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Wollongong City Council · Wollongong Local Environmental Plan 2009 · Wollongong & Illawarra Knockdown rebuild

Council
Wollongong City Council
Planning scheme
Wollongong Local Environmental Plan 2009
Overlays mapped here
Heritage — Item - Archaeological · Heritage — Item - Landscape · Heritage — Conservation Area - Landscape · Heritage — Item - General
Residential zones mapped
R2 Low Density Residential
Heritage items mapped
6
Minimum lot size
400-449 m² minimum (most common of 2 minimum-lot-size bands mapped in the suburb)
Floor space ratio
0.5:1
Land reserved for acquisition
Infrastructure
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.

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What building in Figtree actually involves

Figtree is mapped as R2 Low Density Residential and nothing else — a single zone across 8.6 km² — with a floor space ratio of 0.5:1 and a landscape conservation area rather than a built one.

One zone is a rare simplification

Most Illawarra suburbs carry two or three. Figtree's single R2 zoning means the feasibility question is settled quickly: single dwellings, with the floor space ratio and the minimum lot size doing the work that a zone range would do elsewhere.

A landscape conservation area

Unusually, Figtree's heritage conservation area is a landscape one — it protects the setting, vegetation and topography rather than a streetscape of buildings. That is a different assessment, and it bears on siting and tree removal more than on architectural style.

The escarpment is behind it

Figtree sits under the Illawarra escarpment, and the ground rises sharply on its western side. Cut and fill, retaining and a footing system designed for the ground are the site cost items on the upper streets, and a flat-lot allowance will not carry them.

What to ask a builder

Ask what 0.5:1 gives on your block. Ask whether the landscape conservation area applies and what it means for tree removal and siting. And on the upper streets, ask for a geotechnical report before accepting a footing allowance.

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Questions about building in Figtree

What zone is Figtree?

R2 Low Density Residential, and only that — a single zone across 8.6 km². Most Illawarra suburbs carry two or three, so the feasibility question here is settled quickly.

What is a landscape conservation area?

A heritage conservation area protecting the setting, vegetation and topography rather than a streetscape of buildings. It bears on siting and tree removal more than on architectural style.

How much house can I build?

The mapped floor space ratio is 0.5:1 — half the site area across every level. With a single zone, that ratio and the minimum lot size do most of the work here.

Why do the upper streets cost more to build on?

The Illawarra escarpment rises sharply on the western side. Cut and fill, retaining and a footing system designed for the ground are real line items, and a flat-lot allowance will not carry them.

What is the minimum lot size?

400–449 m², the most common of two bands mapped in the suburb.

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