General Residential dominant. Median sale $2.43M over the last 24 months. 84% of decided DAs approved.
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Zoning
Fairlight is dominated by R1 — General Residential. Land use rules, height, FSR, and permitted developments are set per zone in the Local Environmental Plan and refined by the Development Control Plan.
Limit varies by lot — check your address for the exact figure.
Floor Space Ratio — total floor area as a multiple of lot area.
Location
Fairlight 2094 covers an undefined area within Northern Beaches Council.
Drill into any lot in Fairlight
Open the interactive map — click any address to see its zone, height, FSR, overlays, and approval likelihood.
Development potential
We score every lot for development signal — under-built relative to the controls, eligible for a granny flat, or sized for subdivision.
lots with remaining GFA capacity
under SEPP (Housing) 2021
lots that may support subdivision
adjoining lots with combined upside
show at least one development signal
within a TOD corridor (uplift expected)
average uplift signal across the suburb · 1 high-signal lots
Theoretical capacity if every lot built to its limit: 4,680 dwellings, with 188,004 m² of unused GFA across the suburb.
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Constraints & risks
5% of lots carry heritage controls; also: 0.1% of lots are exposed to projected sea-level rise.
Suburb-wide percentages — your specific lot may have all, some, or none of these.
Mapped flood-prone land
RFS bushfire-prone land mapping
Heritage item or Conservation Area
Within 100 m of EPA-listed site
Mapped TEC vegetation
Coastal hazard mapping
ANEF / aircraft noise
Electrician · serves Fairlight, NSW
15-21 Daintrey St, Fairlight NSW 2094
Market
Sales, rent, and yield data drawn from NSW Property Sales Information and rental bond data over the past 24 months.
DA activity
135 development applications for Fairlight addresses were decided by Northern Beaches Council over the past 24 months. 114 approved — a 84% approval rate. Average processing time: 53 days.
Demographics & lifestyle
ABS Census 2021 population data combined with lot-level amenity, healthcare, lifestyle, and crime indices.
Walkable amenity within 1 km
GP / hospital / pharmacy proximity
Cafés, parks, schools, transport
ZoneDSS Marketplace
9 businesses serving Fairlight and nearby.
Electrician
15-21 Daintrey St, Fairlight NSW 2094
Landscape designer
12 Margaret St, Fairlight NSW 2094
Painter
3 Daintrey St, Fairlight NSW 2094
Architect
1 Cohen St, Fairlight NSW 2094
Plumber
28 Jamieson Ave, Fairlight NSW 2094
Property management company
1 Lauderdale Ave, Fairlight NSW 2094
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Fairlight is dominated by the R1 (General Residential) zone, which covers 1,211 of 1,322 lots (92%). The full mix is: R1 General Residential (92%), C4 Mixed Use (4%), E1 Local Centre (2%), RE2 Private Recreation (1%), SP2 Infrastructure (1%).
Across Fairlight, the average maximum building height is 8.1 m and the average maximum Floor Space Ratio (FSR) is 0.61:1. Individual lots can vary materially — height and FSR are set per zone in the Local Environmental Plan (LEP) and can be modified by overlays. For an exact figure on a specific address, generate a planning report.
Yes — 849 lots in Fairlight appear eligible for a granny flat under SEPP (Housing) 2021, based on lot size, zoning, and frontage. Eligibility is lot-specific: get a planning report on your address to confirm.
The median sale price in Fairlight over the past 24 months is $2,425,000, across 215 sales. Median unimproved land value is $2,790,000.
Median weekly rent for a house in Fairlight is $1,450. Gross rental yield works out to 3.7%.
Northern Beaches Council decided 135 development applications for Fairlight addresses over the past 24 months, with 114 approved (84% approval rate). Average processing time is 53 days. Processing time depends heavily on application complexity, council backlog, and whether the application requires referral to other agencies.
Across Fairlight, 5% with heritage controls. These are suburb-wide percentages — every lot has its own combination. A planning report on a specific address shows exactly which controls apply.
1,279 of 1,322 lots in Fairlight show identifiable development potential — under-developed for the planning controls, eligible for a granny flat, or capable of subdivision. 1 lots fall within a Transport Oriented Development corridor. Average rezoning signal score: 41.2 / 100.
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Compare zoning, development potential, and DA activity across other suburbs in Northern Beaches Council and nearby postcodes.
Landscape designer · serves Fairlight, NSW
12 Margaret St, Fairlight NSW 2094
Suburb-wide stats are useful for context. For a buy-or-walk decision on a specific lot, you need every control, every constraint, and every clause cited to source.
Run a report — from A$2914-section report · LEP + SEPP + DCP cross-referenced · cited to source
Verify with official sources
Don't take our word for it. Every figure on this page is computed from authoritative New South Wales Government data — and you can verify any of it directly with the source.
Official zoning, height, FSR, and overlay maps for any NSW address. The primary source for everything on this page.
planningportal.nsw.gov.au
Cadastral lot boundaries, aerial imagery, easements, and environmental overlays from NSW Spatial Services.
maps.six.nsw.gov.au
State-listed heritage items and Heritage Conservation Areas. Search by suburb to see what's listed in Fairlight.
hms.heritage.nsw.gov.au
Sites notified to the EPA under the Contaminated Land Management Act. Critical for due diligence on any address.
apps.epa.nsw.gov.au
Rural Fire Service map of bushfire-prone land categories. Triggers BAL assessment requirements for new builds.
rfs.nsw.gov.au
Australian Bureau of Statistics QuickStats for postcode 2094 — population, age, household composition, income, tenure.
abs.gov.au
Zoning, height, FSR, and overlays parsed from the Northern Beaches Council Local Environmental Plan, applicable State Environmental Planning Policies, and the Development Control Plan. Property sales drawn from NSW Property Sales Information. DA history aggregated from the NSW Planning Portal. Heritage, flood, bushfire, contaminated land, TEC, sea-level rise, and aircraft noise overlays from the NSW Spatial Services and EPA registers. Population, age, income, and tenure from ABS Census 2021. Aggregated by ZoneDSS · last updated 2026-04-27.
Suburb-wide statistics — your specific lot may vary. Always run a planning report on the actual address before making a decision. How ZoneDSS works →