Land Use Zones

What is Land Use Zoning?

Land Use Zoning classifies the type of development allowed on a parcel of land.

Employment Zones

Employment zones commence within Wentworth Local Environmental Plan 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.

To determine the new zone for previously zoned Business and Industrial zoned land please refer to the published equivalent zones tables.

NB: Document means an Act, statutory or other instrument, contract or agreement, and includes a document issued or made under or for the purposes of an Act or statutory or other instrument.”

What are the development land use zones within Wentworth Local Government Area?

Development Land Use Zones within the Wentworth Local Government Area include:

RU5 - Village

RU5 – Village

The objectives of Zone RU5 are:

To provide for a range of land uses, services and facilities that are associated with a rural village.
To promote development in existing towns and villages in a manner that is compatible with their urban function.
To encourage well-serviced sustainable development.
To ensure there are opportunities for economic development.
To deliver new residential and employment growth in Buronga and Gol Gol.
To ensure business and retail land uses are grouped within and around existing activity centres.

For further information on Zone RU5 refer to Zone RU5 – Village – FACT SHEET

R5 - Large Lot Residential

R5 – Large Lot Residential

The objectives of Zone R5 are:

To provide residential housing in a rural setting while preserving, and minimising impacts on, environmentally sensitive locations and scenic quality.
To ensure that large residential lots do not hinder the proper and orderly development of urban areas in the future.
To ensure that development in the area does not unreasonably increase the demand for public services or public facilities.
To minimise conflict between land uses within this zone and land uses within adjoining zones.
To restrict the construction of new residential and other sensitive uses in flood prone areas.

For further information on Zone RU5 refer to Zone R5 – Large Lot Residential – FACT SHEET

RU1 - Primary Production

RU1 – Primary Production

The objectives of Zone RU1 are:

To encourage sustainable primary industry production by maintaining and enhancing the natural resource base.
To encourage diversity in primary industry enterprises and systems appropriate for the area.
To minimise the fragmentation and alienation of resource lands.
To minimise conflict between land uses within this zone and land uses within adjoining zones.
To ensure the protection of both mixed dryland and irrigation agricultural land uses that together form the distinctive rural character of Wentworth.
To ensure land is available for intensive plant agricultural activities.
To encourage diversity and promote employment opportunities related to primary industry enterprises, including those that require smaller holdings or are more intensive in nature.

For further information on Zone RU5 refer to Zone RU1 – Primary Production – FACT SHEET

IN1 - General Industrial

IN1 – General Industrial

The objectives of Zone IN1 are:

To provide a wide range of industrial and warehouse land uses.
To encourage employment opportunities.
To minimise any adverse effect of industry on other land uses.
To support and protect industrial land for industrial uses.

For further information on Zone RU5 refer to Zone IN1 – General Industrial – FACT SHEET

C4 - Environmental Living

C4 – Environmental Living

The objectives of Zone C4 are:

To provide for low-impact residential development in areas with special ecological, scientific or aesthetic values.
To ensure that residential development does not have an adverse effect on those values.

For further information on Zone C4 see Fact Sheet – Land Use Zone C4

* Note: E4 zone was renamed to C4 on 1st Dec 2021

B2 - Local Centre

B2 – Local Centre

The objectives of Zone RU5 are:

To provide for a range of land uses, services and facilities that are associated with a rural village.
To promote development in existing towns and villages in a manner that is compatible with their urban function.
To encourage well-serviced sustainable development.
To ensure there are opportunities for economic development.
To deliver new residential and employment growth in Buronga and Gol Gol.
To ensure business and retail land uses are grouped within and around existing activity centres.

Fort further information on Zone B2 see Fact Sheet – Land Use Zone B2

How do I find out the land use zones within Wentworth Local Government Area?

For land zones within the Wentworth LGA, refer to the below maps:

For further information on Land Use Zones you refer to the Wentworth Local Environmental Plan 2011 or contact the Wentworth Shire Council Health & Planning Division on (03) 5027 5027 or via email council@www.wentworth.nsw.gov.au