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Albury DCP: the dwelling controls, as published.
4 controls for low-density residential — dwelling houses, taken from Albury Development Control Plan 2010 — Part 10 Development in Residential Zones, Division C (Development in R2 Low Density Residential & R5 Large Lot Residential zones), commenced 1 July 2020. As at 2026-08-05.
NSW has no statewide dwelling setback or site-coverage standard. The LEP sets zone, height and FSR; the numbers that shape a build sit in each council's DCP. Below are the 4 controls Albury publishes numerically. Anything its DCP assesses on merit rather than a fixed number is simply absent from this table — it is not a zero, and it is not a permission.
Albury, City of — published dwelling controls
| Control | Published value | Qualifier |
|---|---|---|
| Front setback | 10 m | Prevailing-line rule: average of the setbacks of the two buildings closest to the lot in the same street and on the same side of the street; 10m applies when averaging is impractical (cl.2.d.i). |
| Side setback | 2.5 m | — |
| Rear setback | 10 m | — |
| Landscaped area | 45% | — |
Source: Albury Development Control Plan 2010 — Part 10 Development in Residential Zones, Division C (Development in R2 Low Density Residential & R5 Large Lot Residential zones), commenced 1 July 2020. Clauses: Division C cl. 2 Development Guidelines Table — 2.a.i (landscaped area), 2.c.i (building height), 2.d.i/iii/iv/v/vi/viii (setbacks). Open the source DCP.
Qualifications that change how these read
- Zone-specific division: Division C is the self-contained division governing dwelling houses in the R2 Low Density Residential (and R5 Large Lot Residential) zones. Side setback 2.5m is the R2 value (R5 zone = 5.0m).
- Minimum landscaped area 45% applies to lots up to 4,000m2; minimum width to count as landscaped area = 1m (cl.2.a.i). No landscaped guideline stated for lots over 4,000m2. Called 'landscaped area' (not deep soil), though a stated performance criterion is 'absorption of rainwater into the ground'.
- No site coverage / FSR numerical control and no private open space numerical control exist in Division C for the R2 zone — these were confirmed absent by full-document grep, not merely unread.
- Secondary (corner-lot) street setback is a FORMULA: 50% of the primary road setback (cl.2.d.iv) — no fixed metre value stated, so secondary_street_setback_m left null.
- Maximum building height for a dwelling house: 2 storeys (cl.2.c.i).
- Minimum setback from main roads: 30m on Wagga Road, Riverina Highway, Hume Highway, Tynan Road, Table Top Road (and Gerogery Road in R5 only) — road/map-dependent, not a standard boundary setback (cl.2.d.iii).
- Minimum setback from watercourses: 100m from the Murray River, 100m from Lake Hume, 40m from any other watercourse (cl.2.d.viii).
- Garage/carport must be set back at or behind the dwelling house's primary street setback (cl.2.d.vii).
How this was compiled, and how far to trust it
These values were extracted from the source DCP and then independently checked against it — one of 28 of 86 councils on this site verified that way. This is a different and lower tier of confidence than our Victorian zone schedules, which are read and verified from the source planning scheme by a person. We do not present the two as equivalent.
A council's DCP can be amended at any time and this page reflects the document as at 2026-08-05. Where a control is absent above, the DCP either sets no number or assesses that parameter on merit.
This information is provided for research and preliminary screening only. It does not constitute professional planning, legal or architectural advice. Always verify with Albury, City of before making decisions.
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