New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WOOLLAHRA LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN 1995 - REG 22

22 Foreshore building lines

(1) In this clause, "foreshore building line" means:

(a) a line shown on the map marked “ Woollahra Local Environmental Plan 1995-Foreshore Building Line Map ” as a broken line with “F.B.L.12m” marked in black letters, being a line which is taken for the purposes of this clause to be situated 12 metres above the mean high water mark of the waters of Port Jackson, and

(b) a line shown on the map marked “ Woollahra Local Environmental Plan 1995-Foreshore Building Line Map ” as a broken black line with “F.B.L.30m” marked in black letters, being a line which is taken for the purposes of this clause to be situated 30 metres above the mean high water mark of the waters of Port Jackson.

(2) Except in accordance with a development consent referred to in subclause (4), a building shall not be erected between a foreshore building line referred to in subclause (1) (a) and the mean high water mark of the waters of Port Jackson.

(3) In the case of a foreshore building line referred to in subclause (1) (b), a residential flat building shall not be erected between that building line and the mean high water mark of the waters of Port Jackson.

(4) The Council may, after having made an assessment of the probable aesthetic appearance in relation to the foreshore of the proposed structure, consent to the erection of any of the following structures between a foreshore building line and the waters of Port Jackson:

(a) baths (swimming pools) and ancillary buildings,

(b) boat sheds,

(c) wharves,

(d) jetties,

(e) structures or works below or at the surface of the ground.

(5) The Council may, by resolution, alter or abolish any foreshore building line to the extent that it affects a site if the levels, depth or other exceptional features of the site make it expedient to do so.

Note: The precise location of a foreshore building line can be ascertained by a survey undertaken by a registered surveyor.