Productivity Support
Part of: Employment Zones (post-2022 reform)
Provides for industrial-style activities that support the productive economy — light industry, urban services, trade supplies and limited bulky goods retail.
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Key Controls and Considerations
- •Replaces former B5 Business Development and B7 Business Park in many LEPs
- •Mix of light industrial and commercial uses
- •Office and bulky goods retail often permitted
- •Residential generally prohibited
How NSW zones work in practice
The Standard Instrument LEP gives each zone a set of objectives and a Land Use Table that lists uses as permitted without consent, permitted with consent (DA required), or prohibited. Each council's LEP also sets minimum lot size, height of buildings, and floor space ratio (FSR) on standard maps.
Zone controls are only one layer. Your project must also comply with relevant SEPPs and LEP overlays, the council's DCP, and any title restrictions (covenants, easements, 88B Instruments).
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