Council guide · NSW

Tweed Shire Council

What a house block can carry in Tweed Shire Council's area — the dual-occupancy minimums, the granny-flat rule and the C4 controls, read from the Tweed Local Environmental Plan 2014 on legislation.nsw.gov.au, and whether the state Low and Mid-Rise rules reach here.

900 m²dual-occupancy minimum lot

no LEP minimumfrontage

60 m² or 20%granny flat (the greater)

Dual occupancy (two homes on one lot)

Cl 4.1D — 450 m² of site per home in R2, so 900 m² for a dual occupancy, or 250 m² per home (500 m²) within 300 m of a centre or mixed-use zone; no LEP frontage minimum (Council's DCP applies); outside the state Low and Mid-Rise area.

Secondary dwelling (granny flat)

Tweed LEP cl 5.4(9) — the greater of 60 m² or 20% of the house’s total floor area, parking excluded. Under the state Housing SEPP a granny flat of up to 60 m² can also go through the ten-day complying-development route on a lot of 450 m² or more, with a 12 m frontage, where the land is not flood, bushfire or heritage constrained.

C4 Environmental Living

This LEP has no C4 Environmental Living zone, or it is not read here.

Low and Mid-Rise

Outside the Six Cities region. The state Low and Mid-Rise rules do not apply in Tweed Shire Council's area — the Tweed Local Environmental Plan 2014 and Council's DCP alone govern what a lot can carry. The state granny-flat and Pattern Book routes still apply where the land is not flood, bushfire or heritage constrained.

Constraints that change the answer

Bushfire-prone land (RFS map), flood-control lots, heritage items and conservation areas, and landslip risk all take a lot out of the fast-track routes and into a full DA. Easements, covenants and sewer mains are not on the public maps — a title search and a Sydney Water or council water check are always needed.

Approval routes

Complying development (CDC) — a private certifier issues it in days where the design meets every state standard; no neighbour notification.
Pattern Book — the NSW pre-approved designs, ten-day approval, subject to survey (slope) and the site tests.
Development application (DA) — lodged with Tweed Shire Council through the NSW Planning Portal; weeks to months, neighbours notified, merit assessment against the LEP and DCP.

Useful links: tweed.nsw.gov.au · NSW Planning Portal (lodge a DA or CDC, spatial viewer) · legislation.nsw.gov.au (search the LEP by name).

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