Changes to Business and Industrial Zones

You are invited to review and provide comment on the translation of Business and Industrial zones into new Employment zones as part of a public exhibition being held by the NSW Department of Planning and Environment.

This reform seeks to replace the existing Business and Industrial zones with new Employment zones within individual local environmental plans across NSW. This Implementation stage follows the introduction of Employment zones within the Standard Instrument (Local Environmental Plans) Order 2006 in December 2021.

The Department has worked closely with each council to ensure LEPs are amended, consistent with the intent of the reform, while also ensuring the land-use planning outcomes are locally appropriate.

After the public exhibition the Department will work with councils to finalise implementation ahead of the new zones coming into force on 1 December 2022.

Have your say

Step 1.
Visit the NSW Planning Portal to view the exhibition information.

Step 2.
Once on the Planning Portal, click on the 2nd tile to search for address in Industrial or Business Zones.
Step 3.
When the address entered is in an identified zone, an option to provide a comment will appear, as well as a summary of the changes.