Project Description

Austral and Leppington North
Precincts Rezoned
The NSW Government has finalised the rezoning of the Austral and Leppington North Precincts by amending
the State Environmental Planning Policy (Sydney Region Growth Centres) 2006 (the Growth Centres SEPP).
The Precinct Plans are the result of an extensive process managed by the Department of Planning and
Infrastructure, in consultation with Liverpool and Camden Councils, stakeholders and landowners.
Following public exhibition of the draft Precinct Plans for Austral and Leppington North in November/December
2011 and community feedback, the Precinct Plans were amended to:
• Increase the amount of land zoned for residential development.
• Reduce the amount of land for public open space and drainage infrastructure, while still ensuring that
appropriate standards are maintained.
• Refine the planning for the Leppington Major Centre including simplifying the road network, amending
the zoning of the ‘civic precinct’ to allow greater flexibility, and improving the relationship between development and open space along the creek corridors.
• Improve the layout of the neighbourhood centres to better respond to the types of retail and commercial development likely to occur in these zones.
• Respond to revised flood modelling and the development potential of land affected by flooding.
• Ensure that native vegetation is protected in accordance with the biodiversity certification for the Growth Centres.
• Simplify and consolidate the controls under the Growth Centres SEPP and the Development Control Plans that now apply to the land.
• Ensure that land needed for essential infrastructure, including schools, water, waste water and electricity supply, is clearly identified.
• Facilitate subdivision of the relatively small existing rural allotments through appropriate design of the road network.