A foreshore building line is a line on the map beyond which buildings generally cannot be erected, set to protect the amenity of a waterway and its foreshore. It is most relevant to waterfront and near-waterfront land. These simple steps show how to check whether a foreshore building line applies to land in NSW on the Planning Portal.
What a foreshore building line means
Where the line applies, new building work is kept landward of it, which can shape where a home or addition can sit on a waterfront block. Knowing this early helps you plan a design that works with the constraint rather than against it.
How to find it
- Open the NSW Planning Portal Spatial Viewer.
- Search for your address.
- Turn on the Foreshore Building Line layer under the planning controls.
- Read whether a line applies across your lot.
You can also type your address into the tool at the top of this page to see whether a foreshore building line applies straight away.
If nothing is shown, no foreshore building line is mapped for your property.