection point—see clause 5B.1.
Medium Density Design Guide means the Medium Density Design Guide published by the Department of Planning and Environment on the day on which State Environmental Planning Policy (Exempt and Complying Development Codes) Amendment (Low Rise Medium Density Housing) 2017 commences.
A copy of the Guide is available on the website of the Department.
off peak time means any time other than peak time.
outbuilding means any of the following class 10a buildings under the Building Code of Australia:
(a) balcony, deck, patio, pergola, terrace or verandah that is detached from a dwelling house,
(b) cabana, cubby house, fernery, garden shed, gazebo or greenhouse,
(c) carport that is detached from a dwelling house,
(f) rainwater tank (above ground) that is detached from a dwelling house,
(g) shade structure that is detached from a dwelling house,
packaging industry means a building or place used for the handling, storage or packaging of any products for commercial purposes.
parallel road means, in the case of a lot that has boundaries with parallel roads, the road that is not the primary road.
peak time means:
(a) the time between 8:00 am and 10:00 pm on any Saturday, Sunday or public holiday, or
(b) the time between 7:00 am and 10:00 pm on any other day.
Premises Standards means the Disability (Access to Premises—Buildings) Standards 2010 made under section 31 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 of the Commonwealth.
primary road means the road to which the front of a dwelling house, or a main building, on a lot faces or is proposed to face, and includes any road that intersects with that road at an angle of more than 135 degrees and with which the dwelling house or main building has contiguous boundaries.
principal private open space means an area outside a dwelling that is directly accessible from, and adjacent to, a habitable room in the dwelling, other than a bedroom.
privacy screen means:
(a) a structure that provides a screen or visual barrier between a window of a habitable room or an outdoor area on a lot and an adjoining lot that:
(i) has no individual opening more than 30mm wide, and
(ii) has a total area of all openings that is no more than 30% of the surface area of the screen or barrier, or
(b) a window, the whole of which has translucent glass and is fixed and not able to be opened.
professional engineer has the same meaning as in the Building Code of Australia.
The term is defined as a person who is:
(a) if legislation is applicable—a registered professional engineer in the relevant discipline who has appropriate experience and competence in the relevant field, or
(b) if legislation is not applicable:
(i) a Corporate Member of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, or
(ii) eligible to become a Corporate Member of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, and has appropriate experience and competence in the relevant field.
residential zone means Zone R1, R2, R3, R4 or R5.
reverse vending machine has the same meaning as in Part 5 of the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2001.
Rural Housing Code means the code for complying development set out in Part 3A.
rural zone means Zone RU1, RU2, RU3, RU4, RU5 or RU6.
secondary road means, in the case of a corner lot that has boundaries with adjacent roads, the road that is not the primary road.
setback means the horizontal distance between the relevant boundary of the lot and the building line.
setback area means the area between the building line and the relevant boundary of the lot.
Siding Spring Observatory has the same meaning as in clause 5.14 of the Standard Instrument.
site coverage means the proportion of a site area covered by buildings.
Subdivisions Code means the code for complying development set out in Part 6.
Temporary Uses and Structures Exempt Development Code means the code for exempt development set out in Division 3 of Part 2.
water utility means:
(a) a council or county council exercising water supply functions under Division 2 of Part 3 of Chapter 6 of the Local Government Act 1993, or
(b) a water supply authority or major utility within the meaning of the Water Management Act 2000.
(2) A word or expression used in this Policy has the same meaning as it has in the Standard Instrument unless it is otherwise defined in this Policy.
(3) A reference in this Policy to any type of residential accommodation has the same meaning as it has in the Standard Instrument (unless it is otherwise defined in this Policy), but does not include any part of the building that is ancillary development, attached development, detached development or exempt development under this Policy.
(3) For the purposes of calculating site coverage of development, the following are not to be included in determining the area covered by buildings:
(c) a balcony, deck, patio, pergola, terrace or verandah attached to a dwelling house that is not enclosed by a wall higher than 1.4m above the floor level,
(d) the eaves of a building,
(i) a rainwater tank that is attached to a dwelling house,
(4) A reference in this Policy to a type of building or other thing is a reference to development for the purposes of that type of building or other thing.
(5) Notes and diagrams included in this Policy do not form part of this Policy.
(5) This clause does not apply to an Acid Sulfate Soils Map.
This clause is subject to section 3.28 (4) of the Act.
(1) If this Policy and any other State environmental planning policy, whether made before or after the commencement of this Policy, specify the same development, as either exempt development or complying development, the other Policy does not apply to that development, except as provided by subclauses (2)–(4).
(2) Despite subclause (1), in each of the following circumstances, State Environmental Planning Policy (Infrastructure) 2007 continues to apply and this Policy does not apply:
(a) if this Policy and State Environmental Planning Policy (Infrastructure) 2007 specify the same development as complying development,
(b) if this Policy and State Environmental Planning Policy (Infrastructure) 2007 specify the same development as exempt development,
(c) if this Policy specifies development as exempt development and State Environmental Planning Policy (Infrastructure) 2007 specifies the same development as complying development,
(d) if this Policy specifies development as complying development and State Environmental Planning Policy (Infrastructure) 2007 specifies the same development as exempt development.
(3) If this Policy and State Environmental Planning Policy (Mining, Petroleum Production and Extractive Industries) 2007 specify the same development as either exempt or complying development, this Policy does not apply to that development.
(4) If this Policy and State Environmental Planning Policy (Affordable Rental Housing) 2009 specify the same development as either exempt or complying development, that Policy prevails to the extent of any inconsistency.
(5) If this Policy and State Environmental Planning Policy (Port Botany and Port Kembla) 2013 specify the same development as either exempt or complying development, this Policy does not apply to that development.
(6) If another State environmental planning policy specifies exempt development or complying development that is not the same as development specified as either exempt development or complying development in this Policy, this Policy does not affect the operation of that other Policy.
(7) If a provision of this clause provides for another State environmental planning policy to continue to apply to development, that development may be carried out under this Policy or under that other Policy.
The Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000 specifies that a person must refer to the environmental planning instrument under which the development is complying development in an application for a complying development certificate.
(1) Exempt or complying development under this Policy and standard plans A standard plan does not apply to development that is specified in the plan as exempt development or complying development and that is specified in this Policy as exempt development or complying development.
(2) Exempt development under this Policy and non-standard plans If this Policy and a non-standard plan specify the same development as exempt development, the non-standard plan does not apply to that development.
(3) Subclause (1) does not apply in relation to land in Bathurst Regional Despite subclause (1), if this Policy and Bathurst Regional Local Environmental Plan 2014 specify the same development as exempt development or complying development, that Plan continues to apply to that development.
(4) Complying development under this Policy and non-standard plans If this Policy and a non-standard plan specify the same development as complying development, the non-standard plan continues to apply to that development.
(5) Subclause (4) not to apply in relation to land in Kiama or Wyong Despite subclause (4), if this Policy and a non-standard plan that applies to land in the local government area of Kiama or Wyong specify the same development as complying development, that plan does not apply to that development.
(6) Complying development under this Policy and exempt development under non-standard plan If this Policy specifies development as complying development and a non-standard plan specifies the same development as exempt development, the non-standard plan does not apply to that development.
(7) Exempt development under this Policy and complying development under non-standard plan If this Policy specifies development as exempt development and a non-standard plan specifies the same development as complying development, the non-standard plan continues to apply to that development.
(8) Subclause (7) not to apply in relation to land in Kiama and Wyong Despite subclause (7), if this Policy specifies development as exempt development and a non-standard plan that applies to land in the local government area of Kiama or Wyong specifies the same development as complying development, that plan does not apply to that development.
(9) Additional exempt and complying development under standard and non-standard plans If a standard plan or non-standard plan specifies exempt development or complying development that is not the same as development specified as either exempt development or complying development in this Policy, this Policy does not affect the operation of that plan in relation to that development.
(10) If a provision of this clause provides for a plan to continue to apply to development, that development may be carried out under this Policy or under the plan.
non-standard plan means a local environmental plan (whether made before or after the commencement of this Policy) that has not been made as provided by section 3.20 (2) of the Act and a deemed environmental planning instrument and includes a development control plan adopted for the purposes of the plan or instrument.
standard plan means a local environmental plan (whether made before or after the commencement of this Policy) that has been made as provided by section 3.20 (2) of the Act and includes a development control plan adopted for the purposes of the plan.
(1) For the purposes of this Policy, 2 or more instruments are taken to specify the same development if they specify that development for the same purpose may be carried out on the same land, even though there may be some differences in the specifications or development standards for that development.
For example, “deck” is a development, even if the size of the deck or its location varies in different local environmental plans or development control plans.
(2) The Director-General may certify in writing, for the purpose of this Policy, that 2 or more instruments do, or do not, specify the same development and any such certificate has effect according to its tenor.
(3) Notice of any certification by the Director-General under subclause (2) must be published in the Gazette.
(1) The exempt development codes are varied, in relation to the land described or otherwise identified on a map specified in Column 1 of the Table to Schedule 2, in the manner described opposite that land in Column 2.
(2) The complying development codes are varied, in relation to the land described or otherwise identified on a map specified in Column 1 of the Table to Schedule 3, in the manner described opposite that land in Column 2.
(3) If the exempt development codes or the complying development codes are varied because of the application of subclause (1) or (2) in relation to land, any provision of an existing local environmental plan or development control plan that would have applied to that land, but for clause 1.9, does not apply to that land.
The Minister must ensure that the provisions of this Policy are reviewed at least every 5 years after its commencement.
(1) Development that is specified in an exempt development code that meets the standards specified for that development and that complies with the requirements of this Division for exempt development is exempt development for the purposes of this Policy.
(2) For the purposes of subclause (1), development that is specified includes any specified limitations as to the land on which that development may be carried out.
(b1) must not be carried out on land that is a declared area of outstanding biodiversity value under the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 or declared critical habitat under Part 7A of the Fisheries Management Act 1994, and
(b2) must not be carried out on land that is, or is part of, a wilderness area (within the meaning of Wilderness Act 1987), and
(c) must not be carried out on land that is, or on which there is, an item that is listed on the State Heritage Register under the Heritage Act 1977, or that is subject to an interim heritage order under that Act, and
(d) must not be carried out on land that is described or otherwise identified on a map specified in Schedule 4.
Clauses 1.15 and 1.16 and Part 2 apply to development on land that is less than 18 kilometres from the Siding Spring Observatory, but only if:
(a) the development does not have, and will not require, any form of lighting, and
(b) the development is not development that is specified in any of the following provisions of Division 1 of Part 2:
(i) Subdivision 6 Balconies, decks, patios, pergolas, terraces and verandahs,
(ii) Subdivision 10 Carports,
(iii) Subdivision 10A Change of use of premises,
(iv) Subdivision 10B Change of use of places of public worship,
(v) Subdivision 16 Farm buildings (other than stock holding yards, grain silos and grain bunkers),
(v1) Subdivision 16A Stock holding yards not used for sale of stock,
(v2) Subdivision 16B Grain silos and grain bunkers,
(vi) Subdivision 24 Landscaping structures,
(vii) Subdivision 27 Minor building alterations (external),
(viii) Subdivision 27A Mobile food and drink outlets,
(ix) Subdivision 37 Skylights, roof windows and ventilators.
(1) Development that is specified in a complying development code that meets the standards specified for that development and that complies with the requirements of this Division for complying development is complying development for the purposes of this Policy.
Development referred to in clause 2A.1 is also complying development for the purposes of this Policy.
(1) To be complying development for the purposes of any environmental planning instrument, the development must not:
(a) be development for which development consent cannot be granted except with the concurrence of a person other than:
(ii) the Director-General of the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water as referred to in section 4.13 (3) of the Act, or
(b) be on land that is critical habitat, or
(c) be on land that is, or is part of, a wilderness area (within the meaning of the Wilderness Act 1987), or
(d) be carried out on land that:
(i) comprises an item that is listed on the State Heritage Register under the Heritage Act 1977 or on which such an item is located, or
(ii) is subject to an interim heritage order under that Act or on which is located an item that is so subject, or
(iii) is identified as an item of environmental heritage or a heritage item by an environmental planning instrument or on which is located an item that is so identified, or
(e) except as otherwise provided by this Policy, be on land that is within an environmentally sensitive area.
(2) Despite subclause (1) (d), if development meets the requirements and standards specified by this Policy and that development:
the development is complying development under this Policy.
(3) If an item listed on the State Heritage Register is not located on, or does not comprise, the whole of the relevant land, subclause (1) (d) applies only to the part of the land that is described and mapped on that register.
(4) If an item not listed on the State Heritage Register but identified as an item of environmental heritage in an environmental planning instrument does not comprise, or is not located on, the whole of the relevant land, subclause (1) (d) applies only to the part of the land that is described and mapped on that instrument.
Designated development is defined in section 4.10 of the Act as development that is declared to be designated development by an environmental planning instrument or the regulations.
Information about mine subsidence is information that is a prescribed matter for the purpose of a planning certificate under section 10.7 (2) of the Act, but the information is not included in a certificate issued under clause 279 (2) of Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000.
(g) not be the construction or installation of a skylight or roof window on land in the local government area of Coonamble, Gilgandra, Warrumbungle Shire or that part of the local government area of Dubbo Regional that was formerly in the City of Dubbo, and
(h) if it involves the removal or pruning of a tree or other vegetation that requires a permit or development consent to which clause 3.33, 3A.7 or 5A.3 does not apply—before the complying development certificate is issued, have a permit or development consent for that removal or pruning.
A permit for the removal or pruning of a tree or other vegetation may be granted under a local environmental plan. A development consent for the removal of native vegetation may be granted under the Native Vegetation Act 2003. Paragraph (h) may not apply to certain trees or vegetation near complying development under this Policy (see clauses 3.33, 3A.7 and 5A.3).
(1) Specific land exemptions for Housing Code, Inland Code, Low Rise Medium Density Housing Code, Rural Housing Code and Greenfield Housing Code To be complying development specified for the Housing Code, the Inland Code, the Low Rise Medium Density Housing Code, the Rural Housing Code or the Greenfield Housing Code, the development must not be carried out on:
(a) land within a heritage conservation area or a draft heritage conservation area, unless the development is a detached outbuilding, detached development (other than a detached studio) or swimming pool, or
(b) land that is reserved for a public purpose by an environmental planning instrument, or
(c) land identified on an Acid Sulfate Soils Map as being Class 1 or Class 2, or
(d) land that is subject to a biobanking agreement under Part 7A of the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 or a property vegetation plan approved under the Native Vegetation Act 2003, or
(d1) land that is subject to a private land conservation agreement under the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 or that is a set aside area under section 60ZC of the Local Land Services Act 2013, or
(e) land identified by an environmental planning instrument as being:
(i) within a buffer area, or
(ii) within a river front area, or
(iii) within an ecologically sensitive area, or
(iv) environmentally sensitive land, or
(v) within a protected area, or
(f) land that is identified by an environmental planning instrument, a development control plan or a policy adopted by the council as being or affected by:
(i) a coastline hazard, or
(ii) a coastal hazard, or
(iii) a coastal erosion hazard, or
(g) land in a foreshore area, or
(h) land that is in the 25 ANEF contour or a higher ANEF contour, unless the development is only for:
(i) the erection of ancillary development, attached development or detached development, or
(ii) the alteration of, or an addition to, ancillary development, attached development or detached development, or
(i) land that is declared to be a special area under the Water NSW Act 2014, or
(j) unsewered land:
(i) to which State Environmental Planning Policy (Sydney Drinking Water Catchment) 2011 applies, if that development will result in an increase to the number of bedrooms on the site or a site disturbance area of more than 250m2, or
(ii) in any other drinking water catchment identified in any other environmental planning instrument.
(2) Development specified in the Housing Code, Inland Code or the Low Rise Medium Density Housing Code is not complying development under that code if it is carried out on land described or otherwise identified on a map specified in Schedule 5.
(3) Subclause (2) ceases to have effect:
(a) on 30 November 2018 in relation to land in the local government area of Lake Macquarie and identified on State Environmental Planning Policy (Exempt and Complying Development Codes) 2008 Lake Macquarie Complying Development Land Map (SEPP_ECD_4650_LCD_002_20130730) specified in Schedule 5, and
(b) on 30 November 2021 in relation to land in the local government area of Mosman and identified on any map specified in Schedule 5.
(3A) Development specified in the Low Rise Medium Density Housing Code is not complying development under that code if it is carried out on land on which there is a heritage item or a draft heritage item.
(4) Specific land exemptions for Housing Alterations Code and General Development Code To be complying development specified for the Housing Alterations Code or the General Development Code, the development must not be carried out on unsewered land:
(a) to which State Environmental Planning Policy (Sydney Drinking Water Catchment) 2011 applies, if that development will result in an increase to the number of bedrooms on the site or in a site disturbance area of more than 250m2, or
(b) in any other drinking water catchment identified in any other environmental planning instrument.
(5) Specific land exemptions for Commercial and Industrial (New Buildings and Additions) Code To be complying development specified for the Commercial and Industrial (New Buildings and Additions) Code, the development must not be carried out on:
(a) land within a heritage conservation area or a draft heritage conservation area, or
(b) land that is reserved for a public purpose in an environmental planning instrument, or
(d) land that is significantly contaminated land within the meaning of the Contaminated Land Management Act 1997, or
(e) land that is subject to a biobanking agreement under Part 7A of the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 or a property vegetation plan approved under the Native Vegetation Act 2003, or
(f) land identified by an environmental planning instrument as being:
(g) land that is identified by an environmental planning instrument, a development control plan or a policy adopted by the council as being or affected by:
(i) unsewered land:
(i) to which State Environmental Planning Policy (Sydney Drinking Water Catchment) 2011 applies, or
(6) Specific land exemptions may apply only to part of a lot Nothing in this clause prevents complying development being carried out on part of a lot that is not land referred to in this clause even if other parts of the lot are such land.
(7) Savings and transitional provision The amendment made to subclause (1) by State Environmental Planning Policy (Exempt and Complying Development Codes) Amendment (Inland Code) 2019 applies to applications for complying development certificates made, but not finally determined, on or after 1 January 2019.
(1) For the purpose of enabling development on land in any zone to be carried out in accordance with this Policy, or with a consent granted under the Act, any agreement, covenant or other similar instrument that restricts the carrying out of that development does not apply to the extent necessary to serve that purpose.
(a) to a covenant imposed by a council, or that a council requires to be imposed, requiring compliance with a development standard that is:
(i) consistent with the development standards specified for the development concerned under this Policy, or
(ii) not dealt with by the development standards specified for the development concerned under this Policy, or
(b) to a covenant that is specifically required by another environmental planning instrument, or
(c) to a covenant imposed by an owner or former owner of the land concerned, other than a covenant that has been required by a council to be imposed, or
(d) to any prescribed instrument within the meaning of section 183A of the Crown Lands Act 1989, or
(e) to any conservation agreement within the meaning of the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974, or
(f) to any Trust agreement within the meaning of the Nature Conservation Trust Act 2001, or
(g) to any property vegetation plan approved under the Native Vegetation Act 2003, or
(h) to any biobanking agreement within the meaning of Part 7A of the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995, or
(i) to any planning agreement within the meaning of Division 7.1 of the Act.