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Central Darling Shire DCP: the dwelling controls, as published.
4 controls for low-density residential — dwelling houses, taken from Central Darling Development Control Plan 2024 — Part 4.3 General Housing and Ancillary Structures. 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 Central Darling Shire 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.
Central Darling Shire — published dwelling controls
| Control | Published value | Qualifier |
|---|---|---|
| Front setback | 4.5 m | Village (RU5) zone street frontage per the Building Setbacks table (cl 4.3.1). INTERNAL INCONSISTENCY in the DCP: cl 4.3.2 states the RU5 mandatory front building line is "at least 6m from the front boundary line" (and cl 4.3.11/4.3.16 also reference a 6m front building line for RU5). Table value (4.5m) recorded. R5 Large Lot Residential front = 6m. |
| Side setback | 1.5 m | — |
| Rear setback | 4.5 m | — |
| Site coverage | 60% | — |
Source: Central Darling Development Control Plan 2024 — Part 4.3 General Housing and Ancillary Structures. Clauses: 4.3.1 Building Setbacks; 4.3.2 Design; 4.3.3 Building Height; 4.3.5 Site Coverage; 4.3.7 Privacy. Open the source DCP.
Qualifications that change how these read
- Central Darling Shire has NO R2 Low Density Residential zone. Under Central Darling LEP 2012 the residential zones are RU5 Village (standard urban/village residential; min lot 300 m2 for a dwelling per cl 4.5) and R5 Large Lot Residential (2 ha rural-residential). Recorded scalar values are for the RU5 Village zone as the standard dwelling-house case.
- R5 Large Lot Residential (2 ha) dwelling-house controls (cl 4.3.1 / 4.3.5): front setback 6 m, side boundary 2 m, rear boundary 6 m, max cumulative site coverage 30%.
- Site coverage is 'cumulative site coverage for all buildings' (cl 4.3.5): RU5 Village = 60%, R5 = 30%. Not area-tiered — varies by zone only.
- No landscaped-area, deep-soil or private-open-space NUMERIC control exists for a single dwelling house (cl 4.3 has no landscaping or POS clause). A 50 m2-per-dwelling landscaping standard and a POS table apply only to Residential Dual Occupancy (cl 4.4) and Multi-Dwelling Development (cl 4.5), not to a standard dwelling house.
- Building height: max 8.5 m to topmost roof ridge (cl 4.3.3). Outbuildings (RU5): max 50 m2 each, 100 m2 cumulative, sited 1 m behind the front building line.
- Source is the adopted Central Darling Development Control Plan 2024 (the shire's DCP, published 2024). An identical draft/exhibition version exists; the adopted version was used and section 4.3 is identical in both.
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 Central Darling Shire before making decisions.
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