Sutherland Shire Local Environmental Plan 2015

A relevant window in a new dwelling house, or a new window in any alteration or addition to an existing dwelling house, must have an acceptable privacy screen for any part of the window that is less than 1.5m above floor level.

Any balcony in a new dwelling house, or a new balcony in an existing dwelling house, on the upper level of a two storey dwelling—

must face the street, and

if the side setback is less than 3m and the balcony is greater than 1m² in area, must have an acceptable privacy screen.

In this clause—

provides a screen or visual barrier between a window of a habitable room or an outdoor area on a lot and an adjoining lot, and

has no individual opening more than 30mm wide, and

has a total area of all openings that is no more than 30% of the surface area of the screen or barrier, and

has a height of at least 1.7m, but not more than 2.2m, above the finished floor level facing towards the relevant side or rear boundary.

is in a habitable room (other than a bedroom) that has a finished floor level of more than 0.6m above ground level (existing), and

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

either—

faces a side or rear boundary and is less than 6m from that boundary, or

faces residential land.