Georges River Council - Development Control Plans

Development Control Plans

A Development Control Plan (DCP) provides detailed guidelines for the design and assessment of proposed developments. A DCP supports the planning controls in the Local Environmental Plan.

To check which DCP applies to your land, please view the DCP map.

Georges River Development Control Plan 2021

The Georges River Local Environmental Plan (GRLEP) 2021 was gazetted and came into effect on 8 October 2021. The Georges River Development Control Plan (GRDCP) 2021 has become effective concurrently in conjunction with the GRLEP 2021. The effective GRDCP 2021 is included below:

GRDCP Table of Contents

GRDCP Part 1 – Introduction

GRDCP Part 2 – Application Process

GRDCP Part 3 – General Planning Considerations

GRDCP Part 4 – General Land Use

GRDCP Part 5 – Residential Locality Statements

GRDCP Part 6.1 – Low Density Residential Controls

GRDCP Part 6.2 – Medium Density Residential Controls

GRDCP Part 6.3 – High Density Residential Controls

GRDCP Part 6.4 – Ancillary Development

GRDCP Part 6.5 – Foreshore Locality Controls

GRDCP Part 7 – Business Precincts

GRDCP Part 8 – Kogarah Town Centre

GRDCP Part 9 – Industrial Development

GRDCP Part 10 – Precincts

GRDCP Appendices

GRDCP Glossary

The GRDCP 2021 replaces the following:

Hurstville Development Control Plan 1
Kogarah Development Control Plan 2013
Georges River Development Control Plan 2020 – Interim Policy
Drainage and onsite detention policy
Fencing adjacent to public roads
Balcony enclosures in residential flat buildings policy
Satellite dish policy
Code for the erection of private tennis courts
Stencilling of street driveways policy
Underground electricity cabling to developments policy
Design guidelines for absorption trenches
Rainwater tanks policy, adopted 18 December 2002
Home activities policy, adopted 15 August 2001
Code for commercial use of public footpaths

The repealed Hurstville Development Control Plan 1 and the Kogarah Development Control Plan 2013 will continue to apply to development applications lodge before 8 October 2021 and can be accessed via this link.

The two DCPs for the Hurstville City Centre will continue to apply with the notification sections in both being repealed and replaced by the Community Engagement Strategy 2018-2028:

Section 2.4 of the Hurstville Development Control Plan Number 2 - Amendment No. 12 - Applies to sites within the Hurstville City Centre excluding the 'deferred matters' on the Georges River Local Environment Plan 2021 Land Application Map.
Section 2.2 of the Hurstville Development Control Plan Number 2 - Amendment No. 6- Applies to sites within the Hurstville City Centre identified as 'deferred matters' on the Georges River Local Environment Plan 2021 Land Application Map.

Hurstville Development Control Plan Number 2 - Amendment No. 12

Applies to sites within the Hurstville City Centre, excluding the 'deferred matters' on the Georges River Local Environmental Plan 2021 Land Application Map:

Table of Contents

Section 1 - Introduction

Section 2 - Application Process

Section 3 - Strategic Context

Section 4 - Hurstville City Centre Precincts

Section 5 - Controls for Residential, Commercial and Mixed Use Development

Section 6 - Site Planning Considerations

Section 7 - Controls for Other Development Types

Section 8 - Controls for Specific Sites and Locations

Appendix 1

Appendix 2 - Council Codes and Policies

Hurstville Development Control Plan Number 2 - Amendment No. 6

Applies to sites within the Hurstville City Centre identified as 'deferred matters' on the Georges River Local Environmental Plan 2021 Land Application Map:

Section 1 - Introduction

Section 2 - Application Process

Section 3 - Analysis and Concept Design

Section 4 - Built Form Controls

Section 5 - Design Guidelines for Buildings, Public Domain & Open Space

Section 6 - General Planning Considerations

Section 7 - Specific Controls for Residential Development

Section 8 - Controls for Specific Non-Residential Development Types

Section 9 - Controls for Specific Sites and Localities

Appendix 1

Appendix 2 - Development Application Requirements and Checklists

Appendix 3 - Council Codes and Policies

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