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:
April Development Consents(PDF, 144KB)
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, Council maintains an online register of development applications with variations to development standards approved within the Cessnock Local Government Area under Clause 4.6 of the Cessnock Local Environmental Plan (CLEP) 2011. The register is updated quarterly:
Contributions plans
City Wide Infrastructure Contributions Plan 2020
Development control plans
None at this time.
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.
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 |
| IN3 Heavy Industrial |
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.