Development Control Plan 2022

The Waverley Development Control Plan (DCP) supports the controls outlined in the Local Environmental Plan (LEP) with more specific planning and design guidelines including built form controls, parking, biodiversity and tree preservation, signage, heritage conservation and safety.

The DCP provides guidelines for new residential development as well as residential alterations and extensions. It also details general controls for commercial developments, but identifies areas where more specific guidelines apply, such as the Bondi Junction centre, the Bondi beachfront area and the local villages.

The DCP (Amendment 4) was formally adopted on 16 July 2024 and is effective from 29 July 2024. It can be viewed by the following links below.

Previous Development Control Plans

  • The DCP 2022 (Amendment 3) was formally adopted on 7 May 2024 and was effective from 14 May 2024 to 29 July 2024.
  • The DCP 2022 (Amendment 2) was formally adopted on 19 March 2024 and was effective between 1 May 2024 to 14 May 2024.
  • The DCP 2022 (Amendment 1) was formally adopted on 1 August 2023 and was effective between 18 August 2023 to 1 May 2024.
  • The DCP 2022 was formally adopted on 6 December 2022 and was effective between 8 December 2022 to 18 August 2023.
  • The DCP 2012 (Amendment 9) was formally adopted on 1 September 2020 and was effective between 1 October 2020 to 8 December 2022.
  • The DCP 2012 (Amendment 8) was formally adopted on 7 July 2020 and was effective between 1 August 2020 to 1 October 2020.

FAQs

The role of the Waverley Development Control Plan (DCP) is to give effect to the Waverley Local Environmental Plan by supporting the aims of the instrument, the range of permitted development under the LEP and the objectives of applicable land use zones.

The DCP applies to the assessment of all residential and commercial DAs. The DCP shapes what you generally can and can’t do with respect to DAs.

For this reason, the DCP is important as it contributes to the assessment criteria for future development in the LGA.

Under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, the DCP is required to be applied flexibly and consent authorities are required to allow for alternate solutions to DCP requirements. Council will consider variations to the development controls set out in the DCP where a proposed development can otherwise demonstrate that it achieves or improves upon the applicable planning objectives set out in the DCP.

Please note that this is a different process to the clause 4.6 variation in the LEP. For more information, see the LEP FAQs.

The DCP is reviewed annually for minor housekeeping changes. Larger research projects may also result in DCP amendments in the future.

The LEP is an Environmental Planning Instrument (EPI), which is a statutory document that requires the approval of the State government to amend.

The DCP is a non-statutory document and requires the approval of the elected Council to amend. The DCP expands upon the themes or items contained in the LEP by providing more Local Government Area (LGA) specific controls and details on various aspects, such as heritage, parking, biodiversity, stormwater, setbacks, landscaping, commercial operations, footpath seating etc.

Heritage usually consists of historically and/or architecturally significant places and objects inherited from the past that the community want to hand on to future generations. For more information, see Heritage.

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