Campbelltown City Council
Private building certifier in Macquarie Fields
Townhouses and semis are common in Macquarie Fields, which makes the size of your legal lot important. We check it first, then help you plan granny flats, patios and extensions on the right approval path.
NSW 2564
Class 1 homes and Class 10 structures
Local rules
What you own decides what you can build
Houses with a strong townhouse share
Macquarie Fields had 14,023 residents and 5,091 private dwellings at the 2021 Census. Stand-alone houses accounted for about 70.1% of occupied homes. Attached homes such as semis, terraces and townhouses reached 28.5%, well above nearby suburbs. Flats were just 1.2%. These numbers cover the suburb only. They do not cover the state electorate that shares its name.
Which rules apply
Campbelltown Local Environmental Plan 2015 sets the zones. For a CDC, the State Environmental Planning Policy (Housing) 2021 sets the standards for secondary dwellings. Council's development control plan also has a granny flat section. It applies in zones R2 to R5 and weighs how the second home sits beside the principal house and the yard. That section guides a council assessment of a DA. It is not the CDC checklist, so keep the two apart.
Macquarie Field House
The suburb is linked to the historic Macquarie Field House. Its Heritage NSW listing protects a landscape and its views, not only the building. That means distance from the house or the age of your own home is not the test. The mapped curtilage decides if your work is caught. Where a site sits beside a listed item, council also wants an assessment of the heritage impact.
Typical work
Common projects and how they get approved
What owners build here
Work here tends to split two ways:
- Detached houses. Extensions and second storeys, once the existing frame is checked.
- Townhouses and semis. Patio roofs, courtyard changes and internal work, where shared walls and boundaries matter.
- Granny flats. On detached lots that meet the area and width tests.
- Sites near the heritage landscape. The map, not the street address, decides.
How approval usually works
Some patio roofs are exempt if they meet strict limits. On a townhouse, the roof, its drainage and any plan to enclose it are all checked together. A granny flat can generally use a CDC (quick approval from a certifier under state codes) only on a lot of 450 square metres or larger. A shared-title courtyard, whether strata or community, never counts as a lot, however roomy it seems. Where a CDC fails, a DA is still possible. A granny flat built wholly inside the existing house is treated differently again. Clearing the area test does not settle eligibility, since width and other standards apply too. Start by sending your title and survey. CertifiBuild then confirms the legal lot and the right rule book before any design.
Our services
From approval to sign-off.
One certifier for your whole Macquarie Fields job, from the first plan check to the occupation certificate.
Local questions
Questions we hear about this suburb.
No two lots in Macquarie Fields are the same. Give us your address and we will check every map that affects it.
See the council pageIs my Macquarie Fields yard big enough for a granny flat?
Go by the legal lot, not how big the backyard feels. Through a complying development certificate (CDC), a granny flat usually calls for a lot of 450 square metres or more. Width and other standards apply on top. Attached homes make up 28.5% of Macquarie Fields housing, so plenty of owners hold a courtyard inside a larger strata or community scheme, and that space is never a lot. If the CDC route fails, a development application (DA) assessed against council’s own granny flat section may still work. Send your title and survey first.
Can I put a patio roof on my Macquarie Fields townhouse?
Often, yes, once the boundaries are clear. On a Macquarie Fields townhouse, first confirm where your title ends, which walls are shared and if the job would reach into any shared common property. Some patio roofs are exempt if they meet strict limits. Otherwise, the work goes through a complying development certificate (CDC) or, failing that, a development application (DA). Either way, the roof, its drainage and any later plan to enclose it are checked together, so mention enclosure early. Where you share land with neighbours under strata or community title, read the scheme’s rules alongside the approval.
Is my home affected by the Macquarie Field House listing?
Not automatically. Its Heritage NSW listing protects a landscape and its views, not just the building, so what matters is whether your block falls within the mapped boundary. Being close to the house, or living in an older home, is not the test. Your planning certificate will confirm the position. Even outside the boundary, council can ask for an assessment of heritage impact when a site sits beside a listed item. Check this before design, because heritage can change both the drawings and the approval path.
Building in this suburb?
Send us the address first.
We check the local maps for your lot, confirm the approval path and quote in writing.