Council has prepared a draft development control plan (DCP) which applies to the whole municipality, including all residential areas and business centres.
The Draft DCP carries over controls from the existing DCPs, but also includes some significant changes to existing policy and substantial new policy for some matters.
Some of these changes include:
- New building envelope and floorplate controls that will apply to dwelling houses, semi detached dwellings, dual occupancies and attached dwellings in most residential suburbs. These controls will replace the floor space ratios used in the current Woollahra Residential DCP 2003 for those building types.
- Additional controls in the Paddington Heritage Conservation Area (HCA) for Oxford Street and William Street, as well as for single storey buildings and timber buildings throughout the HCA.
- Various additional controls and modified controls for the Watsons Bay and Woollahra HCAs.
- Additional excavation controls for most residential areas to limit impacts to adjoining and adjacent properties.
- New flood and stormwater controls to limit the impacts of potential flooding in areas including Double Bay, Rose Bay and harbour foreshore localities.
- New controls for pubs, small bars, restaurants and other businesses that require a licence under the Liquor Act 2007. The controls seek to achieve a more consistent approach to determining trading hours and operating conditions.
- Additional signage controls including controls on the extent of external painting of a building in corporate colours in order to minimise the potential negative impact on the streetscape.
Fo further details visit Woollahra Councils website at http://www.woollahra.nsw.gov.au/yourplan/draft_wdcp_2014