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Forbes Shire DCP: the dwelling controls, as published.
4 controls for low-density residential — dwelling houses, taken from Forbes Development Control Plan 2013 (Version 2) — Chapter 5: Urban Residential Development (single detached dwellings). 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 Forbes 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.
Forbes Shire — published dwelling controls
| Control | Published value | Qualifier |
|---|---|---|
| Front setback | 6 m | Minimum building line 6m where an existing building line has not been established (Cl 5.6.1a). Increases with lot depth: 8m for lots >50m and <70m deep; 10m for lots >70m deep. Where an existing building line is established, that prevails. |
| Secondary street setback | 3 m | — |
| Side setback | 0.9 m | — |
| Rear setback | 0.9 m | — |
Source: Forbes Development Control Plan 2013 (Version 2) — Chapter 5: Urban Residential Development (single detached dwellings). Clauses: 5.2, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7. Open the source DCP.
Qualifications that change how these read
- Forbes' urban residential zone is R1 Residential (Forbes LEP 2013); Forbes does NOT use R2 Low Density Residential. Chapter 5 applies to single detached dwellings in R1 Residential and R5 Large Lot Residential.
- No numeric site coverage, landscaped-area, or private-open-space standard is specified for single dwelling houses in Chapter 5. (Those controls appear only in Chapter 6 for multi-dwelling housing / dual occupancy / second dwellings — e.g. 50m2 private open space per dwelling — which is a different development type.)
- Front building line varies by lot DEPTH, not lot area: 6m default, 8m for lots >50m and <70m deep, 10m for lots >70m deep — each 'where an existing building line has not been established'; an established prevailing building line takes precedence.
- Side/rear boundary setback: 900mm single storey; 1500mm for a second storey (Cl 5.7.1-2). Both side and rear covered by the same 'side or rear boundary' clause, hence rear_setback_m also 0.9.
- Context (not extracted fields): max height 2 storeys / 8.5m (5.5); min lot 550m2 with 16.8m frontage, battle-axe 650m2 excluding access corridor (5.4); garages/outbuildings max 5.5m ridge, 500mm-1.5m boundary setback, max 125m2 floor area (5.18).
- Confirmed current: Forbes Shire Council's Local Planning Instruments page states Forbes has a single DCP — the 'Forbes Development Control Plan 2013' — complementing Forbes LEP 2013.
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 Forbes Shire before making decisions.
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