Circulars, practice notes, guidelines
LEP practice notes
Further practice notes relating to the preparation of local environmental plans (LEPs) will be issued in the future, including guidance on LEP maps.
| Note | Purpose | Date | ||
| PN 08-003 Transitional arrangements for exempt and complying development [PDF] | Provides guidance to councils on exempt and complying development controls in new principal LEPs with reference to the State development codes. | 5 Aug 2008 | ||
| PN 08-002 Zoning for infrastructure in LEPs [PDF] | Provides guidance to councils on zoning public infrastructure land in standard local environmental plans | 7 Mar 2008 | ||
| PN 08-001 Height and floor space ratio [PDF] | Provides guidance on the building height and floor space ratio provisions in the standard instrument and how they are to be applied in the preparation of principal local environmental plans. | 30 Jan 2008 | ||
| PN 07-001 Standard instrument for LEPs - FAQs [PDF] | Provides councils with an overview of responses given by the Department to commonly asked questions regarding the implementation of the standard instrument for LEPs. | 26 Mar 2007 | ||
| PN 06-003 Preparing LEPs using the standard instrument: definitions [PDF] | The purpose of this practice note is to provide a general overview of the definitions used in the Standard Instrument (Local Environmental Plans) Order 2006. It should be noted that the explanatory material set out in this note is for information purposes only and does not comprise a legal interpretation of any of the definitions set out in the standard instrument. | 04 Sep 2006 | ||
| PN 06-002 Preparing LEPs using the standard instrument: standard zones [PDF] | The purpose of this practice note is to provide a general commentary on the standard zones in the Standard Instrument (Local Environmental Plans) Order 2006. It should be read in conjunction with any relevant State or regional planning guidance (including SEPPs, REPs, section 117 directions, and metropolitan or regional strategies), and advice from the Department of Planning with respect to the preparation of individual LEPs. | 12 Apr 2006 | ||
| PN 06-001 Preparing LEPs using the standard instrument: standard clauses [PDF] | The purpose of this practice note is to advise councils on the use of the clauses in the standard instrument when preparing principal local environmental plans (LEPs). | 04 Sep 2006 | ||