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Warrumbungle Shire DCP: the dwelling controls, as published.
5 controls for low-density residential — dwelling houses, taken from Warrumbungle Shire Council Development Control Plan 2015 — Residential chapter, section 'Dwelling Houses and Ancillary Structures in RU5 Village and R1 General Residential Zone'. 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 5 controls Warrumbungle 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.
Warrumbungle Shire — published dwelling controls
| Control | Published value | Qualifier |
|---|---|---|
| Front setback | 6 m | Minimum 6 m from the primary street frontage. In established residential areas the setback will be consistent with neighbouring houses that share the same primary street frontage. Applies to R1 General Residential and RU5 Village zones (and dwellings in B2/B6). |
| Secondary street setback | 3 m | — |
| Side setback | 0.9 m | — |
| Rear setback | 3 m | — |
| Site coverage | 60% | — |
Source: Warrumbungle Shire Council Development Control Plan 2015 — Residential chapter, section 'Dwelling Houses and Ancillary Structures in RU5 Village and R1 General Residential Zone'. Clauses: Dwelling Houses and Ancillary Structures in RU5 Village and R1 General Residential Zone — Building Height and Scale (p.85); Front and Rear Building Setbacks (p.85-86); Outbuildings, Garages and Carports (p.86); Site Coverage (p.87). Open the source DCP.
Qualifications that change how these read
- Source is the Warrumbungle Shire Council Development Control Plan 2015 (current adopted DCP, confirmed via council website Publications page).
- Side boundary setback for a dwelling house is a minimum 0.9 m; rear boundary (or rear laneway) at least 3 m (excludes detached ancillary structures). Secondary_street_setback_m = 3 reflects the corner-block rule: one street boundary setback may be reduced up to 3 m to the building line.
- Max building height: two storeys / 8.5 m to ridgeline from natural ground level.
- Garages/carports must be set back a minimum of 5.5 m from the street and cannot be forward of the front building setback.
- Outbuildings in R1/RU5: maximum 10% of block size up to 200 m², provided the 60% max site coverage is not exceeded.
- No numeric private-open-space or landscaped/deep-soil area standard is specified for a standard dwelling house. The 25 m² POS minimum and the 3m/3.5m side + 4m rear setbacks apply only to dual occupancy / multi-dwelling housing (separate chapter, p.92-94) and were excluded.
- Chapter applies to R1 General Residential and RU5 Village zones, plus dwellings constructed in the B2 and B6 zones.
How this was compiled, and how far to trust it
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 2026-08-05. 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 Warrumbungle Shire before making decisions.
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