• Section 149 Planning certificates confirm planning requirements and restrictions that apply to a parcel of land.

Complying development under the General Development Code

The following type of development is complying development under the General Development Code:

• Bed and Breakfast accommodation (Clause 4A.1)

The General Development Code includes development types that are not easily categorised as either commercial, industrial or residential.  Currently this Code only includes complying development standards for ‘bed and breakfast accommodation'.  The State Government will add more complying development types to this Code in the future.

To determine if your proposed building alteration is ‘complying development’ under the General Development Code follow the 3 Step checklist.

Step 1 – Check that complying development under the General Development Code can be carried out on your land

You must check the Codes SEPP Clauses including Clause 1.17A, 1.18, 1.19 and Part 4A. 

For example –

Your land must be zoned one of the following:

• Residential 2(a), Residential 2(b), General Business 3(a), Special Business 3(b) or Neighbourhood Business 3(c) (Clause 1.18)

Your land must not be:

• Land in the Woollahra LEP that contains a heritage item or a draft heritage item (Clause 1.17A)
• Land on the State Heritage Register or that is subject to an interim heritage order (Clause 1.17A)

Step 2 – Go to the State Codes SEPP Part 4A General Development Code for the rules

Is your proposal a development type permissible under the Codes SEPP and does it meet all the Complying Development Standards contained in Part 4A of the Code?

This code includes complying development standards addressing matters such as number of guest bedrooms and off-road parking spaces (Clause 4A.2).

Step 3 – Determine if your proposal is complying development under the General Housing Code

If your proposal meets all the requirements of the Code it is complying development and you can lodge a Complying Development Application (PDF)

OR

If your proposal does not meet all the requirements of the Code it is NOT complying development under Part 4A of the Code. Your proposed development may be exempt development under Part 2 of the State Codes SEPP. Alternatively you may consider amending your proposal or lodging a development application.

In addition to the above information, the Department of Planning has prepared a dedicated Housing Code website, which provides a number of useful resources to understand how the Codes SEPP applies to your proposal.