Wollongong Local Environmental Plan 2009 (2010 EPI 76)



Part 1 Preliminary
1.1   Name of Plan
This Plan is Wollongong Local Environmental Plan 2009.
1.1AA   Commencement
This Plan commences on the day on which it is published on the NSW legislation website.
1.1A   (Repealed)
cl 1.1A: Rep 2010 (162), Sch 1.7 [1].
1.2   Aims of Plan
(1)  This Plan aims to make local environmental planning provisions for land in Wollongong in accordance with the relevant standard environmental planning instrument under section 33A of the Act.
(2)  The particular aims of this Plan are as follows:
(a)  to provide a framework for land use management,
(b)  to encourage economic and business development to increase employment opportunities,
(c)  to encourage a range of housing choices consistent with the capacity of the land,
(d)  to improve the quality of life and the social well-being and amenity of residents, business operators, workers and visitors,
(e)  to conserve and enhance remnant terrestrial, aquatic and riparian habitats, native vegetation and fauna species,
(f)  to conserve and enhance heritage,
(g)  to ensure that development is consistent with the constraints of the land and can be appropriately serviced by infrastructure,
(h)  to ensure that significant landscapes are conserved, including the Illawarra Escarpment, Lake Illawarra, the drinking water catchment and the coastline.
1.3   Land to which Plan applies
This Plan applies to the land identified on the Land Application Map.
1.4   Definitions
The Dictionary at the end of this Plan defines words and expressions for the purposes of this Plan.
1.5   Notes
Notes in this Plan are provided for guidance and do not form part of this Plan.
1.6   Consent authority
The consent authority for the purposes of this Plan is (subject to the Act) the Council.
1.7   Maps
(1)  A reference in this Plan to a named map adopted by this Plan is a reference to a map by that name:
(a)  approved by the Minister when the map is adopted, and
(b)  as amended or replaced from time to time by maps declared by environmental planning instruments to amend or replace that map, and approved by the Minister when the instruments are made.
(2)  Any 2 or more named maps may be combined into a single map. In that case, a reference in this Plan to any such named map is a reference to the relevant part or aspect of the single map.
(3)  Any such maps are to be kept and made available for public access in accordance with arrangements approved by the Minister.
(4)  For the purposes of this Plan, a map may be in, and may be kept and made available in, electronic or paper form, or both.
Note—
The maps adopted by this Plan are to be made available on the official NSW legislation website in connection with this Plan. Requirements relating to the maps are set out in the documents entitled Standard technical requirements for LEP maps and Standard requirements for LEP GIS data which are available on the Department of Planning’s website.
1.8   Repeal of other local planning instruments applying to land
(1)  All local environmental plans and deemed environmental planning instruments applying only to the land to which this Plan applies are repealed.
Note—
The following local environmental plans are repealed under this provision:
(a)  Illawarra Planning Scheme Ordinance,
(2)  All local environmental plans and deemed environmental planning instruments applying to the land to which this Plan applies and to other land cease to apply to the land to which this Plan applies.
cl 1.8: Am 2010 (162), Sch 1.7 [2] [3].
1.8A   Savings provision relating to pending development applications
If a development application has been made before the commencement of this Plan in relation to land to which this Plan applies and the application has not finally been determined before that commencement, the application must be determined as if this Plan had not commenced.
1.9   Application of SEPPs
(1)  This Plan is subject to the provisions of any State environmental planning policy that prevails over this Plan as provided by section 36 of the Act.
(2)  The following State environmental planning policies (or provisions) do not apply to the land to which this Plan applies:
(2A)  State Environmental Planning Policy No 71—Coastal Protection does not apply to land within the Wollongong city centre.
1.9A   Suspension of covenants, agreements and instruments
(1)  For the purpose of enabling development on land in any zone to be carried out in accordance with this Plan or with a development consent granted under the Act, any agreement, covenant or other similar instrument that restricts the carrying out of that development does not apply to the extent necessary to serve that purpose.
(2)  This clause does not apply:
(a)  to a covenant imposed by the Council or that the Council requires to be imposed, or
(b)  to any prescribed instrument within the meaning of section 183A of the Crown Lands Act 1989, or
(c)  to any conservation agreement within the meaning of the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974, or
(d)  to any Trust agreement within the meaning of the Nature Conservation Trust Act 2001, or
(e)  to any property vegetation plan within the meaning of the Native Vegetation Act 2003, or
(f)  to any biobanking agreement within the meaning of Part 7A of the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995, or
(g)  to any planning agreement within the meaning of Division 6 of Part 4 of the Act, or
(h)  to any land vested in the Lake Illawarra Authority under the Lake Illawarra Authority Act 1987.
(3)  This clause does not affect the rights or interests of any public authority under any registered instrument.
(4)  Under section 28 of the Act, the Governor, before the making of this clause, approved of subclauses (1)–(3).
Part 2 Permitted or prohibited development
2.1   Land use zones
The land use zones under this Plan are as follows:
Rural Zones
RU1 Primary Production
RU2 Rural Landscape
RU4 Rural Small Holdings
Residential Zones
R1 General Residential
R2 Low Density Residential
R3 Medium Density Residential
R4 High Density Residential
R5 Large Lot Residential
Business Zones
B1 Neighbourhood Centre
B2 Local Centre
B3 Commercial Core
B4 Mixed Use
B6 Enterprise Corridor
B7 Business Park
Industrial Zones
IN1 General Industrial
IN2 Light Industrial
IN3 Heavy Industrial
IN4 Working Waterfront
Special Purpose Zones
SP1 Special Activities
SP2 Infrastructure
SP3 Tourist
Recreation Zones
RE1 Public Recreation
RE2 Private Recreation
Environment Protection Zones
E1 National Parks and Nature Reserves
E2 Environmental Conservation
E3 Environmental Management
E4 Environmental Living
Waterway Zones
W1 Natural Waterways
W2 Recreational Waterways
W3 Working Waterways
2.2   Zoning of land to which Plan applies
For the purposes of this Plan, land is within the zones shown on the Land Zoning Map.
2.3   Zone objectives and Land Use Table
(1)  The Land Use Table at the end of this Part specifies for each zone:
(a)  the objectives for development, and
(b)  development that may be carried out without consent, and
(c)  development that may be carried out only with consent, and
(d)  development that is prohibited.
(2)  The consent authority must have regard to the objectives for development in a zone when determining a development application in respect of land within the zone.
(3)  In the Land Use Table at the end of this Part:
(a)  a reference to a type of building or other thing is a reference to development for the purposes of that type of building or other thing, and
(b)  a reference to a type of building or other thing does not include (despite any definition in this Plan) a reference to a type of building or other thing referred to separately in the Land Use Table in relation to the same zone.
(4)  This clause is subject to the other provisions of this Plan.
Notes—
1   
Schedule 1 sets out additional permitted uses for particular land.
2   
Schedule 2 sets out exempt development (which is generally exempt from both Parts 4 and 5 of the Act). Development in the land use table that may be carried out without consent is nevertheless subject to the environmental assessment and approval requirements of Part 5 of the Act or, if applicable, Part 3A of the Act.
3   
Schedule 3 sets out complying development (for which a complying development certificate may be issued as an alternative to obtaining development consent).
4   
Clause 2.6 requires consent for subdivision of land.
5   
Part 5 contains other provisions which require consent for particular development.
2.4   Unzoned land
(1)  Development may be carried out on unzoned land only with consent.
(2)  Before granting consent, the consent authority:
(a)  must consider whether the development will impact on adjoining zoned land and, if so, consider the objectives for development in the zones of the adjoining land, and
(b)  must be satisfied that the development is appropriate and is compatible with permissible land uses in any such adjoining land.
2.5   Additional permitted uses for particular land
(1)  Development on particular land that is described or referred to in Schedule 1 may be carried out:
(a)  with consent, or
(b)  if the Schedule so provides—without consent,
in accordance with the conditions (if any) specified in that Schedule in relation to that development.
(2)  This clause has effect despite anything to the contrary in the Land Use Table or other provision of this Plan.
2.6   Subdivision—consent requirements
(1)  Land to which this Plan applies may be subdivided, but only with consent.
(2)  However, consent is not required for a subdivision for the purpose only of any one or more of the following:
(a)  widening a public road,
(b)  a minor realignment of boundaries that does not create:
(i)  additional lots or the opportunity for additional dwellings, or
(ii)  lots that are smaller than the minimum size shown on the Lot Size Map in relation to the land concerned,
(c)  a consolidation of lots that does not create additional lots or the opportunity for additional dwellings,
(d)  rectifying an encroachment on a lot,
(e)  creating a public reserve,
(f)  excising from a lot land that is, or is intended to be, used for public purposes, including drainage purposes, rural fire brigade or other emergency service purposes or public toilets.
Note—
If a subdivision is exempt development, the Act enables the subdivision to be carried out without consent.
2.6AA   Demolition requires consent
The demolition of a building or work may be carried out only with consent.
Note—
If the demolition of a building or work is identified in an applicable environmental planning instrument, such as this Plan or State Environmental Planning Policy (Exempt and Complying Development Codes) 2008, as exempt development, the Act enables it to be carried out without consent.
2.6BB   Temporary use of land
(1)  The objective of this clause is to provide for the temporary use of land if the use does not compromise future development of the land, or have detrimental economic, social, amenity or environmental effects on the land.
(2)  Despite any other provision of this Plan, development consent may be granted for development on land in any zone for a temporary use for a maximum period of 52 days (whether or not consecutive days) in any period of 12 months.
(3)  Development consent must not be granted unless the consent authority is satisfied that:
(a)  the temporary use will not prejudice the subsequent carrying out of development on the land in accordance with this Plan and any other applicable environmental planning instrument, and
(b)  the temporary use will not adversely impact on any adjoining land or the amenity of the neighbourhood, and
(c)  the temporary use and location of any structures related to the use will not adversely impact on environmental attributes or features of the land, or increase the risk of natural hazards that may affect the land, and
(d)  at the end of the temporary use period the land will, as far as is practicable, be restored to the condition in which it was before the commencement of the use.
(4)  Despite subclause (2), the temporary use of a dwelling as a sales office for a new release area or a new housing estate may exceed the maximum number of days specified in that subclause.
(5)  Subclause (3) (d) does not apply to the temporary use of a dwelling as a sales office mentioned in subclause (4).
cl 2.6BB: Ins 2010 (162), Sch 1.7 [4].
2.6A, 2.6B   (Repealed)
cll 2.6A, 2.6B: Rep 2010 (162), Sch 1.7 [1].
Land Use Table
Note—
A type of development referred to in the Land Use Table is a reference to that type of development only to the extent it is not regulated by an applicable State environmental planning policy. The following State environmental planning policies in particular may be relevant to development on land to which this Plan applies:
State Environmental Planning Policy (Affordable Rental Housing) 2009 (including provision for secondary dwellings)
State Environmental Planning Policy (Infrastructure) 2007 (relating to public facilities such as those for air transport, correction, education, electricity generation, health services, ports, railways, roads, waste management and water supply systems)
Land Use tbl: Am 2010 (162), Sch 1.7 [5]; 2011 (28), Sch 1.10 [1].
Zone RU1   Primary Production
1   Objectives of zone
  To encourage sustainable primary industry production by maintaining and enhancing the natural resource base.
  To encourage diversity in primary industry enterprises and systems appropriate for the area.
  To minimise the fragmentation and alienation of resource lands.
  To minimise conflict between land uses within the zone and land uses within adjoining zones.
2   Permitted without consent
Building identification signs; Extensive agriculture; Home occupations
3   Permitted with consent
Agricultural produce industries; Agriculture; Business identification signs; Dwelling houses; Environmental protection works; Extractive industries; Farm buildings; Forestry; Mining; Roads; Roadside stalls
4   Prohibited
Any development not specified in item 2 or 3
Zone RU2   Rural Landscape
1   Objectives of zone
  To encourage sustainable primary industry production by maintaining and enhancing the natural resource base.
  To maintain the rural landscape character of the land.
  To provide for a range of compatible land uses, including extensive agriculture.
  To encourage the retention, management or restoration of native vegetation.
2   Permitted without consent
Extensive agriculture; Home occupations; Roadside stalls
3   Permitted with consent
Agricultural produce industries; Agriculture; Bed and breakfast accommodation; Child care centres; Community facilities; Crematoria; Dwelling houses; Environmental facilities; Environmental protection works; Farm buildings; Farm stay accommodation; Forestry; Helipads; Hospitals; Places of public worship; Recreation areas; Recreation facilities (outdoor); Roads; Rural supplies; Secondary dwellings; Signage; Veterinary hospitals
4   Prohibited
Any development not specified in item 2 or 3
Zone RU4   Rural Small Holdings
1   Objectives of zone
  To enable sustainable primary industry and other compatible land uses.
  To maintain the rural and scenic character of the land.
  To ensure that development does not unreasonably increase the demand for public services or public facilities.
  To minimise conflict between land uses within the zone and land uses within adjoining zones.
2   Permitted without consent
Home occupations
3   Permitted with consent
Agriculture; Bed and breakfast accommodation; Building identification signs; Business identification signs; Community facilities; Dwelling houses; Extensive Agriculture; Farm buildings; Farm stay accommodation; Horticulture; Recreation areas; Roads; Roadside stalls; Secondary dwellings; Veterinary hospitals
4   Prohibited
Any development not specified in item 2 or 3
Zone R1   General Residential
1   Objectives of zone
  To provide for the housing needs of the community.
  To provide for a variety of housing types and densities.
  To enable other land uses that provide facilities or services to meet the day to day needs of residents.
2   Permitted without consent
Home occupations
3   Permitted with consent
Attached dwellings; Bed and breakfast accommodation; Boarding houses; Child care centres; Community facilities; Dual occupancies; Dwelling houses; Environmental facilities; Exhibition homes; Group homes; Hostels; Multi dwelling housing; Neighbourhood shops; Places of public worship; Recreation areas; Residential flat buildings; Roads; Semi-detached dwellings; Seniors housing; Serviced apartments; Shop top housing; Signage
4   Prohibited
Any development not specified in item 2 or 3
Zone R2   Low Density Residential
1   Objectives of zone
  To provide for the housing needs of the community within a low density residential environment.
  To enable other land uses that provide facilities or services to meet the day to day needs of residents.
2   Permitted without consent
Home occupations
3   Permitted with consent
Attached dwellings; Bed and breakfast accommodation; Boarding houses; Boat launching ramps; Child care centres; Community facilities; Dual occupancies; Dwelling houses; Environmental facilities; Exhibition homes; Exhibition villages; Group homes; Health consulting rooms; Hospitals; Hostels; Information and education facilities; Jetties; Multi dwelling housing; Neighbourhood shops; Places of public worship; Recreation areas; Recreation facilities (indoor); Recreation facilities (outdoor); Residential flat buildings; Roads; Semi-detached dwellings; Seniors housing; Shop top housing; Signage; Veterinary hospitals
4   Prohibited
Any development not specified in item 2 or 3
Zone R3   Medium Density Residential
1   Objectives of zone
  To provide for the housing needs of the community within a medium density residential environment.
  To provide a variety of housing types within a medium density residential environment.
  To enable other land uses that provide facilities or services to meet the day to day needs of residents.
2   Permitted without consent
Nil
3   Permitted with consent
Attached dwellings; Backpackers’ accommodation; Bed and breakfast accommodation; Boarding houses; Child care centres; Community facilities; Dual occupancies; Dwelling houses; Exhibition homes; Exhibition villages; Group homes; Hostels; Information and education facilities; Multi dwelling housing; Neighbourhood shops; Places of public worship; Recreation areas; Recreation facilities (indoor); Recreation facilities (outdoor); Residential flat buildings; Roads; Semi-detached dwellings; Seniors housing; Serviced apartments; Shop top housing; Signage; Veterinary hospitals
4   Prohibited
Any development not specified in item 2 or 3
Zone R4   High Density Residential
1   Objectives of zone
  To provide for the housing needs of the community within a high density residential environment.
  To provide a variety of housing types within a high density residential environment.
  To enable other land uses that provide facilities or services to meet the day to day needs of residents.
  To allow for high density residential development in close proximity to the Wollongong city centre and other commercial centres.
2   Permitted without consent
Nil
3   Permitted with consent
Backpackers’ accommodation; Bed and breakfast accommodation; Boarding houses; Child care centres; Community facilities; Exhibition homes; Hostels; Multi dwelling housing; Neighbourhood shops; Places of public worship; Recreation areas; Recreation facilities (indoor); Residential flat buildings; Roads; Seniors housing; Serviced apartments; Shop top housing; Signage
4   Prohibited
Any development not specified in item 2 or 3
Zone R5   Large Lot Residential
1   Objectives of zone
  To provide residential housing in a rural setting while preserving, and minimising impacts on, environmentally sensitive locations and scenic quality.
  To ensure that large residential allotments do not hinder the proper and orderly development of urban areas in the future.
  To ensure that development in the area does not unreasonably increase the demand for public services or public facilities.
  To minimise conflict between land uses within the zone and land uses within adjoining zones.
2   Permitted without consent
Home occupations
3   Permitted with consent
Animal boarding or training establishments; Bed and breakfast accommodation; Business identification signs; Child care centres; Community facilities; Dwelling houses; Exhibition homes; Farm buildings; Places of public worship; Recreation areas; Roads; Roadside stalls
4   Prohibited
Any development not specified in item 2 or 3
Zone B1   Neighbourhood Centre
1   Objectives of zone
  To provide a range of small-scale retail, business and community uses that serve the needs of people who live or work in the surrounding neighbourhood.
  To allow for residential accommodation and other uses while maintaining active retail, business or other non-residential uses at the street level.
2   Permitted without consent
Building identification signs; Business identification signs
3   Permitted with consent
Advertisements; Advertising structures; Amusement centres; Backpackers’ accommodation; Bed and breakfast accommodation; Boarding houses; Business premises; Car parks; Child care centres; Community facilities; Entertainment facilities; Hotel or motel accommodation; Information and education facilities; Landscape and garden supplies; Neighbourhood shops; Office premises; Places of public worship; Recreation areas; Recreation facilities (indoor); Registered clubs; Retail premises; Roads; Seniors housing; Service stations; Shop top housing; Timber and building supplies; Veterinary hospitals
4   Prohibited
Any development not specified in item 2 or 3
Zone B2   Local Centre
1   Objectives of zone
  To provide a range of retail, business, entertainment and community uses that serve the needs of people who live in, work in and visit the local area.
  To encourage employment opportunities in accessible locations.
  To maximise public transport patronage and encourage walking and cycling.
  To allow for residential accommodation and other uses while maintaining active retail, business or other non-residential uses at the street level.
2   Permitted without consent
Building identification signs; Business identification signs
3   Permitted with consent
Advertisements; Advertising structures; Amusement centres; Boarding houses; Bulky goods premises; Business premises; Car parks; Child care centres; Community facilities; Educational establishments; Entertainment facilities; Exhibition homes; Function centres; Funeral chapels; Funeral homes; Hostels; Information and education facilities; Landscape and garden supplies; Office premises; Passenger transport facilities; Places of public worship; Pubs; Recreation areas; Recreation facilities (indoor); Recreation facilities (outdoor); Registered clubs; Residential flat buildings; Restricted premises; Retail premises; Roads; Self-storage units; Seniors housing; Service stations; Sex services premises; Shop top housing; Timber and building supplies; Tourist and visitor accommodation; Vehicle sales or hire premises; Veterinary hospitals; Wholesale supplies
4   Prohibited
Any development not specified in item 2 or 3
Zone B3   Commercial Core
1   Objectives of zone
  To provide a wide range of retail, business, office, entertainment, community and other suitable land uses that serve the needs of the local and wider community.
  To encourage appropriate employment opportunities in accessible locations.
  To maximise public transport patronage and encourage walking and cycling.
  To strengthen the role of the Wollongong city centre as the regional business, retail and cultural centre of the Illawarra region.
  To provide for high density residential development within a mixed use development if it:
(a)  is in a location that is accessible to public transport, employment, retail, commercial and service facilities, and
(b)  contributes to the vitality of the Wollongong city centre.
2   Permitted without consent
Building identification signs; Business identification signs
3   Permitted with consent
Advertisements; Advertising structures; Amusement centres; Boarding houses; Bulky goods premises; Business premises; Car parks; Child care centres; Community facilities; Educational establishments; Entertainment facilities; Exhibition homes; Function centres; Funeral chapels; Funeral homes; Helipads; Hostels; Hotel or motel accommodation; Information and education facilities; Landscape and garden supplies; Office premises; Passenger transport facilities; Places of public worship; Pubs; Recreation areas; Recreation facilities (indoor); Recreation facilities (outdoor); Registered clubs; Restricted premises; Retail premises; Roads; Self-storage units; Seniors housing; Service stations; Sex services premises; Shop top housing; Timber and building supplies; Tourist and visitor accommodation; Vehicle sales or hire premises; Veterinary hospitals; Wholesale supplies
4   Prohibited
Any development not specified in item 2 or 3
Zone B4   Mixed Use
1   Objectives of zone
  To provide a mixture of compatible land uses.
  To integrate suitable business, office, residential, retail and other development in accessible locations so as to maximise public transport patronage and encourage walking and cycling.
  To support nearby or adjacent commercial centres without adversely impacting on the viability of those centres.
2   Permitted without consent
Building identification signs; Business identification signs
3   Permitted with consent
Advertisements; Advertising structures; Amusement centres; Boarding houses; Bulky goods premises; Business premises; Car parks; Child care centres; Community facilities; Educational establishments; Entertainment facilities; Environmental facilities; Exhibition homes; Function centres; Funeral chapels; Funeral homes; Hostels; Hotel or motel accommodation; Information and education facilities; Landscape and garden supplies; Multi dwelling housing; Office premises; Passenger transport facilities; Places of public worship; Recreation areas; Recreation facilities (indoor); Registered clubs; Residential flat buildings; Retail premises; Roads; Self-storage units; Seniors housing; Service stations; Shop top housing; Tourist and visitor accommodation; Vehicle body repair workshops; Vehicle repair stations; Vehicle sales or hire premises; Veterinary hospitals; Wholesale supplies
4   Prohibited
Any development not specified in item 2 or 3
Zone B6   Enterprise Corridor
1   Objectives of zone
  To promote businesses along main roads and to encourage a mix of compatible uses.
  To provide a range of employment uses (including business, office, retail and light industrial uses) and residential uses (but only as part of a mixed use development).
  To maintain the economic strength of centres by limiting retailing activity.
  To encourage activities which will contribute to the economic and employment growth of Wollongong.
  To allow some diversity of activities that will not:
(a)  significantly detract from the operation of existing or proposed development, or
(b)  significantly detract from the amenity of nearby residents, or
(c)  have an adverse impact upon the efficient operation of the surrounding road system.
2   Permitted without consent
Building identification signs; Business identification signs
3   Permitted with consent
Advertisements; Advertising structures; Bulky goods premises; Business premises; Car parks; Child care centres; Community facilities; Depots; Entertainment facilities; Environmental facilities; Hotel or motel accommodation; Industrial retail outlets; Landscape and garden supplies; Light industries; Office premises; Passenger transport facilities; Places of public worship; Recreation areas; Recreation facilities (indoor); Recreational facilities (outdoor); Registered clubs; Roads; Service stations; Serviced apartments; Sex services premises; Shop top housing; Storage premises; Take away food and drink premises; Timber and building supplies; Transport depots; Truck depots; Vehicle sales or hire premises; Veterinary hospitals; Warehouse or distribution centres
4   Prohibited
Any development not specified in item 2 or 3
Zone B7   Business Park
1   Objectives of zone
  To provide a range of office and light industrial uses.
  To encourage employment opportunities.
  To enable other land uses that provide facilities or services to meet the day to day needs of workers in the area.
2   Permitted without consent
Building identification signs; Business identification signs
3   Permitted with consent
Advertisements; Advertising structures; Business premises; Child care centres; Community facilities; Helipads; Hotel or motel accommodation; Kiosks; Light industries; Neighbourhood shops; Office premises; Passenger transport facilities; Recreation facilities (indoor); Roads; Warehouse or distribution centres
4   Prohibited
Any development not specified in item 2 or 3
Zone IN1   General Industrial
1   Objectives of zone
  To provide a wide range of industrial and warehouse land uses.
  To encourage employment opportunities.
  To minimise any adverse effect of industry on other land uses.
  To facilitate and encourage appropriate forms of industrial development which will contribute to the economic and employment growth of Wollongong.
  To allow some diversity of activities that will not:
(a)  significantly detract from the operation of existing or proposed manufacturing and service industries, or
(b)  significantly detract from the amenity of nearby residents, or
(c)  adversely impact upon the efficient operation of the surrounding road system.
2   Permitted without consent
Building identification signs; Business identification signs
3   Permitted with consent
Advertisements; Advertising structures; Community facilities; Crematoria; Depots; Freight transport facilities; Heavy industries; Helipads; Industrial retail outlets; Kiosks; Light industries; Liquid fuel depots; Mortuaries; Neighbourhood shops; Places of public worship; Recreation areas; Recreation facilities (indoor); Roads; Service stations; Take away food and drink premises; Transport depots; Vehicle body repair workshops; Vehicle repair stations; Vehicle sales or hire premises; Warehouse or distribution centres
4   Prohibited
Any development not specified in item 2 or 3
Zone IN2   Light Industrial
1   Objectives of zone
  To provide a wide range of light industrial, warehouse and related land uses.
  To encourage employment opportunities and to support the viability of centres.
  To minimise any adverse effect of industry on other land uses.
  To enable other land uses that provide facilities or services to meet the day to day needs of workers in the area.
  To encourage appropriate forms of industrial development which will contribute to the economic and employment growth of Wollongong.
2   Permitted without consent
Building identification signs; Business identification signs
3   Permitted with consent
Advertisements; Advertising structures; Agricultural produce industries; Animal boarding or training establishments; Boat repair facilities; Community facilities; Crematoria; Depots; Freight transport facilities; Helipads; Industrial retail outlets; Kiosks; Landscape and garden supplies; Light industries; Mortuaries; Neighbourhood shops; Places of public worship; Recreation areas; Recreation facilities (indoor); Roads; Self-storage units; Service stations; Sex services premises; Take away food and drink premises; Tank-based aquaculture; Timber and building supplies; Transport depots; Vehicle body repair workshops; Vehicle repair stations; Vehicle sales or hire premises; Veterinary hospitals; Warehouse or distribution centres; Waste or resource management facilities; Water treatment facilities
4   Prohibited
Any development not specified in item 2 or 3
Zone IN3   Heavy Industrial
1   Objectives of zone
  To provide suitable areas for those industries that need to be separated from other land uses.
  To encourage employment opportunities.
  To minimise any adverse effect of heavy industry on other land uses.
  To facilitate the ongoing sustainability of steel making and steel product manufacturing that will contribute to the economic and employment growth of Wollongong.
2   Permitted without consent
Building identification signs; Business identification signs
3   Permitted with consent
Advertisements; Advertising structures; Boat repair facilities; Depots; Freight transport facilities; Hazardous industries; Hazardous storage establishments; Heavy industries; Helipads; Industrial retail outlets; Kiosks; Light industries; Liquid fuel depots; Offensive industries; Offensive storage establishments; Recreation areas; Recreation facilities (indoor); Roads; Rural industries; Service stations; Take away food and drink premises; Transport depots; Truck depots; Vehicle body repair workshops; Vehicle repair stations; Warehouse or distribution centres; Water supply systems
4   Prohibited
Any development not specified in item 2 or 3
Zone IN4   Working Waterfront
1   Objectives of zone
  To retain and encourage waterfront industrial and maritime activities.
  To identify sites for maritime purposes and for activities that require direct waterfront access.
  To ensure that development does not have an adverse impact on the environmental and visual qualities of the foreshore.
  To encourage employment opportunities.
  To minimise any adverse effect of development on land uses in other zones.
  To encourage development that is compatible with the characteristics of Wollongong Harbour and Belmore Basin.
2   Permitted without consent
Nil
3   Permitted with consent
Boat launching ramps; Boat repair facilities; Charter and tourism boating facilities; Food and drink premises; Information and education facilities; Jetties; Kiosks; Light industries; Marinas; Markets; Roads; Signage
4   Prohibited
Any development not specified in item 2 or 3
Zone SP1   Special Activities
1   Objectives of zone
  To provide for special land uses that are not provided for in other zones.
  To provide for sites with special natural characteristics that are not provided for in other zones.
  To facilitate development that is in keeping with the special characteristics of the site or its existing or intended special use, and that minimises any adverse impacts on surrounding land.
2   Permitted without consent
Building identification signs; Business identification signs
3   Permitted with consent
The purpose shown on the Land Zoning Map, including any development that is ordinarily incidental or ancillary to development for that purpose; Advertisements; Advertising structures; Child care centres; Community facilities; Information and education facilities; Recreation areas; Recreation facilities (indoor); Recreation facilities (major); Recreation facilities (outdoor)
4   Prohibited
Any development not specified in item 2 or 3
Zone SP2   Infrastructure
1   Objectives of zone
  To provide for infrastructure and related uses.
  To prevent development that is not compatible with or that may detract from the provision of infrastructure.
  To provide for key transport corridors.
2   Permitted without consent
Building identification signs
3   Permitted with consent
The purpose shown on the Land Zoning Map, including any development that is ordinarily incidental or ancillary to development for that purpose; Advertisements; Advertising structures; Business identification signs; Child care centres; Community facilities; Recreation areas; Recreation facilities (indoor); Recreation facilities (major); Recreation facilities (outdoor); Roads
4   Prohibited
Any development not specified in item 2 or 3
Zone SP3   Tourist
1   Objectives of zone
  To provide for a variety of tourist-oriented development and related uses.
2   Permitted without consent
Building identification signs; Business identification signs
3   Permitted with consent
Advertisements; Advertising structures; Amusement centres; Boat repair facilities; Boat sheds; Caravan parks; Cellar door premises; Charter and tourism boating facilities; Child care centres; Community facilities; Entertainment facilities; Food and drink premises; Function centres; Information and education facilities; Kiosks; Marinas; Markets; Moorings; Neighbourhood shops; Recreation areas; Recreation facilities (indoor); Recreation facilities (major); Recreation facilities (outdoor); Registered clubs; Roads; Tourist and visitor accommodation; Water recreation structures
4   Prohibited
Any development not specified in item 2 or 3
Zone RE1   Public Recreation
1   Objectives of zone
  To enable land to be used for public open space or recreational purposes.
  To provide a range of recreational settings and activities and compatible land uses.
  To protect and enhance the natural environment for recreational purposes.
  To cater for the development of a wide range of uses and facilities within open spaces for the benefit of the community.
2   Permitted without consent
Nil
3   Permitted with consent
Boat sheds; Caravan parks; Child care centres; Community facilities; Environmental facilities; Environmental protection works; Extensive agriculture; Helipads; Information and education facilities; Kiosks; Markets; Recreation areas; Recreation facilities (indoor); Recreation facilities (major); Recreational facilities (outdoor); Restaurants; Roads; Signage; Take away food and drink premises; Water recreation structures
4   Prohibited
Any development not specified in item 2 or 3
Zone RE2   Private Recreation
1   Objectives of zone
  To enable land to be used for private open space or recreational purposes.
  To provide a range of recreational settings and activities and compatible land uses.
  To protect and enhance the natural environment for recreational purposes.
2   Permitted without consent
Nil
3   Permitted with consent
Animal boarding or training establishments; Boat repair facilities; Boat sheds; Caravan parks; Cemeteries; Child care centres; Community facilities; Entertainment facilities; Environmental facilities; Environmental protection works; Extensive agriculture; Function centres; Kiosks; Markets; Recreation areas; Recreation facilities (indoor); Recreation facilities (major); Recreation facilities (outdoor); Registered clubs; Restaurants; Roads; Signage; Take away food and drink premises; Water recreation structures
4   Prohibited
Any development not specified in item 2 or 3
Zone E1   National Parks and Nature Reserves
1   Objectives of zone
  To enable the management and appropriate use of land that is reserved under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 or that is acquired under Part 11 of that Act.
  To enable uses authorised under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974.
  To identify land that is to be reserved under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 and to protect the environmental significance of that land.
2   Permitted without consent
Uses authorised under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974
3   Permitted with consent
Nil
4   Prohibited
Any development not specified in item 2 or 3
Zone E2   Environmental Conservation
1   Objectives of zone
  To protect, manage and restore areas of high ecological, scientific, cultural or aesthetic values.
  To prevent development that could destroy, damage or otherwise have an adverse effect on those values.
  To retain and enhance the visual and scenic qualities of the Illawarra Escarpment.
  To maintain the quality of the water supply for Sydney and the Illawarra by protecting land forming part of the Sydney drinking water catchment (within the meaning of State Environmental Planning Policy (Sydney Drinking Water Catchment) 2011) to enable the management and appropriate use of the land by the Sydney Catchment Authority.
2   Permitted without consent
Nil
3   Permitted with consent
Environmental facilities; Environment protection works; Extensive agriculture; Recreation areas
4   Prohibited
Business premises; Hotel or motel accommodation; Industries; Multi dwelling housing; Recreation facilities (major); Residential flat buildings; Retail premises; Seniors housing; Service stations; Warehouse or distribution centres; Any other development not specified in item 2 or 3
Zone E3   Environmental Management
1   Objectives of zone
  To protect, manage and restore areas with special ecological, scientific, cultural or aesthetic values.
  To provide for a limited range of development that does not have an adverse effect on those values.
2   Permitted without consent
Home occupations
3   Permitted with consent
Animal boarding or training establishments; Bed and breakfast accommodation; Building identification signs; Business identification signs; Community facilities; Dwelling houses; Earthworks; Environmental facilities; Environmental protection works; Extensive agriculture; Farm buildings; Farm stay accommodation; Forestry; Recreation areas; Roads; Secondary dwellings
4   Prohibited
Industries; Multi dwelling housing; Residential flat buildings; Retail premises; Seniors housing; Service stations; Warehouse or distribution centres; Any other development not specified in item 2 or 3
Zone E4   Environmental Living
1   Objectives of zone
  To provide for low-impact residential development in areas with special ecological, scientific or aesthetic values.
  To ensure that residential development does not have an adverse effect on those values.
2   Permitted without consent
Building identification signs; Home occupations
3   Permitted with consent
Bed and breakfast accommodation; Business identification signs; Community facilities; Dwelling houses; Earthworks; Environmental facilities; Environmental protection works; Recreation areas; Roads; Secondary dwellings
4   Prohibited
Industries; Service stations; Warehouse or distribution centres; Any other development not specified in item 2 or 3
Zone W1   Natural Waterways
1   Objectives of zone
  To protect the ecological and scenic values of natural waterways.
  To prevent development that would have an adverse effect on the natural values of waterways in this zone.
  To provide for sustainable fishing industries and recreational fishing.
2   Permitted without consent
Nil
3   Permitted with consent
Environmental facilities; Environmental protection works; Moorings; Recreation areas; Water recreation structures
4   Prohibited
Business premises; Hotel or motel accommodation; Industries; Multi dwelling housing; Recreation facilities (major); Residential flat buildings; Retail premises; Seniors housing; Service stations; Warehouse or distribution centres; Any other development not specified in item 2 or 3
Zone W2   Recreational Waterways
1   Objectives of zone
  To protect the ecological, scenic and recreation values of recreational waterways.
  To allow for water-based recreation and related uses.
  To provide for sustainable fishing industries and recreational fishing.
  To provide for the sustainable and viable economic use of Lake Illawarra and other waterways.
2   Permitted without consent
Nil
3   Permitted with consent
Boat sheds; Charter and tourism boating facilities; Environmental facilities; Environmental protection works; Kiosks; Marinas; Moorings; Natural water-based aquaculture; Passenger transport facilities; Recreation areas; Restaurants; Take away food and drink premises; Water recreation structures
4   Prohibited
Industries; Multi dwelling housing; Residential flat buildings; Seniors housing; Warehouse or distribution centres; Any other development not specified in item 2 or 3
Zone W3   Working Waterways
1   Objectives of zone
  To enable the efficient movement and operation of commercial shipping, water-based transport and maritime industries.
  To promote the equitable use of waterways, including appropriate recreational uses.
  To minimise impacts on ecological values arising from the active use of waterways.
  To provide for sustainable fishing industries.
2   Permitted without consent
Nil
3   Permitted with consent
Aquaculture; Boat repair facilities; Boat sheds; Charter and tourism boating facilities; Environmental facilities; Environmental protection works; Marinas; Moorings; Port facilities; Water recreation structures
4   Prohibited
Any development not specified in item 2 or 3
Part 3 Exempt and complying development
3.1   Exempt development
Note—
Under section 76 of the Act, exempt development may be carried out without the need for development consent under Part 4 of the Act or for assessment under Part 5 of the Act.
The section states that exempt development:
(a)  must be of minimal environmental impact, and
(b)  cannot be carried out in critical habitat of an endangered species, population or ecological community (identified under the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 or the Fisheries Management Act 1994), and
(c)  cannot be carried out in a wilderness area (identified under the Wilderness Act 1987).
(1)  The objective of this clause is to identify development of minimal environmental impact as exempt development.
(2)  Development specified in Schedule 2 that meets the standards for the development contained in that Schedule and that complies with the requirements of this Part is exempt development.
(3)  To be exempt development, the development:
(a)  must meet the relevant deemed-to-satisfy provisions of the Building Code of Australia or, if there are no such relevant provisions, must be structurally adequate, and
(b)  must not, if it relates to an existing building, cause the building to contravene the Building Code of Australia, and
(c)  must not be designated development, and
(d)  must not be carried out on land that comprises, or on which there is, an item that is listed on the State Heritage Register under the Heritage Act 1977 or that is subject to an interim heritage order under the Heritage Act 1977.
(e)    (Repealed)
(4)  Development that relates to an existing building that is classified under the Building Code of Australia as class 1b or class 2–9 is exempt development only if:
(a)  the building has a current fire safety certificate or fire safety statement, or
(b)  no fire safety measures are currently implemented, required or proposed for the building.
(4A)    (Repealed)
(5)  To be exempt development, the development must:
(a)  be installed in accordance with the manufacturer’s specifications, if applicable, and
(b)  not involve the removal or pruning of a tree or other vegetation that requires a permit or development consent for removal or pruning, unless that removal or pruning is undertaken in accordance with a permit or development consent.
Note—
A permit for the removal or pruning of a tree or other vegetation may be granted under this Plan. A development consent for the removal of native vegetation may be granted where relevant under the Native Vegetation Act 2003.
(6)  A heading to an item in Schedule 2 is part of that Schedule.
cl 3.1: Am 2010 (162), Sch 1.7 [6].
3.2   Complying development
Note—
Under section 76A of the Act, development consent for the carrying out of complying development may be obtained by the issue of a complying development certificate.
The section states that development cannot be complying development if:
(a)  it is on land that is critical habitat of an endangered species, population or ecological community (identified under the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 or the Fisheries Management Act 1994), or
(b)  it is on land within a wilderness area (identified under the Wilderness Act 1987), or
(c)  the development is designated development, or
(d)  the development is on land that comprises, or on which there is, an item of environmental heritage (that is listed on the State Heritage Register or in Schedule 5 to this Plan or that is subject to an interim heritage order under the Heritage Act 1977), or
(e)  the development requires concurrence (except a concurrence of the Director-General of the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water in respect of development that is likely to significantly affect a threatened species, population, or ecological community, or its habitat (identified under the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995)), or
(f)  the development is on land identified as an environmentally sensitive area.
(1)  The objective of this clause is to identify development as complying development.
(2)  Development specified in Part 1 of Schedule 3 that is carried out in compliance with:
(a)  the development standards specified in relation to that development, and
(b)  the requirements of this Part,
is complying development.
Note—
See also clause 5.8 (3) which provides that the conversion of fire alarms is complying development in certain circumstances.
(3)  To be complying development, the development must:
(a)  be permissible, with consent, in the zone in which it is carried out, and
(b)  meet the relevant deemed-to-satisfy provisions of the Building Code of Australia, and
(c)  have an approval, if required by the Local Government Act 1993, from the Council for an on-site effluent disposal system if the development is undertaken on unsewered land.
(4)  A complying development certificate for development specified in Part 1 of Schedule 3 is subject to the conditions (if any) set out in Part 2 of that Schedule.
(4A)  To be complying development, the development must not be carried out on any of the following land:
(a)  land within 100 metres of Lake Illawarra,
(b)  land shown on the Acid Sulfate Soils Map as being in class 1 or 2,
(c)  land to which clause 7.8 (Illawarra Escarpment area conservation) applies,
(e)  land within Zone RU1, E2, E3, W1 or W2,
(f)  land with a slope of 18 degrees or greater.
(4B)    (Repealed)
(5)  A heading to an item in Schedule 3 is part of that Schedule.
cl 3.2: Am 2010 (162), Sch 1.7 [7]; 2011 (28), Sch 1.10 [2].
3.3   Environmentally sensitive areas excluded
(1)  Exempt or complying development must not be carried out on any environmentally sensitive area for exempt or complying development.
(2)  For the purposes of this clause:
environmentally sensitive area for exempt or complying development means any of the following:
(a)  the coastal waters of the State,
(b)  a coastal lake,
(d)  land reserved as an aquatic reserve under the Fisheries Management Act 1994 or as a marine park under the Marine Parks Act 1997,
(e)  land within a wetland of international significance declared under the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands or within a World heritage area declared under the World Heritage Convention,
(f)  land within 100 metres of land to which paragraph (c), (d) or (e) applies,
(g)  land identified in this or any other environmental planning instrument as being of high Aboriginal cultural significance or high biodiversity significance,
(h)  land reserved as a state conservation area under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974,
(i)  land reserved or dedicated under the Crown Lands Act 1989 for the preservation of flora, fauna, geological formations or for other environmental protection purposes,
(j)  land identified as being critical habitat under the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 or Part 7A of the Fisheries Management Act 1994,
(j1)  land identified as containing an endangered ecological community under the Fisheries Management Act 1994 or the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995,
(j2)  land to which clause 7.3 (Flood planning area) applies,
(j3)  land to which clause 7.8 (Illawarra Escarpment area conservation) applies.
Part 4 Principal development standards
4.1   Minimum subdivision lot size
(1)  The objectives of this clause are as follows:
(a)  to control the density of subdivision in accordance with the character of the location, site constraints and available services, facilities and infrastructure,
(b)  to ensure lots are of a sufficient size and shape to accommodate development.
(2)  This clause applies to a subdivision of any land shown on the Lot Size Map that requires development consent and that is carried out after the commencement of this Plan.
(3)  The size of any lot resulting from a subdivision of land to which this clause applies is not to be less than the minimum size shown on the Lot Size Map in relation to that land.
(4)  This clause does not apply in relation to the subdivision of individual lots in a strata plan or community title scheme.
(4A)  In calculating the area of any lot resulting from a subdivision of land, if the lot is a battle-axe lot or other lot with an access handle, the area of the access handle is not to be included.
(4B)  This clause does not apply in relation to the subdivision of land for the purpose of erecting an attached dwelling or a semi-detached dwelling in a residential zone.
(4C)  This clause does not apply in relation to the subdivision of land in a residential zone on which there is an existing dual occupancy or multi dwelling housing.
4.2   Rural subdivision
(1)  The objective of this clause is to provide flexibility in the application of standards for subdivision in rural zones to allow land owners a greater chance to achieve the objectives for development in the relevant zone.
(2)  This clause applies to the following rural zones:
(a)  Zone RU1 Primary Production,
(b)  Zone RU2 Rural Landscape,
(c)  Zone RU4 Rural Small Holdings,
(d)  Zone RU6 Transition.
(3)  Land in a zone to which this clause applies may, with consent, be subdivided for the purpose of primary production to create a lot of a size that is less than the minimum size shown on the Lot Size Map in relation to that land.
(4)  However, such a lot cannot be created if an existing dwelling would, as the result of the subdivision, be situated on the lot.
(5)  A dwelling cannot be erected on such a lot.
Note—
A dwelling includes a rural worker’s dwelling (see definition of that term in the Dictionary).
Note—
This Plan does not include Zone RU6.
4.2A   Erection of dwelling houses on land in certain rural and environmental protection zones
(1)  This clause applies to land in the following zones:
Zone RU1 Primary Production,
Zone RU2 Rural Landscape,
Zone E3 Environmental Management.
(2)  Development consent must not be granted for the erection of a dwelling house on land to which this clause applies, and on which no dwelling house has been erected, unless the land is:
(a)  a lot created in accordance with clause 4.1, or
(b)  a lot created before this Plan commenced and on which the erection of a dwelling house was permissible immediately before that commencement, or
(c)  a lot created before this Plan commenced that is at least the minimum lot size specified for that lot by the Lot Size Map, or
(d)  land that will be a lot in a subdivisions for which development consent was granted or approval under Part 3A of the Act was given before this Plan commenced and on which the erection of a dwelling house would have been permissible immediately before that commencement, or
(e)  an existing holding with an area of not less than 10 hectares, or
(f)  a lot that was created after 30 April 1971 but before 23 February 1984 and which has an area of not less than 20 hectares, or
(g)  a lot that was created on or after 23 February 1984 but before the commencement of this Plan and which has an area of not less than 40 hectares, or
(h)  a lot that was created before the commencement of this Plan, but only if the subdivision requirements for the land, or number of dwelling houses to be erected on the land, were specified in Schedule 2 to the Wollongong Local Environmental Plan 1990 immediately before that commencement.
Note—
A dwelling cannot be erected on a lot created under clause 9 of State Environmental Planning Policy (Rural Lands) 2008 or clause 4.2.
(3)  Land ceases to be an existing holding for the purposes of subclause (2) (e), if an application for development consent referred to in subclause (2) is not made in relation to that land before 31 December 2012.
(4)  Despite any other provision of this clause, development consent may be granted for the erection of a dwelling house on land in a zone to which this clause applies if:
(a)  there is a lawfully erected dwelling house on the land and the dwelling house to be erected is intended only to replace the existing dwelling house, or
(b)  the land would have been a lot or a holding referred to in subclause (2) had it not been affected by:
(i)  a minor realignment of its boundaries that did not create an additional lot, or
(ii)  a subdivision creating or widening a public road or public reserve or for another public purpose.
(5)  In determining whether to grant consent for the erection of a dwelling house, the consent authority must consider the extent to which the development is likely to affect the environmental and ecological conservation of the land with respect to the extent of clearing required for the development, including any clearing required for the provision of infrastructure, access and any asset protection zone identified for the land in a bush fire risk management plan in force under the Rural Fires Act 1997.
(6)  In this clause:
existing holding means all adjoining land, even if separated by a road or railway, held in the same ownership:
(a)  on 30 April 1971, and
(b)  at the time of lodging a development application for the erection of a dwelling house under this clause,
and includes any other land adjoining that land acquired by the owner since 30 April 1971.
Note—
The owner in whose ownership all the land is at the time the application is lodged need not be the same person as the owner in whose ownership all the land was on the stated date.
4.2B   No strata plan or community title subdivisions in certain rural zones
(1)  The objective of this clause is to ensure that land to which this clause applies is not fragmented by subdivisions that would create additional dwelling entitlements.
(2)  This clause applies to land in the following zones that is used, or proposed to be used, for residential accommodation or tourist and visitor accommodation:
(a)  Zone RU1 Primary Production,
(b)  Zone RU2 Rural Landscape.
(3)  Development consent must not be granted for the subdivision of a lot to which this clause applies for a strata plan or community title scheme that would create lots below the minimum size shown on the Lot Size Map for that land.
4.3   Height of buildings
(1)  The objectives of this clause are as follows:
(a)  to establish the maximum height limit in which buildings can be designed and floor space can be achieved,
(b)  to permit building heights that encourage high quality urban form,
(c)  to ensure buildings and public areas continue to have views of the sky and receive exposure to sunlight.
(2)  The height of a building on any land is not to exceed the maximum height shown for the land on the Height of Buildings Map.
4.4   Floor space ratio
(1)  The objectives of this clause are as follows:
(a)  to provide an appropriate correlation between the size of a site and the extent of any development on that site,
(b)  to establish the maximum development density and intensity of land use, taking into account the availability of infrastructure to service that site and the vehicle and pedestrian traffic the development will generate,
(c)  to ensure buildings are compatible with the bulk and scale of the locality.
(2)  The maximum floor space ratio for a building on any land is not to exceed the floor space ratio shown for the land on the Floor Space Ratio Map.
4.4A   Floor space ratio—Wollongong city centre
(1)  This clause applies to land within the Wollongong city centre.
(2)  Despite clause 4.4, the maximum floor space ratio for a building on land within a zone specified in Column 1 of the Table to this subclause, on land with a site area and street frontage specified opposite that zone in Column 2 of the Table, is:
(a)  the amount specified opposite that zone in Column 3 of the Table, if the building is used only for residential purposes, or
(b)  the amount specified opposite that zone in Column 4 of the Table, if the building is used only for purposes other than residential purposes.
Table
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Column 4
Zone B3 Commercial Core
Site area of any size and no street frontage equal to or greater than 20 metres
1.5:1
1.5:1
 
Site area less than 800 square metres and a street frontage equal to or greater than 20 metres
2:1
3.5:1
 
Site area equal to or greater than 800 square metres and less than 2000 square metres and a street frontage equal to or greater than 20 metres
As set out in subclause (3)
As set out in subclause (3)
 
Site area equal to or greater than 2000 square metres and a street frontage equal to or greater than 20 metres
3.5:1
6:1
Zone B4 Mixed Use
Site area of any size and no street frontage equal to or greater than 20 metres
1.5:1
1.5:1
 
Site area of any size and a street frontage equal to or greater than 20 metres
2.5:1
3.5:1
Zone B6 Enterprise Corridor
Site area of any size and no street frontage equal to or greater than 20 metres
1.5:1
1.5:1
 
Site area of any size and a street frontage equal to or greater than 20 metres
2.5:1
3:1
Zone SP1 Special Activities
Site area of any size and a street frontage of any size
1.5:1
3:1
(3)  For land within Zone B3 Commercial Core with a site area equal to or greater than 800 square metres and less than 2,000 square metres and a street frontage equal to or greater than 20 metres, the maximum floor space ratio for any building on that site is:
(a)   —if the building is used only for residential purposes, or
(b)   —if the building is used only for purposes other than residential purposes,
where:
X is  .
(4)  The maximum floor space ratio for a building on land within a business zone under this Plan, that is to be used for a mixture of residential purposes and other purposes, is:
 
where:
NR is the percentage of the floor space of the building used for purposes other than residential purposes.
NRFSR is the maximum floor space ratio determined in accordance with this clause if the building was to be used only for purposes other than residential purposes.
R is the percentage of the floor space of the building used for residential purposes.
RFSR is the maximum floor space ratio determined in accordance with this clause if the building was to be used only for residential purposes.
Note—
The following gives an example of how a maximum floor space ratio is to be calculated for a building on land, having a site area equal to or greater than 2,000 square metres and a street frontage equal to or greater than 20 metres, that is within Zone B3 Commercial Core, 30 per cent of which is to be used for purposes other than residential purposes and 70 per cent of which is to be used for residential purposes:
 
 
 
4.25:1 is the maximum floor space ratio.
(5)  For a building on land within Zone SP1 Special Activities that is to be used for the purposes of hospitals, medical centres or other like uses or a combination of such uses, the maximum floor space ratio is 3:1.
(6)  In this clause:
residential purposes, in relation to the use of a building, means using the building for the purposes of residential accommodation or serviced apartments or a combination of such uses.
4.5   Calculation of floor space ratio and site area
(1) Objectives The objectives of this clause are as follows:
(a)  to define floor space ratio,
(b)  to set out rules for the calculation of the site area of development for the purpose of applying permitted floor space ratios, including rules to:
(i)  prevent the inclusion in the site area of an area that has no significant development being carried out on it, and
(ii)  prevent the inclusion in the site area of an area that has already been included as part of a site area to maximise floor space area in another building, and
(iii)  require community land and public places to be dealt with separately.
(2) Definition of “floor space ratio” The floor space ratio of buildings on a site is the ratio of the gross floor area of all buildings within the site to the site area.
(3) Site area In determining the site area of proposed development for the purpose of applying a floor space ratio, the site area is taken to be:
(a)  if the proposed development is to be carried out on only one lot, the area of that lot, or
(b)  if the proposed development is to be carried out on 2 or more lots, the area of any lot on which the development is proposed to be carried out that has at least one common boundary with another lot on which the development is being carried out.
In addition, subclauses (4)–(7) apply to the calculation of site area for the purposes of applying a floor space ratio to proposed development.
(4) Exclusions from site area The following land must be excluded from the site area:
(a)  land on which the proposed development is prohibited, whether under this Plan or any other law,
(b)  community land or a public place (except as provided by subclause (7)).
(5) Strata subdivisions The area of a lot that is wholly or partly on top of another or others in a strata subdivision is to be included in the calculation of the site area only to the extent that it does not overlap with another lot already included in the site area calculation.
(6) Only significant development to be included The site area for proposed development must not include a lot additional to a lot or lots on which the development is being carried out unless the proposed development includes significant development on that additional lot.
(7) Certain public land to be separately considered For the purpose of applying a floor space ratio to any proposed development on, above or below community land or a public place, the site area must only include an area that is on, above or below that community land or public place, and is occupied or physically affected by the proposed development, and may not include any other area on which the proposed development is to be carried out.
(8) Existing buildings The gross floor area of any existing or proposed buildings within the vertical projection (above or below ground) of the boundaries of a site is to be included in the calculation of the total floor space for the purposes of applying a floor space ratio, whether or not the proposed development relates to all of the buildings.
(9) Covenants to prevent “double dipping” When consent is granted to development on a site comprised of 2 or more lots, a condition of the consent may require a covenant to be registered that prevents the creation of floor area on a lot (the restricted lot) if the consent authority is satisfied that an equivalent quantity of floor area will be created on another lot only because the site included the restricted lot.
(10) Covenants affect consolidated sites If:
(a)  a covenant of the kind referred to in subclause (9) applies to any land (affected land), and
(b)  proposed development relates to the affected land and other land that together comprise the site of the proposed development,
the maximum amount of floor area allowed on the other land by the floor space ratio fixed for the site by this Plan is reduced by the quantity of floor space area the covenant prevents being created on the affected land.
(11) Definition In this clause, public place has the same meaning as it has in the Local Government Act 1993.
4.6   Exceptions to development standards
(1)  The objectives of this clause are:
(a)  to provide an appropriate degree of flexibility in applying certain development standards to particular development, and
(b)  to achieve better outcomes for and from development by allowing flexibility in particular circumstances.
(2)  Consent may, subject to this clause, be granted for development even though the development would contravene a development standard imposed by this or any other environmental planning instrument. However, this clause does not apply to a development standard that is expressly excluded from the operation of this clause.
(3)  Consent must not be granted for development that contravenes a development standard unless the consent authority has considered a written request from the applicant that seeks to justify the contravention of the development standard by demonstrating:
(a)  that compliance with the development standard is unreasonable or unnecessary in the circumstances of the case, and
(b)  that there are sufficient environmental planning grounds to justify contravening the development standard.
(4)  Consent must not be granted for development that contravenes a development standard unless:
(a)  the consent authority is satisfied that:
(i)  the applicant’s written request has adequately addressed the matters required to be demonstrated by subclause (3), and
(ii)  the proposed development will be in the public interest because it is consistent with the objectives of the particular standard and the objectives for development within the zone in which the development is proposed to be carried out, and
(b)  the concurrence of the Director-General has been obtained.
(5)  In deciding whether to grant concurrence, the Director-General must consider:
(a)  whether contravention of the development standard raises any matter of significance for State or regional environmental planning, and
(b)  the public benefit of maintaining the development standard, and
(c)  any other matters required to be taken into consideration by the Director-General before granting concurrence.
(6)  Consent must not be granted under this clause for a subdivision of land in Zone RU1 Primary Production, Zone RU2 Rural Landscape, Zone RU3 Forestry, Zone RU4 Rural Small Holdings, Zone RU6 Transition, Zone R5 Large Lot Residential, Zone E2 Environmental Conservation, Zone E3 Environmental Management or Zone E4 Environmental Living if:
(a)  the subdivision will result in 2 or more lots of less than the minimum area specified for such lots by a development standard, or
(b)  the subdivision will result in at least one lot that is less than 90% of the minimum area specified for such a lot by a development standard.
(7)  After determining a development application made pursuant to this clause, the consent authority must keep a record of its assessment of the factors required to be addressed in the applicant’s written request referred to in subclause (3).
(8)  This clause does not allow consent to be granted for development that would contravene any of the following:
(a)  a development standard for complying development,
(b)  a development standard that arises, under the regulations under the Act, in connection with a commitment set out in a BASIX certificate for a building to which State Environmental Planning Policy (Building Sustainability Index: BASIX) 2004 applies or for the land on which such a building is situated,
(c)  clause 5.4.
(8A)  This clause does not allow consent to be granted for development that would contravene clause 4.2A, 6.1 or 8.3.
Part 5 Miscellaneous provisions
5.1   Relevant acquisition authority
(1)  The objective of this clause is to identify, for the purposes of section 27 of the Act, the authority of the State that will be the relevant authority to acquire land reserved for certain public purposes if the land is required to be acquired under Division 3 of Part 2 of the Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 (the owner-initiated acquisition provisions).
Note—
If the landholder will suffer hardship if there is any delay in the land being acquired by the relevant authority, section 23 of the Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 requires the authority to acquire the land.
(2)  The authority of the State that will be the relevant authority to acquire land, if the land is required to be acquired under the owner-initiated acquisition provisions, is the authority of the State specified below in relation to the land shown on the Land Reservation Acquisition Map (or, if an authority of the State is not specified in relation to land required to be so acquired, the authority designated or determined under those provisions).
Type of land shown on Map
Authority of the State
Zone RE1 Public Recreation and marked “Local open space”
Council
Zone RE1 Public Recreation and marked “Regional open space”
The corporation constituted under section 8 of the Act
Zone SP2 Infrastructure and marked “Classified road”
Roads and Traffic Authority
Zone E1 National Parks and Nature Reserves and marked “National Park”
Minister administering the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974
Zone R2 Low Density Residential and marked “Local road”
Council
Zone R2 Low Density Residential and marked “Classified road”
Roads and Traffic Authority
Zone B2 Local Centre and marked “Local road”
Council
Zone B3 Commercial Core and marked “Local road”
Council
Zone B4 Mixed Use and marked “Classified road”
Roads and Traffic Authority
Zone SP2 Infrastructure and marked “Educational establishment”
Minister for Education and Training
Zone SP2 Infrastructure and marked “Local road”
Council
Note—
If land, other than land specified in the Table to subclause (2), is required to be acquired under the owner-initiated acquisition provisions, the Minister for Planning is required to take action to enable the designation of the acquiring authority under this Part. Pending the designation of the acquiring authority for that land, the acquiring authority is to be the authority determined by order of the Minister for Planning (see section 21 of the Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991).
(3)  Development on land acquired by an authority of the State under the owner-initiated acquisition provisions may, before it is used for the purpose for which it is reserved, be carried out, with development consent, for any purpose.
5.1A   Development on land intended to be acquired for a public purpose
(1)  The objective of this clause is to limit development on certain land intended to be acquired for a public purpose.
(2)  This clause applies to land shown on the Land Reservation Acquisition Map and specified in Column 1 of the Table to this clause and that has not been acquired by the relevant authority of the State specified for the land in clause 5.1.
(3)  Development consent must not be granted to any development on land to which this clause applies other than development for a purpose specified opposite that land in Column 2 of the Table.
Column 1
Column 2
Land
Development
Zone R2 Low Density Residential and marked “Local road”
Earthworks; Public utility undertakings; Roads
Zone B3 Commercial Core and marked “Local road”
Earthworks; Public utility undertakings; Roads
Zone SP2 Infrastructure and marked “Classified road”
Earthworks; Public utility undertakings; Roads
Zone SP2 Infrastructure and marked “Local road”
Earthworks; Public utility undertakings; Roads
Zone SP2 Infrastructure and marked “Educational establishment”
Earthworks; Public utility undertakings
Zone RE1 Public Recreation and marked “Local open space”
Earthworks; Public utility undertakings; Recreation areas
5.2   Classification and reclassification of public land
(1)  The objective of this clause is to enable the Council to classify or reclassify public land as “operational land” or “community land” in accordance with Part 2 of Chapter 6 of the Local Government Act 1993.
Note—
Under the Local Government Act 1993, “public land” is generally land vested in or under the control of a council (other than roads, Crown reserves and commons). The classification or reclassification of public land may also be made by a resolution of the Council under section 31, 32 or 33 of the Local Government Act 1993. Section 30 of that Act enables this Plan to discharge trusts on which public reserves are held if the land is reclassified under this Plan as operational land.
(2)  The public land described in Part 1 or Part 2 of Schedule 4 is classified, or reclassified, as operational land for the purposes of the Local Government Act 1993.
(3)  The public land described in Part 3 of Schedule 4 is classified, or reclassified, as community land for the purposes of the Local Government Act 1993.
(4)  The public land described in Part 1 of Schedule 4:
(a)  does not cease to be a public reserve to the extent (if any) that it is a public reserve, and
(b)  continues to be affected by any trusts, estates, interests, dedications, conditions, restrictions or covenants that affected the land before its classification, or reclassification, as operational land.
(5)  The public land described in Part 2 of Schedule 4, to the extent (if any) that it is a public reserve, ceases to be a public reserve when the description of the land is inserted into that Part and is discharged from all trusts, estates, interests, dedications, conditions, restrictions and covenants affecting the land or any part of the land, except:
(a)  those (if any) specified for the land in Column 3 of Part 2 of Schedule 4, and
(b)  any reservations that except land out of the Crown grant relating to the land, and
(c)  reservations of minerals (within the meaning of the Crown Lands Act 1989).
Note—
In accordance with section 30 (2) of the Local Government Act 1993, the approval of the Governor to subclause (5) applying to the public land concerned is required before the description of the land is inserted in Part 2 of Schedule 4.
5.3   Development near zone boundaries
(1)  The objective of this clause is to provide flexibility where the investigation of a site and its surroundings reveals that a use allowed on the other side of a zone boundary would enable a more logical and appropriate development of the site and be compatible with the planning objectives and land uses for the adjoining zone.
(2)  This clause applies to so much of any land that is within the relevant distance of a boundary between any 2 zones. The relevant distance is 20 metres.
(3)  This clause does not apply to:
(a)  land in Zone RE1 Public Recreation, Zone E1 National Parks and Nature Reserves, Zone E2 Environmental Conservation, Zone E3 Environmental Management or Zone W1 Natural Waterways, or
(a1)  land in Zone RU1 Primary Production, Zone RU2 Rural Landscape, Zone RU4 Rural Small Holdings, Zone SP1 Special Activities or Zone SP2 Infrastructure, or
(b)  land within the coastal zone, or
(c)  land proposed to be developed for the purpose of sex services or restricted premises.
(4)  Despite the provisions of this Plan relating to the purposes for which development may be carried out, consent may be granted to development of land to which this clause applies for any purpose that may be carried out in the adjoining zone, but only if the consent authority is satisfied that:
(a)  the development is not inconsistent with the objectives for development in both zones, and
(b)  the carrying out of the development is desirable due to compatible land use planning, infrastructure capacity and other planning principles relating to the efficient and timely development of land.
(5)  The clause does not prescribe a development standard that may be varied under this Plan.
cl 5.3: Am 2010 (162), Sch 1.7 [8] [9].
5.4   Controls relating to miscellaneous permissible uses
(1) Bed and breakfast accommodation If development for the purposes of bed and breakfast accommodation is permitted under this Plan, the accommodation that is provided to guests must consist of no more than 3 bedrooms.
(2) Home businesses If development for the purposes of a home business is permitted under this Plan, the carrying on of the business must not involve the use of more than 30 square metres of floor area.
(3) Home industries If development for the purposes of a home industry is permitted under this Plan, the carrying on of the home industry must not involve the use of more than 50 square metres of floor area.
(4) Industrial retail outlets If development for the purposes of an industrial retail outlet is permitted under this Plan, the retail floor area must not exceed:
(a)  40% of the combined gross floor area of the industrial retail outlet and the building or place on which the relevant industry is carried out, or
(b)  400 square metres,
whichever is the lesser.
(5) Farm stay accommodation If development for the purposes of farm stay accommodation is permitted under this Plan, the accommodation that is provided to guests must consist of no more than 3 bedrooms.
(6) Kiosks If development for the purposes of a kiosk is permitted under this Plan, the gross floor area must not exceed 30 square metres.
(7) Neighbourhood shops If development for the purposes of a neighbourhood shop is permitted under this Plan, the retail floor area must not exceed 100 square metres.
(8) Roadside stalls If development for the purposes of a roadside stall is permitted under this Plan, the gross floor area must not exceed 30 square metres.
(9) Secondary dwellings If development for the purposes of a secondary dwelling is permitted under this Plan, the total floor area of the dwelling (excluding any area used for parking) must not exceed whichever of the following is the greater:
(a)  60 square metres,
(b)  40% of the total floor area of both the self-contained dwelling and the principal dwelling.
5.5   Development within the coastal zone
(1)  The objectives of this clause are as follows:
(a)  to provide for the protection of the coastal environment of the State for the benefit of both present and future generations through promoting the principles of ecologically sustainable development,
(b)  to implement the principles in the NSW Coastal Policy, and in particular to:
(i)  protect, enhance, maintain and restore the coastal environment, its associated ecosystems, ecological processes and biological diversity and its water quality, and
(ii)  protect and preserve the natural, cultural, recreational and economic attributes of the NSW coast, and
(iii)  provide opportunities for pedestrian public access to and along the coastal foreshore, and
(iv)  recognise and accommodate coastal processes and climate change, and
(v)  protect amenity and scenic quality, and
(vi)  protect and preserve rock platforms, beach environments and beach amenity, and
(vii)  protect and preserve native coastal vegetation, and
(viii)  protect and preserve the marine environment, and
(ix)  ensure that the type, bulk, scale and size of development is appropriate for the location and protects and improves the natural scenic quality of the surrounding area, and
(x)  ensure that decisions in relation to new development consider the broader and cumulative impacts on the catchment, and
(xi)  protect Aboriginal cultural places, values and customs, and
(xii)  protect and preserve items of heritage, archaeological or historical significance.
(2)  Development consent must not be granted to development on land that is wholly or partly within the coastal zone unless the consent authority has considered:
(a)  existing public access to and along the coastal foreshore for pedestrians (including persons with a disability) with a view to:
(i)  maintaining existing public access and, where possible, improving that access, and
(ii)  identifying opportunities for new public access, and
(b)  the suitability of the proposed development, its relationship with the surrounding area and its impact on the natural scenic quality, taking into account:
(i)  the type of the proposed development and any associated land uses or activities (including compatibility of any land-based and water-based coastal activities), and
(ii)  the location, and
(iii)  the bulk, scale, size and overall built form design of any building or work involved, and
(c)  the impact of the proposed development on the amenity of the coastal foreshore including:
(i)  any significant overshadowing of the coastal foreshore, and
(ii)  any loss of views from a public place to the coastal foreshore, and
(d)  how the visual amenity and scenic qualities of the coast, including coastal headlands, can be protected, and
(e)  how biodiversity and ecosystems, including:
(i)  native coastal vegetation and existing wildlife corridors, and
(ii)  rock platforms, and
(iii)  water quality of coastal waterbodies, and
(iv)  native fauna and native flora, and their habitats,
can be conserved, and
(f)  the effect of coastal processes and coastal hazards and potential impacts, including sea level rise:
(i)  on the proposed development, and
(ii)  arising from the proposed development, and
(g)  the cumulative impacts of the proposed development and other development on the coastal catchment.
(3)  Development consent must not be granted to development on land that is wholly or partly within the coastal zone unless the consent authority is satisfied that:
(a)  the proposed development will not impede or diminish, where practicable, the physical, land-based right of access of the public to or along the coastal foreshore, and
(b)  if effluent from the development is disposed of by a non-reticulated system, it will not have a negative effect on the water quality of the sea, or any beach, estuary, coastal lake, coastal creek or other similar body of water, or a rock platform, and
(c)  the proposed development will not discharge untreated stormwater into the sea, or any beach, estuary, coastal lake, coastal creek or other similar body of water, or a rock platform.
5.6   Architectural roof features
(1)  The objectives of this clause are as follows:
(a)  to provide a built skyline that does not adversely impact on the natural landscape, view corridors or surrounding land, and
(b)  to specify what part of a building may exceed the height limits.
(2)  Development that includes an architectural roof feature that exceeds, or causes a building to exceed, the height limits set by clause 4.3 may be carried out, but only with consent.
(3)  Development consent must not be granted to any such development unless the consent authority is satisfied that:
(a)  the architectural roof feature:
(i)  comprises a decorative element on the uppermost portion of a building, and
(ii)  is not an advertising structure, and
(iii)  does not include floor space area and is not reasonably capable of modification to include floor space area, and
(iv)  will cause minimal overshadowing, and
(b)  any building identification signage or equipment for servicing the building (such as plant, lift motor rooms, fire stairs and the like) contained in or supported by the roof feature is fully integrated into the design of the roof feature.
5.7   Development below mean high water mark
(1)  The objective of this clause is to ensure appropriate environmental assessment for development carried out on land covered by tidal waters.
(2)  Development consent is required to carry out development on any land below the mean high water mark of any body of water subject to tidal influence (including the bed of any such water).
5.8   Conversion of fire alarms
(1)  This clause applies to a fire alarm system that can be monitored by New South Wales Fire Brigades or by a private service provider.
(2)  The following development may be carried out, but only with consent:
(a)  converting a fire alarm system from connection with the alarm monitoring system of New South Wales Fire Brigades to connection with the alarm monitoring system of a private service provider,
(b)  converting a fire alarm system from connection with the alarm monitoring system of a private service provider to connection with the alarm monitoring system of another private service provider,
(c)  converting a fire alarm system from connection with the alarm monitoring system of a private service provider to connection with a different alarm monitoring system of the same private service provider.
(3)  Development to which subclause (2) applies is complying development if it consists only of:
(a)  internal alterations to a building, or
(b)  internal alterations to a building together with the mounting of an antenna, and any support structure, on an external wall or roof of a building so as to occupy a space of not more than 450mm × 100mm × 100mm.
(4)  A complying development certificate for any such complying development is subject to a condition that any building work may only be carried out between 7.00 am and 6.00 pm on Monday to Friday and between 7.00 am and 5.00 pm on Saturday, and must not be carried out on a Sunday or a public holiday.
(5)  In this clause:
private service provider means a person or body that has entered into an agreement that is in force with New South Wales Fire Brigades to monitor fire alarm systems.
5.9   Preservation of trees or vegetation
(1)  The objective of this clause is to preserve the amenity of the area through the preservation of trees and other vegetation.
(2)  This clause applies to species or kinds of trees or other vegetation that are prescribed for the purposes of this clause by a development control plan made by the Council.
Note—
A development control plan may prescribe the trees or other vegetation to which this clause applies by reference to species, size, location or other manner.
(3)  A person must not ringbark, cut down, top, lop, remove, injure or wilfully destroy any tree or other vegetation to which any such development control plan applies without the authority conferred by:
(a)  development consent, or
(b)  a permit granted by the Council.
(4)  The refusal by the Council to grant a permit to a person who has duly applied for the grant of the permit is taken for the purposes of the Act to be a refusal by the Council to grant consent for the carrying out of the activity for which a permit was sought.
(5)  This clause does not apply to a tree or other vegetation that the Council is satisfied is dying or dead and is not required as the habitat of native fauna.
(6)  This clause does not apply to a tree or other vegetation that the Council is satisfied is a risk to human life or property.
(7)  A permit under this clause cannot allow any ringbarking, cutting down, topping, lopping, removal, injuring or destruction of a tree or other vegetation:
(a)  that is or forms part of a heritage item, or
(b)  that is within a heritage conservation area.
Note—
As a consequence of this subclause, the activities concerned will require development consent. The heritage provisions of clause 5.10 will be applicable to any such consent.
(8)  This clause does not apply to or in respect of:
(a)  the clearing of native vegetation that is authorised by a development consent or property vegetation plan under the Native Vegetation Act 2003 or that is otherwise permitted under Division 2 or 3 of Part 3 of that Act, or
(b)  the clearing of vegetation on State protected land (within the meaning of clause 4 of Schedule 3 to the Native Vegetation Act 2003) that is authorised by a development consent under the provisions of the Native Vegetation Conservation Act 1997 as continued in force by that clause, or
(c)  trees or other vegetation within a State forest, or land reserved from sale as a timber or forest reserve under the Forestry Act 1916, or
(d)  action required or authorised to be done by or under the Electricity Supply Act 1995, the Roads Act 1993 or the Surveying Act 2002, or
(e)  plants declared to be noxious weeds under the Noxious Weeds Act 1993.
5.10   Heritage conservation
Note—
Heritage items, heritage conservation areas and archaeological sites (if any) are shown on the Heritage Map. The location and nature of any such item, area or site is also described in Schedule 5.
(1) Objectives The objectives of this clause are:
(a)  to conserve the environmental heritage of Wollongong, and
(b)  to conserve the heritage significance of heritage items and heritage conservation areas including associated fabric, settings and views, and
(c)  to conserve archaeological sites, and
(d)  to conserve places of Aboriginal heritage significance.
(2) Requirement for consent Development consent is required for any of the following:
(a)  demolishing or moving a heritage item or a building, work, relic or tree within a heritage conservation area,
(b)  altering a heritage item or a building, work, relic, tree or place within a heritage conservation area, including (in the case of a building) making changes to the detail, fabric, finish or appearance of its exterior,
(c)  altering a heritage item that is a building by making structural changes to its interior,
(d)  disturbing or excavating an archaeological site while knowing, or having reasonable cause to suspect, that the disturbance or excavation will or is likely to result in a relic being discovered, exposed, moved, damaged or destroyed,
(e)  disturbing or excavating a heritage conservation area that is a place of Aboriginal heritage significance,
(f)  erecting a building on land on which a heritage item is located or that is within a heritage conservation area,
(g)  subdividing land on which a heritage item is located or that is within a heritage conservation area.
(3) When consent not required However, consent under this clause is not required if:
(a)  the applicant has notified the consent authority of the proposed development and the consent authority has advised the applicant in writing before any work is carried out that it is satisfied that the proposed development:
(i)  is of a minor nature, or is for the maintenance of the heritage item, archaeological site, or a building, work, relic, tree or place within a heritage conservation area, and
(ii)  would not adversely affect the significance of the heritage item, archaeological site or heritage conservation area, or
(b)  the development is in a cemetery or burial ground and the proposed development:
(i)  is the creation of a new grave or monument, or excavation or disturbance of land for the purpose of conserving or repairing monuments or grave markers, and
(ii)  would not cause disturbance to human remains, relics, Aboriginal objects in the form of grave goods, or to a place of Aboriginal heritage significance, or
(c)  the development is limited to the removal of a tree or other vegetation that the Council is satisfied is a risk to human life or property, or
(d)  the development is exempt development.
(4) Effect on heritage significance The consent authority must, before granting consent under this clause, consider the effect of the proposed development on the heritage significance of the heritage item or heritage conservation area concerned. This subclause applies regardless of whether a heritage impact statement is prepared under subclause (5) or a heritage conservation management plan is submitted under subclause (6).
(5) Heritage impact assessment The consent authority may, before granting consent to any development on land:
(a)  on which a heritage item is situated, or
(b)  within a heritage conservation area, or
(c)  within the vicinity of land referred to in paragraph (a) or (b),
require a heritage impact statement to be prepared that assesses the extent to which the carrying out of the proposed development would affect the heritage significance of the heritage item or heritage conservation area concerned.
(6) Heritage conservation management plans The consent authority may require, after considering the significance of a heritage item and the extent of change proposed to it, the submission of a heritage conservation management plan before granting consent under this clause.
(7) Archaeological sites The consent authority must, before granting consent under this clause to the carrying out of development on an archaeological site (other than land listed on the State Heritage Register or to which an interim heritage order under the Heritage Act 1977 applies):
(a)  notify the Heritage Council of its intention to grant consent, and
(b)  take into consideration any response received from the Heritage Council within 28 days after the notice is sent.
(8) Places of Aboriginal heritage significance The consent authority must, before granting consent under this clause to the carrying out of development in a place of Aboriginal heritage significance:
(a)  consider the effect of the proposed development on the heritage significance of the place and any Aboriginal object known or reasonably likely to be located at the place, and
(b)  notify the local Aboriginal communities (in such way as it thinks appropriate) about the application and take into consideration any response received within 28 days after the notice is sent.
(9) Demolition of item of State significance The consent authority must, before granting consent for the demolition of a heritage item identified in Schedule 5 as being of State significance (other than an item listed on the State Heritage Register or to which an interim heritage order under the Heritage Act 1977 applies):
(a)  notify the Heritage Council about the application, and
(b)  take into consideration any response received from the Heritage Council within 28 days after the notice is sent.
(10) Conservation incentives The consent authority may grant consent to development for any purpose of a building that is a heritage item, or of the land on which such a building is erected, even though development for that purpose would otherwise not be allowed by this Plan, if the consent authority is satisfied that:
(a)  the conservation of the heritage item is facilitated by the granting of consent, and
(b)  the proposed development is in accordance with a heritage conservation management plan that has been approved by the consent authority, and
(c)  the consent to the proposed development would require that all necessary conservation work identified in the heritage conservation management plan is carried out, and
(d)  the proposed development would not adversely affect the heritage significance of the heritage item, including its setting, and
(e)  the proposed development would not have any significant adverse effect on the amenity of the surrounding area.
5.11   Bush fire hazard reduction
Bush fire hazard reduction work authorised by the Rural Fires Act 1997 may be carried out on any land without consent.
Note—
The Rural Fires Act 1997 also makes provision relating to the carrying out of development on bush fire prone land.
5.12   Infrastructure development and use of existing buildings of the Crown
(1)  This Plan does not restrict or prohibit, or enable the restriction or prohibition of, the carrying out of any development, by or on behalf of a public authority, that is permitted to be carried out with or without consent, or that is exempt development, under the State Environmental Planning Policy (Infrastructure) 2007.
(2)  This Plan does not restrict or prohibit, or enable the restriction or prohibition of, the use of existing buildings of the Crown by the Crown.
Part 6 Urban release areas
6.1   Arrangements for designated State public infrastructure
(1)  The objective of this clause is to require satisfactory arrangements to be made for the provision of designated State public infrastructure before the subdivision of land in an urban release area to satisfy needs that arise from development on the land, but only if the land is developed intensively for urban purposes.
(2)  Development consent must not be granted for the subdivision of land in an urban release area if the subdivision would create a lot smaller than the minimum lot size permitted on the land immediately before the land became, or became part of, an urban release area, unless the Director-General has certified in writing to the consent authority that satisfactory arrangements have been made to contribute to the provision of designated State public infrastructure in relation to that lot.
(3)  Subclause (2) does not apply to:
(a)  any lot identified in the certificate as a residue lot, or
(b)  any lot created by a subdivision previously consented to in accordance with this clause, or
(c)  any lot that is proposed in the development application to be reserved or dedicated for public open space, public roads, public utility undertakings, educational facilities or any other public purpose, or
(d)  a subdivision for the purpose only of rectifying an encroachment on any existing lot.
(4)  This clause does not apply to land in an urban release area if all or any part of the land is in a special contributions area (as defined by section 93C of the Act).
6.2   Development control plan
(1)  The objective of this clause is to ensure that development on land in an urban release area occurs in a logical and cost-effective manner, in accordance with a staging plan and only after a development control plan that includes specific controls has been prepared for the land.
(2)  Development consent must not be granted for development on land in an urban release area unless a development control plan that provides for the matters specified in subclause (3) has been prepared for the land.
(3)  The development control plan must provide for all of the following:
(a)  a staging plan for the timely and efficient release of urban land making provision for necessary infrastructure and sequencing,
(b)  an overall transport movement hierarchy showing the major circulation routes and connections to achieve a simple and safe movement system for private vehicles, public transport, pedestrians and cyclists,
(c)  an overall landscaping strategy for the protection and enhancement of riparian areas and remnant vegetation, including visually prominent locations, and detailed landscaping requirements for both the public and private domain,
(d)  a network of passive and active recreational areas,
(e)  stormwater and water quality management controls,
(f)  amelioration of natural and environmental hazards, including bushfire, flooding and site contamination and, in relation to natural hazards, the safe occupation of, and the evacuation from, any land so affected,
(g)  detailed urban design controls for significant development sites,
(h)  measures to encourage higher density living around transport, open space and service nodes,
(i)  measures to accommodate and control appropriate neighbourhood commercial and retail uses,
(j)  suitably located public facilities and services, including provision for appropriate traffic management facilities and parking.
(4)  Subclause (2) does not apply to any of the following development:
(a)  a subdivision for the purpose of a realignment of boundaries that does not create additional lots,
(b)  a subdivision of land if any of the lots proposed to be created is to be reserved or dedicated for public open space, public roads or any other public or environmental protection purpose,
(c)  a subdivision of land in a zone in which the erection of structures is prohibited,
(d)  proposed development on land that is of a minor nature only, if the consent authority is of the opinion that the carrying out of the proposed development would be consistent with the objectives of the zone in which the land is situated.
6.3   Relationship between Part and remainder of Plan
A provision of this Part prevails over any other provision of this Plan to the extent of any inconsistency.
Part 7 Local provisions—general
7.1   Public utility infrastructure
(1)  The objective of this clause is to ensure that sufficient infrastructure is available to service development.
(2)  Development consent must not be granted for development on land unless the consent authority is satisfied that any public utility infrastructure that is essential for the proposed development is available or that adequate arrangements have been made to make that infrastructure available when it is required.
(3)  This clause does not apply to development for the purpose of providing, extending, augmenting, maintaining or repairing any public utility infrastructure.
(4)  In this clause:
public utility infrastructure includes infrastructure for any of the following:
(a)  the supply of water,
(b)  the supply of electricity,
(c)  the disposal and management of sewage.
cl 7.1: Am 2010 No 59, Sch 2.110.
7.2   Natural resource sensitivity—biodiversity
(1)  The objective of this clause is to protect, maintain or improve the diversity and condition of the native vegetation and habitat, including:
(a)  protecting biological diversity of native flora and fauna, and
(b)  protecting the ecological processes necessary for their continued existence, and
(c)  encouraging the recovery of threatened species, communities, populations and their habitats.
(2)  This clause applies to land that is identified as “Natural resource sensitivity—biodiversity” on the Natural Resource Sensitivity—Biodiversity Map.
(3)  Development consent must not be granted for development on land to which this clause applies unless the consent authority has considered the impact of the development on:
(a)  native terrestrial flora and fauna and its habitat, and
(b)  native aquatic flora and fauna and its habitat, and
(c)  the ecological role of the land, waterways, riparian land or wetland, and
(d)  threatened species, communities, populations and their habitats.
(4)  Development consent must not be granted to development on land to which this clause applies unless the consent authority is satisfied that the development is consistent with the objectives of this clause and:
(a)  the development is designed, sited and managed to avoid potential adverse environmental impact, or
(b)  if a potential adverse environmental impact cannot be avoided, the development:
(i)  is designed and sited so as to have minimum adverse environmental impact, and
(ii)  incorporates effective measures so as to have minimal adverse environmental impact, and
(iii)  mitigates any residual adverse environmental impact through the restoration of any existing disturbed or modified area on the site.
(5)  This clause does not apply to or in respect of:
(a)  the clearing of native vegetation that is authorised by a development consent or property vegetation plan under the Native Vegetation Act 2003 or that is otherwise permitted under Division 2 or 3 of Part 3 of that Act, or
(b)  the clearing of vegetation on State protected land (within the meaning of clause 4 of Schedule 3 to the Native Vegetation Act 2003) that is authorised by a development consent under the provisions of the Native Vegetation Conservation Act 1997 as continued in force by that clause, or
(c)  trees or other vegetation within a State forest, or land reserved from sale as a timber or forest reserves under the Forestry Act 1916, or
(d)  action required or authorised to be done by or under the Electricity Supply Act 1995, the Roads Act 1993 or the Surveying Act 2002, or
(e)  plants declared to be noxious weeds under the Noxious Weeds Act 1993.
7.3   Flood planning area
(1)  The objectives of this clause are as follows:
(a)  to maintain the existing flood regime and flow conveyance capacity,
(b)  to enable evacuation from land to which this clause applies,
(c)  to avoid significant adverse impacts on flood behaviour,
(d)  to avoid significant effects on the environment that would cause avoidable erosion, siltation, destruction of riparian vegetation or a reduction in the stability of river banks or watercourses,
(e)  to limit uses to those compatible with flow conveyance function and flood hazard.
(2)  This clause applies to land at or below the flood planning level.
(3)  Development consent must not be granted for development on land to which this clause applies unless the consent authority is satisfied in relation to all the following matters:
(a)  all habitable floor levels of the development will be above the flood planning level,
(b)  the development will not adversely affect flood behaviour resulting in detrimental increases in the potential flood affectation of other development or properties,
(c)  the development will not significantly alter flow distributions and velocities to the detriment of other properties or the environment of the floodplain,
(d)  the development will not affect evacuation from the land,
(e)  the development will not significantly detrimentally affect the floodplain environment or cause avoidable erosion, siltation, destruction of riparian vegetation or a reduction in the stability of river banks or watercourses,
(f)  the development will not result in unsustainable social and economic costs to the community as a consequence of flooding,
(g)  if located in a floodway area—the development will not be incompatible with the flow conveyance function of, or increase a flood hazard in, the floodway area.
7.4   Riparian lands
(1)  The objective of this clause is to ensure that development does not adversely impact upon riparian lands.
(2)  This clause applies to land shown as “riparian land” on the Riparian Land Map.
(3)  Despite any other provision of this Plan, development consent must not be granted for development on land to which this clause applies unless the consent authority has considered the impact of the proposed development on the land and any opportunities for rehabilitation of aquatic and riparian vegetation and habitat on that land.
7.5   Acid Sulfate Soils
(1)  The objective of this clause is to ensure that development does not disturb, expose or drain acid sulfate soils and cause environmental damage.
(2)  Development consent is required for the carrying out of works described in the Table to this subclause on land shown on the Acid Sulfate Soils Map as being of the class specified for those works.
Class of land
Works
1
Any works.
2
Works below the natural ground surface.
Works by which the watertable is likely to be lowered.
3
Works more than 1 metre below the natural ground surface.
Works by which the watertable is likely to be lowered more than 1 metre below the natural ground surface.
4
Works more than 2 metres below the natural ground surface.
Works by which the watertable is likely to be lowered more than 2 metres below the natural ground surface.
5
Works within 500 metres of adjacent Class 1, 2, 3 or 4 land that is below 5 metres Australian Height Datum and by which the watertable is likely to be lowered below 1 metre Australian Height Datum on adjacent Class 1, 2, 3 or 4 land.
(3)  Development consent must not be granted under this clause for the carrying out of works unless an acid sulfate soils management plan has been prepared for the proposed works in accordance with the Acid Sulfate Soils Manual and has been provided to the consent authority.
(4)  Despite subclause (2), development consent is not required under this clause for the carrying out of works if:
(a)  a preliminary assessment of the proposed works prepared in accordance with the Acid Sulfate Soils Manual indicates that an acid sulfate soils management plan is not required for the works, and
(b)  the preliminary assessment has been provided to the consent authority and the consent authority has confirmed the assessment by notice in writing to the person proposing to carry out the works.
(5)  Despite subclause (2), development consent is not required under this clause for the carrying out of any of the following works by a public authority (including ancillary work such as excavation, construction of access ways or the supply of power):
(a)  emergency work, being the repair or replacement of the works of the public authority required to be carried out urgently because the works have been damaged, have ceased to function or pose a risk to the environment or to public health and safety,
(b)  routine maintenance work, being the periodic inspection, cleaning, repair or replacement of the works of the public authority (other than work that involves the disturbance of more than 1 tonne of soil),
(c)  minor work, being work that costs less than $20,000 (other than drainage work).
(6)  Despite subclause (2), development consent is not required under this clause to carry out any works if:
(a)  the works involve the disturbance of less than 1 tonne of soil, such as occurs in carrying out agriculture, the construction or maintenance of drains, extractive industries, dredging, the construction of artificial water bodies (including canals, dams and detention basins) or foundations or flood mitigation works, or
(b)  the works are not likely to lower the watertable.
7.6   Earthworks
(1)  The objectives of this clause are as follows:
(a)  to ensure that any earthworks will not have a detrimental impact on environmental functions and processes, neighbouring uses or heritage items and features surrounding land,
(b)  to allow earth works of a minor nature without separate development consent.
(2)  Development consent is required for earthworks, unless:
(a)  the work is exempt development under this Plan, or
(b)  the consent authority is satisfied the work is of a minor nature.
(3)  Before granting development consent for earthworks, the consent authority must consider the following matters:
(a)  the likely disruption of, or any detrimental effect on, existing drainage patterns and soil stability in the locality,
(b)  the effect of the proposed development on the likely future use or redevelopment of the land,
(c)  the quality of the fill or of the soil to be excavated, or both,
(d)  the effect of the proposed development on the existing and likely amenity of adjoining properties,
(e)  the source of any fill material or the destination of any excavated material,
(f)  the likelihood of disturbing Aboriginal objects or other relics,
(g)  proximity to and potential for adverse impacts on any watercourse, drinking water catchment or environmentally sensitive area.
7.7   Foreshore building line
(1)  The objective of this clause is to ensure that development in the foreshore area will not impact on natural foreshore processes or affect the significance and amenity of the area.
(2)  Development consent must not be granted for development on land in the foreshore area except for the following purposes:
(a)  the extension, alteration or rebuilding of an existing building wholly or partly in the foreshore area,
(b)  the erection of a building in the foreshore area, if the levels, depth or other exceptional features of the site make it appropriate to do so,
(c)  development for the purposes of boat sheds, sea retaining walls, wharves, slipways, jetties, waterway access stairs, swimming pools, fences, cycleways, walking trails, picnic facilities or other recreation facilities (outdoor).
(3)  Development consent must not be granted under subclause (2) unless the consent authority is satisfied that:
(a)  the development will contribute to achieving the objectives for the zone in which the land is located, and
(b)  the appearance of any proposed structure, from both the waterway and adjacent foreshore areas, will be compatible with the surrounding area, and
(c)  the development will not cause environmental harm such as:
(i)  pollution or siltation of the waterway, or
(ii)  an adverse effect on surrounding uses, marine habitat, wetland areas, flora or fauna habitats, or
(iii)  an adverse effect on drainage patterns, and
(d)  the development will not cause congestion of, or generate conflicts between, people using open space areas or the waterway, and
(e)  opportunities to provide continuous public access along the foreshore and to the waterway will not be compromised, and
(f)  any historic, scientific, cultural, social, archaeological, architectural, natural or aesthetic significance of the land on which the development is to be carried out and of surrounding land will be maintained, and
(g)  in the case of development for the alteration or rebuilding of an existing building wholly or partly in the foreshore area, the alteration or rebuilding will not have an adverse impact on the amenity or aesthetic appearance of the foreshore.
7.8   Illawarra Escarpment area conservation
(1)  The objective of this clause is to provide specific controls to protect, conserve and enhance the Illawarra Escarpment.
(2)  This clause applies to land shown as being within the Illawarra Escarpment area on the Illawarra Escarpment Map.
(3)  Development consent must not be granted to development on land to which this clause applies unless the consent authority is satisfied that the development:
(a)  will be located so as to minimise any adverse impact on the natural features and environment of the Illawarra Escarpment, and
(b)  will incorporate on the land, conservation and rehabilitation measures to enhance the Illawarra Escarpment.
7.9   Development in flight paths
(1)  The objectives of this clause are:
(a)  to provide for the effective and on-going operation of the Illawarra Regional Airport, and
(b)  to ensure that any such operation is not compromised by proposed development within the flight path of the airport.
(2)  Development consent must not be granted to erect a building on land in the flight path of the Illawarra Regional Airport if the proposed height of the building would exceed the obstacle height limit determined by the relevant Commonwealth body.
(3)  Before granting development consent to the erection of a building on land in the flight path of the Illawarra Regional Airport, the consent authority must:
(a)  give notice of the proposed development to the relevant Commonwealth body, and
(b)  consider any comment made by the relevant Commonwealth body within 28 days of its having been given notice of the proposed development, and
(c)  consider whether the proposed use of the building will be adversely affected by exposure to aircraft noise.
(4)  For the purposes of this clause, land is in the flight path of the Illawarra Regional Airport if the relevant Commonwealth body has notified the consent authority that the land is in such a flight path.
7.10   Development in areas subject to airport noise
(1)  The objectives of this clause are to ensure that development in the vicinity of an airport site:
(a)  has regard to the use of the site as an airport, and
(b)  does not hinder or have any other adverse impact on the development or operation of the airport.
(2)  Development consent is required for the erection of a building for residential purposes, or for any other purpose involving regular human occupation, if the ANEF contour for the land on which the building is to be erected exceeds 20.
(3)  The following development is prohibited unless it meets the requirements of Australian Standard AS 2021—2000, Acoustics—Aircraft noise intrusion—Building siting and construction with respect to interior noise levels:
(a)  residential accommodation on land for which the ANEF contour exceeds 20,
(b)  business premises, entertainment facilities, office premises, public administration buildings, retail premises and tourist and visitor accommodation on land for which the ANEF contour exceeds 25.
(4)  The following development is prohibited:
(a)  educational establishments, hospitals and places of public worship on land for which the ANEF contour exceeds 20,
(b)  residential accommodation on land for which the ANEF contour exceeds 25,
(c)  business premises, entertainment facilities, office premises, public administration buildings, retail premises and tourist and visitor accommodation on land for which the ANEF contour exceeds 30.
(5)  In this clause:
ANEF contour means a noise exposure contour shown as an ANEF contour on a plan of the Illawarra Regional Airport or surrounding land prepared by the relevant Commonwealth body or the private lessor of that Airport, a copy of which is available for inspection by the public during office hours in the office of the Council.
7.11   Location of sex services premises
(1)  Despite any other provision of this Plan, development consent must not be granted for development for the purposes of sex services premises if the premises will be located on land that adjoins, or is separated by a road only from, land:
(a)  in Zone R1 General Residential, Zone R2 Low Density Residential, Zone R3 Medium Density Residential or Zone RE1 Public Recreation, or
(b)  used for the purposes of a child care centre, a community facility, an educational establishment or a place of public worship.
(2)  In deciding whether to grant development consent for the purpose of sex services premises, the consent authority must consider the impact the proposed development would have on children likely to regularly frequent land that adjoins, or is in view of, the proposed development.
7.12   Serviced apartments
(1)  The objective of this clause is to prevent substandard residential building design occurring by way of converted serviced apartment development.
(2)  Development consent must not be granted for the strata subdivision of a building that is being, or has been, used as serviced apartments unless the consent authority is satisfied that, if the development was a residential flat building:
(a)  the design quality principles set out in Part 2 of State Environmental Planning Policy No 65—Design Quality of Residential Flat Development would be achieved, and
(b)  the design principles of the Residential Flat Design Code (published by the Department of Planning, September 2002) would be achieved.
7.13   Ground floor development on land within business zones
(1)  The objective of this clause is to ensure active uses are provided at the street level to encourage the presence and movement of people.
(2)  This clause applies to land in Zone B1 Neighbourhood Centre, Zone B2 Local Centre, Zone B3 Commercial Core or Zone B4 Mixed Use.
(3)  Development consent must not be granted for development for the purpose of a building on land to which this clause applies unless the consent authority is satisfied that the ground floor of the building:
(a)  will not be used for the purpose of residential accommodation, and
(b)  will have at least one entrance and at least one other door or window on the front of the building facing the street other than a service lane.
7.14   Minimum site width
(1)  Development consent must not be granted for development for the purposes of multi dwelling housing unless the site area on which the development is to be carried out has a dimension of at least 18 metres.
(2)  Development consent must not be granted for development for the purposes of a residential flat building unless the site area on which the development is to be carried out has a dimension of at least 24 metres.
7.15   Wollongong innovation campus
(1)  The objectives of this clause are as follows:
(a)  to permit the establishment of a research and development campus that includes a hotel, student and campus related residential accommodation and necessary support services and facilities,
(b)  to provide an area where enterprises that carry out research and development as an integral part of their operations can be located,
(c)  to promote collaborative research and development between users of the land to which this clause applies and the University of Wollongong and other enterprises in the Illawarra region,
(d)  to promote links between the University of Wollongong’s research activities and the initiatives of the business community,
(e)  to ensure that the development of the site is undertaken in a manner that demonstrates design of a high quality with respect to the context of the site, scale, built form and density of the development, resources, energy and water efficiency, landscape, amenity, safety and security, social dimensions and aesthetics,
(f)  to ensure that development of the site is in harmony with the coastal and foreshore landscape,
(g)  to permit the provision of university related facilities including student and campus related residential accommodation and support services, incidental or ancillary to research and development activities.
(2)  This clause applies to land shown as being within the Wollongong innovation campus on the Wollongong Innovation Campus Map.
(3)  Development consent must not be granted for the subdivision of land to which this clause applies unless the consent authority is satisfied that the subdivision is for the purpose only of defining the boundaries of lots that are to be the subject of leases.
(4)  Development consent must not be granted to development for the purposes of building on land to which this clause applies if the gross floor area of the building would be greater than 135,000 square metres.
7.16   Tallawarra Power Station buffer area
(1)  This clause applies to land shown hatched on the Tallawarra Power Station Buffer Area Map.
(2)  Development consent must not be granted to development for the purposes of a building on land to which this clause applies unless the consent authority is satisfied that adequate measures have been, or will be in place, to minimise the adverse impact on persons using the building from noise and odour produced by the Tallawarra Power Station.
7.17   Former Port Kembla Public School
(1)  This clause applies to land at Military Road, Port Kembla, being Lot 1, DP 811699.
(2)  Development consent must not be granted to development for the purposes of tourist and visitor accommodation on land to which this clause applies unless the consent authority is satisfied that the development will not result in the accommodation containing more than 10 bedrooms.
Part 8 Local provisions—Wollongong city centre
8.1   Objectives for development in Wollongong city centre
The objectives of this Part are as follows:
(a)  to promote the economic revitalisation of the Wollongong city centre,
(b)  to strengthen the regional position of the Wollongong city centre as a multifunctional and innovative centre that encourages employment and economic growth,
(c)  to protect and enhance the vitality, identity and diversity of the Wollongong city centre,
(d)  to promote employment, residential, recreational and tourism opportunities within the Wollongong city centre,
(e)  to facilitate the development of building design excellence appropriate to a regional city,
(f)  to promote housing choice and housing affordability,
(g)  to encourage responsible management, development and conservation of natural and man-made resources and to ensure that the Wollongong city centre achieves sustainable social, economic and environmental outcomes,
(h)  to protect and enhance the environmentally sensitive areas and natural and cultural heritage of the Wollongong city centre for the benefit of present and future generations.
8.2   Wollongong city centre—land to which Part applies
(1)  This Part applies to land within the Wollongong city centre.
(2)  A provision in this Part prevails over any other provision of this Plan to the extent of any inconsistency.
8.3   Sun plane protection
(1)  The objective of this clause is to protect specified public open space from excessive overshadowing by restricting the height of buildings.
(2)  This clause applies to land coloured yellow on the Sun Plane Protection Map.
(3)  Development on land to which this clause applies is prohibited if the development results in any part of a building projecting above a sun access control set out in this clause.
(4) MacCabe Park The sun access control for any point on land shown coloured yellow on the Sun Plane Protection Map and marked “MacCabe Park—Burelli Street” is:
(a)  32 metres above the point, or
(b)  if the point is within 26.4 metres of the boundary of Burelli Street—  metres above the point,
where D is the shortest distance in metres between the point and the boundary of Burelli Street.
(5)  The sun access control for any point on land shown coloured yellow on the Sun Plane Protection Map and marked “MacCabe Park—Keira Street” is:
(a)  24 metres above the point, or
(b)  if the point is within 4.4 metres of the boundary of Keira Street—  metres above the point,
where D is the shortest distance in metres between the point and the boundary of Keira Street.
(6) Civic Square The sun access control for any point on land shown coloured yellow on the Sun Plane Protection Map and marked “Civic Square” is:
(a)  32 metres above the point, or
(b)  if the point is within 30.6 metres of the boundary of Crown Street—  metres above the point,
where D is the shortest distance in metres between the point and the boundary of Crown Street.
(7) Pioneer Park The sun access control for any point on land shown coloured yellow on the Sun Plane Protection Map and marked “Pioneer Park” is:
(a)  24 metres above the point, or
(b)  if the point is within 19 metres of the boundary of Pioneer Park—  metres above the point,
where D is the shortest distance in metres between the point and the boundary of Pioneer Park.
(8) Market Square The sun access control for any point on land shown coloured yellow on the Sun Plane Protection Map and marked “Market Square—North” is:
(a)  16 metres above the point, or
(b)  if the point is within 10.6 metres of the northern boundary of Market Place—  metres above the point,
where D is the shortest distance in metres between the point and the northern boundary of Market Place.
(9)  The sun access control for any point on land shown coloured yellow on the Sun Plane Protection Map and marked “Market Square—West” is:
(a)  16 metres above the point, or
(b)  if the point is within 9.4 metres of the western boundary of Market Place—  metres above the point,
where D is the shortest distance in metres between the point and the western boundary of Market Place.
(10)  If a calculation for a sun access control for a point gives a figure of zero or less, the sun access control is taken to be at the same height as the point.
(11)  A reference in this clause to a point on land means a point at ground level (existing) on the land.
(12)  This clause does not apply to development if it is the refurbishment of a building.
8.4   Minimum building street frontage
(1)  The objective of this clause is to ensure that buildings have a minimum width to provide for the efficient development of land and design of buildings.
(2)  Development consent must not be granted to the erection of a building that does not have at least one street frontage of 20 metres or more on land within Zone B3 Commercial Core, B4 Mixed Use or B6 Enterprise Corridor.
(3)  Despite subclause (2), the consent authority may grant consent to the erection of a building on land referred to in that subclause if it is of the opinion that it is not physically possible for the building to be erected with at least one street frontage of 20 metres or more.
8.5   Design excellence
(1)  The objective of this clause is to deliver the highest standard of architectural and urban design.
(2)  This clause applies to development involving the construction of a new building or external alterations to an existing building.
(3)  Development consent must not be granted to development to which this clause applies unless, in the opinion of the consent authority, the proposed development exhibits design excellence.
(4)  In considering whether development to which this clause applies exhibits design excellence, the consent authority must have regard to the following matters:
(a)  whether a high standard of architectural design, materials and detailing appropriate to the building type and location will be achieved,
(b)  whether the form and external appearance of the proposed development will improve the quality and amenity of the public domain,
(c)  whether the proposed development detrimentally impacts on view corridors,
(d)  whether the proposed development detrimentally overshadows an area shown distinctively coloured and numbered on the Sun Plane Protection Map,
(e)  how the proposed development addresses the following matters:
(i)  the suitability of the land for development,
(ii)  existing and proposed uses and use mix,
(iii)  heritage issues and streetscape constraints,
(iv)  the location of any tower proposed, having regard to the need to achieve an acceptable relationship with other towers (existing or proposed) on the same site or on neighbouring sites in terms of separation, setbacks, amenity and urban form,
(v)  bulk, massing and modulation of buildings,
(vi)  street frontage heights,
(vii)  environmental impacts such as sustainable design, overshadowing, wind and reflectivity,
(viii)  the achievement of the principles of ecologically sustainable development,
(ix)  pedestrian, cycle, vehicular and service access, circulation and requirements,
(x)  impact on, and any proposed improvements to, the public domain.
(5)  Development consent must not be granted to the following development to which this clause applies unless a design review panel has reviewed the design of the proposed development:
(a)  development in respect of a building that is, or will be, greater than 35 metres in height,
(b)  development having a capital value of more than $1,000,000 on a key site, being a site shown edged heavy black and distinctively coloured on the Key Sites Map,
(c)  development for which the applicant has chosen to have such a review.
(6)  In this clause:
design review panel means a panel of 2 or more persons established by the consent authority for the purposes of this clause.
8.6   Building separation within Zone B3 Commercial Core or Zone B4 Mixed Use
(1)  The objective of this clause is to ensure sufficient separation of buildings for reasons of visual appearance, privacy and solar access.
(2)  Buildings on land within Zone B3 Commercial Core or B4 Mixed Use must be erected so that:
(a)  there is no separation between neighbouring buildings up to the street frontage height of the relevant building or up to 24 metres above ground level whichever is the lesser, and
(b)  there is a distance of at least 12 metres from any other building above the street frontage height and less than 45 metres above ground level, and
(c)  there is a distance of at least 28 metres from any other building at 45 metres or higher above ground level.
(3)  Despite subclause (2), if a building contains a dwelling, all habitable parts of the dwelling including any balcony must not be less than:
(a)  20 metres from any habitable part of a dwelling contained in any other building, and
(b)  16 metres from any other part of any other building.
(4)  For the purposes of this clause, a separate tower or other raised part of the same building is taken to be a separate building.
(5)  In this clause:
street frontage height means the height of that part of a building that is built to the street alignment.
8.7   Shops in Zone B4 Mixed Use
(1)  The objective of this clause is to limit the size of shops in Zone B4 Mixed Use to ensure that land within Zone B3 Commercial Core remains the principal retail area.
(2)  Development consent must not be granted for development for the purpose of a shop on land in Zone B4 Mixed Use if the gross floor area of the shop is to be more than 400 square metres.
Schedule 1 Additional permitted uses
(Clause 2.5)
1   Use of certain land at Buttershaw Drive, Austinmer
(1)  This clause applies to land at 99 Buttershaw Drive, Austinmer, being Lot 7, DP 223280.
(2)  Development for the purposes of a dwelling house is permitted with consent.
2   Use of certain land at Lawrence Hargrave Drive, Clifton
(1)  This clause applies to land at Lawrence Hargrave Drive, Clifton, being Lot 100, DP 1118518.
(2)  Development for the purposes of hotel or motel accommodation, a pub and a restaurant is permitted with consent.
3   Use of certain land at Jarvie Road, Cringila
(1)  This clause applies to land at Jarvie Road, Cringila, being Lot 2, DP 217590.
(2)  Development for the purposes of a resource recovery facility is permitted with consent.
4   Use of certain land at O’Briens Road, Figtree
(1)  This clause applies to land at O’Briens Road, Figtree, being Lot 21, DP 939374.
(2)  Development for the purposes of the subdivision of the land into 2 lots, and the erection of one dwelling house on the lot within Zone E3 Environmental Management is permitted with consent.
5   Use of certain land at Princes Highway, Figtree
(1)  This clause applies to land at 47 Princes Highway, Figtree, being land that was formerly Lot 11, DP 609167.
Note—
This land is shown on the map marked “City of Wollongong Local Environmental Plan 1990 (Amendment No 154)” deposited in the office of the Council.
(2)  Development for the purposes of a residential flat building is permitted with consent.
6   Use of certain land at Macquarie Place, Haywards Bay
(1)  This clause applies to land at 1–22 Macquarie Place, Haywards Bay, being Lots 101–108, DP 1070495.
(2)  Development for the purposes of bulky goods premises, a service station and vehicle sales or hire premises is permitted with consent.
7   Use of certain land at Paynes Road, Kembla Grange
(1)  This clause applies to land at Paynes Road, Kembla Grange, being Lot 223, DP 751278.
(2)  Development for the purposes of a dwelling house is permitted with consent.
8   Use of certain land at Princes Highway, Maddens Plains
(1)  This clause applies to land at Princes Highway, Maddens Plains, being Lot 1, DP 1048847 and Lots 2–4, DP 240566.
(2)  Development for the purposes of a function centre and tourist and visitor accommodation is permitted with consent but only if any such development is consistent with Major Project Concept Plan approval MP 2006/305 issued by the Department of Planning on 13 January 2009.
(3)  This clause is repealed on 13 January 2012.
9   Use of certain land at 84A Princes Highway, Maddens Plains
(1)  This clause applies to land at 84A Princes Highway, Maddens Plains, being Lot A, DP 408911.
(2)  Development for the purposes of an educational establishment is permitted with consent.
10   Use of certain land at North Marshall Mount Road, Marshall Mount
(1)  This clause applies to land at North Marshall Mount Road, Marshall Mount, being Lots 1–3, DP 852180.
(2)  Development for the purposes of the subdivision of the land into 6 lots, and the erection of a dwelling house on each lot is permitted with consent.
11   Use of certain land at Kirkwood Place, Mount Kembla
(1)  This clause applies to land at 1 Kirkwood Place, Mount Kembla, being Lot 2, DP 206691.
(2)  Development for the purposes of a dwelling house is permitted with consent.
12   Use of certain land at Lawrence Hargrave Drive, Scarborough
(1)  This clause applies to land at Lawrence Hargrave Drive, Scarborough, being Lot 1, Section 4, DP 1659, Lot 1, DP 982323 and Lot 1, Section A, DP 2693.
(2)  Development for the purposes of hotel or motel accommodation, a pub and a restaurant is permitted with consent.
13   Use of certain land at Hawthorn Street, Tarrawanna
(1)  This clause applies to land at Hawthorn Street, Tarrawanna, being Lot 2, DP 793302.
(2)  Development for the purposes of a dwelling house is permitted with consent.
14   Use of certain land at Princes Highway, Thirroul
(1)  This clause applies to land at 57 Princes Highway, Thirroul, being Lot 1, DP 998258.
(2)  Development for the purposes of a dwelling house is permitted with consent.
15   Use of certain land at Carr Street, Towradgi
(1)  This clause applies to land at 12 Carr Street, Towradgi, being Lot 6, DP 749492.
(2)  Development for the purposes of the subdivision of the land in Zone R2 Low Density Residential into 3 lots, and the erection of 2 single storey dwelling houses, is permitted with consent.
16   Use of certain land at Central Road and Albert Street, Unanderra
(1)  This clause applies to land at 23A Central Road, Unanderra, being Lot 20, DP 774581 and land at 1 Albert Street, Unanderra, being Lot 21, DP 774581.
(2)  Development for the purposes of business premises is permitted with consent.
17   Use of certain land at Lady Penrhyn Drive, Unanderra
(1)  This clause applies to land at 30–40 Lady Penrhyn Drive, Unanderra, being Lot 1, DP 815554.
(2)  Development for the purposes of a correctional centre is permitted with consent.
18   Use of certain land at Crown Street, Wollongong
(1)  This clause applies to land at 9–11 Crown Street, Wollongong, being Lot 101, DP 872951 and Lots 1, 6 and 7, DP 1091530.
(2)  Development for the purposes of commercial premises, markets or shops is permitted with consent, but only if the development is part of the entertainment centre complex.
19   Use of certain land at Crown Street and Harbour Street, Wollongong
(1)  This clause applies to land at Crown Street and Harbour Street, Wollongong, being Part Lot 143 and Part Lot 144, DP 786508 as shown edged heavy black on the map marked “City of Wollongong Local Environmental Plan 1990 Amendment No 2”.
(2)  Development for the purposes of office premises and retail premises is permitted with consent.
20   Use of certain land at Ross Street, Wollongong
(1)  This clause applies to land at 1 Ross Street, Wollongong, being Lots 101–106, DP 1125366.
(2)  Development for the purposes of a hospital is permitted with consent.
21   Use of certain land at Wollongong and North Wollongong
(1)  This clause applies to land at 1–82A Cliff Road and 2 Georges Place, Wollongong and 1–13 Bourke St, North Wollongong being Lots 1, 2 and 3, DP 17709; Part Lot 1, DP 434751; Lot 2, DP 1059775; Part Lot 2, DP 337677; Part Lot B, DP 367260; Lot 1, DP 883351; Lot 101, DP 1021913; Part Lot D, DP 155466; Lot 21, DP 1032058; Lot 22, DP 1047028; Lots 1 and 2, DP 534773; Lot 1, DP 629931; Lot 4, DP 546014; Lot 78, DP 1097836; Lot 7, DP 565904; Lot 1, DP 87310; Lot 30, DP 511757; Lot 1, DP 112803; Lot 19, DP 550947; Lot 1, DP 603683; Lot 40, DP 1084880; Lot 1, DP 231198; Lot 2, DP 150830; Lot 1, DP 612629; Lot 1, DP 714625; Lot 3, DP 1106063; Lot 20, DP 607507; Lot 20, DP 607507 and Lot 19, DP 996430.
(2)  Development for the purposes of a restaurant is permitted with consent, but only if the restaurant is located on the ground floor.
(3)  Development for the purposes of hotel or motel accommodation and serviced apartments is permitted with consent.
22   Use of certain land at Princes Highway, Yallah
(1)  This clause applies to land at Princes Highway, Yallah, being Lot 1, DP 156657.
(2)  Development for the purposes of a place of public worship is permitted with consent.
Schedule 2 Exempt development
(Clause 3.1)
Note 1—
State Environmental Planning Policy (Exempt and Complying Development Codes) 2008 specifies exempt development under that Policy. The Policy has State-wide application. This Schedule contains additional exempt development not specified in that Policy.
Note 2—
Exempt development may be carried out without the need for development consent under the Act. Such development is not exempt from any approval, licence, permit or authority that is required under any other Act and adjoining owners’ property rights and the common law still apply.
Advertisements—general requirements
(1)  Must be non-moving.
(2)  Must be at least 600mm from any public road.
(3)  Must be at least 2.6m above any public footpath.
(4)  Must relate to the lawful use of the building (except for temporary signs).
(5)  Must be within the boundary of the property to which it applies, unless in a business or an industrial zone.
(6)  Must reflect the character and style of any building to which it is attached.
(7)  Must not be detrimental to the character and functioning of the building.
(8)  Must not be on walls facing or adjoining residential premises.
(9)  Must not be an “A” frame sign.
(10)  Must have the consent of the owner of the property on which the sign is located.
Advertisements—business identification signs for businesses other than brothels in business zones
(1) Underawning sign Sign attached to the underside of an awning other than a fascia or return end:
(a)  must meet the general requirements for advertisements, and
(b)  1 sign per ground floor premises with street frontage, and
(c)  maximum length—2.5m, and
(d)  maximum height—0.5m, and
(e)  must not be flashing.
(2) Projecting wall sign (excluding underawning signs) Sign attached to the wall of a building (other than the transom of a doorway or display window) and projecting more than 300mm:
(a)  must meet the general requirements for advertisements, and
(b)  1 sign per premises or 1 per street frontage, whichever is the greater, and
(c)  maximum projection—1.5m, and
(d)  maximum area—1.5m2, and
(e)  must not be flashing.
(3) Flush wall sign Sign attached to the wall of a building (other than the transom of a doorway or display window) and not projecting more than 300mm:
(a)  must meet the general requirements for advertisements, and
(b)  maximum area—2.5m2, and
(c)  must not be flashing.
(4) Top hamper sign Sign attached to the transom of a doorway or display window of a building:
(a)  must meet the general requirements for advertisements, and
(b)  maximum area—2.5m2, and
(c)  must not be flashing.
(5) Fascia signs Sign attached to the fascia or return of the awning:
(a)  must meet the general requirements for advertisements, and
(b)  1 sign per premises, and
(c)  must not project above or below, or more than 300mm from, the fascia or return end of the awning to which it is attached, and
(d)  must not be flashing.
Advertisements—business identification signs for businesses other than brothels in industrial zones
(1)  Must meet the general requirements for advertisements.
(2)  1 pole or pylon sign per premises (including any directory board for multiple occupancies).
(3)  Maximum height—5m.
(4)  Must be within 5m of any public entry point to the premises.
(5)  Must not obstruct the sight line of vehicle or pedestrian traffic.
(6)  For multiple occupancy premises, 1 additional business identification sign is permitted at the entrance to each occupied unit, maximum area—1.2m2.
(7)  For single occupancy premises, 1 additional business identification sign is permitted, maximum area—50m2 or 1m2 per 3m of street frontage, whichever is the lesser.
Advertisements—business identification signs in residential zones
(1)  Must meet the general requirements for advertisements.
(2)  1 sign per premises.
(3)  Maximum area—0.75m2.
(4)  If a pole or pylon sign, maximum height—2m.
(5)  Must not be illuminated or flashing.
Advertisements—business identification signs in rural zones
(1)  Must meet the general requirements for advertisements.
(2)  1 sign per premises.
(3)  Maximum area—0.75m2 (except if a pole or pylon sign).
(4)  If a pole or pylon sign, maximum area—2m2 and maximum height—2m.
(5)  Must not be illuminated or flashing.
Advertisements—public notices displayed by public body giving information or direction about services provided
(1)  Must meet the general requirements for advertisements.
(2)  Maximum height—5m.
(3)  Maximum area—5m2.
(4)  Must not obstruct the sight line of vehicle or pedestrian traffic.
(5)  Must not be flashing.
Advertisements—real estate signs (advertising land development)
(1)  Must meet the general requirements for advertisements.
(2)  Maximum area—6m2 for each 25 lots being advertised.
Advertisements—real estate signs (advertising premises or land for sale or rent) in business or industrial zones
(1)  Must meet the general requirements for advertisements.
(2)  Maximum area—4.5m2.
(3)  Must be within the boundary of the advertised property.
(4)  Must not be flashing.
(5)  Must be removed within 14 days after the premises or land is sold or let.
Advertisements—real estate signs (advertising premises or land for sale or rent) in residential or rural zones
(1)  Must meet the general requirements for advertisements.
(2)  Maximum area—2.5m2.
(3)  Must not be flashing.
(4)  Must be removed within 14 days after the premises or land is sold or let.
Advertisements—signs behind glass line of shop window in Zone B1, B3, B4, B6 or IN2 (other than in brothels)
(1)  Must meet the general requirements for advertisements.
(2)  Must not occupy more than 25% of the area of the window.
(3)  Must not be flashing.
Advertisements—temporary signs for religious, cultural, social or recreational events
(1)  Must meet the general requirements for advertisements.
(2)  1 per street frontage.
(3)  Maximum area—1.5m2 and maximum height—1.5m in residential and rural zones.
(4)  Maximum area—3.5m2 and maximum height—2m in commercial and industrial zones.
(5)  Must not include commercial advertising apart from name of event sponsor.
(6)  Must not be displayed earlier than 28 days before, or later than 14 days after, the event.
(7)  Must not be used in relation to recurring events.
(8)  Must not be flashing.
Advertisements—in site, but not visible from outside of site (other than in brothels)
Must meet the general requirements for advertisements.
Filming
(1) 
(2)  May only be carried out on land:
(a)  on which there is a heritage item, or
(b)  within a heritage conservation area, or
(c)  identified in clause 3.3 as an environmentally sensitive area for exempt development,
if the filming does not involve or result in any of the following:
(d)  any changes or additions that are not merely superficial and temporary to any part of a heritage item, a heritage conservation area or an environmentally sensitive area,
(e)  the mounting or fixing of any object or article on any part of such an item or area (including any building or structure),
(f)  the movement, parking or standing of any vehicle or equipment on or over any part of such an item or area that is not specifically designed for the movement, parking or standing of a vehicle or equipment on or over it,
(g)  any changes to the vegetation on, or level of, such an item or area or any changes to any other natural or physical feature of the item or area.
(3)  Must not create significant interference with the neighbourhood.
(4)  The person carrying out the filming must obtain a policy of insurance that adequately covers the public liability of the person in respect of the filming for an amount of not less than $10,000,000.
(5)  If the filming is carried out on private land, the filming must not be carried out for more than 30 days within a 12-month period at the particular location.
(6)  A filming management plan must be prepared and lodged with the consent authority for the location at least 5 days before the commencement of filming at the location. The plan must contain the following information and be accompanied by the following documents (without limiting the information or documents that may be submitted):
(a)  the name, address and telephone number of the person carrying out the filming (such as a production company) and of the producer for the filming,
(b)  a brief description of the filming to be carried out (for example, a television commercial, a television series, a feature film or a documentary),
(c)  the proposed location of the filming,
(d)  the proposed commencement and completion dates for the filming at the location,
(e)  the proposed daily length of filming at the location,
(f)  the number of persons to be involved in the filming,
(g)  details of any temporary structures (for example, tents or marquees) to be erected or used at the location for the purposes of the filming,
(h)  the type of filming equipment to be used in the filming (such as a hand-held or mounted camera),
(i)  proposed arrangements for parking vehicles associated with the filming during the filming,
(j)  whether there will be any disruption to the location of the filming or the surrounding area and the amenity of the neighbourhood (for example, by the discharge of firearms or explosives, the production of offensive noise, vibrations, disruption to traffic flow or the release of smells, fumes, vapour, steam, soot, ash, dust, waste water, grit or oil),
(k)  whether the filming will involve the use of outdoor lighting or any other special effects equipment,
(l)  a copy of the public liability insurance policy that covers the filming at the location,
(m)  a copy of any approval given by a public or local authority to carry out an activity associated with the proposed filming at the location, such as the following:
(i)  an approval by the Roads and Traffic Authority for the closure of a road,
(ii)  an approval by the Council for the erection or use of a temporary structure, closure of a road or a public footpath, or a restriction in pedestrian access,
(iii)  an approval by the Environment Protection Authority for an open fire,
(iv)  an approval by the NSW Police Force for the discharge of firearms,
(v)  an approval by the Land and Property Management Authority for the use of Crown land,
(n)  details of any temporary alteration or addition to any building or work at the location for the purposes of the filming.
(7)  The person carrying out the filming must, at least 5 days before the commencement of filming at the particular location, give notice in writing (by way of a letter-box drop) of the filming to residents within a 50m radius of the location. The notice must contain the following information:
(a)  the name and telephone number of the person carrying out the filming (such as a production company) and of a contact representative of that person,
(b)  a brief description of the filming to be carried out at the location, and any proposed disruptions to the location or the surrounding area or the amenity of the neighbourhood,
(c)  the proposed commencement and completion dates for the filming at the location,
(d)  the proposed daily length of filming at the location.
Tents or marquees used solely for filming purposes
(1)  May only be used in connection with filming that is exempt development.
(2)  Total floor area of all tents or marquees on location at the same time must not exceed 200m2.
(3)  Must be located within at least 3m from any boundary adjoining a public road and at least 1m from any other boundary.
(4)  Must have the following number of exits arranged so as to afford a ready means of egress from all parts of the tent or marquee to open space or a road:
(a)  1 exit if the floor area of the tent or marquee does not exceed 25m2,
(b)  2 exits in any other case.
(5)  Width of each exit must be at least:
(a)  800mm if the floor area of the tent or marquee is less than 150m2, or
(b)  1m in any other case.
(6)  Height of the walls must not exceed:
(a)  4m if erected on private land, or
(b)  5m in any other case.
(7)  Height as measured from the surface on which the tent or marquee is erected to the highest point of the tent or marquee must not exceed 6m.
(8)  Must resist loads determined in accordance with the following Australian and New Zealand Standards entitled:
(a)  AS/NZS 1170.0:2002, Structural design actions—General principles,
(b)  AS/NZS 1170.1:2002, Structural design actions—Permanent, imposed and other actions,
(c)  AS/NZS 1170.2:2002, Structural design actions—Wind actions.
(9)  Must not remain at the location more than 2 days after the completion of the filming at the location.
Temporary structures (other than tents and marquees), and temporary alterations or additions to buildings or works, solely for filming purposes
(1)  May only be erected, used, altered or added to in connection with filming that is exempt development.
(2)  Temporary structure must not be at the location for more than 30 days within a 12-month period.
(3)  Alteration or addition to the building or work must not remain in place for more than 30 days within a 12-month period.
(4)  Temporary structure, or building or work in its altered or added to form, must not be accessible to the public.
sch 2: Am 2010 (162), Sch 1.7 [10].
Schedule 3 Complying development
(Clause 3.2)
Note—
State Environmental Planning Policy (Exempt and Complying Development Codes) 2008 specifies complying development and the complying development conditions for that development under that Policy. The Policy has State-wide application. This Schedule contains additional complying development not specified in that Policy.
Part 1 Types of Development
Alterations and additions to industrial and warehouse buildings in industrial zones
(1)  Must not be on lots that are adjacent to land in residential or recreation zones.
(2)  Must not involve change to the use of the premises.
(3)  Maximum additional floor area—1,000m2 or 25% of existing floor area (whichever is the lesser).
(4)  Maximum floor space ratio—1:1.
(5)  Maximum height of any structure—8.5m.
(6)  Minimum setback for any structure:
(a)  from an arterial road (or arterial road widening)—20m, or
(b)  from a local road (or local road widening)—10m, or
(c)  from other boundaries—5m.
(7)  Minimum setback for any paved area wider than 1.5m:
(a)  from an arterial road (or arterial road widening)—5m, or
(b)  from a local road (or local road widening)—5m, or
(c)  from other boundaries—3.5m.
(8)  Must have at least 1 window opening, door opening or other wall variation of more than 50mm for every 20m of wall length facing the front boundary.
(9)  Earthworks must not extend more than:
(a)  900mm above ground level (existing), or
(b)  600mm below ground level (existing).
(10)  Any roof or surface drainage area must have a drainage system that:
(a)  captures the roof or surface water, and
(b)  discharges that water into the inter-allotment or street stormwater drainage system, and
(c)  limits the rate of discharge into Council’s kerb and gutter to less than 20L per second without using on-site detention systems, and
(d)  caters for a 1 in 20 year storm event and directs excess water over land to the street.
(11)  Must provide and maintain, adjacent to any street, a landscaped area with a minimum width of 5m that is designed by a suitably qualified landscape architect and that has mounding to a height of at least 600mm along the majority of any frontage to an arterial road.
(12)  Must ensure that there are in each landscaped area at least 3 trees (that grow to a mature height of over 5m), 6 shrubs (that grow to a mature height of over 1.5m) and 20 smaller plants.
(13)  Must provide a landscaped bay with a minimum width of 1.5m containing at least 1 tree, at the end of at least every 10 car parking spaces in the front setback.
(14)  Must provide at least 1 car parking space for every 40m2 of gross floor area of any building used for the purpose of office premises and at least 1 car parking space for every 70m2 of gross floor of any building used for any other purpose.
(15)  Must not reduce any vehicle loading area or remove any such area.
(16)  Must not change the location or number of driveway entries onto the property.
(17)  Driveways must:
(a)  be at least 10m from any road intersection, and
(b)  be no wider than 7m crossing any landscaped strip to the front street or a side street, and
(c)  permit all vehicles to enter and exit the site in a forward direction.
(18)  Must locate garbage and storage areas behind the building line for each street frontage.
Dwelling houses in Zone R5 Large Lot Residential
(1)  Must be the construction of a dwelling house including any ancillary development related to that house (such as garages, awnings or swimming pools).
(2)  Must be entirely in Zone R5 Large Lot Residential.
(3)  The property must have a street frontage width of at least 20m and an area of at least 2,500m2.
(4)  Maximum floor space ratio—0.1:1.
(5)  The setback from the front property boundary:
(a)  to the front wall of the dwelling house closest to the street must be between 12m and 25m, and
(b)  to any other front walls of the dwelling house that are over 2m wide must be between 4.5m and 8m.
(6)  Maximum width of the dwelling (not including ancillary components)—20m.
(7)  Maximum depth of the dwelling (not including ancillary components)—20m.
(8)  Minimum setback from the rear property boundary to the rear walls of the dwelling—12m.
(9)  Minimum setback from side property boundaries to the walls of the dwelling—5m.
(10)  Maximum height of any structure (other than a structure that is exempt development)—8.5m.
(11)  Maximum height of a single storey structure (other than a structure that is exempt development)—5m.
(12)  Maximum number of storeys—2.
(13)  Maximum height of the ground floor level—800mm above ground level (existing).
(14)  Maximum height of any raised platform (associated with a deck, retaining wall, fill or otherwise) behind the front setback—800mm but if within 3m of any property boundary—300mm.
(15)  Earthworks must not extend more than:
(a)  300mm above ground level (existing), or
(b)  500mm above ground level (existing) if retained behind an edge beam wall of the dwelling, or
(c)  500mm below ground level (existing).
(16)  Maximum depth of any second storey balcony—3m.
(17)  Any second storey balcony must be at least 10m from the rear property boundary.
(18)  Maximum height between a floor and the ceiling above—4.5m.
(19)  Minimum height between a floor in a habitable area and the ceiling above—2.4m.
(20)  Materials, colours and finishes must be visually compatible with those existing in the surrounding area.
(21)  Must provide and maintain, on the rear half of the property, private open space of at least 300m2 with a minimum width of 6m.
(22)  Must provide and maintain, on the rear half of the property, a soft landscaped area of at least 100m2 with a minimum width of 5m that has no hard paved surface other than garden edging, retaining structure or similar.
(23)  Must provide and maintain, on the front setback, a soft landscaped area of at least 15m2 with a minimum width of 2.5m that has no hard paved surface other than garden edging, retaining structure or similar.
(24)  Must ensure that there are at least 3 trees (that grow to a mature height of over 5m and are not exempt trees), 6 shrubs (that grow to a mature height of over 1.5m) and 20 smaller plants.
(25)  Must provide and maintain at least 2 car parking spaces, 1 that is behind the building line and is at least 3m wide and 5.5m long (that must be covered) and 1 that is at least 2.5m wide and 5.5m long (that may be covered, but only if behind the building line).
(26)  Maximum width of any garage or carport (including walls)—7m (unless entirely behind the dwelling).
(27)  Any garage or carport must be set back at least 1m behind the front wall of the dwelling closest to the street.
(28)  Maximum width of driveways at the property boundary—6m.
(29)  Minimum distance of driveways from any road intersection—6m.
(30)  Driveways outside the property boundary must be constructed at right angles to the kerb and guttering and must be at least 500mm from any telegraph pole, street furniture or drainage structure.
(31)  Any covered outdoor area (including awnings, pergolas, gazebos, verandahs, entry foyers or similar) must be open for at least 50% of its perimeter between 1m and 2m above the inside floor level.
(32)  Any structure with a roof area of more than 10m2 must have guttering and downpipes that capture the water from the roofed area and discharge that water:
(a)  into the inter-allotment or street stormwater drainage system, or
(b)  into rainwater tanks that discharge any overflow into any such stormwater system.
(33)  Maximum area of any swimming pool or spa pool—50m2.
(34)  Any swimming pool or spa pool:
(a)  must be behind the dwelling, and
(b)  must be at least 1.2m from any side or rear property boundary, and
(c)  must be at least 4m from the principal access point to the main living areas of the dwelling, and
(d)  must be surrounded by a graded surface that diverts water away from the pool, buildings and neighbouring properties.
(35)  Maximum height of any coping or decking around a swimming pool or spa pool—900mm above ground level (natural) or if within 3m of any side or rear property boundary—400mm above ground level (natural).
Part 2 Complying development certificate conditions
Note 1—
Complying development must comply with the requirements of the Act, the Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000 and this Plan.
Conditions that apply before work begins
The person having the benefit of the complying development certificate must:
(a)  give any occupier of adjoining premises at least 2 days’ notice before work begins, and
(b)  provide a temporary on-site toilet or access to an existing toilet on site, and
(c)  protect and support any neighbouring buildings that might be affected by the proposed development, and
(d)  protect any public place from obstruction or inconvenience caused by the carrying out of the proposed development, and
(e)  set up barriers sufficient to prevent any substance from the site falling onto a public place.
Hours of work
Construction or demolition work that is audible in adjoining premises must be carried out only between the following hours:
(a)  Monday–Friday—7 am and 6 pm,
(b)  Saturday—8 am and 1 pm,
and no such work must be carried out at any time on a Sunday or a public holiday.
Demolition
(1)  The person having the benefit of the complying development certificate must ensure that demolition work does not adversely affect any neighbouring properties with dust, noise, traffic, falling objects or underpinning.
(2)  The person having the benefit of the complying development certificate must ensure that sedimentation and erosion preventative measures are undertaken in respect of demolition work in accordance with the Council’s Erosion and Sediment Control Policy available from the Council and as in force on the commencement of this Plan.
Survey certificate
In order to ensure compliance with approved plans, a survey certificate, to Australian Height Datum, must be prepared by a registered surveyor, as follows:
(a)  on completion of floor slab framework before concrete is poured, detailing the location of the structure to the boundaries, and
(b)  at completion of the lowest floor, confirming that levels are in accordance with the certificate. (Levels must relate to the datum on the certificate.)
Required payments
If payments are required in relation to any of the following, evidence of those payments must be provided to the Council on or before the lodging of the complying development certificate with the Council:
(a)  road reserve deposits,
(b)  opening of roads,
(c)  inspections,
(d)  registration.
Notification to Council on completion
The Council must be notified that all works have been completed within a reasonable time after the completion of the works.
sch 3: Am 2010 (162), Sch 1.7 [11].
Schedule 4 Classification and reclassification of public land
(Clause 5.2)
Part 1 Land classified, or reclassified, as operational land—no interests changed
Column 1
Column 2
Locality
Description
Nil
 
Part 2 Land classified, or reclassified, as operational land—interests changed
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Locality
Description
Any trusts etc not discharged
Bellambi
Part of Lot 202, DP 716326, Bott Drive, as shown edged heavy black and identified as “Operational Land” on Sheet 2 of the map marked “Wollongong Local Environmental Plan 2009 (Amendment No 2) Reclassification Map” deposited in the office of the Council
Nil
Berkeley
Part of Lot 192, DP 700165, Nolan Street, as shown edged heavy black and identified as “Operational Land” on Sheet 9 of the map marked “Wollongong Local Environmental Plan 2009 (Amendment No 2) Reclassification Map” deposited in the office of the Council
Nil
Bulli
Part of Lot 2, DP 772593 and part of Lot 3, DP 863277, Princes Highway, being part of the Bulli Showground, as shown edged heavy black and identified as “Operational Land” on Sheet 3 of the map marked “Wollongong Local Environmental Plan 2009 (Amendment No 2) Reclassification Map” deposited in the office of the Council
Nil
Dapto
Part of Lot 1, DP 1005887, 253 Kanahooka Road, as shown edged heavy black and identified as “Operational Land” on Sheet 8 of the map marked “Wollongong Local Environmental Plan 2009 (Amendment No 2) Reclassification Map” deposited in the office of the Council
Nil
East Corrimal
Lot 31, DP 10422, 42 Thalassa Avenue
Nil
Figtree
Lot 4, DP 230541, Mountain View Crescent
Nil
Gwynneville
Lot 201 and part of Lot 207, DP 816857, Mercury Street, as shown edged heavy black and identified as “Operational Land” on Sheet 5 of the map marked “Wollongong Local Environmental Plan 2009 (Amendment No 2) Reclassification Map” deposited in the office of the Council
Nil
Keiraville
Part of Lot 1672, DP 877546, near Ashcroft Place, being a carpark at the University of Wollongong, as shown edged heavy black and identified as “Operational Land” on Sheet 1 of the map marked “Wollongong Local Environmental Plan 2009 (Amendment No 1) Reclassification Map” deposited in the office of the Council
Nil
Kembla Grange
Lot 1, DP 329804, Canterbury Road
Nil
Mount Keira
Part of Lot 81, DP 1153714, Keira Mine Road, as shown edged heavy black and identified as “Operational Land” on Sheet 7 of the map marked “Wollongong Local Environmental Plan 2009 (Amendment No 2) Reclassification Map” deposited in the office of the Council
Nil
Mount Keira
Part of Lot 1, DP 875991, Queen Elizabeth Drive, being part of Mount Keira Summit Park, as shown edged heavy black and identified as “Operational Land” on Sheet 4 of the map marked “Wollongong Local Environmental Plan 2009 (Amendment No 2) Reclassification Map” deposited in the office of the Council
Nil
North Wollongong
Part of Lot 1, DP 708558, Montague Street Reserve, as shown edged heavy black and identified as “Operational Land” on Sheet 6 of the map marked “Wollongong Local Environmental Plan 2009 (Amendment No 2) Reclassification Map” deposited in the office of the Council
Nil
Port Kembla
Lot 3, DP 231808, Darcy Road
Nil
Port Kembla
Lot 1, DP 723148, 85 Illawarra Street
Nil
Port Kembla
Lot 1, DP 728015, 96A Illawarra Street
Nil
Port Kembla
Lot 1, DP 347045, Shellharbour Road
Nil
Russell Vale
Lot 20, DP 245050, 3 Collaery Road
Nil
Spring Hill
Lot 6, DP 91802, Five Islands Road
Nil
Thirroul
Part of Lot 3, DP 204631, Station Street, as shown edged heavy black and identified as “Operational Land” on Sheet 1 of the map marked “Wollongong Local Environmental Plan 2009 (Amendment No 2) Reclassification Map” deposited in the office of the Council
Nil
Warrawong
Part of Lot 1, DP 182649, part of Darcy Wentworth Park, as shown edged heavy black and identified as “Operational Land” on Sheet 2 of the map marked “Wollongong Local Environmental Plan 2009 (Amendment No 1) Reclassification Map” deposited in the office of the Council
Nil
Warrawong
Lot 1, DP 243820, Eyre Place
Nil
Wollongong
Lot 1, DP 1132396, Sperry Street
Nil
Wollongong
Part of Lot 102, DP 847615, Springhill Road, being a heliport and carpark, as shown edged heavy black and identified as “Operational Land” on Sheet 3 of the map marked “Wollongong Local Environmental Plan 2009 (Amendment No 1) Reclassification Map” deposited in the office of the Council
Nil
Woonona
Lot 3, DP 552827, Mitchell Road
Nil
Woonona
Lot 82, DP 562294, Mitchell Road
Nil
Woonona
Lot 2, DP 723137, Pioneer Drive
Nil
Part 3 Land classified, or reclassified, as community land
Column 1
Column 2
Locality
Description
Nil
 
sch 4: Am 2010 (461), Sch 1 [1] [2]; 2010 (641), Sch 1; 2010 (712), Sch 1.
Schedule 5 Environmental heritage
(Clause 5.10)
Part 1 Heritage items
Suburb
Item Name
Address
Property Description
Significance
Item No
Austinmer
House
1 Headland Avenue
Lot 2, DP 201973
Local
6147
Austinmer
House “Brentwood”
55 Lawrence Hargrave Drive
Lot 73, DP 9233
Local
6510
Austinmer
Glastonbury Gardens
72–82 Lawrence Hargrave Drive
Lot 2, DP 519285
Local
6153
Austinmer
Austinmer school residence
92–94 Lawrence Hargrave Drive
Lot 1, DP 119024
Local
6148
Austinmer
Norfolk Island pines
Lawrence Hargrave Drive, Austinmer Main Beach
Lot 3, DP 1110343
Local
6151
Austinmer
War memorial
Lawrence Hargrave Drive, Austinmer Main Beach
Lot 3, DP 1110343
Local
6511
Austinmer
Norfolk Island pines
North Austinmer Beach
Lot 99, DP 174418
Local
6152
Austinmer
Group of shops
34–40 Moore Street
Lot 18, Section C, DP 2111; Lot 2, DP 1073935 and Lot 1, DP 1073935
Local
6509
Austinmer
Uniting church
48 Moore Street
Lot 12, Section C, DP 2111
Local
6507
Austinmer
Shop and house
57 Moore Street
Lot 6, Section A, DP 2111
Local
6508
Austinmer
“Workshop”
67 Moore Street
Lot 1, DP 301323
Local
6149
Austinmer
Austinmer railway station
End of Moore Street
Rail reserve
State
6259
Austinmer
Site of Austinmer jetty*
North of Headland Avenue
Foreshore
Local
6485
Austinmer
“The Outlook”
14 Oceana Parade
Lot 1, DP 231287
Local
61004
Austinmer
“Cintra”
15 Wigram Road
Lot 18, DP 7559
Local
6150
Austinmer
Norfolk Island pines on Headlands Hotel site
Yuruga Street
Lots 87–95, DP 9233
Local
6504
Austinmer
Norfolk Island pines
Yuruga Street (corner Headlands Avenue)
Lot 1, DP 339004
Local
6144
Balgownie
Balgownie Community Centre
113 Balgownie Road
Lot 5, Section A, DP 938771
Local
6215
Balgownie
Street front shop
135 Balgownie Road
Lot 2, DP 37904 and Lot 3, DP 584503
Local
6213
Balgownie
Balgownie Hotel
141–43 Balgownie Road
Lot 5, DP 872833
Local
61009
Balgownie
Balgownie Public School and residence
Balgownie Road (Corner Chalmers Street)
Part Lot 1, DP 709601
Local
6214
Bellambi
Bellambi Hotel
5–7 Bellambi Lane
Lot 1, DP 657196
Local
6456
Bellambi
Station master’s residence
Brompton Road, corner Bellambi Lane
Lot 1, DP 881773
Local
6359
Bellambi
Bellambi Lake and Sandpit Point
Turner Esplanade
Lot 175, DP 726738; Part Lot 113, DP 751301; Lots 5 and 6, DP 240541; Lots 141 and 157, DP 247217, Lot 2, DP 615377 and Lot 7011, DP 1057474
Local
6204
Berkeley
Site of former “Berkeley House”*
23 Glastonbury Avenue and 191–195 Five Islands Road
Lot 401, DP 845805 and Lot 210, DP 811435
Local
6519
Berkeley
Lake islands
Lake Illawarra (Hooka Island and Goosebury Island)
Lot 57, DP 751299 and Lot 35, DP 751299
Local
6112
Brownsville
Former Illawarra Lake Hotel
11 Prince Edward Drive
Lot B, DP 349026
Local
6321
Brownsville
Brownsville Cemetery, large fig trees and Bunya pine*
33–37 Prince Edward Drive
Lot 18, DP 1023004 and Lot 1, DP 414418
Local
5915
Brownsville
Osborne Memorial Church of St Luke
35–37 Prince Edward Drive
Part Lot 18, DP 751263 and Lot 18, DP 1023004
Local
5915
Brownsville
Church Hall former Episcopalian Church of St Luke
35–37 Prince Edward Drive
Lot 18, DP 1023004
Local
5915
Bulli
Norfolk Island pine beach front planting and row of phoenix palms
Bulli Beach, adjacent to Trinity Row and Park Road
Road reserve and foreshore reserve
Local
6192
Bulli
Former railway route*
Bulli Colliery to rail bridge embankments
Lot 2, DP 1094964
Local
6527
Bulli
Norfolk Island pine beach front planting
Bulli Point, Point Street
Foreshore
Local
6191
Bulli
Site of Captain Westmacott’s homestead
Bulli Point (Sandon Point) Trig Station
Lots 1–6 and 103, DP 7813
Local
6358
Bulli
General cemetery*
Carrington Street
 
Local
6451
Bulli
Houses
87–101 Farrell Road
Lots 9–16, DP 6454
Local
6182
Bulli
House
8 Fowler Road
Lot 2, DP 38367
Local
6180
Bulli
House
10 Fowler Road
Lot 1, DP 220111
Local
6181
Bulli
Bulli railway station
Franklin Avenue and Railway Street
Rail reserve
Local
6484
Bulli
Bulli collieries—includes shaft No 1, shaft No 2 original shaft sinking head frame, old pit top, old furnace shaft and pit town remains*
Hobart Street
Lot 1, DP 430752; Lot 50, DP 1045297; Part Lot 23, DP 751301 and Lot 3, DP 255282
Local
5924
Bulli
House
28 Park Road
Lot 1, DP 780905
Local
6175
Bulli
House
52 Park Road
Part Lot A, DP 164966
Local
6176
Bulli
House
56 Park Road
Lot 1002, DP 873075
Local
6177
Bulli
House
60 Park Road
Lot 3, DP 598485
Local
6179
Bulli
House
64 Park Road
Lot 1, DP 246899
Local
6178
Bulli
Memorial obelisk
66 Park Road
Lot 801, DP 774190
Local
6174
Bulli
St Augustine Anglican Church of Australia and cemetery*
66 Park Road
Lot 801, DP 774190
Local
6174
Bulli
Bulli station master’s residence
Park Road
Lot 1, DP 809643
Local
6500
Bulli
Methodist manse and church
191 Princes Highway
Lot 1, DP 779555 and Lot 1, DP 780740
Local
6355
Bulli
Miners’ cottage
200 Princes Highway
Lot 1, DP 194397
Local
5973
Bulli
Denmark Hotel and stables
202 Princes Highway
Lot 1, DP 986139
Local
5927
Bulli
Former Joint Stock Bank
203 Princes Highway
Lot 1, DP 799054
Local
5985
Bulli
House
226 Princes Highway
Lot 1, DP 162072
Local
6445
Bulli
House
227 Princes Highway
Lot 4, DP 997530
Local
6446
Bulli
House
230 Princes Highway
Lot 162, DP 602341
Local
6447
Bulli
Bulli post office
231 Princes Highway
Lot 1, DP 91869
Local
6173
Bulli
Bulli Family Hotel
240 Princes Highway
Lot 1, DP 66053
State
5902
Bulli
House
242 Princes Highway
Lot 2, DP 161605
Local
6185
Bulli
House
244 Princes Highway
Lot 21, DP 1016175
Local
6183
Bulli
Former guest house
300–302 Princes Highway
Lot 2, DP 1138010
Local
6187
Bulli
House
312 Princes Highway
Lot 5, DP 6793
Local
6448
Bulli
Former ambulance station
322 Princes Highway
Lot 1, DP 981540
Local
6449
Bulli
Former shire council chambers
328 Princes Highway
Lot A, DP 421249
Local
6184
Bulli
Former Sherbrooke Union Church
Princes Highway (in Grevillea Park)
Lot 1, DP 772593
Local
6450
Bulli
WWI memorial
Princes Highway, (Slacky Flat Park)
Lot 2, DP 772593
Local
6444
Bulli
Rail bridge
Over Princes Highway, near Hobart Street Junction
Rail reserve
Local
5988
Bulli
Former Bulli railway guesthouse
1 Railway Street
Lot A, DP 159222
Local
5987
Bulli
Old Mountain Road
North of Rixons Pass Road, Bulli Tops
Road reserve
Local
6517
Bulli
Boat sheds
Sandon Point
Lot 103, DP 7813
Local
6487
Cataract
Site of former “Biddulph Farm”*
Mt Ousley Road intersection with Rixons Pass Road
Lot 30, DP 751301
Local
61064
Clifton
Cottage
Clifton School Parade
Lot 200, DP 1070345
Local
6133
Clifton
Former school residence
Clifton School Parade
Lot 21, DP 1123807
Local
6134
Clifton
Cliff vegetation and Moranga Park
Lawrence Hargrave Drive
Lot 11, DP 1137408
Local
6347
Clifton
School of Arts
338 Lawrence Hargrave Drive
Lot 1, DP 966733
Local
6132
Clifton
Imperial Hotel
Lawrence Hargrave Drive
Lot 100, DP 118518
Local
6135
Clifton
Stand of Norfolk Island pines
Lawrence Hargrave Drive
Road reserve
Local
6136
Coalcliff
Coalcliff Colliery shaft mine—including coke ovens*
Lawrence Hargrave Drive
Lot 58, DP 1097339
Local
6348
Coalcliff
Coalcliff Colliery jetty mine—including entrance portal*
East of Lawrence Hargrave Drive
Lot 7037, DP 1117499 and Crown land
Local
5922
Coalcliff
Tunnel No 8*
Railway Tunnel, Illawarra Line
Lot 32, DP 881726
Local
6258
Coledale
Railway station
Coledale
Rail reserve
Local
6350
Coledale
Norfolk Island pines
South Coledale Beach
Reserve 88873; Lot 1, DP 519277
Local
6144
Coledale
Norfolk Island pines
Beach front, Lawrence Hargrave Drive
Part Lot 11, DP 752054
Local
6143
Coniston
House
18 Bridge Street
Lot C, DP 350897
Local
6227
Coniston
Fort Drummond
Television Avenue
Lots 1 and 3, DP 208194
Local
6405
Corrimal
Ficus obliqua
Bloomfield Park
Lot 1, DP 214743
Local
6465
Corrimal
“Mountain View”
14 Jones Place
Lot 126, DP 544292
Local
6201
Corrimal
Former headmaster’s residence—Corrimal Public School
96 Princes Highway
Lot 1, DP 835462
Local
6462
Corrimal
Palm Court Hotel
264–268 Princes Highway
Lot 101, DP 1004200
Local
6462
Corrimal
Ziem’s shops and outbuildings
330 Princes Highway
Lot 104, DP 1062386
Local
6463
Corrimal
Catholic cemetery*
Princes Highway
Lot 1, DP 1037746
Local
6360
Corrimal
Park
Railway and Duff Parade
Lot 4, DP 586795
Local
6209
Corrimal
War memorial
Railway Street
Unknown
Local
6210
Corrimal
House and garden
45 Underwood Street
Lot 6, DP 501963
Local
6208
Corrimal
Corrimal Public School
Wilga Street
Lot 2, DP 835462
Local
6205
Dapto
Memorial wall, Dapto war memorial olympic swimming pool
Bangaroo Avenue
Lot 127, DP 242665
Local
61015
Dapto
Military bunker—Mt Brown Reserve
Bright Parade
Part Lot 4, DP 223746
Local
61016
Dapto
House “Daisy Bank”
262–268 Princes Highway
Lot 1, DP 416929
Local
6436
Dombarton
Railway cutting—Unanderra/ Moss Vale railway line
Dombarton
Lot 1, DP 185282
Local
6499
Fairy Meadow
Balgownie Migrant Workers Hostel
Huts 201, 204 and 210 Cowper Street
Part Lot 1, DP 719865
State
61075
Fairy Meadow
House
37 Ellengowan Crescent
Lot 2, DP 508798
Local
6218
Fairy Meadow
Seafield House and graduation works
Puckey’s Estate, North Beach
MSP 14349
Local
61037
Fairy Meadow
Former North Illawarra council chambers
182 Princes Highway
Lot 1, DP 79280
Local
61031
Fairy Meadow
Warrenda and curtilage
240–280 Princes Highway
Lot 101, DP 628238; Lot A, DP 157592 and Lots 6,7 and 9, DP 252601
Local
61072
Fairy Meadow
House
459 Princes Highway
Lot 202, DP 804501
Local
6212
Farmborough Heights
Moreton Bay fig
133 Farmborough Road
Lot 34, DP 19224
Local
6319
Farmborough Heights
House “Non Such” / “Farmborough”
Farmborough Road
Lot 1, DP 628538
Local
6318
Farmborough Heights
4 Cottages and gardens
End of Farmborough Road
Lot 17, DP 255285
Local
6496
Farmborough Heights
Pit pony stables*
West end of Farmborough Road
Lot 17, DP 255285
Local
6320
Figtree
Group of fig trees
Figtree Villas O’Briens Road
Lot 124, DP 864159
Local
6293
Figtree
“Greenhills” and “Hillside” and gardens
Princes Highway
Lot 100, DP 1047547
Local
6403
Helensburgh
Metropolitan Colliery*
Helensburgh
MP Lease 25
Local
5921
Helensburgh
Railway tunnel (disused)*
Off Cawley Road
Lot 1, DP 248826
Local
6345
Helensburgh
Cemetery*
Cemetery Road
Lot 7068, DP 93064
Local
6123
Helensburgh
School residence
End of Fletcher Street
Lot 136, DP 752033
Local
6111
Helensburgh
Cottage
12 Foster Street
Lot 294, DP 752033
Local
6108
Helensburgh
Cottage
5 Hay Street
Lot 50, DP 1002294
Local
6118
Helensburgh
Cottage
15 Hay Street
Lot 1, DP 578720
Local
6121
Helensburgh
“Wildys”
16 Hay Street
Part Lot 4, Section 9, DP 758513
Local
6120
Helensburgh
Residence, former post office
1 High Street
Lot 797, DP 752033
Local
6109
Helensburgh
Company houses
4–10 Junction Street
Lots 688 and 790–792, DP 752033
Local
6114
Helensburgh
Railway tunnels*
Lilyvale siding
Lot 1, DP 815356
Local
6482
Helensburgh
Helensburgh Primary School
Lukin Street
Lot 136, DP 752033
Local
6111
Helensburgh
Postman’s track
Between Lukin Street and Railway
Road reserve
Local
6105
Helensburgh
Garrawarra Hospital including: gates and gatehouse, administration building, kitchen blocks, kitchen and store block, staff cafeteria, nurses hostel and residential houses
Old Princes Highway
Lot 2, DP 840501 and Lot 4, DP 851304
Local
6486
Helensburgh
Garrawarra Hospital cemetery*
Old Princes Highway
Lot 4, DP 840501
Local
61028
Helensburgh
Residence, former police station
72–74 Parkes Street
Lot 81, DP 806991
Local
6110
Helensburgh
Hanley’s Hotel
112 Parkes Street (Corner Walker Street)
Lot 1, DP 309398
Local
6115
Helensburgh
Post office
114 Parkes Street (Corner Walker Street)
Lot 2, DP 860357
Local
6116
Helensburgh
Helensburgh Park and pines
Parkes Street
Crown Land
Local
6124
Helensburgh
Charles Harper monument and park
Parkes Street
Crown Land
Local
6124
Helensburgh
House and associated land*
43–49 Princes Highway
Lot 713, DP 752033
Local
6505
Helensburgh
Site of former cottage*
12 Robertson Street
Lot 835, DP 752033
Local
6101
Helensburgh
Cottage
20 Robertson Street
Lot 70, DP 749113
Local
6103
Helensburgh
Masonic temple
Robertson Street
Lots 823 and 824, DP 752033
Local
6104
Helensburgh
Sri Venkatewara temple
Temple Road
Lot 15, DP 255197
Local
6122
Helensburgh
Railway station
Tunnel Road
Rail reserve
State
6343
Helensburgh
Railway tunnel (disused), railway platform, railway tunnels*
Corner Tunnel Road and Old Station Road
Rail reserve
Local
6482
Helensburgh
Railway cottage
Corner Tunnel Road and Vera Street
Lot 1, DP 816623
Local
6107
Helensburgh
Railway station platform*
End of Tunnel Road
Lot 1, DP 248826
Local
6482
Helensburgh
House
35 Vera Street
Lot 6, DP 627608
Local
6106
Helensburgh
Railway tunnel (disused)*
End of Vera Street
Lot 1, DP 248826
Local
6482
Helensburgh
Police station and lock-up
2 Waratah Street (Corner Parkes Street)
Lot 995, DP 752033
Local
6117
Huntley
Huntley Colliery*
Off Avondale Colliery Road
Lots 26 and 27, DP 3083
Local
7102
Huntley
Bong Bong Pass*
End of Bong Bong Road
Road reserve
Local
61017
Kanahooka
Smelter rail route*
Former alignment behind properties fronting Thirroul Road, Edgeworth Street and William Beach Road extending between Kanahooka Road, Field Street and Webb Park
Lots 1 and 3, DP 546902
Local
61044
Kanahooka
Former Dapto smelter*
Kanahooka Road
Lot 415, DP 1060164
Local
5953
Kanahooka
House “Rondanella”
23 Rondanella Drive
Lot 202, DP 1034062
Local
6430
Keiraville
Significant trees in reserve
Public reserve between Gipps Road and Shoobert Crescent
Lot 165, DP 203864
Local
6513
Keiraville
“Gleniffer Brae” and surrounding garden
Wollongong Botanic Garden, off Murphys Avenue
Lot 3, DP 252694
State
5940
Kembla Grange
Hoop pines
Paynes Road
Part Lot 223, DP 751278
Local
6328
Kembla Grange
Newton Park and gardens
Princes Highway, (next to Kembla Grange racecourse)
Lot 12, DP 829115
Local
5949
Kembla Grange
Slab hut
303 Reddalls Road and adjoining road reserve
Lot 103, DP 840320
Local
6433
Kembla Heights
Site of Pioneer Kerosene Works*
Between American Creek and Cordeaux Road
Part Lot 4, DP 751278
Local
6411
Kembla Heights
Cemetery*
Cordeaux Road, Windy Gully
Lot 172, DP 751278
Local
5941
Kembla Heights
Row of miners’ cottages and club room
Cordeaux Road, Windy Gully
Lot 1, DP 551243
Local
5942
Kembla Heights
Former post office
Harry Graham Drive
Part Lot 160, DP 751278
Local
5946
Kembla Heights
House
Harry Graham Drive
Lot 1, DP 986723
Local
6410
Kembla Heights
Mt Kembla Colliery—including site of mine workings, portal, mine air shaft and pit pony stables*
Harry Graham Drive
Lot 2, DP 606150
Local
7105
Kembla Heights
Nebo Colliery*
Harry Graham Drive
Lot 1, DP 1103781 and Lot 3, DP 1103666
Local
7104
Kembla Heights
Mine manager’s residence
East of Harry Graham Drive
Part Lot 74, DP 751278
Local
5947
Koonawarra
Mt Brown reserve
Koonawarra/ Dapto
Lot 4, DP 223746; Lot 12, DP 233464; Lot 109, DP 1050302 and Lot 22, DP 774118
Local
6339
Lake Heights
Fig tree
8–10 Grandview Parade
Lots 261 and 262, DP 15174
Local
61013
Lilyvale
Shacks and cabins
Burning Palms, Royal National Park
Lot 1, DP 56049
Local
6483
Lilyvale
Shacks and cabins
Era Beach, Royal National Park
Lot 2, DP 63741
Local
6483
Lilyvale
Shacks and cabins
Little Garie Beach, Royal National Park
Lot 1, DP 752018, Mineral Leases 2 and 3, DP 752018
Local
6483
Mangerton
“Audleigh”
9 Brownlee Street
Lot 20, DP 9196
Local
6362
Mangerton
Mangerton Park
19 Eastern Avenue to end of Eirene Street
Lot 2, DP 512389; Lot 226, DP 24688 and Lot 42, DP 27316
Local
6280
Mangerton
Stand of spotted gum
Behind public reserve off Milne Crescent
Lot 4, DP 838267
Local
6404
Mangerton
Stand of spotted gum
Mt Drummond, WIN TV and RAAF Site
Lots 1 and 3, DP 208194
Local
6405
Mangerton
Streetscape of mature blackbutts and turpentine
Area around Reservoir Street, Norman Street, Meares Avenue and Eireen Street
Road reserve and Lot 14, DP 213805; Lot 1, DP 310077; and Lot 2, DP 617042
Local
6469
Mangerton
House
1 Taronga Avenue
Lot 59, DP 21053
Local
6279
Mangerton
Hoop pines
Woodlawn Avenue (near corner Payne Street)
Road reserve
Local
6461
Marshall Mount
“Marshall Mount” homestead and barn
Marshall Mount Road
Part Lot 2, DP 2534
Local
5914
Mt Kembla
Mt Kembla (Julian’s) Hall
4 Benjamin Road
Lot 2, DP 158694
Local
61011
Mt Kembla
Anglican Church of Australia and cemetery*
301 Cordeaux Road
Lot 1, DP 600602
Local
5904
Mt Kembla
Stinson’s cottage
310 Cordeaux Road
Lot 1, DP 855388
Local
6295
Mt Kembla
Post office/store
314 Cordeaux Road
Lot 20, DP 855333
Local
5945
Mt Kembla
House
315 Cordeaux Road
Lot 1, DP 798046
Local
6297
Mt Kembla
House
321 Cordeaux Road
Lot 10, DP 1089218
Local
6298
Mt Kembla
Mt Kembla school and headmaster’s residence
323–327 Cordeaux Road
Lot 4, DP 126784
Local
5943
Mt Kembla
Slow’s cottage
336 Cordeaux Road
Lot 1, DP 196473
Local
6299
Mt Kembla
Former St Clement’s Roman Catholic Church
356 Cordeaux Road
Lot 1, DP 230082
Local
5944
Mt Kembla
Mt Kembla Hotel
Cordeaux Road
Lot 100, DP 717507
Local
5948
Mt Kembla
Cottage
2 Kirkwood Place
Lot 2, DP 606407
Local
6301
Mt Keira
Mt Keira Demonstration School
255 Mt Keira Road
Lots 1 and 2, DP 308171
Local
5903
Mt Keira
Kemira Colliery*
Mt Keira Road
Part Lot 31 and Part Lot 32, DP 751299 and Lot 1, DP 852788
Local
7101
Mt Keira
Mt Keira scout camp
Mt Keira Road
Lot 1, DP 255281
Local
6471
Mt Ousley
House
31 Burling Avenue
Lot 22, DP 20427
Local
6217
Mt Ousley
House
3 Sansey Avenue
Lot 9, DP 39416
Local
6219
Mt Ousley
House
18 Strone Avenue
Lot 42, DP 20427
Local
6216
Mt Pleasant
Mt Pleasant Colliery*
Parrish Avenue
Lot 2, DP 852788 and Lot 2, DP 870325
Local
7103
North Wollongong
Magnolia
42 Bourke Street (Corner of Virginia Street)
Lot 1, DP 526597
Local
6384
North Wollongong
North Beach kiosk and residence
Cliff Road—North Beach
Lot 70, DP 751299
State
61036
North Wollongong
North Beach pavilion
Cliff Road—North Beach
Lot 70, DP 751299
State
61033
North Wollongong
North Wollongong Hotel (formerly Bode’s Hotel)
3 Flinders Street
Lot 1, DP 654485
Local
6273
North Wollongong
Group of trees
3 Flinders Street (rear of North Wollongong Hotel)
Lot 1, DP 654485
Local
6273
North Wollongong
House
31 Foley Street, North Wollongong
Lot 12, DP 614895
Local
6245
North Wollongong
North Beach Surf Club
Stuart Park, George Hanley Drive
Lot 2, DP 228880
Local
61035
North Wollongong
Group of Norfolk Island pines and Canary Island palms
Stuart Park
Lot 2, DP 228880
Local
6283
North Wollongong
Row of Canary Island date palms
View Street
Road reserve
Local
6515
Otford
Shacks and cabins
Bulgo Beach, Royal National Park
Lot 2, DP 63741
Local
6483
Otford
Semi-detached houses
4–7 Lady Carrington Road
Lots 4–7, DP 817562
Local
6125
Otford
Former station masters house
40 Lady Carrington Road
Lot 2, DP 817561
Local
61029
Otford
Former railway cottage
42 Lady Carrington Road
Lot 1, DP 817561
Local
61001
Otford
Residence, former post office
120 Otford Road
Lot 1, DP 748355
Local
6127
Otford
Former headmaster’s residence
35 Station Road
Lot 1, DP 1119060
Local
6126
Otford
Otford tunnel*
Between Stanwell Park/Otford on disused railway line
Lot 1, DP 668532
State
6131
Port Kembla
Historical military museum including break water battery and concrete tank barriers*
Between Eastern Breakwater and North Beach
Lot 108, DP 1013971
Local
6302
Port Kembla
Battery observation post
15 Gallipoli Street
Lot 2, DP 1008216
Local
6594
Port Kembla
Remains of original ocean baths*
Gloucester Boulevard
Lot 7008, DP 1059827
Local
6477
Port Kembla
Hill 60*
Hill 60, Fisherman’s Beach, Boilers Point and MM Beach
Lot 3, DP 86079; Lots 1 and 3, DP 531524; Lots 1 and 2, DP 614555; Reserve 71700 and 73221; Lot 1, DP 614555; Lot 1, DP 152538 and Lots 7008–7010 and 7048–7050, DP 1052504
State
61043
Port Kembla
Gun emplacement, tunnels and isolated concrete bunkers*
Illowra Battery, Hill 60, Boilers Point
Lot 1, DP 531524; Lot 1, DP 614555 and Lot 2, DP 614555
State
6417
Port Kembla
Saint Kliment Ohridski, Macedonian Orthodox Church
58–60 Keira Street
Lots 8 and 9, Section 3, DP 8703
Local
61012
Port Kembla
Bomb shelter*
59 Military Road
Lot 1, DP 1037234
Local
6478
Port Kembla
Former fire station
99 Military Road
Lots 13 and 14, Section 3, DP 5868
Local
6307
Port Kembla
St Stephen’s Anglican Church of Australia, including rectory and hall
111 Military Road
Lots 35 and 36, DP 7804
Local
6305
Port Kembla
House and shop
Military Road
Lot 28, Section 4, DP 7804
Local
6311
Port Kembla
Port Kembla primary school
Military Road
Lot 1, DP 811699
Local
6304
Port Kembla
Red Point/Hill 60 landscape*
Off Military Road
Lot 3, DP 86079; Lot 1, DP 531524; Lot 1, DP 614555 and Reserve 73221; Lot 2, DP 614555 and Lot 3, DP 531524
State
6417
Port Kembla
Olympic pool
Olympic Boulevard
Lot 2, DP 345786
Local
6431
Port Kembla
Coomaditchy Lagoon and surrounds*
Parkes Street
Lot 1, DP 182391
Local
6424
Port Kembla
Mural
10–14 Wentworth Street
Lot N, DP 409769
Local
5971
Port Kembla
Steel Works Hotel
21–25 Wentworth Street
Lot 101, DP 814680
Local
6420
Port Kembla
Commonwealth Bank
31–40 Wentworth Street
Lot 3, Section 6, DP 5868
Local
6308
Port Kembla
“Guinery”, Port Kembla Hotel
54–58 Wentworth Street
Lot 32, Section 2, DP 5868
Local
6421
Port Kembla
Mural
189–191 Wentworth Street
Lot 13, Section 4, DP 5868
Local
6309
Primbee
Vegetated hill and swamp*
Government Road (North of Korrongulla Swamp)
Lot 1, DP 773067
Local
6313
Primbee
Fig tree
Reserve corner James Avenue and Korungulla Avenue, Primbee (Ray Crump Oval)
Lots 159 and 160, DP 9753
Local
61014
Primbee
“Esperanza”
27 Jones Avenue
Lot 3, DP 516595
Local
6423
Russell Vale
South Bulli Colliery*
Broker Street
Lot 31, DP 1006012
Local
5928
Russell Vale
Avenue of planting
Keerong Street
Road reserve
Local
6203
Russell Vale
Moreton Bay fig
Russell Vale Golf Course
Lot 855, DP 1105102
Local
6211
Russell Vale
Hill figs
Terania Street
Road reserve
Local
6202
Scarborough
Primary school
371–381 Lawrence Hargrave Drive
Lot 29, Section 2, DP 2281
Local
6137
Scarborough
Scarborough Hotel
383 Lawrence Hargrave Drive
Lot 1, DP 982323 and Lot 1, Section 4, DP 1659
Local
6138
Scarborough
Police station
393–395 Lawrence Hargrave Drive
Lot 6, Section A, DP 2693
Local
6139
Scarborough
Former mine manager’s residence
430 Lawrence Hargrave Drive
Lot 51, DP 1104365
Local
6140
Scarborough
Miners’ cottages
438, 440, 442–445, 449, 453 and 453A Lawrence Hargrave Drive
Lot 23, DP 740434; Lot 24, DP 740434; Lot 25, DP 740434; Lot 26, DP 740434; Lot 7, Section B, DP 2693; Lot B, DP 431274; Lot C, DP 431274; Lot 90, DP 835584 and Lot 91, DP 835584
Local
6351
Scarborough
Former Anglican church
464 Lawrence Hargrave Drive
Lot 16, Section C, DP 2693
Local
6506
Scarborough
Railway station
Scarborough
Rail reserve
State
6349
Stanwell Park
Tunnel and old railway alignment*
Chellow Dene Drive
Lot 1, DP 668532
Local
6131
Stanwell Park
“Interbane”
26 Lawrence Hargrave Drive
Lot 100, DP 1012889
Local
6346
Stanwell Park
Wet sclerophyll forest
Old Coast Road, Park Parade, The Drive and Chellow Dene Avenue
Road reserve
Local
6503
Stanwell Park
Lawrence Hargrave Memorial Park
Otford Drive
Lot 237, DP 5858
Local
5918
Stanwell Park
“Hillcrest”
Railway Crescent
Part Lot 58, DP 752054
Local
5901
Stanwell Park
St George’s Anglican Church
54 Stanwell Avenue
Lot 68, DP 5275
Local
61003
Stanwell Park
Railway viaduct*
Stanwell Creek Gorge
Rail reserve
State
5920
Stanwell Park
“Seabreeze”
45 The Drive
Lot 200, DP 601637
Local
6129
Stanwell Park
House
57 The Drive
Lot 137, DP 5275
Local
6128
Stanwell Tops
Former garden of peace
Corner Longview Crescent and Stonehaven Road
Lot 1, DP 213038
Local
61002
Tarrawanna
Farrell Park
Douglas Road, Wallace Road and Ross Street
Lot 38, DP 35954
Local
6221
Tarrawanna
House “The Ridge”
7–9 Hawthorn Street
Lot 34, DP 831285
Local
5986
Tarrawanna
Corrimal Colliery*
Hawthorn Street
Lot 2, DP 793302
Local
6480
Thirroul
Thirroul Baths precinct
Bath Street
Part Lot 405, DP 881119
Local
61030
Thirroul
House
10 Cliff Parade, Corner Spray Street
Lot 13, DP 5736
Local
6154
Thirroul
“Wyewurk”
3 Craig Street
Lot 2, Section 2, DP 5828
Local
5925
Thirroul
Massandra
16–24 Fords Road
Lots 1 and 2, DP 618432
Local
6353
Thirroul
Fig tree (Ficus obliqua)
54–58 Fords Road, on the boundary of No 50
Lot 27, DP 1062555
Local
6492
Thirroul
Fig tree
Hewitts Avenue
Part Lot 20 and Part Lot 21, DP 13365
Local
61005
Thirroul
House
1 Lachlan Street
Lot 7, DP 5961
Local
6164
Thirroul
Former Uniting church
2 Lachlan Street
Lot 5, DP 1103555
Local
6165
Thirroul
House
6 Lachlan Street
Lot B, DP 372549
Local
6168
Thirroul
House
10 Lachlan Street
Lot 63, DP 7588
Local
6169
Thirroul
House
227 Lawrence Hargrave Drive
Lot 3, Section I, DP 4882
Local
6163
Thirroul
House
229 Lawrence Hargrave Drive
Lot 2, Section I, DP 4882
Local
6166
Thirroul
Former Methodist church
256 Lawrence Hargrave Drive
Lot 12, Section A, DP 4882
Local
6161
Thirroul
Former Kings Theatre
264–270 Lawrence Hargrave Drive
Lot 100, DP 1104635
Local
6155
Thirroul
War memorial WWI (adjacent to former RSL club)
345 Lawrence Hargrave Drive
Part Lot 4, DP 661367
Local
6162
Thirroul
Small leafed fig
Lawrence Hargrave Drive
Lot 3, DP 984203
Local
6172
Thirroul
Old Railway Barracks
Corner Lawrence Hargrave Drive and Church Street
Rail reserve
Local
6498
Thirroul
House (former guest house)
6 Mary Street
Lot 19, Section I, DP 4882
Local
6434
Thirroul
House “Oceana”
36 Pass Avenue
Lot 67, DP 10972
Local
6159
Thirroul
House
42 Pass Avenue
Lot 70, DP 10972
Local
6158
Thirroul
House
73 Princes Highway
Lot 1, DP 203068
Local
6497
Thirroul
Thirroul railway station
Railway Parade
Rail reserve
State
6352
Thirroul
Houses
2, 4 and 6 Raymond Road
Lot 301, DP 1041575
Local
6167
Thirroul
House and garden
58 Redman Avenue
Lot 21, DP 666897
Local
6439
Thirroul
Thirroul Public School
5 Roxburgh Avenue
Lot 100, DP 634133
Local
6160
Thirroul
House
11 Station Street
Lot 6, DP 5544
Local
6156
Thirroul
“Woodville”
22 Station Street
Lot 100, DP 812519
Local
6157
Thirroul
Group of fig and turpentine
12–14 Tasman Parade
Lot 3, DP 544605 and Lot 102, DP 547460
Local
6170
Thirroul
Thirroul Beach Reserve
The Esplanade
Part Lot 405, DP 881119
Local
6171
Unanderra
House “Nudjia”
83 Cummins Street
Lot 23, DP 245683
Local
6426
Unanderra
Berkeley Pioneer Cemetery*
Investigator Drive
Lot 1, DP 195869
Local
6429
Unanderra
Former Unanderra council chambers
Corner Princes Highway and Factory Street
Lot 1, DP 860110
Local
6317
Unanderra
Old Unanderra Public School, formerly Charcoal Public School
Corner Princes Highway and Victoria Street
Part Lot 2, DP 795162
Local
6427
Unanderra
Unanderra station master’s residence
Unanderra Railway Line
Rail reserve
Local
6428
West Wollongong
Former Roger Therry residence
30 Bukari Street
Lot 1, DP 206947
Local
5912
West Wollongong
House
24–26 Mt Keira Road
Lot 5, DP 223847
Local
6472
West Wollongong
Moreton Bay fig
59 Princes Highway
Lot 1, DP 839750
Local
6292
West Wollongong
Former Mt Keira Inn*
59 Princes Highway
Lot 1, DP 839750
Local
6408
Windang
Norfolk Island pines
Shellharbour Road
Road reserve
Local
6312
Wollongong
House
48 Atchison Street
Lot 10, DP 854381
Local
6222
Wollongong
House
50 Atchison Street
Lot 11, Section 1, DP 7285
Local
6223
Wollongong
“Carthona”
52 Atchison Street
Lot 12, Section 1, DP 7285
Local
6224
Wollongong
House
54 Atchison Street
Lot 131, DP 1027195
Local
6225
Wollongong
“Regentville”
56 Atchison Street
Lot 14, Section 1, DP 7285
Local
6361
Wollongong
Former cemetery*
Bank Street—Pioneer Rest Park
Unknown
Local
61038
Wollongong
Crane pedestal
Belmore Basin—Wollongong Harbour
Wollongong Harbour
Local
6399
Wollongong
California flats
7–9 Burelli Street
Lot 1, DP 202511
Local
6226
Wollongong
St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church and hall
50 Burelli Street (Corner of Kembla Street)
Lot 1, DP 153372
Local
6228
Wollongong
Wollongong Town Hall and former council chambers (now art gallery)
Burelli Street (Corner of Kembla Street)
Lots 1–7, DP 124277; Lot 1, DP 1103977; Lot 1, DP 1108973; Lots 1–6, DP 1131686 and Lot 1, DP 949697
Local
6381
Wollongong
Row of Hills Figs
Burelli Street
Road reserve between Kembla Street and Church Street
Local
6284
Wollongong
“The Lodge”
22 Campbell Street
Lot 15, DP 741727
Local
6229
Wollongong
“Devlin Cottage”
29 Campbell Street
Lot 9, DP 32545
Local
61073
Wollongong
Terrace houses
46–56 Campbell Street
Lots 1–6, DP 928978
Local
6365
Wollongong
Semi-detached house
67–69 Campbell Street
Lot 1, DP 595374
Local
6366
Wollongong
House
75 Campbell Street
Lot 2, DP 884323
Local
6230
Wollongong
Wollongong Primary School
67A Church Street
Lots 1–7, DP 781988; Lot 1, DP 61915 and Lots 1 and 2, DP 307856
Local
5935
Wollongong
Former Alowrie Terrace
69–71 Church Street
Lot 1, DP 126603 and Lot A, DP 163539
Local
6389
Wollongong
St Michael’s Anglican Church of Australia including church hall and rectory
74 Church Street
Lot 102, DP 1101956
State
5905
Wollongong
St Michael’s Anglican Church of Australia trees in ground (excluding those west of old rectory)
74 Church Street
Lot 102, DP 1101956
Local
5905
Wollongong
Canary Island date palms
Church Street—MacCabe Park
Part Lot 12, DP 524803 and Lot 1, DP 227811
Local
6587
Wollongong
Memorial arch
Church Street—MacCabe Park
Part Lot 12, DP 524803
Local
6324
Wollongong
Monument
Church Street—MacCabe Park
Part Lot 12, DP 524803
Local
6324
Wollongong
Smiths Hill Fort
Cliff Road
Lot 69, DP 751299
Local
5934
Wollongong
Remains of Mt Keira Osborne Wallsend tramway bridge
Cliff Road—Osborne Park
Lot 1, DP 62257
Local
6367
Wollongong
Railway cuttings and embankments
Cliff Road—Wollongong Foreshore from North Beach to Belmore Basin
Lot 70, DP 751299
Local
6306
Wollongong
House
117 Corrimal Street
Lot 101, DP 827740
Local
6234
Wollongong
Gravestones
9–11 Crown Street—Andrew Lysaght Park
Lots 1–5 and 7, DP 1091530
Local
6383
Wollongong
Monument
9–11 Crown Street—Andrew Lysaght Park
Lots 1–5 and 7, DP 1091530
Local
6383
Wollongong
Former Roman Catholic cemetery*
9–11 Crown Street—Andrew Lysaght Park
Lots 1–5 and 7, DP 1091530
Local
6383
Wollongong
Flats
10 Crown Street
Lot 90, DP 1024782
Local
6369
Wollongong
St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral
24 Crown Street (fronting Harbour Street)
Lot 1, DP 86710
Local
5932
Wollongong
Comelli Bros Building
48–50 Crown Street
Lot 104, DP 841664
Local
6473
Wollongong
“Lisborne House”
68–70 Crown Street
Lot 1, DP 782764
Local
6236
Wollongong
Shops
72–76 Crown Street
Lot 1, DP 127333
Local
6237
Wollongong
Shop
87 Crown Street
Lot 12, Section 10, DP 759104
State
6238
Wollongong
Wollongong East post office
91 Crown Street
Lot 25, Section 10, DP 759104
State
6370
Wollongong
Norfolk Island pine
93 Crown Street (adjacent to Tourist Information Bureau)
Lot 7, DP 124277
Local
6285
Wollongong
Wesley Uniting Church
116 Crown Street
Lot 201, DP 731858
Local
6371
Wollongong
Royal Bank
133 Crown Street
Lot 2, DP 603751
Local
6239
Wollongong
Shop
151–161 Crown Street (part)
Lot 1, DP 53763
Local
6232
Wollongong
Row of shops
230–264 Crown Street
Lots 1 and 2, DP 555270; Lots 2–5, DP 27990; Lots 10 and 11, DP 535757 and Lot A, DP 33437
Local
6240
Wollongong
Former Marcus Clark Building
281–291 Crown Street
Lot 1, DP 927806; Lot 1, DP 1087986; Lot 1, DP 82673 and Lot 1, DP 117019
Local
6474
Wollongong
City Pacific International (former Crown Hotel)
309 Crown Street
Lot 1, DP 807229
Local
6241
Wollongong
Hotel
329 Crown Street
Lot 1, DP 807229
Local
6242
Wollongong
Group of fig trees
348–352 Crown Street (grounds of Wollongong Hospital)
Lot 95, Section 3, DP 1258
Local
5939
Wollongong
Nurses’ home
348–352 Crown Street (Wollongong Hospital Site)
Lot 95, Section 3, DP 1258
State
5939
Wollongong
House
366 Crown Street, Wollongong West
Lot B, DP 343680
Local
6243
Wollongong
Moreton Bay fig
373 Crown Street (adjacent to Masonic Club)
Lot 1, DP 201949
Local
6290
Wollongong
Moreton Bay fig
Beatson Park, Crown Street
Lot 12, DP 5507
Local
6286
Wollongong
House
12 Edward Street
Lot 7, DP 15904
Local
6372
Wollongong
House
27 Edward Street
Lot C, DP 151122
Local
6244
Wollongong
Site of cokeworks, including remains of coke oven*
Endeavour Drive—Belmore Basin
Part Lot 1, DP 633814
Local
6406
Wollongong
Stone steps
Endeavour Drive—Belmore Basin—connecting Endeavour Drive to Wharf Area
Lot 1, DP 739591 and Part Lot 1, DP 633814
Local
6364
Wollongong
Harbour steps
Endeavour Drive—Belmore Basin—north-eastern side
Lot 1, DP 739591 and Part Lot 1, DP 633814
Local
6418
Wollongong
Breakwater Light House
Endeavour Drive—End of Breakwater, Wollongong Harbour
Part Lot 1, DP 633814
Local
5906
Wollongong
Fort
Endeavour Drive—Flagstaff Hill
Lot 2, DP 222318
Local
5933
Wollongong
Lighthouse
Endeavour Drive—Flagstaff Hill
Lot 1, DP 222318
Local
6375
Wollongong
Three guns
Endeavour Drive—Flagstaff Hill
Lot 7024, DP 1072640; Lots 7039–7042, DP 1066112 and Lot 7046, DP 1066112, MSP 2623
Local
6376
Wollongong
Seawall*
Endeavour Drive, Flagstaff Point
Lot 7024, DP 1072640; Lots 7039–7042, DP 1066112 and Lot 7046, DP 1066113 MSP 2623
Local
6344
Wollongong
Ladies’ baths
Endeavour Drive, south of Flagstaff Point
Lot 7024, DP 1072640; Lots 7039–7042, DP 1066112 and Lot 7046, DP 1066113, MSP 2623
Local
6373
Wollongong
Nuns’ baths
Endeavour Drive, south of Pulpit Rock
Lot 7023, DP 1072640, MSP 2623
Local
6289
Wollongong
House (former coach house)
10A Flinders Street
Lot 101, DP 579564
Local
6274
Wollongong
Methodist cemetery
Fox Avenue
Lots 55 and 56, DP 751299
Local
6591
Wollongong
Row of Canary Island date palms
Gipps Street (between Corrimal Street and Church Street)
Road reserve
Local
6512
Wollongong
Row of bungalows
69–93 Gladstone Avenue
Lots 1–5, DP 16114; Lot 16, DP 1102983 and Lots 17–23, DP 15363
Local
6377
Wollongong
Old court house
1 Harbour Street (Corner of Cliff Road)
Lot 1, DP 47921
Local
5908
Wollongong
Site of earliest court house and lock up*
3–9 Harbour Street
Lots 1–4, DP 11509
Local
6407
Wollongong
House
30 Harbour Street
Lot 1, DP 152385
Local
6272
Wollongong
House
32 Harbour Street
Lot 2, Section 1, DP 152385
Local
6593
Wollongong
St Mary’s Convent and secondary girls’ school and chapel
Harbour Street
Lot 100, DP 861791
Local
6248
Wollongong
House
15 Jutland Avenue
Lot 81, DP 15363
Local
6379
Wollongong
“Esslemont”
23 Keira Street
Lot 10, DP 80424
Local
6250
Wollongong
House
60 Keira Street
Lot 1, DP 170298
Local
6251
Wollongong
House
62 Keira Street
Lot 1, DP 961439
Local
6252
Wollongong
Shops
122–130 Keira Street
Lot 22, DP 571656 and Lot 89, DP 613770
Local
6254
Wollongong
House
125 Keira Street
Lot B, DP 65920
Local
6253
Wollongong
Shops
131–147 Keira Street
Lots 1 and 2, DP 152849 and Lot 22, DP 538099
Local
6255
Wollongong
Shop
149–153 Keira Street
Lot 704, DP 854202
Local
6266
Wollongong
Illawarra Hotel
160–164 Keira Street
Lot 1, DP 83618
Local
6380
Wollongong
National Mutual Life Assurance Building
163–169 Keira Street
Lot 101, DP 621251
Local
5936
Wollongong
Regent Theatre
197 Keira Street
Lot 1, DP 330961 and Lot 18, DP 6323
State
5937
Wollongong
House
13 Kembla Street
Lot 1, DP 153685
Local
6585
Wollongong
House
60 Kembla Street
Lot A, DP 387316
Local
6387
Wollongong
Small leafed figs
94 Kembla Street and 105–107 Church Street
Lot 1, DP 152892; Lot 1, DP 5095
Local
6288
Wollongong
Wollongong railway station group
Lowden Square
Lot 1, DP 1001500
State
6382
Wollongong
Avenue of Norfolk Island pines
Marine Drive
Road reserve
Local
6590
Wollongong
Three picnic shelters in WA Lang Park
Marine Drive
Lot 7047, DP 1073466 and MSP 2948
Local
6269
Wollongong
Bandstand and marble plaque commemorating Bass and Flinders’ landing
Market Place—Market Square Park
MSP 405
Local
6271
Wollongong
Illawarra Historical Society museum (former Wollongong post office)
11 Market Street
Lot 10, DP 1107297
Local
5910
Wollongong
WWII Air raid shelter
11 Market Street
Lot 10, DP 1107297
Local
5910
Wollongong
Congregational Church
33 Market Street
Part Lot 4, Section 2, DP 975294
Local
6390
Wollongong
Court houses, c1890 and c1975
43 Market Street
Lot 4, Section 3, DP 975294
Local
5911
Wollongong
Sandstone kerbing
Market Street (between Corrimal Street and Market Place)
Road reserve
Local
61039
Wollongong
Market Square
Bounded by Market Street, Market Place and Harbour Street
MSP 405
Local
6386
Wollongong
House
34 Porter Street
Lot 6, Section 1, DP 11656
Local
6470
Wollongong
Row of Canary Island date palms
Rawlinson Avenue
Road reserve
Local
6287
Wollongong
Row of workers’ cottages
3–9 Robinson Street
Lots 3–6, DP 26476
Local
6391
Wollongong
Row of Canary Island date palms
4–40 Robinson Street (Garden Hill)
Road reserve
Local
6276
Wollongong
Row of California bungalows
10–16 Robinson Street
Lot 36, Section 2, DP 1258; Lot 370, DP 1124821; Lots 38 and 39, Section 2, DP 1258
Local
6514
Wollongong
Monument
1 Smith Street (Corner of Harbour Street)
Lot 1, DP 8441
Local
6378
Wollongong
House
26 Smith Street
Lots 1 and 2, DP 781162
Local
6278
Wollongong
“Little Milton”
31–33 Smith Street
Lot 101, DP 591663
State
5907
Wollongong
Headmaster’s residence
53 Smith Street
Lots 1–4, DP 781988 and Lot 1, DP 61915
Local
5935
Wollongong
“Wye Lodge” and Magnolia
63 Smith Street
Lot 1, DP 838292
Local
5909
Wollongong
School of Arts building
64 Smith Street
Lot 13, Section 17, DP 975398
Local
6392
Wollongong
House
65 Smith Street
Lot 1, DP 198642
Local
6393
Wollongong
House
67 Smith Street
Lot A, DP 345880
Local
6394
Wollongong
House
86 Smith Street
Lot 14, DP 613775
Local
6395
Wollongong
Masonic hall
88 Smith Street
Lot 13, DP 613775
Local
6396
Wollongong
“Ken Elm”
90 Smith Street
Lot 1, DP 716876
Local
6397
Wollongong
Wollongong cemetery, including Nicholle vault
Swan Street
Lots 1–5 and 7–20, Section 38, DP 759104; Crown Land, Folio 12, Volume 460 Closed road, and unlisted parcels within Wollongong Cemetery
Local
6282
Wombarra
Wombarra general cemetery*
Lawrence Hargrave Drive
Lot 7028, DP 1058309
Local
6142
Wombarra
Sawmill*
14–18 Morrison Avenue
Lot D, DP 373278
Local
6256
Wombarra
“Aliumar”
129 Morrison Avenue
Lot 6, DP 1004625
Local
6141
Wongawilli
Wongawilli Colliery*
Wongawilli Road
Part Lot 14, DP 255284; Lot 1, DP 321054 and Part Lot 244, Part Lot 255 and Part Lot 258, DP 751278
Local
7100
Woonona
Woonona Industrial Co-operative Society
20–22 Ball Street
Lot 1, DP 112101
Local
6194
Woonona
House
78 Campbell Street
Lot 100, DP 875552
Local
6457
Woonona
Woonona infants school
Gray Street
Lots 1 and 2, DP 795373
Local
6196
Woonona
House
6 High Street
Lot 81, DP 1057069
Local
6459
Woonona
Ivycliff
16 Mitchell Road
Lot 39, DP 6223
Local
61006
Woonona
Norfolk Island pines
Mitchell Road
Road reserve
Local
6516
Woonona
Bulli police station and court house
329–331 Princes Highway
Lot 1, DP 199573
Local
5926
Woonona
Former Vista Theatre
335–339 Princes Highway
Lot 2, DP 196949
Local
61008
Woonona
Former Friendly Society Hall
353 Princes Highway
Lot B, DP 154486
Local
6452
Woonona
Former garage
355 Princes Highway
Lot 1, DP 799151
Local
6453
Woonona
Former bank
359 Princes Highway
Lot 2, DP 70560
Local
6454
Woonona
Commercial building
373–375 Princes Highway
Lot 10, Section C, DP 605782
Local
6455
Woonona
Woonona post office
430 Princes Highway
Lot 1, DP 541687
Local
6195
Woonona
Woonona Uniting church
444–448 Princes Highway
Lot 1, DP 1109952
Local
61007
Woonona
Woonona Bulli School of Arts
479 Princes Highway
Lot 479, DP 1104915
Local
6502
Woonona
House
511 Princes Highway
Lot 1, DP 875602
Local
6198
Woonona
Pendlebury Rest Park
Corner Princes Highway and Gray Street
Lot 1, DP 956545 and Lots 1 and 2, DP 911694
Local
6199
Woonona
Rixons Pass Road—walls
Rixons Pass
Road reserve
Local
6518
Woonona
House
19 Russell Street
Lot B, DP 164727
Local
6189
Woonona
House
24 York Road
Lot 1, DP 529997
Local
6458
Yallah
House
Princess Highway
Lot 1, DP 156657
Local
6437
Note—
“*” Indicates an archaeological site or a heritage site with an archaeological component.
Part 2 Heritage Conservation Areas
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Description
Identification on Heritage Map
Significance
Austinmer—Moore Street and The Grove
Marked with a red outline and red diagonal hatch
Local
Brownsville—Hore Street, Prince Edward Drive and Brownsville Avenue
Marked with a red outline and red diagonal hatch
Local
Bulli—commercial centre and railway, Princes Highway, Railway Street, Station Street, Park Road, Stokes Lane, Quilkey Place
Marked with a red outline and red diagonal hatch
Local
Garrawarra Hospital—Helensburgh, Princes Highway
Marked with a red outline and red diagonal hatch
Local
Illawarra Escarpment Landscape Area
Marked with a green outline and green vertical hatch
Local
Kembla Heights Mining Village—Harry Graham Drive and Soldiers Road
Marked with a red outline and red diagonal hatch
Local
Market Street—Wollongong, Market Street
Marked with a red outline and red diagonal hatch
Local
North Beach Precinct and Belmore Basin—Wollongong
Marked with a red outline and red diagonal hatch
State
Old Bulli—Princes Highway
Marked with a red outline and red diagonal hatch
Local
Dictionary
(Clause 1.4)
Aboriginal object means any deposit, object or other material evidence (not being a handicraft made for sale) relating to the Aboriginal habitation of an area of New South Wales, being habitation before or concurrent with (or both) the occupation of that area by persons of non-Aboriginal extraction, and includes Aboriginal remains.
acid sulfate soils means naturally occurring sediments and soils containing iron sulfides (principally pyrite) or their precursors or oxidation products, whose exposure to oxygen leads to the generation of sulfuric acid (for example, by drainage or excavation).
Acid Sulfate Soils Manual means the manual by that name published by the Acid Sulfate Soils Management Advisory Committee and made publicly available.
advertisement has the same meaning as in the Act.
Note—
The term is defined as a sign, notice, device or representation in the nature of an advertisement visible from any public place or public reserve or from any navigable water.
advertising structure has the same meaning as in the Act.
Note—
The term is defined as a structure used or to be used principally for the display of an advertisement.
affordable housing has the same meaning as in the Act.
Note—
The term is defined as housing for very low income households, low income households or moderate income households, being such households as are prescribed by the regulations or as are provided for in an environmental planning instrument.
agricultural produce industry means an industry involving the handling, treating, processing or packing of produce from agriculture (including dairy products, seeds, fruit, vegetables or other plant material), and includes flour mills, cotton seed oil plants, cotton gins, feed mills, cheese and butter factories, and juicing or canning plants, but does not include a livestock processing industry.
agriculture means any of the following:
(a)  animal boarding or training establishments,
(b)  aquaculture,
(c)  extensive agriculture,
(d)  farm forestry,
(e)  intensive livestock agriculture,
(f)  intensive plant agriculture.
air transport facility means an airport or a heliport that is not part of an airport, and includes associated communication and air traffic control facilities or structures.
airport means a place used for the landing, taking off, parking, maintenance or repair of aeroplanes (including associated buildings, installations, facilities and movement areas and any heliport that is part of the airport).
airstrip means a single runway for the landing, taking off or parking of aeroplanes for private aviation only, but does not include an airport, heliport or helipad.
amusement centre means a building or place (not being part of a pub or registered club) used principally for playing:
(a)  billiards, pool or other like games, or
(b)  electronic or mechanical amusement devices, such as pinball machines, computer or video games and the like.
animal boarding or training establishment means a building or place used for the breeding, boarding, training, keeping or caring of animals for commercial purposes (other than for the agistment of horses), and includes any associated riding school or ancillary veterinary hospital.
aquaculture has the same meaning as in the Fisheries Management Act 1994.
Note—
The term is defined as follows:
aquaculture means:
(a)  cultivating fish or marine vegetation for the purposes of harvesting the fish or marine vegetation or their progeny with a view to sale, or
(b)  keeping fish or marine vegetation in a confined area for a commercial purpose (such as a fish-out pond),
but does not include:
(c)  keeping anything in a pet shop for sale or in an aquarium for exhibition (including an aquarium operated commercially), or
(d)  anything done for the purposes of maintaining a collection of fish or marine vegetation otherwise than for a commercial purpose, or
(e)  any other thing prescribed by the regulations (made under the Fisheries Management Act 1994).
This Dictionary also contains definitions of natural water-based aquaculture, pond-based aquaculture and tank-based aquaculture.
archaeological site means an area of land:
(a)  shown on the Heritage Map as an archaeological site, and
(b)  the location and nature of which is described in Schedule 5, and
(c)  that contains one or more relics.
attached dwelling means a building containing 3 or more dwellings, where:
(a)  each dwelling is attached to another dwelling by a common wall, and
(b)  each of the dwellings is on its own lot of land (not being an individual lot in a strata plan or community title scheme), and
(c)  none of the dwellings is located above any part of another dwelling.
attic means any habitable space, but not a separate dwelling, contained wholly within a roof above the ceiling line of the storey immediately below, except for minor elements such as dormer windows and the like.
backpackers’ accommodation means tourist and visitor accommodation:
(a)  that has shared facilities, such as a communal bathroom, kitchen or laundry, and
(b)  that will generally provide accommodation on a bed basis (rather than by room).
basement means the space of a building where the floor level of that space is predominantly below ground level (existing) and where the floor level of the storey immediately above is less than 1 metre above ground level (existing).
battle-axe lot means a lot that has access to a road by an access laneway.
bed and breakfast accommodation means tourist and visitor accommodation comprising a dwelling (and any ancillary buildings and parking) where the accommodation is provided by the permanent residents of the dwelling and:
(a)  meals are provided for guests only, and
(b)  cooking facilities for the preparation of meals are not provided within guests’ rooms, and
(c)  dormitory-style accommodation is not provided.
Note—
See clause 5.4 for controls relating to the number of bedrooms.
biodiversity means biological diversity.
biological diversity has the same meaning as in the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995.
Note—
The term is defined as follows:
biological diversity means the diversity of life and is made up of the following 3 components:
(a)  genetic diversity—the variety of genes (or units of heredity) in any population,
(b)  species diversity—the variety of species,
(c)  ecosystem diversity—the variety of communities or ecosystems.
biosolid waste application means the application of sludge or other semi-solid products of human sewage treatment plants to land for the purpose of improving land productivity, that is undertaken in accordance with the NSW Environment Protection Authority’s guidelines titled Environmental Guidelines: Use and Disposal of Biosolids Products (EPA 1997) and Addendum to Environmental Guidelines: Use and Disposal of Biosolids Products (EPA 2000a).
biosolids treatment facility means a building or place used as a facility for the treatment of biosolids from a sewage treatment plant or from a water recycling facility.
boarding house means a building:
(a)  that is wholly or partly let in lodgings, and
(b)  that provides lodgers with a principal place of residence for 3 months or more, and
(c)  that may have shared facilities, such as a communal living room, bathroom, kitchen or laundry, and
(d)  that has rooms, some or all of which may have private kitchen and bathroom facilities, that accommodate one or more lodgers,
but does not include backpackers’ accommodation, a group home, a serviced apartment, seniors housing or hotel or motel accommodation.
boat launching ramp means a structure designed primarily for the launching of trailer borne recreational vessels, and includes associated car parking facilities.
boat repair facility means any facility (including a building or other structure) used primarily for the construction, maintenance or repair of boats, whether or not including the storage, sale or hire of boats, but does not include a marina or boat shed.
boat shed means a building or other structure used for the storage and routine maintenance of a boat or boats and that is associated with a private dwelling or non-profit organisation, and includes any skid used in connection with the building or other structure.
brothel has the same meaning as in the Act.
building has the same meaning as in the Act.
Note—
The term is defined to include part of a building and any structure or part of a structure, but not including a manufactured home, a moveable dwelling or associated structure (or part of a manufactured home, moveable dwelling or associated structure).
building height (or height of building) means the vertical distance between ground level (existing) at any point to the highest point of the building, including plant and lift overruns, but excluding communication devices, antennae, satellite dishes, masts, flagpoles, chimneys, flues and the like.
building identification sign means a sign that identifies or names a building and that may include the name of a building, the street name and number of a building, and a logo or other symbol, but that does not include general advertising of products, goods or services.
building line or setback means the horizontal distance between the property boundary or other stated boundary (measured at 90 degrees from the boundary) and:
(a)  a building wall, or
(b)  the outside face of any balcony, deck or the like, or
(c)  the supporting posts of a carport or verandah roof,
whichever distance is the shortest.
bulky goods premises means a building or place used primarily for the sale by retail, wholesale or auction of (or for the hire or display of) bulky goods, being goods that are of such size or weight as to require:
(a)  a large area for handling, display or storage, or
(b)  direct vehicular access to the site of the building or place by members of the public for the purpose of loading or unloading such goods into or from their vehicles after purchase or hire,
but does not include a building or place used for the sale of foodstuffs or clothing unless their sale is ancillary to the sale or hire or display of bulky goods.
bush fire hazard reduction work has the same meaning as in the Rural Fires Act 1997.
Note—
The term is defined as follows:
bush fire hazard reduction work means:
(a)  the establishment or maintenance of fire breaks on land, and
(b)  the controlled application of appropriate fire regimes or other means for the reduction or modification of available fuels within a predetermined area to mitigate against the spread of a bush fire,
but does not include construction of a track, trail or road.
bush fire prone land has the same meaning as in the Act.
Note—
The term is defined, in relation to an area, as land recorded for the time being as bush fire prone land on a map for the area certified as referred to in section 146 (2) of the Act.
bush fire risk management plan means a plan prepared under Division 4 of Part 3 of the Rural Fires Act 1997 for the purpose referred to in section 54 of that Act.
business identification sign means a sign:
(a)  that indicates:
(i)  the name of the person or business, and
(ii)  the nature of the business carried on by the person at the premises or place at which the sign is displayed, and
(b)  that may include the address of the premises or place and a logo or other symbol that identifies the business,
but that does not include any advertising relating to a person who does not carry on business at the premises or place.
business premises means a building or place at or on which:
(a)  an occupation, profession or trade (other than an industry) is carried on for the provision of services directly to members of the public on a regular basis, or
(b)  a service is provided directly to members of the public on a regular basis,
and may include, without limitation, premises such as banks, post offices, hairdressers, dry cleaners, travel agencies, internet access facilities, medical centres, betting agencies and the like, but does not include sex services premises.
canal estate development means development that incorporates wholly or in part a constructed canal, or other waterway or waterbody, that is inundated by or drains to a natural waterway or natural waterbody by surface water or groundwater movement (not being works of drainage, or for the supply or treatment of water, that are constructed by or with the authority of a person or body responsible for those functions and that are limited to the minimal reasonable size and capacity to meet a demonstrated need for the works), and that either:
(a)  includes the construction of dwellings (which may include tourist and visitor accommodation) of a kind other than, or in addition to:
(i)  dwellings that are permitted on rural land, and
(ii)  dwellings that are used for caretaker or staff purposes, or
(b)  requires the use of a sufficient depth of fill material to raise the level of all or part of that land on which the dwellings are (or are proposed to be) located in order to comply with requirements relating to residential development on flood prone land.
car park means a building or place primarily used for the purpose of parking motor vehicles, including any manoeuvring space and access thereto, whether operated for gain or not.
caravan park means land (including a camping ground) on which caravans (or caravans and other moveable dwellings) are, or are to be, installed or placed.
catchment action plan has the same meaning as in the Catchment Management Authorities Act 2003.
Note—
The term is defined as a catchment action plan of an authority that has been approved by the Minister under Part 4 of the Catchment Management Authorities Act 2003.
cellar door premises means retail premises that sell wine by retail and that are situated on land on which there is a commercial vineyard, where all of the wine offered for sale is produced in a winery situated on that land or is produced predominantly from grapes grown in the surrounding area.
cemetery means a building or place for the interment of deceased persons or their ashes.
charter and tourism boating facility means any facility (including a building or other structure) used for charter boating or tourism boating purposes, being a facility that is used only by the operators of the facility and that has a direct structural connection between the foreshore and the waterway, but does not include a marina.
child care centre means a building or place used for the supervision and care of children that:
(a)  provides long day care, pre-school care, occasional child care or out-of-school-hours care, and
(b)  does not provide overnight accommodation for children other than those related to the owner or operator of the centre,
but does not include:
(c)  a building or place used for home-based child care, or
(d)  an out-of-home care service provided by an agency or organisation accredited by the Children’s Guardian, or
(e)  a baby-sitting, playgroup or child-minding service that is organised informally by the parents of the children concerned, or
(f)  a service provided for fewer than 5 children (disregarding any children who are related to the person providing the service) at the premises at which at least one of the children resides, being a service that is not advertised, or
(g)  a regular child-minding service that is provided in connection with a recreational or commercial facility (such as a gymnasium), by or on behalf of the person conducting the facility, to care for children while the children’s parents are using the facility, or
(h)  a service that is concerned primarily with the provision of:
(i)  lessons or coaching in, or providing for participation in, a cultural, recreational, religious or sporting activity, or
(ii)  private tutoring, or
(i)  a school, or
(j)  a service provided at exempt premises (within the meaning of Chapter 12 of the Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998), such as hospitals, but only if the service is established, registered or licensed as part of the institution operating on those premises.
classified road has the same meaning as in the Roads Act 1993.
Note—
The term is defined as follows:
classified road means any of the following:
(a)  a main road,
(b)  a highway,
(c)  a freeway,
(d)  a controlled access road,
(e)  a secondary road,
(f)  a tourist road,
(g)  a tollway,
(h)  a transitway,
(i)  a State work.
(See Roads Act 1993 for meanings of these terms.)
clearing native vegetation has the same meaning as in the Native Vegetation Act 2003.
Note—
The term is defined as follows:
clearing native vegetation means any one or more of the following:
(a)  cutting down, felling, thinning, logging or removing native vegetation,
(b)  killing, destroying, poisoning, ringbarking, uprooting or burning native vegetation.
(See Division 3 of Part 3 of the Native Vegetation Act 2003 for the exclusion of routine agricultural management and other farming activities from constituting the clearing of native vegetation if the landholder can establish that any clearing was carried out for the purpose of those activities.)
coastal foreshore means land with frontage to a beach, estuary, coastal lake, headland, cliff or rock platform.
coastal lake means a body of water specified in Schedule 1 to the State Environmental Planning Policy No 71—Coastal Protection.
coastal waters of the State—see section 58 of the Interpretation Act 1987.
coastal zone has the same meaning as in the Coastal Protection Act 1979.
Note—
The term is defined as follows:
coastal zone means:
(a)  the area within the coastal waters of the State as defined in Part 10 of the Interpretation Act 1987 (including any land within those waters), and
(b)  the area of land and the waters that lie between the western boundary of the coastal zone (as shown on the maps outlining the coastal zone) and the landward boundary of the coastal waters of the State, and
(c)  the seabed (if any) and the subsoil beneath, and the airspace above, the areas referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b).
The coastal zone consists of the area between the western boundary of the coastal zone shown on the maps outlining the coastal zone and the outermost boundary of the coastal waters of the State. The coastal waters of the State extend, generally, to 3 nautical miles from the coastline of the State.
community facility means a building or place:
(a)  owned or controlled by a public authority or non-profit community organisation, and
(b)  used for the physical, social, cultural or intellectual development or welfare of the community,
but does not include an educational establishment, hospital, retail premises, place of public worship or residential accommodation.
community land has the same meaning as in the Local Government Act 1993.
correctional centre means:
(a)  any premises declared to be a correctional centre by a proclamation in force under section 225 of the Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999, including any juvenile correctional centre or periodic detention centre, and
(b)  any premises declared to be a detention centre by an order in force under section 5 (1) of the Children (Detention Centres) Act 1987,
but does not include any police station or court cell complex in which a person is held in custody in accordance with any Act.
Council means the Wollongong City Council.
crematorium means a building in which deceased persons or pets are cremated, and includes a funeral chapel.
Crown reserve means:
(a)  a reserve within the meaning of Part 5 of the Crown Lands Act 1989, or
(b)  a common within the meaning of the Commons Management Act 1989, or
(c)  lands within the meaning of the Trustees of Schools of Arts Enabling Act 1902,
but does not include land that forms any part of a reserve under Part 5 of the Crown Lands Act 1989 provided for accommodation.
curtilage, in relation to a heritage item or conservation area, means the area of land (including land covered by water) surrounding a heritage item, a heritage conservation area, or building, work or place within a heritage conservation area, that contributes to its heritage significance.
dairy (pasture-based) means a dairy where the only restriction facilities present are the milking sheds and holding yards and where cattle are constrained for no more than 10 hours in any 24 hour period (excluding during any period of drought or similar emergency relief).
demolish, in relation to a heritage item, or a building, work, relic or tree within a heritage conservation area, means wholly or partly destroy, dismantle or deface the heritage item or the building, work, relic or tree.
depot means a building or place used for the storage (but not sale or hire) of plant, machinery or other goods (that support the operations of an existing undertaking) when not required for use.
designated State public infrastructure means public facilities or services that are provided or financed by the State (or if provided or financed by the private sector, to the extent of any financial or in-kind contribution by the State) of the following kinds:
(a)  State and regional roads,
(b)  bus interchanges and bus lanes,
(c)  land required for regional open space,
(d)  land required for social infrastructure and facilities (such as land for schools, hospitals, emergency services and justice purposes).
drainage means any activity that intentionally alters the hydrological regime of any locality by facilitating the removal of surface or ground water. It may include the construction, deepening, extending, opening, installation or laying of any canal, drain or pipe, either on the land or in such a manner as to encourage drainage of adjoining land.
dual occupancy means 2 dwellings (whether attached or detached) on one lot of land (not being an individual lot in a strata plan or community title scheme), but does not include a secondary dwelling.
dwelling means a room or suite of rooms occupied or used or so constructed or adapted as to be capable of being occupied or used as a separate domicile.
dwelling house means a building containing only one dwelling.
earthworks means excavation or filling.
ecologically sustainable development has the same meaning as in the Act.
educational establishment means a building or place used for education (including teaching), being:
(a)  a school, or
(b)  a tertiary institution, including a university or a TAFE establishment, that provides formal education and is constituted by or under an Act.
electricity generating works means a building or place used for the purpose of making or generating electricity.
emergency services facility means a building or place (including a helipad) used in connection with the provision of emergency services by an emergency services organisation.
emergency services organisation means any of the following:
(a)  the Ambulance Service of New South Wales,
(b)  New South Wales Fire Brigades,
(c)  the NSW Rural Fire Service,
(d)  the NSW Police Force,
(e)  the State Emergency Service,
(f)  the New South Wales Volunteer Rescue Association Incorporated,
(g)  the New South Wales Mines Rescue Brigade established under the Coal Industry Act 2001,
(h)  an accredited rescue unit within the meaning of the State Emergency and Rescue Management Act 1989.
entertainment facility means a theatre, cinema, music hall, concert hall, dance hall and the like, but does not include a pub or registered club.
environmental facility means a building or place that provides for the recreational use or scientific study of natural systems, and includes walking tracks, seating, shelters, board walks, observation decks, bird hides or the like, and associated display structures.
environmental protection works means works associated with the rehabilitation of land towards its natural state or any work to protect land from environmental degradation, and includes bush regeneration works, wetland protection works, erosion protection works, dune restoration works and the like.
estuary has the same meaning as in the Water Management Act 2000.
Note—
The term is defined as follows:
estuary means:
(a)  any part of a river whose level is periodically or intermittently affected by coastal tides, or
(b)  any lake or other partially enclosed body of water that is periodically or intermittently open to the sea, or
(c)  anything declared by the regulations (under the Water Management Act 2000) to be an estuary,
but does not include anything declared by the regulations (under the Water Management Act 2000) not to be an estuary.
excavation means the removal of soil or rock, whether moved to another part of the same site or to another site, but does not include garden landscaping that does not significantly alter the shape, natural form or drainage of the land.
exhibition home means a dwelling built for the purposes of the public exhibition and marketing of new dwellings, whether or not it is intended to be sold as a private dwelling after its use for those purposes is completed, and includes any associated sales or home finance office or place used for displays.
exhibition village means 2 or more exhibition homes and associated buildings and places used for house and land sales, site offices, advisory services, car parking, food and drink sales and other associated purposes.
extensive agriculture means:
(a)  the production of crops or fodder (including irrigated pasture and fodder crops), or
(b)  the grazing of livestock, or
(c)  bee keeping,
for commercial purposes, but does not include any of the following:
(d)  animal boarding or training establishments,
(e)  aquaculture,
(f)  farm forestry,
(g)  intensive livestock agriculture,
(h)  intensive plant agriculture.
extractive industry means the winning or removal of extractive materials (otherwise than from a mine) by methods such as excavating, dredging, tunnelling or quarrying, including the storing, stockpiling or processing of extractive materials by methods such as recycling, washing, crushing, sawing or separating, but does not include turf farming.
extractive material means sand, soil, gravel, rock or similar substances that are not minerals within the meaning of the Mining Act 1992.
farm building means a structure the use of which is ancillary to an agricultural use of the landholding on which it is situated and includes a hay shed, stock holding yard, machinery shed, shearing shed, silo, storage tank, outbuilding or the like, but does not include a dwelling.
farm stay accommodation means tourist and visitor accommodation provided to paying guests on a working farm as a secondary business to primary production.
Note—
See clause 5.4 for controls relating to the number of bedrooms.
feedlot means a confined or restricted area used to rear and fatten cattle, sheep or other animals for the purpose of meat production, fed (wholly or substantially) on prepared and manufactured feed, but does not include a poultry farm, dairy or piggery.
fill means the depositing of soil, rock or other similar extractive material obtained from the same or another site, but does not include:
(a)  the depositing of topsoil or feature rock imported to the site that is intended for use in garden landscaping, turf or garden bed establishment or top dressing of lawns and that does not significantly alter the shape, natural form or drainage of the land, or
(b)  the use of land as a waste disposal facility.
filming means recording images (whether on film or video tape or electronically or by other means) for exhibition or broadcast (such as by cinema, television or the internet or by other means), but does not include:
(a)  still photography, or
(b)  recording images of a wedding ceremony or other private celebration or event principally for the purpose of making a record for the participants in the ceremony, celebration or event, or
(c)  recording images as a visitor or tourist for non-commercial purposes, or
(d)  recording for the immediate purposes of a television program that provides information by way of current affairs or daily news.
fish has the same meaning as in the Fisheries Management Act 1994.
Note—
The term is defined as follows:
Definition of “fish”
(1)  
Fish means marine, estuarine or freshwater fish or other aquatic animal life at any stage of their life history (whether alive or dead).
(2)  
Fish includes:
(a)  oysters and other aquatic molluscs, and
(b)  crustaceans, and
(c)  echinoderms, and
(d)  beachworms and other aquatic polychaetes.
(3)  
Fish also includes any part of a fish.
(4)  
However, fish does not include whales, mammals, reptiles, birds, amphibians or other things excluded from the definition by the regulations under the Fisheries Management Act 1994.
flood mitigation work means work designed and constructed for the express purpose of mitigating flood impacts. It involves changing the characteristics of flood behaviour to alter the level, location, volume, speed or timing of flood waters to mitigate flood impacts. Types of works may include excavation, construction or enlargement of any fill, wall, or levee that will alter riverine flood behaviour, local overland flooding, or tidal action so as to mitigate flood impacts.
flood planning level means the level of a 1:100 ARI (average recurrent interval) flood event plus 0.5 metres freeboard.
floodway area has the same meaning as it has in the Floodplain Development Manual (ISBN 0 7347 5476 0) published by the New South Wales Government in 2005.
Note—
The term means those areas of the floodplain where a significant discharge of water occurs during floods. They are often aligned with the naturally defined channels. Floodways are areas that, even if only partially blocked, would cause a significant redistribution of flood flow, or a significant increase in flood levels.
floor space ratio—see clause 4.5.
food and drink premises means retail premises used for the preparation and retail sale of food or drink for immediate consumption on or off the premises, and includes restaurants, cafes, take away food and drink premises, milk bars and pubs.
foreshore area means the land between the foreshore building line and the mean high water mark of the nearest bay or river.
foreshore building line means the line shown as the foreshore building line on the Foreshore Building Line Map.
forestry has the same meaning as forestry operations in the Forestry and National Park Estate Act 1998.
Note—
The term is defined as follows:
forestry operations means:
(a)  logging operations, namely, the cutting and removal of timber from land for the purpose of timber production, or
(b)  forest products operations, namely, the harvesting of products of trees, shrubs and other vegetation (other than timber) that are of economic value, or
(c)  on-going forest management operations, namely, activities relating to the management of land for timber production such as thinning, bush fire hazard reduction, bee-keeping, grazing and other silvicultural activities, or
(d)  ancillary road construction, namely, the provision of roads and fire trails, and the maintenance of existing railways, to enable or assist in the above operations.
freight transport facility means a facility used principally for the bulk handling of goods for transport by road, rail, air or sea, including any facility for the loading and unloading of vehicles, aircraft, vessels or containers used to transport those goods and for the parking, holding, servicing or repair of those vehicles, aircraft or vessels or for the engines or carriages involved.
function centre means a building or place used for the holding of events, functions, conferences and the like, and includes convention centres, exhibition centres and reception centres, but does not include an entertainment facility.
funeral chapel means premises used to arrange, conduct and cater for funerals and memorial services, and includes facilities for the short-term storage, dressing and viewing of bodies of deceased persons, but does not include premises with mortuary facilities.
funeral home means premises used to arrange and conduct funerals and memorial services, and includes facilities for the short-term storage, dressing and viewing of bodies of deceased persons and premises with mortuary facilities.
gross floor area means the sum of the floor area of each floor of a building measured from the internal face of external walls, or from the internal face of walls separating the building from any other building, measured at a height of 1.4 metres above the floor, and includes:
(a)  the area of a mezzanine, and
(b)  habitable rooms in a basement or an attic, and
(c)  any shop, auditorium, cinema, and the like, in a basement or attic,
but excludes:
(d)  any area for common vertical circulation, such as lifts and stairs, and
(e)  any basement:
(i)  storage, and
(ii)  vehicular access, loading areas, garbage and services, and
(f)  plant rooms, lift towers and other areas used exclusively for mechanical services or ducting, and
(g)  car parking to meet any requirements of the consent authority (including access to that car parking), and
(h)  any space used for the loading or unloading of goods (including access to it), and
(i)  terraces and balconies with outer walls less than 1.4 metres high, and
(j)  voids above a floor at the level of a storey or storey above.
ground level (existing) means the existing level of a site at any point.
ground level (finished) means, for any point on a site, the ground surface after completion of any earthworks (excluding any excavation for a basement, footings or the like) for which consent has been granted or that is exempt development.
ground level (mean) means, for any site on which a building is situated or proposed, one half of the sum of the highest and lowest levels at ground level (finished) of the outer surface of the external walls of the building.
group home means a dwelling that is a permanent group home or a transitional group home.
group home (permanent) or permanent group home means a dwelling:
(a)  that is occupied by persons as a single household with or without paid supervision or care and whether or not those persons are related or payment for board and lodging is required, and
(b)  that is used to provide permanent household accommodation for people with a disability or people who are socially disadvantaged,
but does not include development to which State Environmental Planning Policy (Housing for Seniors or People with a Disability) 2004 applies.
group home (transitional) or transitional group home means a dwelling:
(a)  that is occupied by persons as a single household with or without paid supervision or care and whether or not those persons are related or payment for board and lodging is required, and
(b)  that is used to provide temporary accommodation for the relief or rehabilitation of people with a disability or for drug or alcohol rehabilitation purposes, or that is used to provide half-way accommodation for persons formerly living in institutions or temporary accommodation comprising refuges for men, women or young people,
but does not include development to which State Environmental Planning Policy (Housing for Seniors or People with a Disability) 2004 applies.
hazardous industry means development for the purpose of an industry that, when the development is in operation and when all measures proposed to reduce or minimise its impact on the locality have been employed (including, for example, measures to isolate the development from existing or likely future development on other land in the locality), would pose a significant risk in the locality:
(a)  to human health, life or property, or
(b)  to the biophysical environment.
hazardous storage establishment means any establishment where goods, materials or products are stored that, when in operation and when all measures proposed to reduce or minimise its impact on the locality have been employed (including, for example, measures to isolate the establishment from existing or likely future development on other land in the locality), would pose a significant risk in the locality:
(a)  to human health, life or property, or
(b)  to the biophysical environment.
headland includes a promontory extending from the general line of the coastline into a large body of water, such as a sea, coastal lake or bay.
health care professional means any person registered under an Act for the purpose of providing health care.
health consulting rooms means a medical centre that comprises one or more rooms within (or within the curtilage of) a dwelling house used by not more than 3 health care professionals who practise in partnership (if there is more than one such professional) who provide professional health care services to members of the public.
health services facility means a building or place used as a facility to provide medical or other services relating to the maintenance or improvement of the health, or the restoration to health, of persons or the prevention of disease in or treatment of injury to persons, and includes the following:
(a)  day surgeries and medical centres,
(b)  community health service facilities,
(c)  health consulting rooms,
(d)  facilities for the transport of patients, including helipads and ambulance facilities,
(e)  hospitals.
heavy industry means an industry that requires separation from other land uses because of the nature of the processes involved, or the materials used, stored or produced. It may consist of or include a hazardous or offensive industry or involve the use of a hazardous or offensive storage establishment.
helipad means a place not open to the public used for the taking off and landing of helicopters.
heliport means a place open to the public used for the taking off and landing of helicopters, whether or not it includes:
(a)  a terminal building, or
(b)  facilities for the parking, storage or repair of helicopters.
heritage conservation area means an area of land:
(a)  shown on the Heritage Map as a heritage conservation area or as a place of Aboriginal heritage significance, and
(b)  the location and nature of which is described in Schedule 5,
and includes any heritage items situated on or within that area.
heritage conservation management plan means a document prepared in accordance with guidelines prepared by the Department of Planning that documents the heritage significance of an item, place or heritage conservation area and identifies conservation policies and management mechanisms that are appropriate to enable that significance to be retained.
heritage impact statement means a document consisting of:
(a)  a statement demonstrating the heritage significance of a heritage item, archaeological site, place of Aboriginal heritage significance or other heritage conservation area, and
(b)  an assessment of the impact that proposed development will have on that significance, and
(c)  proposals for measures to minimise that impact.
heritage item means a building, work, archaeological site, tree, place or Aboriginal object:
(a)  shown on the Heritage Map as a heritage item, and
(b)  the location and nature of which is described in Schedule 5, and
(c)  specified in an inventory of heritage items that is available at the office of the Council.
heritage significance means historical, scientific, cultural, social, archaeological, architectural, natural or aesthetic value.
highway service centre means a building or place used as a facility to provide refreshments and vehicle services to highway users, and which may include any one or more of the following:
(a)  restaurants or take away food and drink premises,
(b)  service stations and facilities for emergency vehicle towing and repairs,
(c)  parking for vehicles,
(d)  rest areas and public amenities.
home-based child care means a dwelling used by a resident of the dwelling for the supervision and care of one or more children and that satisfies the following conditions:
(a)  the service is licensed within the meaning of the Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998,
(b)  the number of children (including children related to the carer or licensee) does not at any one time exceed 7 children under the age of 12 years, including no more than 5 who do not ordinarily attend school.
home business means a business carried on in a dwelling, or in a building ancillary to a dwelling, by one or more permanent residents of the dwelling that does not involve:
(a)  the employment of more than 2 persons other than those residents, or
(b)  interference with the amenity of the neighbourhood by reason of the emission of noise, vibration, smell, fumes, smoke, vapour, steam, soot, ash, dust, waste water, waste products, grit or oil, traffic generation or otherwise, or
(c)  the exposure to view, from any adjacent premises or from any public place, of any unsightly matter, or
(d)  the exhibition of any notice, advertisement or sign (other than a notice, advertisement or sign exhibited on that dwelling to indicate the name of the resident and the business carried on in the dwelling), or
(e)  the sale of items (whether goods or materials), or the exposure or offer for sale of items, by retail, except for goods produced at the dwelling or building,
but does not include bed and breakfast accommodation, home occupation (sex services) or sex services premises.
Note—
See clause 5.4 for controls relating to the floor area used to carry on the business.
home industry means a light industry carried on in a dwelling, or in a building ancillary to a dwelling, by one or more permanent residents of the dwelling that does not involve:
(a)  the employment of more than 2 persons other than those residents, or
(b)  interference with the amenity of the neighbourhood by reason of the emission of noise, vibration, smell, fumes, smoke, vapour, steam, soot, ash, dust, waste water, waste products, grit or oil, traffic generation or otherwise, or
(c)  the exposure to view, from any adjacent premises or from any public place, of any unsightly matter, or
(d)  the exhibition of any notice, advertisement or sign (other than a notice, advertisement or sign exhibited on that dwelling to indicate the name of the resident and the light industry carried on in the dwelling), or
(e)  the sale of items (whether goods or materials), or the exposure or offer for sale of items, by retail, except for goods produced at the dwelling or building,
but does not include bed and breakfast accommodation or sex services premises.
Note—
See clause 5.4 for controls relating to the floor area used to carry on the home industry.
home occupation means an occupation carried on in a dwelling, or in a building ancillary to a dwelling, by one or more permanent residents of the dwelling that does not involve:
(a)  the employment of persons other than those residents, or
(b)  interference with the amenity of the neighbourhood by reason of the emission of noise, vibration, smell, fumes, smoke, vapour, steam, soot, ash, dust, waste water, waste products, grit or oil, traffic generation or otherwise, or
(c)  the display of goods, whether in a window or otherwise, or
(d)  the exhibition of any notice, advertisement or sign (other than a notice, advertisement or sign exhibited on that dwelling to indicate the name of the resident and the occupation carried on in the dwelling), or
(e)  the sale of items (whether goods or materials), or the exposure or offer for sale of items, by retail,
but does not include bed and breakfast accommodation, a brothel or home occupation (sex services).
home occupation (sex services) means the provision of sex services in a dwelling that is a brothel, or in a building that is a brothel and is ancillary to such a dwelling, by no more than 2 permanent residents of the dwelling and that does not involve:
(a)  the employment of persons other than those residents, or
(b)  interference with the amenity of the neighbourhood by reason of the emission of noise, traffic generation or otherwise, or
(c)  the exhibition of any notice, advertisement or sign, or
(d)  the sale of items (whether goods or materials), or the exposure or offer for sale of items, by retail,
but does not include a home business or sex services premises.
horticulture means the cultivation of fruits, vegetables, mushrooms, nuts, cut flowers and foliage and nursery products for commercial purposes, but does not include retail sales or viticulture.
hospital means a building or place used for the purpose of providing professional health care services (such as preventative or convalescent care, diagnosis, medical or surgical treatment, psychiatric care or care for people with disabilities, or counselling services provided by health care professionals) to people admitted as in-patients (whether or not out-patients are also cared for or treated there), and includes ancillary facilities for (or that consist of) any of the following:
(a)  day surgery, day procedures or health consulting rooms,
(b)  accommodation for nurses or other health care workers,
(c)  accommodation for persons receiving health care or for their visitors,
(d)  shops or refreshment rooms,
(e)  transport of patients, including helipads, ambulance facilities and car parking,
(f)  educational purposes or any other health-related use,
(g)  research purposes (whether or not it is carried out by hospital staff or health care workers or for commercial purposes),
(h)  chapels,
(i)  hospices,
(j)  mortuaries.
hostel means premises that are generally staffed by social workers or support providers and at which:
(a)  residential accommodation is provided in dormitories, or on a single or shared basis, or by a combination of them, and
(b)  cooking, dining, laundering, cleaning and other facilities are provided on a shared basis.
hotel or motel accommodation means tourist and visitor accommodation (whether or not licensed premises under the Liquor Act 2007):
(a)  comprising rooms or self-contained suites, and
(b)  that may provide meals to guests or the general public and facilities for the parking of guests’ vehicles,
but does not include backpackers’ accommodation, a boarding house, bed and breakfast accommodation or farm stay accommodation.
industrial retail outlet means a building or place that:
(a)  is used in conjunction with an industry (including a light industry) but not in conjunction with a warehouse or distribution centre, and
(b)  is situated on the land on which the industry is carried out, and
(c)  is used for the display or sale (whether by retail or wholesale) of only those goods that have been manufactured on the land on which the industry is carried out.
Note—
See clause 5.4 for controls relating to the retail floor area.
industry means the manufacturing, production, assembling, altering, formulating, repairing, renovating, ornamenting, finishing, cleaning, washing, dismantling, transforming, processing or adapting, or the research and development of any goods, chemical substances, food, agricultural or beverage products, or articles for commercial purposes, but does not include extractive industry or a mine.
information and education facility means a building or place used for providing information or education to visitors, and the exhibition or display of items, and includes an art gallery, museum, library, visitor information centre and the like.
intensive livestock agriculture means the keeping or breeding, for commercial purposes, of cattle, poultry, goats, horses or other livestock, that are fed wholly or substantially on externally-sourced feed, and includes the operation of feed lots, piggeries, poultry farms or restricted dairies, but does not include the operation of facilities for drought or similar emergency relief or extensive agriculture or aquaculture.
intensive plant agriculture means any of the following carried out for commercial purposes:
(a)  the cultivation of irrigated crops (other than irrigated pasture or fodder crops),
(b)  horticulture,
(c)  turf farming,
(d)  viticulture.
jetty means a horizontal decked walkway providing access from the shore to the waterway and is generally constructed on a piered or piled foundation.
kiosk means retail premises used for the purposes of selling food, light refreshments and other small convenience items such as newspapers, films and the like.
Note—
See clause 5.4 for controls relating to the gross floor area.
landscape and garden supplies means a building or place where trees, shrubs, plants, bulbs, seeds and propagating material are offered for sale (whether by retail or wholesale), and may include the sale of landscape supplies (including earth products or other landscape and horticulture products) and the carrying out of horticulture.
landscaped area means a part of a site used for growing plants, grasses and trees, but does not include any building, structure or hard paved area.
light industry means an industry, not being a hazardous or offensive industry or involving use of a hazardous or offensive storage establishment, in which the processes carried on, the transportation involved or the machinery or materials used do not interfere with the amenity of the neighbourhood by reason of noise, vibration, smell, fumes, smoke, vapour, steam, soot, ash, dust, waste water, waste products, grit or oil, or otherwise.
liquid fuel depot means storage premises that are used for the bulk storage for wholesale distribution of petrol, oil, petroleum or other inflammable liquid and at which no retail trade is conducted.
livestock processing industry means an industry that involves the commercial production of products derived from the slaughter of animals (including poultry) or the processing of skins or wool of animals, derived principally from surrounding districts, and includes such activities as abattoirs, knackeries, tanneries, woolscours and rendering plants.
maintenance, in relation to a heritage item or a building, work, archaeological site, tree or place within a heritage conservation area, means ongoing protective care. It does not include the removal or disturbance of existing fabric, alterations, such as carrying out extensions or additions, or the introduction of new materials or technology.
marina means a permanent boat storage facility (whether located wholly on land, wholly on the waterway or partly on land and partly on the waterway) together with any associated facilities, including:
(a)  any facility for the construction, repair, maintenance, storage, sale or hire of boats, and
(b)  any facility for providing fuelling, sewage pump-out or other services for boats, and
(c)  any facility for launching or landing boats, such as slipways or hoists, and
(d)  any associated car parking, commercial, tourist or recreational or club facility that is ancillary to a boat storage facility, and
(e)  any associated single mooring.
market means retail premises comprising an open-air area or an existing building used for the purpose of selling, exposing or offering goods, merchandise or materials for sale by independent stall holders, and includes temporary structures and existing permanent structures used for that purpose on an intermittent or occasional basis.
mean high water mark means the position where the plane of the mean high water level of all ordinary local high tides intersects the foreshore, being 1.44m above the zero of Fort Denison Tide Gauge and 0.515m Australian Height Datum.
medical centre means business premises used for the purpose of providing health services (including preventative care, diagnosis, medical or surgical treatment, counselling or alternative therapies) to out-patients only, where such services are principally provided by health care professionals, and may include the ancillary provision of other health services.
mezzanine means an intermediate floor within a room.
mine means any place (including any excavation) where an operation is carried on for mining of any mineral by any method and any place on which any mining related work is carried out, but does not include a place used only for extractive industry.
mine subsidence district means a mine subsidence district proclaimed under section 15 of the Mine Subsidence Compensation Act 1961.
mining means mining carried out under the Mining Act 1992 or the recovery of minerals under the Offshore Minerals Act 1999, and includes:
(a)  the construction, operation and decommissioning of associated works, and
(b)  the rehabilitation of land affected by mining.
mixed use development means a building or place comprising 2 or more different land uses.
mooring means a detached or freestanding apparatus located on or in a waterway and that is capable of securing a vessel.
mortuary means premises that are used, or intended to be used, for the receiving, preparation, embalming and storage of bodies of deceased persons pending their interment or cremation.
moveable dwelling has the same meaning as in the Local Government Act 1993.
Note—
The term is defined as follows:
moveable dwelling means:
(a)  any tent, or any caravan or other van or other portable device (whether on wheels or not), used for human habitation, or
(b)  a manufactured home, or
(c)  any conveyance, structure or thing of a class or description prescribed by the regulations (under the Local Government Act 1993) for the purposes of this definition.
multi dwelling housing means 3 or more dwellings (whether attached or detached) on one lot of land (not being an individual lot in a strata plan or community title scheme) each with access at ground level, but does not include a residential flat building.
native fauna means any animal-life that is indigenous to New South Wales or is known to periodically or occasionally migrate to New South Wales, whether vertebrate (including fish) or invertebrate and in any stage of biological development, but does not include humans.
native flora means any plant-life that is indigenous to New South Wales, whether vascular or non-vascular and in any stage of biological development, and includes fungi and lichens, and marine vegetation within the meaning of Part 7A of the Fisheries Management Act 1994.
native vegetation has the same meaning as in the Native Vegetation Act 2003.
Note—
The term is defined as follows:
Meaning of “native vegetation”
(1)  
Native vegetation means any of the following types of indigenous vegetation:
(a)  trees (including any sapling or shrub, or any scrub),
(b)  understorey plants,
(c)  groundcover (being any type of herbaceous vegetation),
(d)  plants occurring in a wetland.
(2)  
Vegetation is indigenous if it is of a species of vegetation, or if it comprises species of vegetation, that existed in the State before European settlement.
(3)  
Native vegetation does not include any mangroves, seagrasses or any other type of marine vegetation to which section 205 of the Fisheries Management Act 1994 applies.
Natural Resource Sensitivity—Biodiversity Map means the Wollongong Local Environmental Plan 2009 Natural Resource Sensitivity—Biodiversity Map.
natural water-based aquaculture means aquaculture undertaken in natural waterbodies (including any part of the aquaculture undertaken in tanks, ponds or other facilities such as during hatchery or depuration phases).
Note—
Typical natural water-based aquaculture is fin fish culture in cages and oyster, mussel or scallop culture on or in racks, lines or cages.
navigable waterway means any waterway that is from time to time capable of navigation and is open to or used by the public for navigation, but does not include flood waters that have temporarily flowed over the established bank of a watercourse.
neighbourhood shop means retail premises used for the purposes of selling small daily convenience goods such as foodstuffs, personal care products, newspapers and the like to provide for the day-to-day needs of people who live or work in the local area, and may include ancillary services such as a post office, bank or dry cleaning, but does not include restricted premises.
Note—
See clause 5.4 for controls relating to the retail floor area.
non-potable water means water that does not meet the standards or values for drinking water recommended from time to time by the National Health and Medical Research Council.
NSW Coastal Policy means the publication titled NSW Coastal Policy 1997: A Sustainable Future for the New South Wales Coast, published by the Government.
offensive industry means any development for the purpose of an industry that would, when the development is in operation and when all measures proposed to reduce or minimise its impact on the locality have been employed (including, for example, measures to isolate the development from existing or likely future development on other land in the locality), emit a polluting discharge (including, for example, noise) in a manner that would have a significant adverse impact in the locality or on the existing or likely future development on other land in the locality.
offensive storage establishment means any establishment where goods, materials or products are stored and that would, when all measures proposed to reduce or minimise its impact on the locality have been employed (including, for example, measures to isolate the establishment from existing or likely future development on other land in the locality), emit a polluting discharge (including, for example, noise) in a manner that would have a significant adverse impact in the locality or on the existing or likely future development on other land in the locality.
office premises means a building or place used for the purpose of administrative, clerical, technical, professional or similar activities that do not include dealing with members of the public at the building or place on a direct and regular basis, except where such dealing is a minor activity (by appointment) that is ancillary to the main purpose for which the building or place is used.
operational land has the same meaning as in the Local Government Act 1993.
parking space means a space dedicated for the parking of a motor vehicle, including any manoeuvring space and access to it, but does not include a car park.
passenger transport facility means a building or place used for the assembly or dispersal of passengers by any form of transport, including facilities required for parking, manoeuvring, storage or routine servicing of any vehicle that uses the building or place.
place of Aboriginal heritage significance means an area of land shown on the Heritage Map that is:
(a)  the site of one or more Aboriginal objects or a place that has the physical remains of pre-European occupation by, or is of contemporary significance to, the Aboriginal people. It can (but need not) include items and remnants of the occupation of the land by Aboriginal people, such as burial places, engraving sites, rock art, midden deposits, scarred and sacred trees and sharpening grooves, or
(b)  a natural Aboriginal sacred site or other sacred feature. It includes natural features such as creeks or mountains of long-standing cultural significance, as well as initiation, ceremonial or story places or areas of more contemporary cultural significance.
place of public worship means a building or place used for the purpose of religious worship by a congregation or religious group, whether or not the building or place is also used for counselling, social events, instruction or religious training.
pond-based aquaculture means aquaculture undertaken in structures that are constructed by excavating and reshaping earth, which may be earthen or lined, and includes any part of the aquaculture undertaken in tanks, such as during the hatchery or pre-market conditioning phases, but does not include natural water-based aquaculture.
Note—
Typical pond-based aquaculture is the pond culture of prawns, yabbies or silver perch.
port facilities means any of the following facilities at or in the vicinity of a designated port within the meaning of section 47 of the Ports and Maritime Administration Act 1995:
(a)  facilities for the embarkation or disembarkation of passengers onto or from any vessels, including public ferry wharves,
(b)  facilities for the loading or unloading of freight onto or from vessels and associated receival, land transport and storage facilities,
(c)  wharves for commercial fishing operations,
(d)  refuelling, launching, berthing, mooring, storage or maintenance facilities for any vessel,
(e)  sea walls or training walls,
(f)  administration buildings, communication, security and power supply facilities, roads, rail lines, pipelines, fencing, lighting or car parks.
potable water means water that meets the standards or values for drinking water recommended from time to time by the National Health and Medical Research Council.
private open space means an area external to a building (including an area of land, terrace, balcony or deck) that is used for private outdoor purposes ancillary to the use of the building.
property vegetation plan has the same meaning as in the Native Vegetation Act 2003.
Note—
The term is defined as follows:
property vegetation plan means a property vegetation plan that has been approved under Part 4 of the Native Vegetation Act 2003.
pub means licensed premises under the Liquor Act 2007 the principal purpose of which is the sale of liquor for consumption on the premises, whether or not the premises include hotel or motel accommodation and whether or not food is sold or entertainment is provided on the premises.
public administration building means a building used as offices or for administrative or other like purposes by the Crown, a statutory body, a council or an organisation established for public purposes, and includes a courthouse or a police station.
public authority has the same meaning as in the Act.
public land has the same meaning as in the Local Government Act 1993.
Note—
The term is defined as follows:
public land means any land (including a public reserve) vested in or under the control of the council, but does not include:
(a)  a public road, or
(b)  land to which the Crown Lands Act 1989 applies, or
(c)  a common, or
(d)  land subject to the Trustees of Schools of Arts Enabling Act 1902, or
(e)  a regional park under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974.
public reserve has the same meaning as in the Local Government Act 1993.
public utility undertaking means any of the following undertakings carried on or permitted to be carried on by or by authority of any Government Department or under the authority of or in pursuance of any Commonwealth or State Act:
(a)  railway, road transport, water transport, air transport, wharf or river undertakings,
(b)  undertakings for the supply of water, hydraulic power, electricity or gas or the provision of sewerage or drainage services,
and a reference to a person carrying on a public utility undertaking includes a reference to a council, electricity supply authority, Government Department, corporation, firm or authority carrying on the undertaking.
rainwater tank means a tank designed for the storage of rainwater gathered on the land on which the tank is situated.
recreation area means a place used for outdoor recreation that is normally open to the public, and includes:
(a)  a children’s playground, or
(b)  an area used for community sporting activities, or
(c)  a public park, reserve or garden or the like,
and any ancillary buildings, but does not include a recreation facility (indoor), recreation facility (major) or recreation facility (outdoor).
recreation facility (indoor) means a building or place used predominantly for indoor recreation, whether or not operated for the purposes of gain, including a squash court, indoor swimming pool, gymnasium, table tennis centre, health studio, bowling alley, ice rink or any other building or place of a like character used for indoor recreation, but does not include an entertainment facility, a recreation facility (major) or a registered club.
recreation facility (major) means a building or place used for large-scale sporting or recreation activities that are attended by large numbers of people whether regularly or periodically, and includes sports stadiums, showgrounds, racecourses and motor racing tracks.
recreation facility (outdoor) means a building or place (other than a recreation area) used predominantly for outdoor recreation, whether or not operated for the purposes of gain, including a golf course, golf driving range, mini-golf centre, tennis court, paint-ball centre, lawn bowling green, outdoor swimming pool, equestrian centre, skate board ramp, go-kart track, rifle range, water-ski centre or any other building or place of a like character used for outdoor recreation (including any ancillary buildings), but does not include an entertainment facility or a recreation facility (major).
Reduced Level (RL) means height above the Australian Height Datum, being the datum surface approximating mean sea level that was adopted by the National Mapping Council of Australia in May 1971.
registered club has the same meaning as in the Registered Clubs Act 1976, whether or not entertainment is provided at the club.
relevant Commonwealth body, in relation to flight paths and airport noise, means the Department or other body of the Commonwealth having responsibility for airports.
relic means any deposit, object or other material evidence of human habitation:
(a)  that relates to the settlement of the area of Wollongong, not being Aboriginal settlement, and
(b)  that is more than 50 years old, and
(c)  that is a fixture or is wholly or partly within the ground.
research station means a building or place operated by a public authority for the principal purpose of agricultural, environmental, fisheries, forestry, minerals or soil conservation research, and includes any associated facility for education, training, administration or accommodation.
residential accommodation means a building or place used predominantly as a place of residence, but does not include tourist and visitor accommodation.
residential care facility means accommodation for seniors (people aged 55 years or more) or people with a disability that includes:
(a)  meals and cleaning services, and
(b)  personal care or nursing care, or both, and
(c)  appropriate staffing, furniture, furnishings and equipment for the provision of that accommodation and care,
not being a dwelling, hospital or psychiatric facility.
residential flat building means a building containing 3 or more dwellings, but does not include an attached dwelling or multi dwelling housing.
resource recovery facility means a building or place used for the recovery of resources from waste, including works or activities such as separating and sorting, processing or treating the waste, temporary storage, transfer or sale of recovered resources, energy generation from gases and water treatment, but not including re-manufacture or disposal of the material by landfill or incineration.
restaurant means a building or place the principal purpose of which is the provision of food or beverages to people for consumption on the premises, whether or not takeaway meals and beverages or entertainment are also provided.
restricted dairy means a dairy (other than a dairy (pasture-based)) where restriction facilities are present in addition to milking sheds and holding yards, and where cattle have access to grazing for less than 10 hours in any 24 hour period (excluding during periods of drought or similar emergency relief). A restricted dairy may comprise the whole or part of a restriction facility.
restricted premises means business premises or retail premises that, due to their nature, restrict access to patrons or customers over 18 years of age, and includes sex shops and similar premises but does not include hotel or motel accommodation, a pub, home occupation (sex services) or sex services premises.
restriction facilities means facilities where animals are constrained for management purposes, including milking sheds, pads, feed stalls, holding yards and paddocks where the number of livestock exceeds the ability of vegetation to recover from the effects of grazing in a normal growing season, but does not include facilities for drought or similar emergency relief.
retail premises means a building or place used for the purpose of selling items by retail, or for hiring or displaying items for the purpose of selling them by retail or hiring them out, whether the items are goods or materials (or whether also sold by wholesale).
road means a public road or a private road within the meaning of the Roads Act 1993, and includes a classified road.
roadside stall means a place or temporary structure used for retail selling of agricultural produce or hand crafted goods (or both) produced from the property on which the stall is situated or from an adjacent property.
Note—
See clause 5.4 for controls relating to the gross floor area.
rural industry means an industry that involves the handling, treating, production, processing or packing of animal or plant agricultural products, and includes:
(a)  agricultural produce industry, or
(b)  livestock processing industry, or
(c)  use of composting facilities and works (including to produce mushroom substrate), or
(d)  use of sawmill or log processing works, or
(e)  use of stock and sale yards, or
(f)  the regular servicing or repairing of plant or equipment used for the purposes of a rural enterprise,
undertaken for commercial purposes.
rural supplies means a building or place used for the display, sale (whether by retail or wholesale) or hire of stockfeeds, grains, seed, fertilizers, veterinary supplies and other goods or materials used in farming and primary industry production.
rural worker’s dwelling means a dwelling, ancillary to a dwelling house on the same landholding, used as the principal place of residence by persons employed for the purpose of agriculture or a rural industry on that land.
sawmill or log processing works means a building or place used for handling, cutting, chipping, pulping or otherwise processing logs, baulks, branches or stumps, principally derived from surrounding districts, into timber or other products derived from wood.
school means a government school or non-government school within the meaning of the Education Act 1990.
secondary dwelling means a self-contained dwelling that:
(a)  is established in conjunction with another dwelling (the principal dwelling), and
(b)  is on the same lot of land (not being an individual lot in a strata plan or community title scheme) as the principal dwelling, and
(c)  is located within, or is attached to, or is separate from, the principal dwelling.
Note—
See clause 5.4 for controls relating to the total floor area.
self-storage units means storage premises that consist of individual enclosed compartments for storing goods or materials (other than hazardous or offensive goods or materials).
semi-detached dwelling means a dwelling that is on its own lot of land (not being an individual lot in a strata plan or community title scheme) and is attached to only one other dwelling.
seniors housing means residential accommodation that consists of:
(a)  a residential care facility, or
(b)  a hostel, or
(c)  a group of self-contained dwellings, or
(d)  a combination of these,
and that is, or is intended to be, used permanently for:
(e)  seniors or people who have a disability, or
(f)  people who live in the same household with seniors or people who have a disability, or
(g)  staff employed to assist in the administration of the residential accommodation or in the provision of services to persons living in the accommodation,
but does not include a hospital.
service station means a building or place used for the sale by retail of fuels and lubricants for motor vehicles, whether or not the building or place is also used for any one or more of the following:
(a)  the ancillary sale by retail of spare parts and accessories for motor vehicles,
(b)  the cleaning of motor vehicles,
(c)  installation of accessories,
(d)  inspecting, repairing and servicing of motor vehicles (other than body building, panel beating, spray painting, or chassis restoration),
(e)  the ancillary retail selling or hiring of general merchandise or services or both.
serviced apartment means a building or part of a building providing self-contained tourist and visitor accommodation that is regularly serviced or cleaned by the owner or manager of the building or part of the building or the owner’s or manager’s agents.
sewage reticulation system means a building or place used for the collection and transfer of sewage to a sewage treatment plant or water recycling facility for treatment, or transfer of the treated waste for use or disposal, including associated:
(a)  pipelines and tunnels, and
(b)  pumping stations, and
(c)  dosing facilities, and
(d)  odour control works, and
(e)  sewage overflow structures, and
(f)  vent stacks.
sewage treatment plant means a building or place used for the treatment and disposal of sewage, whether or not the facility supplies recycled water for use as an alternative water supply.
sewerage system means a biosolids treatment facility, sewage reticulation system, sewage treatment plant, water recycling facility, or any combination of these.
sex services means sexual acts or sexual services in exchange for payment.
sex services premises means a brothel, but does not include home occupation (sex services).
shop means retail premises that sell groceries, personal care products, clothing, music, homewares, stationery, electrical goods or other items of general merchandise, and may include a neighbourhood shop, but does not include food and drink premises or restricted premises.
shop top housing means one or more dwellings located above (or otherwise attached to) ground floor retail premises or business premises.
signage means any sign, notice, device, representation or advertisement that advertises or promotes any goods, services or events and any structure or vessel that is principally designed for, or that is used for, the display of signage, and includes:
(a)  building identification signs, and
(b)  business identification signs, and
(c)  advertisements,
but does not include traffic signs or traffic control facilities.
site area means the area of any land on which development is or is to be carried out. The land may include the whole or part of one lot, or more than one lot if they are contiguous to each other, but does not include the area of any land on which development is not permitted to be carried out under this Plan.
Note—
The effect of this definition is varied by clause 4.5 for the purpose of the determination of permitted floor space area for proposed development.
site coverage means the proportion of a site area covered by buildings. However, the following are not included for the purpose of calculating site coverage:
(a)  any basement,
(b)  any part of an awning that is outside the outer walls of a building and that adjoins the street frontage or other site boundary,
(c)  any eaves,
(d)  unenclosed balconies, decks, pergolas and the like.
spa pool has the same meaning as in the Swimming Pools Act 1992.
Note—
The term is defined to include any excavation, structure or vessel in the nature of a spa pool, flotation tank, tub or the like.
stock and sale yard means a building or place used on a commercial basis for the purpose of offering livestock or poultry for sale and may be used for the short-term storage and watering of stock.
storage premises means a building or place used for the storage of goods, materials, plant or machinery for commercial purposes and where the storage is not ancillary to any business premises or retail premises on the same parcel of land.
storey means a space within a building that is situated between one floor level and the floor level next above, or if there is no floor above, the ceiling or roof above, but does not include:
(a)  a space that contains only a lift shaft, stairway or meter room, or
(b)  a mezzanine, or
(c)  an attic.
swimming pool has the same meaning as in the Swimming Pools Act 1992.
Note—
The term is defined as follows:
swimming pool means an excavation, structure or vessel:
(a)  that is capable of being filled with water to a depth of 300 millimetres or more, and
(b)  that is solely or principally used, or that is designed, manufactured or adapted to be solely or principally used, for the purpose of swimming, wading, paddling or any other human aquatic activity,
and includes a spa pool, but does not include a spa bath, anything that is situated within a bathroom or anything declared by the regulations made under the Swimming Pools Act 1992 not to be a swimming pool for the purposes of that Act.
take away food and drink premises means food and drink premises that are predominantly used for the preparation and sale of food or drink (or both) for immediate consumption away from the premises.
tank-based aquaculture means aquaculture utilising structures that are constructed from materials such as fibreglass, plastics, concrete, glass or metals, are usually situated either wholly or partly above ground, and may be contained within a purpose built farm or industrial style sheds or plastic covered hothouse to assist in controlling environmental factors.
telecommunications facility means:
(a)  any part of the infrastructure of a telecommunications network, or
(b)  any line, equipment, apparatus, tower, mast, antenna, tunnel, duct, hole, pit, pole or other structure or thing used, or to be used, in or in connection with a telecommunications network.
telecommunications network means a system, or series of systems, that carries, or is capable of carrying, communications by means of guided or unguided electromagnetic energy, or both.
temporary structure has the same meaning as in the Act.
Note—
The term is defined as follows:
temporary structure includes a booth, tent or other temporary enclosure (whether or not part of the booth, tent or enclosure is permanent), and also includes a mobile structure.
timber and building supplies means a building or place used for the display, sale (whether by retail or wholesale) or hire of goods or materials that are used in the construction and maintenance of buildings.
tourist and visitor accommodation means a building or place that provides temporary or short-term accommodation on a commercial basis, and includes hotel or motel accommodation, serviced apartments, bed and breakfast accommodation and backpackers’ accommodation.
transport depot means a building or place used for the parking or servicing of motor powered or motor drawn vehicles used in connection with a passenger transport undertaking, business, industry or shop.
truck depot means a building or place used for the servicing and parking of trucks, earthmoving machinery and the like.
turf farming means the commercial cultivation of turf for sale and the removal of turf for that purpose.
urban release area means an area of land shown hatched and lettered “Urban Release Area” on the Urban Release Area Map.
vehicle body repair workshop means a building or place used for the repair of vehicles or agricultural machinery, involving body building, panel building, panel beating, spray painting or chassis restoration.
vehicle repair station means a building or place used for the purpose of carrying out repairs or the selling of, and fitting of accessories to, vehicles or agricultural machinery, but does not include a vehicle body repair workshop.
vehicle sales or hire premises means a building or place used for the display, sale (whether by retail or wholesale) or hire of motor vehicles, caravans, boats, trailers, agricultural machinery and the like, whether or not accessories are sold or displayed there.
veterinary hospital means a building or place used for diagnosing or surgically or medically treating animals, whether or not animals are kept on the premises for the purpose of treatment.
viticulture means the cultivation of grapes for commercial purposes for use in the production of fresh or dried fruit or wine.
warehouse or distribution centre means a building or place used mainly or exclusively for storing or handling items (whether goods or materials) pending their sale, but from which no retail sales are made.
waste disposal facility means a building or place used for the disposal of waste by landfill, incineration or other means, including such works or activities as recycling, resource recovery and other resource management activities, energy generation from gases, leachate management, odour control and the winning of extractive material to generate a void for disposal of waste or to cover waste after its disposal.
waste management facility means a facility used for the storage, treatment, purifying or disposal of waste, whether or not it is also used for the sorting, processing, recycling, recovering, use or reuse of material from that waste, and whether or not any such operations are carried out on a commercial basis. It may include but is not limited to:
(a)  an extractive industry ancillary to, required for or associated with the preparation or remediation of the site for such storage, treatment, purifying or disposal, and
(b)  eco-generating works ancillary to or associated with such storage, treatment, purifying or disposal.
waste or resource management facility means a waste or resource transfer station, a resource recovery facility or a waste disposal facility.
waste or resource transfer station means a building or place used for the collection and transfer of waste material or resources, including the receipt, sorting, compacting, temporary storage and distribution of waste or resources and the loading or unloading of waste or resources onto or from road or rail transport.
water recreation structure means a structure used primarily for recreational purposes that has a direct structural connection between the shore and the waterway, and may include a pier, wharf, jetty or boat launching ramp.
water recycling facility means a building or place used for the treatment of sewage effluent, stormwater or waste water for use as an alternative supply to mains water, groundwater or river water (including, in particular, sewer mining works), whether the facility stands alone or is associated with other development, and includes associated:
(a)  retention structures, and
(b)  treatment works, and
(c)  irrigation schemes.
water reticulation system means a building or place used for the transport of water, including pipes, tunnels, canals, pumping stations, related electricity infrastructure, dosing facilities and water supply reservoirs.
water storage facility means a dam, weir or reservoir for the collection and storage of water, and includes associated monitoring or gauging equipment.
water supply system means a water reticulation system, water storage facility, water treatment facility, or any combination of these.
water treatment facility means a building or place used for the treatment of water (such as a desalination plant or a recycled or reclaimed water plant) whether the water produced is potable or not, and includes residuals treatment, storage and disposal facilities, but does not include a water recycling facility.
waterbody means a waterbody (artificial) or waterbody (natural).
waterbody (artificial) or artificial waterbody means an artificial body of water, including any constructed waterway, canal, inlet, bay, channel, dam, pond, lake or artificial wetland, but does not include a dry detention basin or other stormwater management construction that is only intended to hold water intermittently.
waterbody (natural) or natural waterbody means a natural body of water, whether perennial or intermittent, fresh, brackish or saline, the course of which may have been artificially modified or diverted onto a new course, and includes a river, creek, stream, lake, lagoon, natural wetland, estuary, bay, inlet or tidal waters (including the sea).
watercourse means any river, creek, stream or chain of ponds, whether artificially modified or not, in which water usually flows, either continuously or intermittently, in a defined bed or channel, but does not include a waterbody (artificial).
waterway means the whole or any part of a watercourse, wetland, waterbody (artificial) or waterbody (natural).
wetland means:
(a)  natural wetland, including marshes, mangroves, backwaters, billabongs, swamps, sedgelands, wet meadows or wet heathlands that form a shallow waterbody (up to 2 metres in depth) when inundated cyclically, intermittently or permanently with fresh, brackish or salt water, and where the inundation determines the type and productivity of the soils and the plant and animal communities, or
(b)  artificial wetland, including marshes, swamps, wet meadows, sedgelands or wet heathlands that form a shallow waterbody (up to 2 metres in depth) when inundated cyclically, intermittently or permanently with water, and are constructed and vegetated with wetland plant communities.
wholesale supplies means a building or place used for the display, sale or hire of goods or materials by wholesale only to businesses that have an Australian Business Number registered under the A New Tax System (Australian Business Number) Act 1999 of the Commonwealth.
Wollongong city centre means the land identified on the Wollongong City Centre Map.