Concrete Western Sydney

Crossing & approvals

Properties with a frontage under 15m get one driveway crossover; frontages of 15m or more can have up to two.

Driveway

Single driveways are a maximum of 3.5m wide at the front boundary and double-garage driveways a maximum of 6m, with all new driveways at least 1m from the side boundaries.

Driveway

On Centenary Road (Wentworthville), Merrylands Road (Cumberland Highway to Clarence Street), the Cumberland Highway and the Great Western Highway, one extra car space is allowed in the front setback of a house, provided cars can enter and leave forwards.

Garages & parking

At-grade garages and carports sit at least 1m behind the front wall of the house. Garage doors are a maximum of 3.5m (single) or 5.5m (double) and no more than 50% of the street elevation.

Front setback

The minimum front setback for a dwelling house is 6m, aligned with the street; on a corner block the secondary frontage is at least 4m, with any garage at least 5.5m from that boundary.

Crossing & approvals

A new vehicular footway crossing needs a council work permit, which sets its geometry and construction, and its location must comply with AS 2890.1.

Crossing & approvals

New crossings must be 2m clear of any street tree trunk, and any approved tree removal must be paid for and replaced by the owner.

Crossing & approvals

Crossings are sized and placed to keep as much on-street parking as possible. If one clashes with a council stormwater pit, the owner pays to rebuild the pit clear of the crossing.

Excavation

Cut or fill deeper than 500mm must be done under the supervision of a NATA-registered geotechnical consultant, with compaction testing certified and submitted to council.

Crossing & approvals

The crossing must be at least 1m from any gully pit or service infrastructure in the road reserve, and on a corner block at least 6m from the tangent of the kerb return.

Driveway

Each parking space must be at least 5.5m long by 3m wide (2.75m each in a side-by-side double), and driveway grades must comply with AS 2890.1.

Garages & parking

Garage doors or carports can take up no more than 50% of the front of the house, and two parking spaces must be provided behind the building line, not in the front setback.

Front setback

The minimum front building line for a house is 6m (4.5m in the Stanhope Gardens estate, except homes facing Stanhope Parkway with rear driveways).

Crossing & approvals

One vehicle crossing per lot (granny flats don't get a second). Crossings are a maximum of 3m wide for a single garage or no garage and 4.5m for a double garage, and each lot in a duplex or triplex gets a maximum 3m crossing.

Crossing & approvals

Crossings must be at least 6m from the tangent point at an intersection, 0.3m from the neighbour's driveway and wholly within your frontage. Old laybacks must be removed and replaced with standard kerb.

Crossing & approvals

Where there's no footpath, the nature strip either side of a cut-in driveway must be battered no steeper than 1 in 14, and the footpath slope can't exceed 5% along its length. Moving pits, hydrants or stormwater outlets is at the owner's cost.

Concrete finish

Council specifies plain concrete for crossings, in a wood float, trowel or broom finish, so repairs match. Pavers aren't authorised on crossings, and council won't colour- or pattern-match a decorative crossing if it has to dig it up.

Driveway

Driveways should be kept small so the front garden keeps enough landscaping.

Garages & parking

Garages, carports and parking spaces aren't permitted in the front setback, apart from stacked parking on the driveway leading to a garage. Only verandahs and pergolas may encroach, by up to 1.5m.

Front setback

The front setback for a single dwelling is the greater of 5.5m or the average setback of the adjoining houses. On a corner block the secondary frontage is 3m to walls and 5.5m to garage entrances.