New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

STATE ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING POLICY NO 60--EXEMPT AND COMPLYING DEVELOPMENT - SCHEDULE 3

SCHEDULE 3 – Exempt development

(Clause 7)

1 Advertising structures and displays

The erection and display of an advertising structure and advertisement, or the display of an advertisement that is not on an advertising structure (but not an illuminated sign in a residential zone) that satisfies any of the following requirements:

(a) The advertisement displays a message relating to the premises or goods and services that are available from the premises on which the advertisement is situated and the advertisement and any structure together have an area not exceeding:

(i) 0.75 square metres in a residential or rural zone, or

(ii) 8 square metres in an industrial zone, with a maximum height of 4.6m, or

(iii) 25% of the front elevation of a building on which it is displayed in a commercial business zone, with a maximum height of 3m or the height of the underside of any awning measured at the line at which it is attached to the building, whichever is the greater.

If the advertisement or advertising structure is above a public road it must be at least 2.6 metres above ground level.

(b) The advertisement is behind a shop window.

(c) The advertisement is a temporary advertisement for a social, cultural, political or recreational event that is displayed no more than 28 days before the event. The advertisement must be removed within 14 days after the event.

(d) The advertisement is a public notice displayed by a public authority giving information about a service.

(e) The advertisement is a real estate sign advertising that the premises on which it is displayed are for sale or lease, and the advertisement and any structure have a total maximum area of 2.5 square metres on residential or rural premises, or 4.5 square metres on commercial or industrial premises.

(f) The advertisement replaces one of the same, or a larger, size lawfully displayed on the same structure.

(g) The advertisement and any structure are not visible from outside the site on which they are displayed.

3 Boundary adjustments

An adjustment to the boundary of an allotment that:

(a) will not result in any building contravening the deemed-to-satisfy provisions of the Building Code of Australia , and

(b) will not create any additional allotments or dwelling entitlements, and

(c) will not change the area of any allotment by more than 10%, and

(d) will retain all services within the existing allotments.

4 Building alterations

Building alterations (but not the making of, or an alteration to the size of, any opening in a wall or roof of a building, such as a doorway, window or skylight) comprising:

(a) non-structural alterations to the exterior of a building, such as painting, plastering, cement rendering, cladding, attaching fittings and decorative work, or

(b) non-structural alterations to the interior of a building that do not result in the current load-bearing capacity of the building being exceeded.

5 Demolition

Demolition carried out in accordance with AS 2601-1991The demolition of structures of any structure:

(a) the erection of which would be exempt development under this Policy, and

(b) that covers an area of not more than 25 square metres.

6 Different use of a building

A new use of a lawfully existing building that continues to comply with all other development consent conditions if:

(a) the new use is consistent with the classification of the building under the Building Code of Australia and replaces a former use being carried out in accordance with a development consent, and:

(i) it is not actually or potentially a hazardous or offensive industry, and

(ii) it does not involve the handling, preparation or storage of food for sale or consumption, and

(iii) it is not prohibited by any provision in an environmental planning instrument applying to the land, or

(b) the new use results from a change of building use from a shop to an office or from an office to a shop that is not in the business of handling, preparing or storing food for sale or consumption, where:

(i) the new use replaces a former use being carried out in accordance with a development consent, and

(ii) not more than 200 square metres of floorspace is changed in use, and

(iii) the new use is not prohibited by any provision of an environmental planning instrument applying to the land.

10 Public meetings

The use of a class 9b building under the Building Code of Australia for the purpose of a public meeting that is conducted so that there is no interference with the neighbourhood (as identified by clause 7 (2) (b) (iii) of this Policy).