City Centre Plan
The Newcastle City Centre Plan is a long term plan to cater for the expected 6,500 extra residents and extra 10,000 jobs in the city centre over the next 25 years.
The Newcastle City Centre LEP 2008 was gazetted on Friday, 1 February 2008. The Newcastle City Centre DCP and CIP came into effect upon gazettal of the City Centre LEP.
The City Centre Plan comprises four documents:
1. The City Centre Vision
View The City Centre Vision 13.2 mb pdf
* Please note this is a large document and may take some time to download
2. Local Environmental Plan (LEP)
The LEP establishes the zoning, heights, floor space ratios and the main provisions for development across the city centre.
View the City Centre LEP 2008 and the maps adopted by the LEP.
Instructions: Click on “N” under “Environmental Planning Instruments in Force”, and then click on “Newcastle City Centre Local Environmental Plan 2008”. The link to the LEP maps is on the first page of the LEP (blue tab at the top of the page).
3. Civic Improvement Plan (CIP)
The CIP lists the projects that Council would like to undertake based on funds levied from developments. These funds include the traditional Section 94A levies as well as a new provision to levy for local infrastructure.
View the Civic Improvement Plan (7.6 mb pdf)
4. Development Control Plan (DCP)
The Newcastle DCP contains guidelines for development to enable a developer to prepare a development application for assessment by Council. For guidelines realting specifically to the city centre see element 6.02 City East and element 6.03 City Centre West of the DCP.
Annual Report 2008
Download a copy of the City Centre Plan Annual Report 2008 (1.6Mb) to read about the vision for the city as a capital of the Hunter and future actions to implement this vision.
For more information
For more information regarding the Vision document and CIP please contact the Senior Strategist-City Centre on 02 4974 2891.
