Dual Occupancy Development Control Plan

Council invites comment from the community on the amendment to the Ku-ring-gai Development Control Plan to insert a new Draft Part 5: Dual Occupancy - to include development controls for dual occupancy dwellings and associated amendments to Part 1B: Dictionary and Part 4: Dwelling Houses to ensure consistency with the new controls.

The public exhibition will be held from Friday 21 November 2025 to Friday 19 December 2025.

Background

• In July 2024 the NSW Government permitted dual occupancy on R2 Low Density Residential land within Ku-ring-gai, except for land with bushfire risk, heritage items, or within a Transport Orientated Development Area.
• On 18 March 2025 Council endorsed a 1015 sqm minimum lot size for Dual Occupancies and resolved to prepare dual occupancy standards for inclusion into the Ku-ring-gai Local Environmental Plan 2015 and the Ku-ring-gai Development Control Plan. The 1015 sqm minimum lot size came into effect on 31 October 2025.
• On 19 August 2025 Council endorsed a Planning Proposal applying a 0.5:1 Floor Space Ratio (FSR) to the 1015 sqm minimum lot size (with a sliding scale for larger lots). Council is awaiting a Gateway Determination from the Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure to enable the exhibition of the planning proposal. 
• The dual occupancy controls will work with the minimum lot size and the floor space ratio standards to deliver development that better assimilates into the Ku-ring-gai character.

Exhibition documents

1. Draft Part 5: Dual Occupancy(PDF, 7MB)
2. Associated draft amendments to Part 1: Dictionary; Part 4: Dwelling Houses; Part 22R.1: Car Parking Rates(PDF, 1MB)

Supporting information

1. Dual Occupancy Development Control Plan:
   - Council Report and Resolution18/11/2025(PDF, 232KB)
2. Floor Space Ratio Planning Proposal:
   - Council Report and Resolution 19/08/2025(PDF, 483KB)
3. Ku-ring-gai Local Environmental Plan 2015 (KLEP2015)

Providing feedback

• Mark your comments with the reference number 'S14848-4'.
• Include your contact details so you can be informed when Council will make its final decision. 
• Please send your comments to one of the following:

By email krg@krg.nsw.gov.au; or

By mail to General Manager, Ku-ring-gai Council, Locked Bag 1006, Gordon NSW 2072.

Comments must be made by 5pm on Friday 19 December 2025. 

All submissions are public documents and will be considered in a final report to Council.