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Canada Bay DCP: the dwelling controls, as published.
6 controls for low-density residential — dwelling houses, taken from City of Canada Bay Development Control Plan — Part E (Single Dwellings, Semi-Detached Dwellings, Dual Occupancies and Secondary Dwellings), Version 3, 26/06/2025. 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 6 controls Canada Bay 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.
Canada Bay, City of — published dwelling controls
| Control | Published value | Qualifier |
|---|---|---|
| Front setback | 4.5 m | Minimum 4.5m or the Prevailing Street Setback (average of the 5 adjoining residential properties on both sides), whichever is greater (E4.1 C1). Note: many Canada Bay streets have a prevailing front setback of 7.5m or greater. |
| Secondary street setback | 2 m | — |
| Side setback | 0.9 m | — |
| Rear setback | 6 m | — |
| Landscaped area | 35% | — |
| Private open space | 40 m² | — |
Source: City of Canada Bay Development Control Plan — Part E (Single Dwellings, Semi-Detached Dwellings, Dual Occupancies and Secondary Dwellings), Version 3, 26/06/2025. Clauses: E4.1 C1; E4.2 C6, C7, C8, C9, C10, C11; E4.6 Table E-A + C1–C4; E4.8 C1 (POS table). Open the source DCP.
Qualifications that change how these read
- Side setback (E4.2 C6, dwelling houses): single-storey/ground floor 900mm; second storey 1.5m. Recorded side_setback_m = 0.9 is the ground-floor minimum.
- Rear setback (E4.2): 6.0m for the dwelling (C9, single street frontage); upper-floor living rooms min 9.0m rear (C10); secondary dwellings min 3.0m rear (C11); corner-lot dwelling addressing secondary frontage min 1.5m rear + 4m side (C12).
- Secondary/corner-lot street setback (E4.2 C7/C8): 2m to the secondary street for the first 25m measured from the corner, then the prevailing secondary-street setback from 25m to the rear boundary.
- Landscaped area (Table E-A, single dwellings): min 35% of parent-lot site area (flat, NOT area-tiered). Additionally ≥50% of the front setback and ≥50% of the rear setback must be landscaped; min 40% of parent-lot site area for land within a Biodiversity Corridor (DCP-map-dependent). Landscaping <1.5m x 1.5m and landscaping within the side setback are excluded from calculations (E4.6 C1, C2).
- No numeric site-coverage or FSR control in Part E — E4.5 (Bulk and Scale) is qualitative and defers to the LEP's maximum FSR/height standards, which are not stated in the DCP.
- Private open space (E4.8 C1): single dwellings 40m² min, min dimension 5m x 5m (dual occupancies and secondary dwellings 40m², 4m x 4m). At least one 40m² portion must adjoin and be visible from the main living/dining room (C3).
- landscaped_deep_soil = false: control is 'landscaped area', not labelled deep-soil/permeable, though objectives cite rain-water infiltration.
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 Canada Bay, City of before making decisions.
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