What’s permitted in E1 Local Centre
Canterbury-Bankstown Local Environmental Plan 2023 · as at 19 August 2026 · City of Canterbury-Bankstown
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 23
Development Application (DA)
- Amusement centres
- Boarding houses
- Building identification signs
- Business identification signs
- Centre-based child care facilities
- Commercial premises
- Community facilities
- Entertainment facilities
- Function centres
- Home industries
- Hotel or motel accommodation
- Information and education facilities
- Local distribution premises
- Medical centres
- Oyster aquaculture
- Places of public worship
- Public administration buildings
- Recreation facilities (indoor)
- Respite day care centres
- Service stations
- Shop top housing
- Tank-based aquaculture
- Veterinary hospitals
Prohibited 53
- Agriculture
- Air transport facilities
- Airstrips
- Animal boarding or training establishments
- Boat building and repair facilities
- Boat launching ramps
- Boat sheds
- Camping grounds
- Caravan parks
- Cemeteries
- Charter and tourism boating facilities
- Correctional centres
- Crematoria
- Depots
- Ecotourist facilities
- Electricity generating works
- Exhibition homes
- Exhibition villages
- Extractive industries
- Farm buildings
- Forestry
- Freight transport facilities
- Heavy industrial storage establishments
- Helipads
- Highway service centres
- Home occupations (sex services)
- Industrial retail outlets
- Industrial training facilities
- Industries
- Jetties
- Marinas
- Mooring pens
- Moorings
- Open cut mining
- Port facilities
- Recreation facilities (major)
- Recreation facilities (outdoor)
- Research stations
- Residential accommodation
- Rural industries
- Sewerage systems
- Sex services premises
- Signage
- Storage premises
- Transport depots
- Truck depots
- Vehicle body repair workshops
- Warehouse or distribution centres
- Waste or resource management facilities
- Water recreation structures
- Water supply systems
- Wharf or boating facilities
- Wholesale supplies
Anything not named below is treated as “Permitted with consent”. That is not the same as being on the list.
Objectives of this zone
- To provide a range of retail, business and community uses that serve the needs of people who live in, work in or visit the area.
- To encourage investment in local commercial development that generates employment opportunities and economic growth.
- To enable residential development that contributes to a vibrant and active local centre and is consistent with the Council’s strategic planning for residential development in the area.
- To encourage business, retail, community and other non-residential land uses on the ground floor of buildings.
- To encourage employment opportunities in accessible locations.
- To maximise public transport patronage and encourage walking and cycling.
- To promote a high standard of urban design and local amenity.
- To ensure that new development provides diverse and active street frontages to attract pedestrian traffic and to contribute to vibrant, diverse and functional streets and public spaces.
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 Canterbury-Bankstown
This page is the table for the zone. Search an address to see whether this zone actually covers the lot, or open the Canterbury-Bankstown zoning map.
Other zones in Canterbury-Bankstown Local Environmental Plan 2023
Building rules
Frequently asked questions
Does this E1 Local Centre table apply to my property in Canterbury-Bankstown?
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 E1 Local Centre?
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 E1 Local Centre, is it prohibited in Canterbury-Bankstown?
Not by itself. Unlisted uses follow this zone’s fallback (“Permitted with consent”). That is different from being named on the list.
Sources
General guidance only — not planning advice. This is the land use table from Canterbury-Bankstown Local Environmental Plan 2023, 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 Canterbury-Bankstown
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