FAQs

The draft DCP Amendment includes changes to existing controls and the inclusion of new controls that relate to the following 5 topics:

• facilitation of infill development and diverse housing (new setback and private open space controls and reduced parking requirements for smaller housing types);
• achievement of well-designed development that is responsive to the locality (amendments to existing design requirements and inclusion of new design requirements to promote design excellence);
• mitigation of land use conflict (requiring Land Use Conflict Risk Assessments for the subdivision of land in all zones and introducing controls for horticulture/turf farming development within Zone R5 Large Lot Residential);
• retention of the business centres hierarchy (updated controls to minimise negative impacts on the primacy of the Coffs Harbour City Centre); and
• updates to biodiversity application requirements (amend controls to ensure development demonstrates that the avoid, mitigate or offset hierarchy principles are considered, thereby aligning with recent biodiversity updates to the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016).

Of particular note, in terms of urban design outcomes, the proposed amendments reduce the front setback requirement in R2 Low Density Residential zoned land from 6m to 4.5m and also introduces a 3m rear setback on the same zoned land. It should also be noted that the proposed amendments remove a minimum carparking requirement for residential accommodation comprising studio apartments, and 1 or 2 bedroom dwellings, to facilitate housing diversity.

The draft DCP amendment relates to all land within the Coffs Harbour Local Government Area.