Home builders in Gordon
Ku-ring-gai Council · Ku-ring-gai Local Environmental Plan 2015 · Upper North Shore Knockdown rebuild
- Council
- Ku-ring-gai Council
- Planning scheme
- Ku-ring-gai Local Environmental Plan 2015
- Overlays mapped here
- Heritage — Item - General · Heritage — Conservation Area - General
- Residential zones mapped
- R2 Low Density Residential
R3 Medium Density Residential
R4 High Density Residential - Heritage items mapped
- 103
- Minimum lot size
- 900-999 m² minimum (most common of 3 minimum-lot-size bands mapped in the suburb)
- Typical height limit
- 9.5m
- Floor space ratio
- 0.3:1
- Land reserved for acquisition
- Infrastructure · Public Recreation
- Acid sulfate soils
- Mapped in this suburb
Planning data from NSW ePlanning Spatial Viewer (CC BY 4.0), read 2026-09-14. Suburb-level, not a report on your block — check your address on the NSW Planning Portal.
Worth knowing before you budget
- Building height
The most common maximum building height mapped here is 9.5m (68 of 125 mapped parcels). Other controls that apply to a meaningful number of parcels run up to 29m — generally centres and larger sites, not a house block.
- Floor space ratio
A floor space ratio of 0.3:1 applies to most of the mapped parcels here (72 of 157). On an 800 m² block that is about 240 m² of floor area, every level counted.
- Land reserved for acquisition
Parts of Gordon are reserved for future public acquisition — infrastructure, public recreation. A reservation is mapped to specific land, so whether it touches your block has to be checked at the address.
Builders serving Gordon
None yet — tell us what you're building and we'll go and find one.
What building in Gordon actually involves
Gordon is where Ku-ring-gai's controls change most sharply over the shortest distance. The most common maximum building height mapped across the suburb is 9.5m, on 68 of 125 mapped parcels — but controls up to 29m cover a meaningful share of them, concentrated around the station and the civic centre.
Three zones, two very different propositions
R2 Low Density, R3 Medium Density and R4 High Density Residential are all mapped. A block a few streets out is a 9.5m single-dwelling proposition; a block inside the centre sits under a different control entirely. Anyone quoting Gordon without naming which one they mean is quoting an average.
Heritage covers a real share of it
103 heritage item and conservation-area records intersect Gordon. Conservation areas matter more than people expect: a house that is not individually significant can sit inside one, and the controls then apply to it anyway.
Lot size decides whether subdivision is even a question
Three minimum-lot-size bands are mapped, the most common being 900–999 m². That is a subdivision and dual-occupancy question, and it is answered by the band your block sits in rather than by its actual area.
What to ask a builder
Ask which zone and which height control applies at the address. Ask whether the block is in a conservation area. And ask for recent Ku-ring-gai approvals — the council's controls are specific enough that general Sydney experience does not substitute.
Local landmarks in Gordon
- Gordon Golf Course
- Annie Forsyth Wyatt Garden
- St Andrews Forest
- Governor Phillip Reserve
- Gordon Glen
- Gordon Recreation Grounds
- Gordon Cemetery
- East Gordon Park / Darnley Oval
Questions about building in Gordon
How tall can I build in Gordon?
The most common maximum building height mapped in the suburb is 9.5m, on 68 of 125 mapped parcels. Controls up to 29m cover a meaningful share but concentrate around the station and centre, not on house blocks.
What zone is Gordon?
R2 Low Density, R3 Medium Density and R4 High Density Residential are all mapped. Which applies to your block changes what can be built there more than anything else on this page.
Is my Gordon house in a heritage conservation area?
It may be. 103 heritage item and conservation-area records intersect Gordon. A house does not have to be individually significant for conservation-area controls to apply to it.
Can I subdivide in Gordon?
It depends on the minimum lot size band mapped at the address. 900–999 m² is the most common of three bands mapped in the suburb, and the band is what governs, not the area of your block on its own.
Are acid sulfate soils an issue in Gordon?
One acid sulfate soil feature is mapped in the suburb. Worth checking at the address, but rarely the binding constraint here.