What’s permitted in RU5 Village
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 1
No consent required
- Home occupations
Permitted with consent 55
Development Application (DA)
- Bee keeping
- Building identification signs
- Business identification signs
- Business premises
- Camping grounds
- Car parks
- Cellar door premises
- Centre-based child care facilities
- Community facilities
- Dwelling houses
- Entertainment facilities
- Environmental facilities
- Environmental protection works
- Flood mitigation works
- Food and drink premises
- Function centres
- Garden centres
- Hardware and building supplies
- Home-based child care
- Home businesses
- Home occupations (sex services)
- Information and education facilities
- Kiosks
- Landscaping material supplies
- Light industries
- Markets
- Neighbourhood shops
- Oyster aquaculture
- Places of public worship
- Plant nurseries
- Public administration buildings
- Recreation areas
- Recreation facilities (indoor)
- Recreation facilities (outdoor)
- Registered clubs
- Residential care facilities
- Respite day care centres
- Roads
- Roadside stalls
- Rural industries
- Rural supplies
- Schools
- Secondary dwellings
- Service stations
- Sewage reticulation systems
- Shop top housing
- Shops
- Tank-based aquaculture
- Timber yards
- Tourist and visitor accommodation
- Vehicle repair stations
- Vehicle sales or hire premises
- Veterinary hospitals
- 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 provide for a range of land uses, services and facilities that are associated with a rural village.
- To permit development that will not place undue demand on existing infrastructure and will serve the needs of the local community.
- To ensure development is compatible with the desired future character 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 RU5 Village 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 RU5 Village?
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 RU5 Village, 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