Reference Data · New South Wales
Wingecarribee Shire DCP: the dwelling controls, as published.
6 controls for low-density residential — dwelling houses, taken from Wingecarribee DCP 2010 — Moss Vale Town Plan, Part C Residential Zoned Land, Section 2 Detached Dwellings & Associated Development (effective 17 June 2015). 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 6 controls Wingecarribee 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.
Wingecarribee Shire — published dwelling controls
| Control | Published value | Qualifier |
|---|---|---|
| Front setback | 4.5 m | Primarily contextual — new front setbacks must be consistent with immediately adjacent dwellings / adopt an average of existing setbacks (C2.6.2(a)-(d)). The tiered figures are the "in general, subject to site assessment" defaults (C2.6.2(e)): lot <900m² = 4.5m; 900–1500m² = 6.5m; over 1500m² = 15m (exclusive of garage setbacks). |
| Secondary street setback | 3 m | — |
| Side setback | 0.9 m | — |
| Rear setback | 3 m | — |
| Site coverage | 65% ≤2000 m² → 50% ≤4000 m² → 25% | — |
| Landscaped area | 35% ≤2000 m² → 50% ≤4000 m² → 75% | — |
Source: Wingecarribee DCP 2010 — Moss Vale Town Plan, Part C Residential Zoned Land, Section 2 Detached Dwellings & Associated Development (effective 17 June 2015). Clauses: C2.4.1 & Table C2.1.1 (site coverage / private landscaped open space); C2.6.2 (front setbacks); C2.7.2 (side setbacks); C2.8.2 (rear setbacks); C2.11.2 (corner/secondary street setback). Open the source DCP.
Qualifications that change how these read
- Wingecarribee has NO single shire-wide residential DCP. It currently uses 17 place-based DCPs (Bowral, Mittagong, Moss Vale Town Plans + village + rural/industrial DCPs). Figures here are from the Moss Vale Town Plan (Wingecarribee DCP 2010, effective 17 June 2015) — the standard R2 low-density detached-dwelling controls; council states the 17 DCPs share many common controls.
- Cross-checked against the draft shire-wide Comprehensive DCP 'Low-Density Housing' chapter (fetched separately): setbacks 4.5/6.5/15 front, 0.9/1.5/2.5 side, 3/5/10 rear, site coverage 65/50/25, open space 35/50/75 — IDENTICAL, confirming these are the shire's common controls. That Comprehensive DCP (Wingecarribee DCP 2026) is a DRAFT, not yet adopted or on public exhibition as at July 2026 (going to the 15 July 2026 Council meeting to seek exhibition endorsement); the town plans remain operative.
- Front and side setbacks are primarily CONTEXTUAL/prevailing-line (match immediately adjacent dwellings, or adopt an average); the tiered numbers are the 'in general, subject to site assessment' defaults. front_setback_m and side_setback_m record the standard <900m² tier.
- Rear setback is a MINIMUM that increases on a sliding scale once the rear building height exceeds 3.8m: rear = (min for lot-size band) + 3 × (height above 3.8m). Base minimums by lot area: <900m² 3.0m; 900–1500m² 5.0m; >1500m² 10m. rear_setback_m records the 3.0m base for the standard <900m² lot.
- site_coverage_tiers and landscaped_tiers are keyed by LOT AREA (<2,000m² / 2,000–4,000m² / >4,000m²), which is coarser than the setback tiers (which are keyed to <900 / 900–1500 / >1500m²). Heritage Item / Heritage Conservation Area sites under 2,000m² get a stricter 50% max footprint and 50% min landscaped open space.
- landscaped_tiers records the 'Minimum Private Landscaped Open Space' percentages from Table C2.1.1; no absolute m² private-open-space floor is specified in the Moss Vale plan (the draft Comprehensive DCP adds a '35% or 95m² whichever greater' floor, but that is not yet operative), so pos_min_sqm is null. Not flagged as deep-soil (termed 'landscaped open space').
- Secondary street (corner) setback recorded as 3.0m; note the stepped form: ≥3m for up to 9m length then ≥4m thereafter, and front façade ≥2m from a splayed corner boundary (C2.11.2).
- Fetch note: the council domain (wsc.nsw.gov.au) and the shared-drupal S3 copies of the Bowral/Rural Living plans were Zyte-banned (520) and AustLII PDFs are Cloudflare/browser-gated; the Moss Vale Town Plan PDF was retrievable from the NSW shared-drupal S3 (fapub) store and is the source used.
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 Wingecarribee Shire before making decisions.
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