Comprehensive Local Environmental Plans (LEP)

Local Environmental Plans (LEP) are the principal legal document for controlling development at a Local Government level. The zoning provisions establish acceptability of uses and standards regulate the degree of development.

You can view the Narrabri Shire Council Local Environmental Plan at the below link:

Narrabri Shire Council Local Environmental Plan

Employment Zones LEP Amendments 

Employment zones commence within Narrabri Shire Council 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 Employment zones reform page on the NSW Government Planning website.

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.

Narrabri Local Environmental Plan - Zoning Maps

Renaming Environment Zones

As part of changes to the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, from 1 December 2021, reference to Environment Protection Zones E1, E2, E3 and E4 will become Conservation Zones C1, C2, C3 and C4 as part of the NSW Government’s Standard Instrument (Local Environmental Plans) Amendment (Land Use Zones) Order 2021.

A full description of the new zones can be found below: 

Current name	New name
Zone E1 National Parks & Nature Reserves	Zone C1 National Parks & 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