Building single dwellings on small lots

Certain planning rules apply in the Northern Territory (NT) for:

• subdivision of land to create small lots
• building houses on small lots.

These rules are set out in the NT Planning Scheme 2020.

The technical notes below provide guidance on how to meet the requirements to subdivide land or build houses on small lots including:

• lot configuration
• setbacks
• minimum frontage widths
• building envelopes.

Read the technical note for:

• single dwellings on greenfield lots from 300 to 450 square metres PDF (384.7 KB)
• single dwellings on greenfield lots from 450 to 600 square metres PDF (449.1 KB).