Planning controls map
Control plans and authorities
The map above shows the areas within the City of Sydney that come under different planning authorities and development control plans (DCPs). Each area in the map is listed below showing further detail such as the relevant planning instruments in effect.
The City or the Central Sydney Planning Committee is the consent authority for development other than major projects. For more information go to Consent authorities.
To access the relevant planning policy, refer to the ‘Links’ in each section. To access the relevant DCPs listed in each section, refer to the list of downloads at the bottom of this page.
Sydney Local Environmental Plan 2012
The City of Sydney or the Central Sydney Planning Committee is the consent authority for development other than major projects. For more information go to Consent authorities.
Development control plans
- Sydney DCP 2012
The NSW legislation website includes a copy of Sydney LEP 2012 and the maps adopted by this plan. Please visit the link below for more information.
Links
Barangaroo
The Minister for Planning is the consent authority for development that has a capital investment value of more than $10 million.
Development control plans
- Late Night Trading Premises DCP 2007
- Signage and Advertising Structures DCP 2003
- Telecommunications and Radiocommunications DCP 2006
- Visitor and Tourist Accommodation DCP 2006
For planning control information please telephone the Barangaroo Delivery Authority on 02 9255 1700 or visit their website.
Links
Barangaroo Delivery AuthorityState Environmental Planning Policy (Major Development) 2005Walsh Bay
The City of Sydney or the Central Sydney Planning Committee is the consent authority for development other than major projects. Refer to the consent authorities map for more information.
Development control plans
- Sydney Development Control Plan 2012
Sydney Harbour catchment
The NSW Planning Minister is the consent authority for the Sydney Regional Environmental Plan (Sydney Harbour Catchment) 2005. The City of Sydney or the Central Sydney Planning Committee is the consent authority for development not covered by the Planning Minister.
Development control plans
- Central Sydney DCP 1996
- Leichhardt DCP 2000
- South Sydney DCP 1997: Urban Design
- Access DCP 2004
- Adult Entertainment and Sex Industry Premises DCP 2006
- Boarding Houses DCP 2004
- Child Care Centres DCP 2005
- Contaminated Land DCP 2004
- Convenience Store DCP 2004
- Heritage DCP 2006
- Late Night Trading Premises DCP 2007
- Notification of Planning and Development Applications DCP 2005
- Signage and Advertising Structures DCP 2005
- Telecommunications and Radiocommunications DCP 2006
- Visitor and Tourist Accommodation DCP 2006
For planning control information please telephone the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority on 02 9240 8500 or visit their website.
Links
Sydney Harbour Foreshore AuthoritySydney Harbour Foreshores and Waterways Area DCP 2005
Sydney Regional Environmental Plan (Sydney Harbour Catchment) 2005
Sydney Cove redevelopment scheme
The Minister for Planning is the consent authority for development that is the subdivision of land or has a capital investment value of more than $10 million.
Development control plans
- Sydney DCP 2012
For planning control information please telephone the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority on 02 9240 8500 or visit their website.
Links
Frasers Broadway
The former Carlton and United Breweries site on Broadway. The City of Sydney or the Central Sydney Planning Committee is the consent authority for development other than major projects. For more information go to 'Consent authorities'.
Development control plans
- Sydney DCP 2012
Links
Darling Harbour
The Minister for Planning is the consent authority for development that has a capital investment value of more than $10 million.
Development control plans
- Sydney DCP 2012
For planning control information please telephone the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority on 02 9240 8500 or visit their website.
Links
Sydney Harbour Foreshore AuthorityDarling Harbour Development Plan No 1
South Sydney LEP 1998
The City of Sydney or the Central Sydney Planning Committee is the consent authority for development other than major projects. For more information go to Consent authorities.
Development control plans
- Access DCP 2004
- Adult Entertainment and Sex Industry Premises DCP 2006
- Boarding Houses DCP 2004
- Child Care Centres DCP 2005
- Contaminated Land DCP 2004
- Convenience Store DCP 2004
- Heritage DCP 2006
- Late Night Trading Premises DCP 2007
- Notification of Planning and Development Applications DCP 2005
- Signage and Advertising Structures DCP 2005
- Telecommunications and Radiocommunications DCP 2006
- Visitor and Tourist Accommodation DCP 2006
- South Sydney DCP 1997: Urban Design
- South Sydney DCP: Exempt and Complying Development 1999
- South Sydney DCP No. 11: Transport Guidelines for Development 1996
- South Sydney DCP for Orders
- South Sydney DCP: Green Square Affordable Housing
Links
South Sydney LEP 1998Bays Precinct (City west)
The City of Sydney or the Central Sydney Planning Committee is the consent authority for development other than state significant development or major projects. For more information go to Consent authorities.
Development control plans
- Access DCP 2004
- Adult Entertainment and Sex Industry Premises DCP 2006
- Boarding Houses DCP 2004
- Child Care Centres DCP 2005
- Contaminated Land DCP 2004
- Convenience Store DCP 2004
- Heritage DCP 2006
- Late Night Trading Premises DCP 2007
- Notification of Planning and Development Applications DCP 2005
- Signage and Advertising Structures DCP 2005
- Telecommunications and Radiocommunications DCP 2006
- Visitor and Tourist Accommodation DCP 2006
- Leichhardt DCP 2000
- Leichhardt DCP No. 38 – Waste: Avoid, Reuse and Recycle
- Leichhardt DCP No. 48 – Managing Activities on Footpaths and street verges
Links
Sydney Regional Environmental Plan No. 26: City West Ultimo/Pyrmont PrecinctGlebe Affordable Housing Project
The City of Sydney or the Central Sydney Planning Committee is the consent authority for development other than state significant development or major development. For more information go to Consent authorities.
Development control plans
- City of Sydney DCP 2011 (Glebe Affordable Housing Project)
Redfern/Waterloo Authority
The Planning Minister is the consent authority for development that has a capital investment value of more than $10 million.
The City of Sydney is responsible for:
- determining under ministerial delegation DAs on RWA sites under $10 million for development on RWA site
- determining section 96 modification applications to consents previously issued by the Minister on the RWA sites.
For planning control information please telephone the UrbanGrowth NSW Development Corporation on 02 9202 9100 or visit their website.
Links
UrbanGrowth NSW Development CorporationState Environmental Planning Policy (Major Development) 2005
Moore Park Showground
The NSW Planning Minister is the consent authority for development that is the subdivision of land or has a capital investment of more than $10 million.
For other development where the City of Sydney or the Central Sydney Planning Committee is the consent authority the following controls apply.
Development control plans
- Access DCP 2004
- Adult Entertainment and Sex Industry Premises DCP 2006
- Boarding Houses DCP 2004
- Child Care Centres DCP 2005
- Contaminated Land DCP 2004
- Convenience Store DCP 2004
- Heritage DCP 2006
- Late Night Trading Premises DCP 2007
- Notification of Planning and Development Applications DCP 2005
- Signage and Advertising Structures DCP 2005
- Telecommunications and Radiocommunications DCP 2006
- Visitor and Tourist Accommodation DCP 2006
- South Sydney DCP 1997: Urban Design
- South Sydney DCP No. 11: Transport Guidelines for Development 1996
- South Sydney DCP for Orders
Links
State Environmental Planning Policy No. 47: Moore Park Showground
Green Square Town Centre 1
The City of Sydney or the Central Sydney Planning Committee is the consent authority for development other than major projects. For more information go to Consent authorities.
For development where the City or the Central Sydney Planning Committee is the consent authority the following planning controls will apply:
- City of Sydney Planning Scheme Ordinance
- Green Square Town Centre LEP (South Sydney LEP 1998 Amendment Nos. 17 and 19)
- Access DCP 2004
- Adult Entertainment and Sex Industry Premises DCP 2006
- Boarding Houses DCP 2004
- Child Care Centres DCP 2005
- Contaminated Land DCP 2004
- Convenience Store DCP 2004
- Heritage DCP 2006
- Late Night Trading Premises DCP 2007
- Notification of Planning and Development Applications DCP 2005
- Signage and Advertising Structures DCP 2005
- Telecommunications and Radiocommunications DCP 2006
- Visitor and Tourist Accommodation DCP 2006
- South Sydney DCP 1997: Urban Design
- South Sydney DCP No. 11: Transport Guidelines for Development 1996
- South Sydney DCP: Exempt and Complying Development 1999
- South Sydney DCP for Orders
Green Square Town Centre 2
The City of Sydney or the Central Sydney Planning Committee is the consent authority for development other than major projects. For more information go to Consent authorities.
For development where the City or the Central Sydney Planning Committee is the consent authority the following planning controls will apply:
- South Sydney LEP 114
- Green Square Town Centre LEP (South Sydney LEP 1998 Amendment Nos. 17 and 19)
- Access DCP 2004
- Adult Entertainment and Sex Industry Premises DCP 2006
- Boarding Houses DCP 2004
- Child Care Centres DCP 2005
- Contaminated Land DCP 2004
- Convenience Store DCP 2004
- Heritage DCP 2006
- Late Night Trading Premises DCP 2007
- Notification of Planning and Development Applications DCP 2005
- Signage and Advertising Structures DCP 2005
- Telecommunications and Radiocommunications DCP 2006
- Visitor and Tourist Accommodation DCP 2006
- South Sydney DCP 1997: Urban Design
- South Sydney DCP No. 11: Transport Guidelines for Development 1996
- South Sydney DCP: Exempt and Complying Development 1999
- South Sydney DCP for Orders
Harold Park
The City of Sydney or the Central Sydney Planning Committee is the consent authority for development other than state significant development or major development. For more information go to Consent authorities.
For development where the City of Sydney or the Central Sydney Planning Committee is the consent authority the following planning controls will apply:
- Sydney LEP 2011 (Harold Park)
- Sydney Development Control Plan 2011 (Harold Park)
- Access DCP 2004
- Adult Entertainment and Sex Industry Premises DCP 2006
- Boarding Houses DCP 2004
- Child Care Centres DCP 2005
- Contaminated Land DCP 2004
- Convenience Store DCP 2004
- Heritage DCP 2006
- Late Night Trading Premises DCP 2007
- Notification of Planning and Development Applications DCP 2005
- Signage and Advertising Structures DCP 2005
- Telecommunications and Radiocommunications DCP 2006
- City of Sydney Visitor and Tourist Accommodation DCP 2006
- Leichhardt DCP 2000
| Access DCP 2004 (28 June 2004) | ||
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| Access DCP 2004 | PDF 859.6 KB | Download |
| Adult Entertainment and Sex Industry Premises DCP 2006 (18 April 2006) | ||
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| Adult Entertainment and Sex Industry Premises DCP 2006 | PDF 557.5 KB | Download |
| Boarding Houses DCP 2004 (12 January 2005) | ||
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| Boarding Houses DCP 2004 | PDF 1.6 MB | Download |
| Central Sydney DCP 1996 | ||
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| Title page and contents | PDF 4.4 MB | Download |
| Part 1 (Introduction) | PDF 124.3 KB | Download |
| Part 2 (Building form and character) | PDF 4.4 MB | Download |
| Part 3 (Pedestrian amenity) | PDF 718.8 KB | Download |
| Part 4 (Environmental management) | PDF 140.3 KB | Download |
| Part 5 (On-site parking) | PDF 66.0 KB | Download |
| Part 6 (Residential buildings and serviced apartments) | PDF 149.2 KB | Download |
| Part 7 (Heritage floor space) | PDF 100.8 KB | Download |
| Part 9 (Special controls for certain uses) | PDF 61.9 KB | Download |
| Part 10 (Development standards) | PDF 61.6 KB | Download |
| Part 12 (Design excellence) | PDF 70.6 KB | Download |
| Part 13 (Exempt and complying development) | PDF 100.3 KB | Download |
| Glossary and explanatory notes | PDF 80.1 KB | Download |
| Central Sydney DCP 1996 (full document) | PDF 3.5 MB | Download |
| Child Care Centres DCP 2005 (10 October 2005) | ||
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| Child Care Centres DCP 2005 | PDF 1.3 MB | Download |
| Glebe Affordable Housing Project DCP 2011 (1 July 2011) | ||
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| Glebe Affordable Housing Project DCP 2002 | PDF 962.8 KB | Download |
| City of Sydney planning scheme ordinance | ||
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| Planning scheme ordinance | PDF 1.6 MB | Download |
| Planning scheme ordinance (map) | PDF 2.8 MB | Download |
| Contaminated Land DCP 2004 (28 June 2004) | ||
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| Contaminated Land DCP 2004 | PDF 1.0 MB | Download |
| Convenience Store DCP 2004 (24 September 2004) | ||
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| Convenience Store DCP 2004 | PDF 147.7 KB | Download |
| Green Square Town Centre LEP | ||
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| South Sydney LEP 1998 Amendment No 17 | PDF 279.2 KB | Download |
| South Sydney LEP 1998 Amendment No 17 (map) | PDF 223.8 KB | Download |
| South Sydney LEP 1998 Amendment No 19 | PDF 163.2 KB | Download |
| South Sydney LEP 1998 Amendment 19 (Map) | PDF 521.2 KB | Download |
| Green Square Town Centre DCP 2012 | ||
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| Green Square Town Centre DCP 2012 | PDF 8.2 MB | Download |
| Heritage DCP 2006 (22 December 2006) | ||
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| Heritage DCP 2006 | PDF 2.1 MB | Download |
| Late Night Trading Premises DCP 2007 (6 December 2010) | ||
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| Late Night Trading Premises DCP 2007 | PDF 3.2 MB | Download |
| Leichhardt DCP 2000 (22 December 2000) | ||
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| Introductory information | PDF 1.8 MB | Download |
| Part A: Lilyfield | PDF 2.2 MB | Download |
| Part A: Annandale | PDF 1.3 MB | Download |
| Part A: Glebe | PDF 1.6 MB | Download |
| Part A: Rozelle | PDF 867.7 KB | Download |
| Part A: Balmain | PDF 894.4 KB | Download |
| Part B: Residential | PDF 5.1 MB | Download |
| Part C: Non-residential | PDF 2.0 MB | Download |
| Leichhardt DCP No. 38: Waste – Avoid, Reuse and Recycle (15 December 1999) | ||
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| Leichhardt DCP No. 38: Waste - Avoid, Reuse and Recycle | PDF 2.0 MB | Download |
| Leichhardt DCP No. 48: Managing Activities on Footpaths and Street Verges (7 August 2002) | ||
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| Leichhardt DCP No. 48: Managing Activities on Footpaths and Street Verges | PDF 948.8 KB | Download |
| Notification of Planning and Development Applications DCP 2005 (1 May 2005) | ||
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| Notification of Planning and Development Applications DCP 2005 | PDF 643.5 KB | Download |
| Signage and Advertising Structures DCP 2005 (10 March 2005) | ||
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| Signage and Advertising Structures DCP 2005 | PDF 1.6 MB | Download |
| South Sydney DCP for Orders (9 December 1998) | ||
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| South Sydney DCP for Orders | PDF 45.9 KB | Download |
| South Sydney DCP 1997: Urban Design - Green Square | ||
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| Part G: Special precinct No. 9 Green Square | PDF 5.1 MB | Download |
| Part G: Special precinct No. 9 Green Square (Lachlan Precinct) | PDF 12.2 MB | Download |
| Part G: Special precinct No. 9 Green Square (specific sites: Wulaba Park site | PDF 7.2 MB | Download |
| South Sydney DCP No. 11 Transport Guidelines for Development 1996 (8 May 1996) | ||
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| Section 1: Introduction | PDF 583.0 KB | Download |
| Section 2 and 3: Development applications and provision of transport facilities | PDF 1.9 MB | Download |
| Section 4: Design guidelines | PDF 2.7 MB | Download |
| Appendices | PDF 2.3 MB | Download |
| Sydney Cove redevelopment scheme | ||
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| Sydney Cove Redevelopment Scheme | PDF 2.1 MB | Download |
| Sydney Development Control Plan 2012 | ||
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| Table of contents and glossary of terms | PDF 1.1 MB | Download |
| Section 1: Introduction | PDF 4.5 MB | Download |
| Section 2: Locality statements | PDF 12.7 MB | Download |
| Section 3: General provisions | PDF 6.5 MB | Download |
| Section 4: Development types | PDF 5.7 MB | Download |
| Section 5: Specific areas | PDF 13.6 MB | Download |
| Section 6: Specific sites | PDF 9.9 MB | Download |
| Schedules | PDF 5.8 MB | Download |
| Development guidelines: Providing community infrastructure in Green Square | PDF 1.5 MB | Download |
| Harold Park DCP 2011 (16 December 2011) | ||
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| Harold Park DCP 2011 | PDF 7.3 MB | Download |
| Telecommunications and Radiocommunications DCP 2006 (14 August 2006) | ||
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| Telecommunications and Radiocommunications DCP 2006 | PDF 642.9 KB | Download |
| Visitor and Tourist Accommodation DCP 2006 (24 March 2006) | ||
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| Visitor and Tourist Accommodation DCP 2006 | PDF 700.1 KB | Download |
Last updated: Tuesday, 21 May 2013