NSW Dual Occupancy CDC Requirements

The table below provides a summary of the minimum lot size and subdivision lot size requirements for dual occupancy development as CDC across a majority of NSW Local Government Areas. Use of this table is subject to the disclaimer at the bottom of the page.

Local Environment Plan (LEP)Minimum Lot Size (Attached) m2Minimum Lot Size (Detached) m2Minimum Subdivision Lot Size per lot (m2)
Bayside LEP 2021400400350
Blacktown LEP 2015500600200 (attached)
300 corner lot (detached only)
Lot Size Map (detached) otherwise
Blue Mountains LEP 20151,0001,000Lot size Map
Burwood LEP 2012500600Lot size Map
Camden LEP 2010800 for Corner or 600 elsewhere800 for Corner or 600 elsewhere200
Campbelltown LEP 2015Dual Occ Lot Size MapDual Occ Lot Size Map300
Canada Bay LEP 2013450900200
Canterbury Bankstown LEP 2023500 (Area 1) or 600 (Area 2)700 (Area 1) or 600 (Area 2)250 (Attached in Area 1)
350 (Detached in Area 1)
300 (Area 2)
Central Coast LEP 2022550700200
Cumberland LEP 2021550550200
Fairfield LEP 2013Dual Occ Lot Size MapDual Occ Lot Size Map300
Georges River LEP 20211,000 (Foreshore Area) or 650 elsewhere1,000 (Foreshore Area) or 650 elsewhere430 (Foreshore Area)
300 elsewhere
Hawkesbury LEP 2012 *400400200 within LMR otherwise Prohibited
Hornsby LEP 2013 *800 (HCA) or 700 elsewhere900 (HCA) or 800 elsewhere400 (Attached in HCA)
450 (Detached in HCA)
350 (Attached non HCA)
400 (Detached non HCA)
Hunters Hill LEP 2012700900200
Inner West LEP 2022 *400400200
Ku-ring-gai LEP 2015 *1,0151,015507.5
Lane Cove LEP 2009750900200 within LMR otherwise Prohibited
Liverpool LEP 2008 *Dual Occ Lot Size Map or 600 elsewhereDual Occ Lot Size Map or 600 elsewhere50% of Dual Occ Lot Size Map or 300 elsewhere
Manly LEP 2013400400200
Mosman LEP 2012 *Lot Size MapLot Size Map50% of Lot Size Map
Newcastle LEP 2012400400200
North Sydney LEP 2013 * ^450450200
Parramatta LEP 2023600600200 within LMR otherwise Prohibited
Penrith LEP 2010650750200
Pittwater LEP 2014800800200
Randwick LEP 2013 ^550550275 (Community or Strata Title)
Ryde LEP 2014580580290
Strathfield LEP 2012800 (Area A) or 560 elsewhere800 (Area A) or 560 elsewhere400 (Area A)
280 elsewhere
Sutherland Shire LEP 2015600600200
Sydney LEP 2012400400200
The Hills LEP 2019600700200 within LMR otherwise Prohibited
Warringah LEP 2011800800400
Waverley LEP 2012400400200
Willoughby LEP 2012400400350 (Area 1)
Lot Size Map elsewhere
Wollongong LEP 2009400400200
Woollahra LEP 2014460930200 within LMR otherwise Prohibited
* dual occupancy permissibility in the R2 Low Density Residential zone via SEPP (Housing) 2021, unless excluded land in Clause 164
^ dual occupancy (detached) permissibility in the R2 Low Density Residential zone via SEPP (Housing) 2021, unless excluded land in Clause 164

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