State Environmental Planning Policy (Housing) 2021

A window in a new secondary dwelling, or a new window in an alteration or addition to an existing principal dwelling for the purposes of a new secondary dwelling, must have a privacy screen for a part of the window less than 1.5m above the finished floor level if—

the window—

is in a habitable room that has a finished floor level of more than 1m above ground level (existing), and

has a sill height less than 1.5m above that floor level, and

faces a side or rear boundary and is less than 3m from that boundary, or

the window—

is in a habitable room that has a finished floor level of more than 3m above ground level (existing), and

has a sill height less than 1.5m above that floor level, and

faces a side or rear boundary and is at least 3m, but no more than 6m, from that boundary.

Subsection (1) does not apply to a window located in a bedroom where the window has an area of no more than 2m².

A new balcony, deck, patio, terrace or verandah for the purposes of a new secondary dwelling and any alteration to an existing balcony, deck, patio, terrace or verandah of a secondary dwelling that has a floor area of more than 3m² must have a privacy screen if the balcony, deck, patio, terrace or verandah is—

within 3m of a side or rear boundary and has a floor level of more than 1m above ground level (existing), or

between 3m and 6m of a side or rear boundary and has a floor level of more than 2m above ground level (existing).

A privacy screen required under subsection (3) must be installed—

to a height of at least 1.7m, but not more than 2.2m, above the finished floor level of the balcony, deck, patio, terrace or verandah, and

at the edge of the part of the development within the areas specified in subsection (3)(a) or (b) and is parallel to or faces towards the relevant side or rear boundary.