New Secondary dwellings (granny flats) / Smithfield, NSW 2164

  The subject site is located on a quiet residential street, in the municipality of Fairfield City Council. The land has 656.7 square metres; with Approximate 20 metres is the main Frontage length and an Approximate 38.4 metres in depth. The existing Building on the Lot is a weatherboard cladding single storey dwelling House with a concrete Tiled roof. A garage is detached from the main dwelling. In the backyard, there is a covered area. The proposed land is generally flat.

 

EXISTING BUILDINGS ON THE SITE
Single storey weatherboard cladding house, with concrete tiled, pitched roof. It has 3 bedrooms, Living, kitchen, dining, laundry, one bathroom and a small toilet.  The existing dwelling has an outdoor covered terrace. It has a large garden area around the existing dwelling. The house is in good condition.
 

THE PROPOSAL
The proposal includes
1.    the erection of a secondary dwelling, a self-contained 60 square meters dwelling, established in conjunction with the main dwelling (the principal dwelling), and 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 is separate from, the principal dwelling. The secondary dwelling will have 2 beds with bathroom, kitchen, and dining and Lounge area.

RELEVANT PLANNING CONTROLS
a.           State Environmental Planning Policy (Affordable Rental Housing) 2009
This Development for the purposes of a secondary dwelling[1] is a complying development because the development has met the:
(a)  General requirements meet the general requirements for complying with development set out in clauses 1.17A and 1.18 (1) and (2) of State Environmental Planning Policy (Exempt and Complying Development Codes) 2008, and
 (b)  Land-based requirements is on a lot that does not include any land referred to in clause 1.19 (1) of that Policy, and
(c)  Specified development is on land in Zone R1, R2, R3 or R4 or a land-use zone that is equivalent to any of those zones, and
(d)  Is on a lot that has an area of at least 450 square metres, and
(e)  Does not involve the erection of a basement or alterations or addition to an existing basement, and
(f)  Does not involve the erection of a roof terrace on the topmost roof of a building or alterations or addition to any such existing terrace, and
(g)  Development standards satisfy the development standards set out in Schedule 1.
 

Schedule 1 Development standards for secondary dwellings
COMPLIANCE TABLE