What’s permitted in E3 Productivity Support
Sydney Local Environmental Plan 2012 · as at 19 August 2026 · City of Sydney
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 50
Development Application (DA)
- Agricultural produce industries
- Animal boarding or training establishments
- Boat building and repair facilities
- Business premises
- Centre-based child care facilities
- Community facilities
- Depots
- Food and drink premises
- Function centres
- Garden centres
- General industries
- Hardware and building supplies
- Horticulture
- Hotel or motel accommodation
- Industrial retail outlets
- Industrial training facilities
- Information and education facilities
- Kiosks
- Landscaping material supplies
- Light industries
- Local distribution premises
- Markets
- Mortuaries
- Neighbourhood shops
- Office premises
- Oyster aquaculture
- Passenger transport facilities
- Places of public worship
- Plant nurseries
- Recreation areas
- Recreation facilities (indoor)
- Recreation facilities (major)
- Recreation facilities (outdoor)
- Research stations
- Respite day care centres
- Roadside stalls
- Rural supplies
- Service stations
- Shops
- Specialised retail premises
- Storage premises
- Take away food and drink premises
- Tank-based aquaculture
- Timber yards
- Vehicle body repair workshops
- Vehicle repair stations
- Vehicle sales or hire premises
- Veterinary hospitals
- Warehouse or distribution centres
- Wholesale supplies
Prohibited 19
- Agriculture
- Air transport facilities
- Amusement centres
- Camping grounds
- Caravan parks
- Cemeteries
- Correctional centres
- Eco-tourist facilities
- Exhibition homes
- Exhibition villages
- Extractive industries
- Heavy industrial storage establishments
- Helipads
- Industries
- Residential accommodation
- Retail premises
- Rural industries
- Tourist and visitor accommodation
- Truck depots
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 facilities and services, light industries, warehouses and offices.
- To provide for land uses that are compatible with, but do not compete with, land uses in surrounding local and commercial centres.
- To maintain the economic viability of local and commercial centres by limiting certain retail and commercial activity.
- To provide for land uses that meet the needs of the community, businesses and industries but that are not suited to locations in other employment zones.
- To provide opportunities for new and emerging light industries.
- To enable other land uses that provide facilities and services to meet the day to day needs of workers, to sell goods of a large size, weight or quantity or to sell goods manufactured on-site.
- To encourage employment opportunities.
- To promote land uses with active street frontages.
- To provide for land uses that support the viability of adjoining industrial land uses.
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 Sydney
This page is the table for the zone. Search an address to see whether this zone actually covers the lot, or open the Sydney zoning map.
Other zones in Sydney Local Environmental Plan 2012
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Frequently asked questions
Does this E3 Productivity Support table apply to my property in Sydney?
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 E3 Productivity Support?
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 E3 Productivity Support, is it prohibited in Sydney?
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 Sydney Local Environmental Plan 2012, 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 Sydney
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