New South Wales Consolidated Regulations New South Wales Consolidated RegulationsThe objectives of the foreshore building line standards set by clause 22 are as follows:
(a) to retain Sydney Harbour’s natural shorelines,
(b) to provide larger foreshore setbacks at the points and heads of bays in recognition of their visual prominence,
(c) to protect significant areas of vegetation and, where appropriate, provide areas for future planting which will not detrimentally impact on views of the harbour and its foreshores,
(d) to protect the amenity of adjoining lands in relation to reasonable access to views and sunlight,
(e) to preserve the rights of property owners to maintain an encroachment on the foreshore building line by an existing main building,
(f) to protect rock platforms and the intertidal ecology.