Planning Proposal – Housekeeping Amendments 2024

Strathfield Council is publicly exhibiting a draft Planning Proposal (PP-2024-2781), which seeks to amend the Strathfield Local Environmental Plan 2012 (Strathfield LEP 2012)

The Planning Proposal is a housekeeping amendment and proposes to amend Strathfield LEP 2012:

To improve its operation and accuracy by correcting identified anomalies and inconsistencies to existing provisions and maps,
By implementing the outcomes of Council’s endorsed Biodiversity Conservation Strategy and Action Plan 2020-2030,
By responding to a request by Sydney Water to rezone existing Sydney Water infrastructure from R2 Low Density Residential to SP2 to better reflect their current and future use of the land,
To expand the permitted uses in the E4 General Industrial zone to enable limited non-industrial land uses that provide facilities and services to meet the needs of businesses and workers, consistent with the objectives of the zone, and
To ensure that heritage items and significant properties are correctly identified and protected.

The amendments are being proposed to maintain the currency of the Strathfield LEP 2012.

Click here to view the Planning Proposal. Associated documentation can be viewed under 'document library'. In accordance with legislative requirements, if you have made a reportable political donation or gift within the past two years, a Disclosure Statement must accompany your submission: Political Donations and Gifts Disclosure Statement.

Submissions are welcome until 5pm on Friday 6 June 2025.

Have Your Say

The community can have their say on the draft Planning Proposal from Friday 9 May to Friday 6 June 2025. Submissions can be made via:

Online: Via the submission form below, or via the NSW Planning Portal, by searching PP-2024-2781.

Email: council@strathfield.nsw.gov.au using the subject SC1259 – Housekeeping Amendment

Post: Strathfield Council, PO Box 120, Strathfield NSW 2135

Next Steps

Your feedback will be considered inform the final Planning Proposal adopted by Council.

More Information

For more information, contact Council’s Executive Strategic Planner, Rita Vella on 9748 9602 or email rita.vella@strathfield.nsw.gov.au

FAQ's

Housekeeping amendments are changes being made to correct a range of administrative anomalies identified in the operation of the Strathfield LEP 2012 in order to maintain currency of the planning instrument.

The Planning Proposal carries out amendments to the Strathfield LEP 2012 in both the written instrument and its corresponding maps. It does so by changing the following:

Amend Clause 4.1 – Minimum subdivision lot size to include a sub-clause that clarifies the exclusion of the calculation of the access handle for a battle axe block for the purposes of subdivision
Amend Clause 4.1A Minimum lot size for dual occupancies, multi dwelling housing and residential flat buildings to include a sub-clause that clarifies the exclusion of the calculation of the access handle for a battle axe block for the purposes of subdivision (so as to ensure consistency)
Amend Schedule 2 Exempt development to remove the signage provisions
Amend Clause 6.11 Terrestrial biodiversity by deleting subclause (2) that references land at 38–50 Weeroona Road, Strathfield, being Lot 1, DP 803688, and introduce a Terrestrial Biodiversity Map that identifies the key biodiversity areas identified in the Strathfield Biodiversity Conservation Strategy and Action Plan 2020-2030
Amend Schedule 5 Environmental Heritage – Part 1 Heritage items to update the item name from Australian Catholic University, Strathfield Campus (includes former “Mount Royal”)—various buildings and landscape to Mount St Mary Campus of the Australian Catholic University and significance from local to State
Rezone in accordance with the request from Sydney Water land in its ownership and control from R2 Low Density Residential to SP2 Infrastructure.
Amend the Land Use Table to the E4 General Industrial zone to include recreation facility (indoor) as a permitted use.

A Planning Proposal is a draft amendment to a Local Environmental Plan (LEP), which is a plan that determines what land can be used for within a Local Government Area. The LEP establishes requirements for the use and development of land.

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Email	council@strathfield.nsw.gov.au
Website	www.strathfield.nsw.gov.au

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