Reference Data · New South Wales
Lane Cove DCP: the dwelling controls, as published.
5 controls for low-density residential — dwelling houses, taken from Lane Cove DCP 2009 (adopted 22 Feb 2010, as amended 24 Feb 2016) — Part C: Residential Development, C.1 Dwelling Houses and Dual Occupancies. As at 2026-08-29.
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 — here, the 5 that Lane Cove publishes numerically. Anything its DCP assesses on merit rather than a fixed number is absent from this table: not a zero, and not a permission.
Lane Cove Council — published dwelling controls
| Control | Published value | Qualifier |
|---|---|---|
| Front setback | 7.5 m | Consistent with the prevailing/predominant street setback along the street; minimum 7.5m only where there is no predominant setback within the street; irregular sites considered on merit (Cl 1.3.1a). |
| Secondary street setback | 2 m | — |
| Side setback | 1.2 m | — |
| Landscaped area | 35% | — |
| Private open space | 24 m² | — |
Source: Lane Cove DCP 2009 (adopted 22 Feb 2010, as amended 24 Feb 2016) — Part C: Residential Development, C.1 Dwelling Houses and Dual Occupancies. Clauses: C.1 — 1.3.1 Front setbacks, 1.3.2 Side setbacks, 1.3.4 Rear setbacks, 1.5 Landscaped Area, 1.8.3 Private open space. Open the source DCP.
Scope: R2 dwelling houses. These are the controls for R2, Lane Cove’s low-density residential zone. Do not apply these figures to a dual occupancy, duplex, secondary dwelling or multi-dwelling housing development — those are assessed under different standards, which Feasibly has not codified.
What qualifies these Lane Cove controls?
- Rear setback (Cl 1.3.4) is a whichever-greater formula, area-tiered, so no single flat value: sites up to 1000m2 = greater of 8m or 25% of site depth; sites over 1000m2 = greater of 10m or 35% of site depth. rear_setback_m left null per formula rule.
- Side setback (Cl 1.3.2): minimum 1.2m for single storey and 1.5m for two storey; recorded side_setback_m = 1.2 (single-storey minimum), two-storey = 1.5m. 'Irregular sites on merit' (not frontage-based), so side_merit_below_frontage_m = null.
- No site coverage or FSR control for dwelling houses in Part C.1 — all site_coverage fields null. Site coverage in this DCP applies only to Centres/commercial.
- Landscaped area (Cl 1.5) is flat 35% of site (min width 1m for inclusion); it is called 'landscaped area', not deep-soil/permeable, so landscaped_deep_soil = false.
- Front setback (Cl 1.3.1) is primarily the prevailing/predominant street setback; 7.5m is only the fallback minimum where no predominant setback exists.
- Secondary street setback 2.0m applies to corner allotments (Cl 1.3.1b). Detached dual-occupancy separation is 7m (or 3m if side-by-side facing the same street, Cl 1.3.3) — that is dwelling-to-dwelling, not a boundary setback, so min_boundary_setback_m = null.
- Source is the adopted consolidation 'as amended 24 Feb 2016' (fetched via the council's Drupal S3 document store). The council's live 'Part C – Residential Development' link (ecouncil.lanecove.nsw.gov.au TRIM host) and the S3 copy were both unreachable via the Zyte helper (Website Ban 520); AustLII's copy sits behind a Cloudflare challenge. The 2016 PDF was retrieved by direct download. Council has a draft amendment to Parts C, J & S (public exhibition) not confirmed adopted; core C.1 dwelling-house controls above are the adopted values.
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How reliable is this Lane Cove DCP data?
These values were machine-extracted from the source DCP and have not been independently re-checked. Treat them as screening grade: good enough to compare councils and to know which questions to ask, not a substitute for reading the clause before you rely on it. 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 2026-08-29. 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 Lane Cove Council before making decisions.
Lane Cove planning controls — common questions
Do these Lane Cove controls apply to a duplex or dual occupancy?
No. The figures on this page are Lane Cove’s dwelling-house controls. A dual occupancy, duplex, secondary dwelling or multi-dwelling housing development is assessed under different standards — Feasibly has not codified those, so do not apply the numbers above to one.
Which zone do these Lane Cove controls apply to?
R2 Low Density Residential — Lane Cove’s low-density residential zone. Confirmed against the zones the Lane Cove LEP actually contains. This page presents the low-density residential case; some DCP sections also cover other residential zones, and the source above names the zones it applies to.
What planning controls does Lane Cove Council publish for dwellings?
Lane Cove Council publishes 5 dwelling controls in Lane Cove DCP 2009 (adopted 22 Feb 2010, as amended 24 Feb 2016) — Part C: Residential Development, C.1 Dwelling Houses and Dual Occupancies: front setback, secondary street setback, side setback, landscaped area, private open space. Each value and its clause reference is listed on this page, as at 2026-08-29.
Does NSW have a statewide dwelling setback standard?
No. The Local Environmental Plan sets zone, building height and floor space ratio, but the numbers that shape a dwelling — setbacks, site coverage, landscaped area and private open space — sit in each council’s Development Control Plan. That is why these figures are published per council rather than per state.
How reliable are these Lane Cove figures?
They are machine-extracted from Lane Cove DCP 2009 (adopted 22 Feb 2010, as amended 24 Feb 2016) — Part C: Residential Development, C.1 Dwelling Houses and Dual Occupancies and have not been independently re-checked, so treat them as screening grade — good enough to compare councils and to know which questions to ask, not a substitute for reading the clause. This is a lower confidence tier than our Victorian schedules, which a person reads and verifies from the source scheme.
Do these controls apply to every property in Lane Cove?
No. These are the council-wide published figures for low-density residential — dwelling houses. The zone, any overlays and the consent triggers that actually apply depend on the individual parcel, and a control absent from this page means the DCP either sets no number or assesses that parameter on merit — not that the requirement is zero.
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