Setbacks & LEP floor-area variation
Where the state-wide rules stop and your council's own rules take over.
The Housing SEPP sets state-wide standards, but your council's Local Environmental Plan (LEP) and Development Control Plan (DCP) add their own controls on top — and those are where two lots in different council areas stop behaving the same way.
Setbacks (how far the building must sit from each boundary) are the most common place a design that 'fits' on paper turns out not to comply.
How the answer is determined for your site — locked
What to ask, and who to ask — locked
How this area costs people money — locked
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Setbacks & LEP, fire separation, BASIX/NatHERS and bushfire BAL — plus the refusal-reasons checklist, the document checklist, and the full roadmap and budget detail.
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Setback distances vary by council and by lot configuration. This pack tells you how to find yours and what to ask — it deliberately does not print a number, because a wrong number here is exactly what causes a refusal.