Industrial Zones - NSW

Zone IN1 General Industrial

The following must be included as either "Permitted without consent" or "Permitted with consent" for this zone:

• Roads

Objectives of zone

• To provide a wide range of industrial and warehouse land uses.
• To encourage employment opportunities.
• To minimise any adverse effect of industry on other land uses.
• To support and protect industrial land for industrial uses.

Permitted without consent

• None

Permitted with consent

• Depots
• Freight transport facilities
• Garden centres
• General industries
• Hardware and building supplies
• Industrial training facilities
• Light industries
• Neighbourhood shops
• Places of public worship
• Warehouse or distribution centres

Prohibited

• None

Zone IN2 Light Industrial

The following must be included as either "Permitted without consent" or "Permitted with consent" for this zone:

• Roads

Objectives of zone

• To provide a wide range of light industrial, warehouse and related land uses.
• To encourage employment opportunities and to support the viability of centres.
• To minimise any adverse effect of industry on other land uses.
• To enable other land uses that provide facilities or services to meet the day to day needs of workers in the area.
• To support and protect industrial land for industrial uses.

Permitted without consent

• None

Permitted with consent

• Depots
• Garden centres
• Hardware and building supplies
• Industrial training facilities
• Light industries
• Neighbourhood shops
• Places of public worship
• Warehouse or distribution centres

Prohibited

• None

Zone IN3 Heavy Industrial

The following must be included as either "Permitted without consent" or "Permitted with consent" for this zone:

• Roads

Objectives of zone

• To provide suitable areas for those industries that need to be separated from other land uses.
• To encourage employment opportunities.
• To minimise any adverse effect of heavy industry on other land uses.
• To support and protect industrial land for industrial uses.

Permitted without consent

• None

Permitted with consent

• Depots
• Freight transport facilities
• General industries
• Hazardous storage establishments
• Heavy industries
• Offensive storage establishments
• Warehouse or distribution centres

Prohibited

• None

Zone IN4 Working Waterfront

The following must be included as either "Permitted without consent" or "Permitted with consent" for this zone:

• Roads

Objectives of zone

• To retain and encourage waterfront industrial and maritime activities.
• To identify sites for maritime purposes and for activities that require direct waterfront access.
• To ensure that development does not have an adverse impact on the environmental and visual qualities of the \foreshore.
• To encourage employment opportunities.
• To minimise any adverse effect of development on land uses in other zones.

Permitted without consent

• None

Permitted with consent

• Boat building and repair facilities
• Boat launching ramps
• Jetties
• Light industries

Prohibited

• None

References

• http://www.austlii.edu.au/

Special Land Zones - NSW

Zone SP1 Special Activities

Objectives of zone

• To provide for special land uses that are not provided for in other zones.
• To provide for sites with special natural characteristics that are not provided for in other zones.
• To facilitate development that is in keeping with the special characteristics of the site or its existing or intended special use, and that minimises any adverse impacts on surrounding land.

Permitted without consent

• None

Permitted with consent 

• The purpose shown on the Land Zoning Map, including any development that is ordinarily incidental or ancillary to development for that purpose

Prohibited

• None

Zone SP2 Infrastructure

The following must be included as either "Permitted without consent" or "Permitted with consent" for this zone:

• Roads

Objectives of zone<

• To provide for infrastructure and related uses.
• To prevent development that is not compatible with or that may detract from the provision of infrastructure.

Permitted without consent

• None

Permitted with consent 

• The purpose shown on the Land Zoning Map, including any development that is ordinarily incidental or ancillary to development for that purpose.

Prohibited

• None

Zone SP3 Tourist 

The following must be included as either "Permitted without consent" or "Permitted with consent" for this zone:

• Roads

Objectives of zone

• To provide for a variety of tourist-oriented development and related uses.

Permitted without consent

• None

Permitted with consent 

• Food and drink premises
• Tourist and visitor accommodation

Prohibited

• None

References

• http://www.austlii.edu.au/

Recreation Zone - NSW

Zone RE1 Public Recreation

The following must be included as either "Permitted without consent" or "Permitted with consent" for this zone:

• Environmental facilities
• Environmental protection works
• Roads

Objectives of zone

• To enable land to be used for public open space or recreational purposes.
• To provide a range of recreational settings and activities and compatible land uses.
• To protect and enhance the natural environment for recreational purposes.

Permitted without consent

• None

Permitted with consent 

• Kiosks
• Recreation areas

Prohibited 

• Any development not specified in item 2 or 3

Zone RE2 Private Recreation

The following must be included as either "Permitted without consent" or "Permitted with consent" for this zone:

• Environmental facilities
• Environmental protection works
• Roads

Objectives of zone

• To enable land to be used for private open space or recreational purposes.
• To provide a range of recreational settings and activities and compatible land uses.
• To protect and enhance the natural environment for recreational purposes.

Permitted without consent

• None

Permitted with consent 

• Community facilities
• Kiosks
• Recreation areas
• Recreation facilities (indoor)
• Recreation facilities (outdoor)

Prohibited

• None

References

• http://www.austlii.edu.au/

Commercial Zones - NSW

Zone B1 Neighbourhood Centre

The following must be included as either "Permitted without consent" or "Permitted with consent" for this zone:

• Roads

Objectives of zone

• To provide a range of small-scale retail, business and community uses that serve the needs of people who live or work in the surrounding neighbourhood.

Permitted without consent

• None

Permitted with consent 

• Boarding houses
• Business premises
• Child care centres
• Community facilities
• Medical centres
• Neighbourhood shops
• Respite day care centres
• Shop top housing

Prohibited

• None

Zone B2 Local Centre

The following must be included as either "Permitted without consent" or "Permitted with consent" for this zone:

• Roads

Objectives of zone

• To provide a range of retail, business, entertainment and community uses that serve the needs of people who live in, work in and visit the local area.
• To encourage employment opportunities in accessible locations.
• To maximise public transport patronage and encourage walking and cycling.

Permitted without consent

• None

Permitted with consent 

• Boarding houses
• Child care centres
• Commercial premises
• Community facilities
• Educational establishments
• Entertainment facilities
• Function centres
• Information and education facilities
• Medical centres
• Passenger transport facilities
• Recreation facilities (indoor)
• Registered clubs
• Respite day care centres
• Restricted premises
• Service stations
• Shop top housing
• Tourist and visitor accommodation

Prohibited

• None

Zone B3 Commercial Core

The following must be included as either "Permitted without consent" or "Permitted with consent" for this zone:

• Roads

Objectives of zone

• To provide a wide range of retail, business, office, entertainment, community and other suitable land uses that serve the needs of the local and wider community.
• To encourage appropriate employment opportunities in accessible locations.
• To maximise public transport patronage and encourage walking and cycling.

Permitted without consent

• None

Permitted with consent 

• Child care centres
• Commercial premises
• Community facilities
• Educational establishments
• Entertainment facilities
• Function centres
• Hotel or motel accommodation
• Information and education facilities
• Medical centres
• Passenger transport facilities 
• Recreation facilities (indoor)
• Registered clubs
• Respite day care centres
• Restricted premises

Prohibited

• None

Zone B4 Mixed Use

The following must be included as either "Permitted without consent" or "Permitted with consent" for this zone:

• Roads

Objectives of zone

• To provide a mixture of compatible land uses.
• To integrate suitable business, office, residential, retail and other development in accessible locations so as to maximise public transport patronage and encourage walking and cycling.

Permitted without consent

• None

Permitted with consent 

• Boarding houses
• Child care centres
• Commercial premises
• Community facilities
• Educational establishments
• Entertainment facilities
• Function centres
• Hotel or motel accommodation
• Information and education facilities
• Medical centres
• Passenger transport facilities
• Recreation facilities (indoor)
• Registered clubs
• Respite day care centres
• Restricted premises
• Seniors housing
• Shop top housing

Prohibited

• None

Zone B5 Business Development

The following must be included as either "Permitted without consent" or "Permitted with consent" for this zone:

• Roads

Objectives of zone

• To enable a mix of business and warehouse uses, and bulky goods premises that require a large floor area, in locations that are close to, and that support the viability of, centres.

Permitted without consent

• None

Permitted with consent 

• Bulky goods premises
• Child care centres Garden centres
• Hardware and building supplies
• Landscaping material supplies
• Passenger transport facilities
• Respite day care centres
• Warehouse or distribution centres

Prohibited

• None

Zone B6 Enterprise Corridor

The following must be included as either "Permitted without consent" or "Permitted with consent" for this zone:

• Roads

The following objective must be included if any type of residential accommodation is permitted in this zone:

• To provide for residential uses, but only as part of a mixed use development.

Objectives of zone

• To promote businesses along main roads and to encourage a mix of compatible uses.
• To provide a range of employment uses (including business, office, retail and light industrial uses).
• To maintain the economic strength of centres by limiting retailing activity.

Permitted without consent

• None

Permitted with consent 

• Business premises
• Community facilities;
• Garden centres
• Hardware and building supplies; Hotel or motel
• accommodation
• Landscaping material supplies
• Light industries
• Passenger transport facilities
• Plant nurseries
• Warehouse or distribution centres

Prohibited

• None

Zone B7 Business Park

The following must be included as either "Permitted without consent" or "Permitted with consent" for this zone:

• Roads

Objectives of zone

• To encourage employment opportunities.
• To enable other land uses that provide facilities or services to meet the day to day needs of workers in the area.

Permitted without consent

• None

Permitted with consent 

• Child care centres
• Garden centres
• Hardware and building supplies
• Light industries
• Neighbourhood shops
• Office premises
• Passenger transport facilities
• Respite day care centres
• Warehouse or distribution centres

Prohibited

• None

Zone B8 Metropolitan Centre

This zone may only be used in the following local government areas:

• City of Sydney
• North Sydney

The following must be included as either "Permitted without consent" or "Permitted with consent" for this zone:

• Roads

Objectives of zone

• To recognise and provide for the pre-eminent role of business, office, retail, entertainment and tourist premises in Australia's participation in the global economy.
• To provide opportunities for an intensity of land uses commensurate with Sydney's global status.
• To permit a diversity of compatible land uses characteristic of Sydney's global status and that serve the workforce, visitors and wider community.

Permitted without consent

• None

Permitted with consent 

• Child care centres
• Commercial premises
• Community facilities
• Educational establishments
• Entertainment facilities
• Function centres
• Information and education facilities
• Passenger transport facilities
• Recreation facilities (indoor)
• Registered clubs
• Respite day care centres
• Restricted premises
• Tourist and visitor accommodation

Prohibited

• None

References

• http://www.austlii.edu.au

Environmental Zones - NSW

Zone E1 National Parks and Nature Reserves

Objectives of zone

• To enable the management and appropriate use of land that is reserved under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 or that is acquired under Part 11 of that Act.
• To enable uses authorised under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974.
• To identify land that is to be reserved under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 and to protect the environmental significance of that land.

Permitted without consent 

• Uses authorised under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974

Permitted with consent 

• None

Prohibited

• Any development not specified in item 2 or 3

Zone E2 Environmental Conservation

The following must be included as either "Permitted without consent" or "Permitted with consent" for this zone:

• Environmental protection works

Objectives of zone

• To protect, manage and restore areas of high ecological, scientific, cultural or aesthetic values.
• To prevent development that could destroy, damage or otherwise have an adverse effect on those values.

Permitted without consent

• None

Permitted with consent

• None

Prohibited

• Business premises
• Hotel or motel accommodation
• Industries
• Multi dwelling housing
• Recreation facilities (major)
• Residential flat buildings
• Restricted premises
• Retail premises
• Seniors housing
• Service stations
• Warehouse or distribution centres
• Any other development not specified in item 2 or 3

Zone E3 Environmental Management

The following must be included as either "Permitted without consent" or "Permitted with consent" for this zone:

• Environmental protection works
• Roads
• Home industries
• Kiosks
• Cellar door premises
• Neighbourhood shops and roadside stalls may (but need not) be included as permitted with consent.

Objectives of zone

• To protect, manage and restore areas with special ecological, scientific, cultural or aesthetic values.
• To provide for a limited range of development that does not have an adverse effect on those values.

Permitted without consent

• Home occupations
• Permitted with consent
• Dwelling houses

Prohibited

• Industries
• Multi dwelling housing
• Residential flat buildings
• Retail premises
• Seniors housing
• Service stations
• Warehouse or distribution centres
• Any other development not specified in item 2 or 3

Natural Waterways Zone - NSW

Zone W1 Natural Waterways

The following must be included as either "Permitted without consent" or "Permitted with consent" for this zone:

• Environmental facilities

• Environmental protection works

Objectives of zone

• To protect the ecological and scenic values of natural waterways.

• To prevent development that would have an adverse effect on the natural values of waterways in this zone.

• To provide for sustainable fishing industries and recreational fishing.

Permitted without consent

• None

Permitted with consent

• None

Prohibited

• Business premises
• Hotel or motel accommodation
• Industries
• Multi dwelling housing
• Recreation facilities (major)
• Residential flat buildings
• Restricted premises
• Retail premises
• Seniors housing
• Service stations
• Warehouse or distribution centres
• Any other development not specified in item 2 or 3

Zone W2 Recreational Waterways

The following must be included as either "Permitted without consent" or "Permitted with consent" for this zone:

• Boat sheds
• Environmental facilities
• Environmental protection works
• Water recreation structures

Objectives of zone

• To protect the ecological, scenic and recreation values of recreational waterways.
• To allow for water-based recreation and related uses.
• To provide for sustainable fishing industries and recreational fishing.

Permitted without consent

• None

Permitted with consent

• Kiosks
• Marinas

Prohibited

• Industries
• Multi dwelling housing
• Residential flat buildings
• Seniors housing
• Warehouse or distribution centres
• Any other development not specified in item 2 or 3

Zone W3 Working Waterways

The following must be included as either "Permitted without consent" or "Permitted with consent" for this zone:

• Boat sheds
• Environmental facilities
• Environmental protection works
• Water recreation structures

Objectives of zone

• To enable the efficient movement and operation of commercial shipping, water-based transport and maritime industries.
• To promote the equitable use of waterways, including appropriate recreational uses.
• To minimise impacts on ecological values arising from the active use of waterways.
• To provide for sustainable fishing industries.

Permitted without consent

• None

Permitted with consent

• Boat building and repair facilities
• Port facilities
• Wharf or boating facilities

Prohibited

• Any development not specified in item 2 or 3

References

• http://www.austlii.edu.au/

Rural Land Zone - NSW

Zone RU1 Primary Production

The following must be included as either "Permitted without consent" or "Permitted with consent" for this zone:

• Environmental protection works
• Farm buildings
• Intensive livestock agriculture
• Intensive plant agriculture
• Roads
• Roadside stalls

Objectives of zone

• To encourage sustainable primary industry production by maintaining and enhancing the natural resource base.
• To encourage diversity in primary industry enterprises and systems appropriate for the area.
• To minimise the fragmentation and alienation of resource lands.
• To minimise conflict between land uses within this zone and land uses within adjoining zones.

Permitted without consent

• Extensive agriculture
• Home occupations

Permitted with consent 

• Dwelling houses
• Extractive industries
• Open cut mining

Prohibited

• Not defined