Employment Zones Reform Public Exhibition by NSW Government

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The NSW Government is proposing changes to Business and Industrial Zones across NSW through the Employment Zones Reform project. The changes replace Business and Industrial zones with Employment zones within individual local environmental plans across NSW.

The NSW Government is currently exhibiting these proposed changes for six weeks from 31 May to 12 July 2022. To view details of the public exhibition or to make a submission please visit their website

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For general information on the reform process you can also see the Department of Planning and Environment’s Employment Zones Reform webpage.

The zone changes to the Hawkesbury Local Environmental Plan 2012 are as follows:

Current Zone

New Zone

B1 – Neighbourhood Centre

B2 – Local Centre

E1 – Local Centre

B2 – Local Centre

E2 – Commercial Centre(For Windsor and Richmond Town Centres)

B5 – Business Development

B6 – Enterprise Corridor

E3 – Productivity Support

IN1 – General Industrial

IN2 – Light Industrial

E4 – General Industrial

Council has written directly to property owners of commercial and industrially zoned land to advise of these proposed changes by the NSW Government.

For general information on the reform process you can also see the Department of Planning and Environment’s Employment Zones Reform webpage. To view information about frequently asked questions, please click on Frequently Asked Questions

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