New Employment Zones are replacing the Business and Industrial Zones in the Port Stephens Local Environmental Plan 2013 (LEP) on 26 April 2023.
The NSW Department of Planning and Environment are finalising reforms to employment zones across the State. The reform has consolidated the 9 Business and Industrial Zones in the Port Stephens LEP into 6 new Employment Zones.
The reform will increase flexibility within the new employment zones and expand the land uses that are permitted. The implementation of the new zones will provide new economic opportunities across Port Stephens.
The below table identifies the new Employment Zone for each Business and Industrial Zone in Port Stephens.
Former Zone (as of 26 April 2023) | New Zone (as of 26 April 2023) |
|---|---|
Standard Conversions | |
B1 Neighbourhood Centre | E1 Local Centre |
B2 Local Centre | E1 Local Centre |
B3 Commercial Core | E2 Commercial Centre |
B4 Mixed Use | MU1 Mixed Use |
B5 Business Development | E3 Productivity Support |
B7 Business Park | E3 Productivity Support |
IN1 General Industrial | E4 General Industrial |
IN2 Light Industrial | E4 General Industrial |
IN4 Working Waterfront | W4 Working Waterfront |
Non-Standard Conversion | |
IN2 Light Industrial in Raymond Terrace | E3 Productivity Support |
