What qualifies as a home business?

Under the Waverley Local Environmental Plan 2012, a ‘home business’ means a business, whether or not involving the sale of items online, carried on in a dwelling, or in a building ancillary to a dwelling, by 1 or more permanent residents of the dwelling and not involving the following—

  1. the employment of more than 2 persons other than the residents,
  2. interference with the amenity of the neighbourhood because 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,
  3. the exposure to view, from adjacent premises or from a public place, of unsightly matter,
  4. the exhibition of signage, other than a business identification sign; or
  5. the retail sale of, or the exposure or offer for retail sale of, items, whether goods or materials, not produced at the dwelling or building, other than by online retailing,

but does not include bed and breakfast accommodation, home occupation (sex services) or sex services premises.

Note: See clause 5.4 of the Waverley Local Environmental Plan 2012 (Waverley LEP 2012) for controls relating to the maximum floor area permitted for a home business.