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Under Campbelltown Local Environmental Plan 2015, most Zone R2 low density land has an 8.5 metre building height limit (9.0 metres in parts of R2 and across 98.8% of Zones C3 and C4) and clause 4.3A restricts dwelling houses to a maximum of two storeys above ground. Clause 4.4(2A) sets a 0.55:1 floor space ratio limit for dwelling houses in Zones R2, R3 and R5 while undercover parking above 36 square metres for a three or more bedroom house counts toward gross floor area under section 3.6.1.4 of the development control plan. Standard Zone R2 and R3 houses require a 15 metre lot width at the 5.5 metre street building line (unless an existing lot), 5.5 metre front setback (6.0 metres to garages), 0.9 metre side setbacks (1.2 metres where a boundary retaining wall is built), 3.0 metre rear setback up to 4.5 metres in height, 8.0 metre rear setback above 4.5 metres in height and at least 20% deep soil planting.

Under clauses 4.1B and 4.4(2A)(b) of the local plan and section 3.6.3.1 of the development control plan, dual occupancies in Zones R2, R3 and R5 are capped at a 0.45:1 floor space ratio and two storeys, must satisfy the Lot Size for Dual Occupancy Development Map (700 square metres standard in established areas, with smaller release thresholds in Mount Gilead under clause 4.1I and Menangle Park under clause 4.1J) and require a 15 metre minimum width at the 5.5 metre front setback line. In Zone R2, clause 4.1B(3) allows subdivision of a dual occupancy where each new lot measures 300 square metres or more while clause 4.1C permits semi detached dwellings on a 700 square metre parent lot subdivided into 300 square metre lots (with specific variations on mapped Ingleburn Narrow Lots). In Zones RU2, R5, C3 and C4, only attached dual occupancies under one roofline are permissible while detached dual occupancies are prohibited.

Yes, on qualifying residential lots in Zones R2, R3 and R5 (and eligible rural or greenfield release lots) that meet every numerical envelope and land standard under the Codes SEPP 2008. However, complying development under the Housing Code is excluded on land zoned C3 Environmental Management or C4 Environmental Living in suburbs such as Varroville, Wedderburn, Kentlyn or Minto Heights, on bushfire prone lots rated BAL 40 or Flame Zone, on listed heritage items or inside the Queen Street Heritage Conservation Area (except for limited detached ancillary works). Those properties need a council development application to Campbelltown City Council.

Four local controls regularly shape project budgets. First, bushfire exposure across 77.7% of our council sample (including 94.2% of Zones C3 and C4 and a quarter of urban residential points) requires BAL rated glazing, ember seals, wholly internal asset protection zones and non combustible retaining walls. Second, residential excavation and fill caps of 1.0 metre (and a 0.5 metre consent trigger on steep Scenic Hills slopes above 16%) call for stepped floorplates and engineered retaining walls where heights exceed 600 millimetres. Third, Wianamatta Shale salinity, creek or overland flow freeboard of 300 to 500 millimetres and mine subsidence rules in the South Campbelltown and Appin districts govern slab and footing specifications. Fourth, the Campbelltown Local Infrastructure Contributions Plan 2018 Amendment 2 levies Section 7.11 contributions on additional dwellings or lots and Section 7.12 percentage levies on development cost prior to construction certificate release.