What’s permitted in RU2 Rural Landscape
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 3
No consent required
- Extensive agriculture
- Home occupations
- Recreation areas
Permitted with consent 39
Development Application (DA)
- Agriculture
- Animal boarding or training establishments
- Aquaculture
- Bed and breakfast accommodation
- Boat launching ramps
- Building identification signs
- Business identification signs
- Camping grounds
- Cellar door premises
- Community facilities
- Dual occupancies
- Dwelling houses
- Environmental facilities
- Environmental protection works
- Extractive industries
- Farm buildings
- Farm stay accommodation
- Flood mitigation works
- Forestry
- Garden centres
- Helipads
- Home-based child care
- Home businesses
- Home industries
- Home occupations (sex services)
- Information and education facilities
- Landscaping material supplies
- Open cut mining
- Plant nurseries
- Recreation facilities (outdoor)
- Roads
- Roadside stalls
- Rural industries
- Secondary dwellings
- Sewage reticulation systems
- Veterinary hospitals
- Water recreation structures
- Water recycling facilities
- Water supply systems
Anything not named below is treated as “Prohibited”. That is not the same as being on the list.
Objectives of this zone
- To encourage sustainable primary industry production by maintaining and enhancing the natural resource base.
- To maintain the rural landscape character of the land.
- To provide for a range of compatible land uses, including extensive agriculture.
- To provide for a limited range of tourist and recreational uses appropriate for the rural character of the land.
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 RU2 Rural Landscape 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 RU2 Rural Landscape?
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 RU2 Rural Landscape, is it prohibited in Central Coast?
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 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