Changes to local business and industrial zones
Project Status: Closed
New employment zones
In our local environment plans new employment zones began on 26 April 2023.
Any mention of a former industrial or business zone in our other planning documents, including development control plans, is legally taken to be a mention of the new employment zones.
For more details on these reforms visit the Department of Planning and Environment website. To see the new employment zones, view the 'equivalent zone tables' under resources.
NSW Government employment zones reform
The Department of Planning invites feedback on the translation of existing Business and Industrial zones into the new Employment zones.
The exhibition is being held on the department’s Planning Portal for 6 weeks from 31 May 2022 to 12 July 2022.
This is the implementation stage of a reform that replaces Business and Industrial zones with Employment zones within individual local environmental plans across NSW. Implementation follows the introduction the Employment zones within the Standard Instrument (Local Environmental Plans) Order 2006 in December 2021.
The department has worked closely with each council to ensure LEPs are amended, consistent with the intent of the reform, while also ensuring the land-use planning outcomes are locally appropriate. After the exhibition the department will be working with councils to finalise implementation ahead of the new zones coming into force on 1 December 2022.
How you can give feedback
Have your say on the proposed changes and how it will apply to your local area by 5pm Tuesday 12 July 2022.
If you have any questions, please contact the Department of Planning and Environment on 1300 420 596 or by email at [email protected].
