What’s permitted in E2 Commercial 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 with consent 31
Development Application (DA)
- Amusement centres
- Artisan food and drink industries
- Backpackers’ accommodation
- 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
- Mortuaries
- Oyster aquaculture
- Passenger transport facilities
- Places of public worship
- Recreation areas
- Recreation facilities (indoor)
- Recreation facilities (outdoor)
- Registered clubs
- Respite day care centres
- Restricted premises
- Sewage reticulation systems
- Shop top housing
- Tank-based aquaculture
- Vehicle repair stations
- Veterinary hospitals
- Waste or resource management facilities
- Water recycling facilities
- Water reticulation systems
Prohibited 39
- 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
- Open cut mining
- Research stations
- Residential accommodation
- Resource recovery facilities
- Rural industries
- Sewerage systems
- Storage premises
- Transport depots
- Truck depots
- Vehicle body repair workshops
- 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 strengthen the role of the commercial centre as the centre of business, retail, community and cultural activity.
- To encourage investment in commercial development that generates employment opportunities and economic growth.
- To encourage development that has a high level of accessibility and amenity, particularly for pedestrians.
- To enable residential development only if it is consistent with the Council’s strategic planning for residential development in the area.
- 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.
- To support the role of Gosford City Centre as the regional business, retail and cultural centre of the Central Coast.
- To reinforce the role of the Tuggerah-Wyong economic corridor as a key strategic centre in the Central Coast.
- To encourage a diverse and compatible range of activities, including commercial and retail development, cultural and entertainment facilities, tourism, leisure and recreation facilities and social, education and health services.
- To provide for residential uses, but only as part of mixed use development.
- To protect and enhance scenic quality and to provide for the creation and retention of view corridors in commercial centres.
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 E2 Commercial 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 E2 Commercial 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 E2 Commercial 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
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