Planning matters
Find details of all current planning notices on this page:
Section 4.59 notices
The public are hereby notified pursuant to Section 4.59 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (as amended), that the following development consents have been granted by Council:
Development proposals on exhibition
Use the below Application Tracker to access development proposals currently on exhibition, as well as development and building consents granted by Council (per the Environmental Planning & Assessment Act 1979 in accordance with Clause 74 of Environmental Planning & Assessment Regulation 1974 and pursuant to the provisions of Section 675 of the Local Government Act 1993).
Application Tracker
Register of variations
In order to ensure transparency and integrity in the planning framework, up until 31 October 2023 Council maintained an online register of development applications with variations to development standards approved under Clause 4.6 of the Cessnock Local Environmental Plan (CLEP) 2011.
From 1 November 2023 details of all variation requests both under assessment and determined are now available on the NSW Planning Portal, which can be accessed via this link.
Contributions plans
City Wide Infrastructure Contributions Plan 2020
Development control plans
At its Meeting of 19 June 2024 Council considered Council Report PE10/2024 - Proposed Amendment of Development Control Plan Chapter E20 Regrowth Kurri Kurri and resolved:
- That Council place draft chapter E20 Regrowth Kurri Kurri of the Cessnock Development Control Plan 2010 on public exhibition for a minimum period of 28 days.
- That subject to no unresolvable submissions, Council adopt Chapter E20 Regrowth Kurri Kurri of the Cessnock Development Control Plan 2010.
The draft Chapter was publicly exhibited from 1 July to 29 July 2024 on Council’s Have Your Say website. One submission was received. The submission was considered and amendments have been made to the exhibited Chapter. In accordance with the resolution of Council, the Chapter was adopted and became effective on 9 October 2024.
Condition of Consent: Advisory Notes
In addition to the conditions of the development consent, the following advisory notes may be relevant for a person involved in carrying out the development approved under the consent and should be read in conjunction with the Notice of Determination.
The advisory notes do not form part of the development consent. However, they provide information on how the obligation to lawfully carry out the approved development can be met.
Condition of Consent: Advisory Note(PDF, 322KB)
Employment Zones Reforms
Employment zones are those that relate to commercial centres and industrial areas.
The Department of Planning and Environment have reduced the number of employment land-use zones and renamed them. These changes will commence on the 26 April 2023.
For Cessnock, the changes will be minor and they will not have any impact on what is currently permitted in an employment land-use zone.
Schedule 1 of the Standard Instrument LEP Order provides a Savings and Transitional (S&T) Provision. Land uses that were previously permissible under a former Industrial zone but are no longer permitted under an Employment zone, remain permissible under the S&T provision until 26 April 2025. The intent of the S&T provision is to enable the continued operation of valid land uses under the former zone, as well as giving time for the new zones/land uses to settle in.
From 26 April 2023, a reference to a former zone is taken to be a reference to the new zone in accordance with the table below.
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Current name
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New name
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B1 Neighbourhood Centre
B2 Local Centre
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E1 Local Centre
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B3 Commercial Core
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E2 Commercial Centre
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B4 Mixed Use
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MU1 Mixed Use
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B7 Business Park
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E3 Productivity Support
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IN1 General Industrial
IN2 Light Industrial
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E4 General Industrial |
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E5 Heavy Industrial |
Renaming environment zones
What is happening with environment zones and when is this change happening?
Environment zones are being renamed by the Department of Planning, Industry and Environment (DIPE) as ‘conservation zones’ in clause 2.1 Land use zones of the Standard Instrument – Principal Local Environmental Plan.
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Current name
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New name
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Zone E1 – National Parks and Nature Reserves
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Zone C1 – National Parks and Nature Reserves
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Zone E2 – Environmental Conservation
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Zone C2 – Environmental Conservation
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Zone E3 – Environmental Management
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Zone C3 – Environmental Management
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Zone E4 – Environmental Living
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Zone C4 – Environmental Living
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The objectives and land use tables remain the same across all zones. Only the prefix and zone category are changing.
This change is coming into effect on 1 December 2021. This is after the Standard Instrument (Local Environmental Plans) Amendment (Land Use Zones) Order 2021 (Amendment Order) is made.
My land is zoned for environment zone (E zone), what does the name change mean for me?
This change is purely administrative and of name only. There are no changes to what can be carried out on your land, or the development consent process.
If you own land that is currently zoned one of the environment zones, you may have copies of planning documents relating to your land that refer to an environment zone.
For further information
If you have any more questions, please contact conservation.zones@planning.nsw.gov.au. Your Council can also help you with understanding these changes at the local level.