What’s permitted in R1 General Residential
Blacktown Local Environmental Plan 2015 · as at 19 August 2026 · Blacktown City Council
This comes straight from the Local Environmental Plan (LEP) that applies to this exact address, not a general state guide.
The land use table
These are the planning scheme’s official terms. A close match tells you the rule for that term; whether your project counts as that term is a judgement call.
Permitted without consent 1
No consent required
- Home occupations
Permitted with consent 37
Development Application (DA)
- Attached dwellings
- Bed and breakfast accommodation
- Boarding houses
- Building identification signs
- Business identification signs
- Centre-based child care facilities
- Community facilities
- Dual occupancies
- Dwelling houses
- Emergency services facilities
- Environmental facilities
- Environmental protection works
- Exhibition homes
- Exhibition villages
- Flood mitigation works
- Group homes
- Home-based child care
- Home businesses
- Hostels
- Information and education facilities
- Multi dwelling housing
- Neighbourhood shops
- Oyster aquaculture
- Places of public worship
- Pond-based aquaculture
- Public administration buildings
- Recreation areas
- Recreation facilities (indoor)
- Recreation facilities (outdoor)
- Residential flat buildings
- Respite day care centres
- Roads
- Semi-detached dwellings
- Seniors housing
- Shop top housing
- Tank-based aquaculture
- Veterinary hospitals
Anything not named below is treated as “Prohibited”. That is not the same as being on the list.
Objectives of this zone
- To provide for the housing needs of the community.
- To provide for a variety of housing types and densities.
- To enable other land uses that provide facilities or services to meet the day to day needs of residents.
Some state-level housing and precinct policies sit above council rules and can override them — those aren’t included here.
A council’s LEP can also grant extra permitted uses of its own on top of the standard list — those aren’t included here either.
Check a property in Blacktown
This page is the table for the zone. Search an address to see whether this zone actually covers the lot, or open the Blacktown zoning map.
Other zones in Blacktown Local Environmental Plan 2015
Building rules
Frequently asked questions
Does this R1 General Residential table apply to my property in Blacktown?
Only if this zone and this planning scheme apply to the land. Search your address — that is what names both.
Can I assume my project is one of the terms listed for R1 General Residential?
No. The list uses the planning scheme’s official names. Whether your project counts as one of those names is a judgement call — that’s what a planner is for.
If a use is not listed in R1 General Residential, is it prohibited in Blacktown?
Not by itself. Unlisted uses follow this zone’s fallback (“Prohibited”). That is different from being named on the list.
Sources
General guidance only — not planning advice. This is the land use table from Blacktown Local Environmental Plan 2015, sourced 19 August 2026. It does not decide what your project is, and overlays can still change what you need to apply for.
Talk to a town planner in Blacktown
This page covers the general rules. A qualified town planner can tell you what applies to your actual block — the zone, the overlays and the approval path — before you spend money on drawings.
- Qualified, practising town planners
- Advice on your property, not a generic rule
- No cost, no obligation