What’s permitted in W4 Working Waterfront
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 6
Development Application (DA)
- Aquaculture
- Boat building and repair facilities
- Boat launching ramps
- Jetties
- Light industries
- Water reticulation systems
Prohibited 69
- Agriculture
- Air transport facilities
- Amusement centres
- Animal boarding or training establishments
- Biosolids treatment facilities
- Boat sheds
- Camping grounds
- Car parks
- Caravan parks
- Cemeteries
- Charter and tourism boating facilities
- Centre-based child care facilities
- Commercial premises
- Community facilities
- Correctional centres
- Crematoria
- Depots
- Eco-tourist facilities
- Educational establishments
- Entertainment facilities
- Environmental facilities
- Environmental protection works
- Exhibition homes
- Exhibition villages
- Extractive industries
- Farm buildings
- Flood mitigation works
- Forestry
- Freight transport facilities
- Function centres
- Health services facilities
- Heavy industrial storage establishments
- Highway service centres
- Home-based child care
- Home businesses
- Home occupations
- Home occupations (sex services)
- Industrial retail outlets
- Industries
- Information and education facilities
- Marinas
- Mooring pens
- Moorings
- Mortuaries
- Open cut mining
- Passenger transport facilities
- Places of public worship
- Public administration buildings
- Recreation areas
- Recreation facilities (indoor)
- Recreation facilities (major)
- Recreation facilities (outdoor)
- Registered clubs
- Residential accommodation
- Resource recovery facilities
- Restricted premises
- Rural industries
- Service stations
- Sewage treatment plants
- Sex services premises
- Storage premises
- Tourist and visitor accommodation
- Transport depots
- Vehicle body repair workshops
- Vehicle repair stations
- Veterinary hospitals
- 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 retain and encourage industrial and maritime activities on foreshores.
- To identify sites for maritime purposes and for activities requiring direct foreshore access.
- To ensure that development does not have an adverse impact on the environment and visual qualities of the foreshore.
- To encourage employment opportunities.
- To minimise any adverse effect of development on land uses in other zones.
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 W4 Working Waterfront 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 W4 Working Waterfront?
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 W4 Working Waterfront, 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