A Local Environmental Plan (LEP) is a legal document which controls land use and development in a local government area. A LEP contains information such as land use zones, building heights, heritage items and local conditions, such as landscaping.

The following LEPs currently apply.

LEP	Area
Georges River Local Environmental Plan (GRLEP) 2021	Applies to land within the Georges River local government area, as per the GRLEP 2021 Land Application Map.
Hurstville Local Environmental Plan (HLEP) 1994	Applies to certain Hurstville City Centre sites which have been identified as ‘deferred matters’ on the GRLEP 2021 Land Application Map. The deferred matters include certain land in the Hurstville Civic Precinct, and the Westfield site.

For information on the planning controls affecting your property, please visit the NSW Planning Portal.

The GRLEP 2021 came into effect on 8 October 2021. The former Hurstville Local Environmental Plan 2012 and Kogarah Local Environmental Plan 2012 are no longer in effect.

All development applications lodged before 8 October 2021 will continue to be assessed under the former Hurstville or Kogarah plans.
 

Renaming of Environment Zones

The NSW Government is renaming the Environment Zones. As of 1 December 2021, a reference to an Environment Protection zone E1, E2, E3 or E4 in a document should be taken to be a reference to a Conservation zone C1, C2, C3 or C4.

The new names will be:

Current name	New name
Zone E1 – National Parks and Nature Reserves	Zone C1 – National Parks and Nature Reserves
Zone E2 – Environmental Conservation	Zone C2 – Environmental Conservation
Zone E3 – Environmental Management	Zone C3 – Environmental Management
Zone E4 – Environmental Living	Zone C4 – Environmental Living

This change is purely administrative and in name only. Land uses that are currently permitted and prohibited in an Environment Zone will continue once the change to ‘Conservation Zone’ is made. Only the prefix and zone category is changing. The objectives and land uses remain unchanged.

For further information please see Standard Instrument (Local Environmental Plans) Amendment (Land Use Zones) Order 2021.
 

Employment Zones Reform

Employment zones commenced within the Georges River Local Environmental Plan (GRLEP) 2021 on 26 April 2023. From 26 April 2023, in a document (other than a state environmental planning policy) a reference to a former zone under an environmental planning instrument is taken to include a reference to a new zone under the environmental planning instrument. 

The former and the new zones are as follows:

Former zone	New zone
B1 Neighbourhood Centre, B2 Local Centre and B6 Enterprise Corridor zone	E1 Local Centre
B3 Commercial Core zone	E2 Commercial Centre
B4 Mixed Use zone	MU1 Mixed Use
IN2 Light Industrial zone	E4 General Industrial

As a result of the zone changes, some of the zone objectives and permissible and prohibited land uses have been changed.

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