Reference Data · New South Wales
Murrumbidgee DCP: the dwelling controls, as published.
6 controls for low-density residential — dwelling houses, taken from Jerilderie Development Control Plan — §4.1 Residential Precinct, §4.1.4 Prescribed Standards for Residential Development (Murrumbidgee Council). 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 6 that Murrumbidgee 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.
Murrumbidgee Council — published dwelling controls
| Control | Published value | Qualifier |
|---|---|---|
| Front setback | 5 m | Flat 5 m. Table row reads "Front setback and dual frontage blocks: 5 metres" — dual-frontage (corner/through) lots also 5 m to each street. No prevailing-building-line alternative stated. |
| Secondary street setback | 5 m | — |
| Side setback | 0.9 m | — |
| Rear setback | 0.9 m | — |
| Landscaped area | 20% | — |
| Private open space | 16 m² | — |
Source: Jerilderie Development Control Plan — §4.1 Residential Precinct, §4.1.4 Prescribed Standards for Residential Development (Murrumbidgee Council). Clauses: 4.1.2 (Minimum Lot Size), 4.1.4 (Prescribed Standards for Residential Development). Open the source DCP.
Scope: RU5 dwelling houses. These are the controls for RU5, Murrumbidgee’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 Murrumbidgee controls?
- Murrumbidgee Council (merged 2016 from the former Murrumbidgee Shire + Jerilderie Shire) has two legacy DCPs and no harmonised residential DCP. The numeric dwelling-house controls recorded here come from the Jerilderie DCP 'Residential Precinct'. The other DCP (Coleambally & Darlington Point) has no equivalent dwelling-house building-envelope controls — only subdivision lot sizes (min 600 m2, 16 m frontage) and industrial-precinct setbacks — so dwellings in Coleambally/Darlington Point have no numeric DCP setback/coverage/landscaping/POS standard.
- Floor Space Ratio 1:2 (= 50% of the site area) applies to the Residential Precinct. This is an FSR (gross floor area / site area), NOT site coverage — deliberately NOT mapped to a site-coverage field. No true site-coverage (footprint) control is stated.
- Side and rear (or laneway) setbacks are both 900 mm (0.9 m). Front setback 5 m; dual-frontage/corner blocks also 5 m (recorded as secondary_street_setback_m = 5).
- Private open space stated as a minimum 4 m x 4 m area = 16 sqm (recorded as pos_min_sqm = 16).
- Landscaping = 'soft landscaping must cover a minimum of 20% of the lot' — recorded as landscaped_flat_pct = 20. Termed 'soft landscaping' (not explicitly deep-soil/permeable), so landscaped_deep_soil left null.
- Other §4.1.4 standards (not in schema): maximum height 8.5 m or three storeys; on-site parking 2 spaces per dwelling; overshadowing/privacy/BASIX are qualitative.
- The Jerilderie DCP organises residential land as a 'Residential Precinct' (Jerilderie LEP 2012) rather than by Standard-Instrument zone letter; its land-use table permits residential flat buildings and multi-dwelling housing (i.e. a general-residential precinct). A separate R5 Large Lot Residential zone (§5) has its own standards (front 5 m, side & rear 9 m for dwellings, min dwelling size 200 m2) and is NOT the standard low-density dwelling-house case recorded here. A third estate-specific control, 'River Red Gum Estate DCP Amendment No 2 (March 2026)', also exists but is precinct-specific.
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How reliable is this Murrumbidgee 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 Murrumbidgee Council before making decisions.
Murrumbidgee planning controls — common questions
Do these Murrumbidgee controls apply to a duplex or dual occupancy?
No. The figures on this page are Murrumbidgee’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 Murrumbidgee controls apply to?
RU5 Village — Murrumbidgee’s low-density residential zone. Confirmed against the zones the Murrumbidgee 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 Murrumbidgee Council publish for dwellings?
Murrumbidgee Council publishes 6 dwelling controls in Jerilderie Development Control Plan — §4.1 Residential Precinct, §4.1.4 Prescribed Standards for Residential Development (Murrumbidgee Council): front setback, secondary street setback, side setback, rear 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 Murrumbidgee figures?
They are machine-extracted from Jerilderie Development Control Plan — §4.1 Residential Precinct, §4.1.4 Prescribed Standards for Residential Development (Murrumbidgee Council) 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 Murrumbidgee?
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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