Changes commencing July 16th, 2025
Comparing the consolidation as at June 20th, 2025 with July 16th, 2025 · 76 changes
Specific land exemptions for Housing Code, Inland Code, Low Rise Housing Diversity Code, Rural Housing Code, Agritourism and Farm Stay Accommodation Code and Greenfield Housing Code To be complying development specified for the Housing Code, the Inland Code, the Low Rise Housing Diversity Code, the Rural Housing Code, the Agritourism and Farm Stay Accommodation Code or the Greenfield Housing Code, the development must not be carried out on— (a) land within a heritage conservation area or a draft heritage conservation area, unless the development is a detached outbuilding, detached development (other than a detached studio) or swimming pool, or (b) land that is reserved for a public purpose by an environmental planning instrument, or (c) land identified on an Acid Sulfate Soils Map as being Class 1 or Class 2, or (c1) significantly contaminated land, or (d) land that is subject to a biobanking agreement under Part 7A of the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 or a property vegetation plan approved under the Native Vegetation Act 2003 , or (d1) land that is subject to a private land conservation agreement under the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 or that is a set aside area under section 60ZC of the Local Land Services Act 2013 , or (e) land identified by an environmental planning instrument as being— (i) within a buffer area, or (ii) within a river front area, or (iii) within an ecologically sensitive area, or (iv) environmentally sensitive land, or (v) within a protected area, or (f) land that is identified by an environmental planning instrument, a development control plan or a policy adopted by the council as being or affected by— (i) a coastline hazard, or (ii) a coastal hazard, or (iii) a coastal erosion hazard, or (g) land in a foreshore area, or (h) land that is in the 25 ANEF contour or a higher ANEF contour, unless the development is only for— (i) the erection of ancillary development, attached development or detached development, or (ii) the alteration of, or an addition to, ancillary development, attached development or detached development, or (i) land that is declared to be a special area under the Water NSW Act 2014 , or (j) unsewered land— (i) in the Sydney Drinking Water Catchment, if that development will result in an increase to the number of bedrooms on the site or a site disturbance area of more than 250m 2 , or (ii) in any other drinking water catchment identified in any other environmental planning instrument.
Specific land exemptions for Housing Code, Inland Code, Low Rise Housing Diversity Code, Pattern Book Development Code, Rural Housing Code, Agritourism and Farm Stay Accommodation Code and Greenfield Housing Code To be complying development specified for the Housing Code, the Inland Code, the Low Rise Housing Diversity Code, the Pattern Book Development Code, the Rural Housing Code, the Agritourism and Farm Stay Accommodation Code or the Greenfield Housing Code, the development must not be carried out on— (a) land within a heritage conservation area or a draft heritage conservation area, unless the development is a detached outbuilding, detached development (other than a detached studio) or swimming pool, or (b) land that is reserved for a public purpose by an environmental planning instrument, or (c) land identified on an Acid Sulfate Soils Map as being Class 1 or Class 2, or (c1) significantly contaminated land, or (d) land that is subject to a biobanking agreement under Part 7A of the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 or a property vegetation plan approved under the Native Vegetation Act 2003 , or (d1) land that is subject to a private land conservation agreement under the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 or that is a set aside area under section 60ZC of the Local Land Services Act 2013 , or (e) land identified by an environmental planning instrument as being— (i) within a buffer area, or (ii) within a river front area, or (iii) within an ecologically sensitive area, or (iv) environmentally sensitive land, or (v) within a protected area, or (f) land that is identified by an environmental planning instrument, a development control plan or a policy adopted by the council as being or affected by— (i) a coastline hazard, or (ii) a coastal hazard, or (iii) a coastal erosion hazard, or (g) land in a foreshore area, or (h) land that is in the 25 ANEF contour or a higher ANEF contour, unless the development is only for— (i) the erection of ancillary development, attached development or detached development, or (ii) the alteration of, or an addition to, ancillary development, attached development or detached development, or (i) land that is declared to be a special area under the Water NSW Act 2014 , or (j) unsewered land— (i) in the Sydney Drinking Water Catchment, if that development will result in an increase to the number of bedrooms on the site or a site disturbance area of more than 250m 2 , or (ii) in any other drinking water catchment identified in any other environmental planning instrument.
Based on content from the New South Wales Legislation website sourced at 2025-07-16. For the latest information on New South Wales Government legislation please go to https://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au.
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