New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

STATE ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING POLICY NO 53--METROPOLITAN RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT - REG 19

19 Development standards

(1) The following development standards apply for development allowed by this Part:

(a) The allotment is to have an area of:

(i) 400 square metres or more where the two dwellings are attached, or

(ii) 600 square metres or more where the two dwellings are detached,

(b) The building or buildings on the allotment after the development is carried out are to have a floor space ratio:

(i) of 0.5:1 or less, or

(ii) equal to or less than the floor space ratio of any dwelling that was on the allotment before the development was carried out, if that ratio exceeds 0.5:1.

(2) However, if another environmental planning instrument provides development standards that allow higher density development on the allotment concerned, the standards that allow higher density development apply.