What’s permitted in E1 Local Centre
Central Coast Local Environmental Plan 2022 · as at 19 August 2026 · Central Coast 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 2
No consent required
- Recreation areas
- Roads
Permitted with consent 25
Development Application (DA)
- Amusement centres
- Boarding houses
- 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
- Sewage reticulation systems
- Shop top housing
- Tank-based aquaculture
- Veterinary hospitals
- Waste or resource management facilities
- Water recycling facilities
- Water reticulation systems
Prohibited 44
- Agriculture
- Air transport facilities
- Airstrips
- Animal boarding or training establishments
- Boat building and repair facilities
- Camping grounds
- Caravan parks
- Cemeteries
- Correctional centres
- Crematoria
- Depots
- Eco-tourist facilities
- Electricity generating works
- Exhibition homes
- Exhibition villages
- Extractive industries
- Farm buildings
- Forestry
- Freight transport facilities
- Heavy industrial storage establishments
- Highway service centres
- Industrial retail outlets
- Industrial training facilities
- Industries
- Marinas
- Mortuaries
- Open cut mining
- Recreation facilities (major)
- Recreation facilities (outdoor)
- Research stations
- Residential accommodation
- Resource recovery facilities
- Rural industries
- Sewerage systems
- Sex services premises
- Storage premises
- Transport depots
- Truck depots
- Vehicle body repair workshops
- Vehicle repair stations
- Warehouse or distribution centres
- Waste disposal facilities
- Water supply systems
- 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 minimise conflict between land uses within the zone and land uses within adjoining zones.
- To encourage an increased residential population through stand alone development or as part of mixed use development in centres and other local areas where land is not otherwise required to serve local needs.
- To permit residential uses while maintaining active retail, business and other non-residential uses at street level to contribute to the vitality of the area.
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 Central Coast
This page is the table for the zone. Search an address to see whether this zone actually covers the lot, or open the Central Coast zoning map.
Other zones in Central Coast Local Environmental Plan 2022
Building rules
Frequently asked questions
Does this E1 Local Centre table apply to my property in Central Coast?
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 Central Coast?
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 Central Coast Local Environmental Plan 2022, 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 Central Coast
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