SP4 Enterprise zone in NSW

What the zone is for

Every council that uses SP4 includes this objective, word for word. They come from the Standard Instrument, the template all NSW council plans are built on:

• To provide for development and land uses that support enterprise and productivity.

14 of the 14 LEPs add objectives of their own, so the full list for a property depends on its council.

Allowed in most councils (20)

Each number is a count of LEPs, not properties. No consent needed means the use itself doesn’t need a development application. With consent means it does. Can’t say is not a ban: either that council has no rule for the use, or it is a broad term whose types the table treats differently, so it depends on the type of project.

Councils differ (43)

These uses are allowed by some councils that use SP4 and prohibited by others, so the answer depends on which council the land is in.

Prohibited in most councils (44)

Most of the LEPs that use SP4 prohibit these, either by naming them or through the catch-all rule below.

Uses the table doesn’t name

Every council’s table ends with a rule for anything it hasn’t listed. 5 of the 14 LEPs prohibit any use their SP4 table doesn’t name. The other 9 allow such uses with consent.

That is why a use can be counted as prohibited above in more councils than actually name it.

What the zone doesn’t tell you

• Lot size, height and floor space are set on the LEP maps for each property, so they vary within the same zone.
• Heritage, flood and bushfire mapping can limit what is possible on a lot even where the zone allows it.
• State policies can apply as well as the council’s table. Granny flats are dealt with under the Housing SEPP, and small works such as sheds can be exempt development under the Codes SEPP. See the NSW granny flat rules and NSW shed rules.

An address search shows all of this for one property.

Council LEPs that use SP4 (14)

Some councils have more than one LEP, each covering part of the area.

• Albury LEP 2010
• Ballina LEP 2012
• Bayside LEP 2021
• Canada Bay LEP 2013
• Canterbury-Bankstown LEP 2023
• Central Coast LEP 2022
• Inverell LEP 2012
• Penrith LEP 2010
• Pittwater LEP 2014
• Port Macquarie-Hastings LEP 2011
• Port Stephens LEP 2013
• Sutherland Shire LEP 2015
• The Hills LEP 2019
• Warringah LEP 2011

Land zoned under a State Environmental Planning Policy rather than a council LEP, such as some growth precincts, isn’t included in these counts.

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