Thinking about building or developing in our City, or just want to find out more about the key planning documents that apply to your neighbourhood?
We have a number of planning documents to effectively manage our City in a way that promotes sustainable development and addresses community expectations.
The Canterbury-Bankstown Local Environmental Plan 2023 is Council's principal planning document to regulate effective and orderly development in our city. The LEP provides objectives, zones and development standards such as lot sizes, floor space ratios and building heights.
The Canterbury-Bankstown Development Control Plan 2023 supports the LEP by providing additional objectives and development controls to enhance the function and appearance of development in our city. The development controls include storey limits, setbacks, urban design, amenity, landscaping, access and parking.
Development contributions are levied on new development in Canterbury-Bankstown to help fund the cost of providing additional or improved local public infrastructure needed by the new development. Click on this link for the contributions plan, calculator, explanatory Fact Sheets, contributions register and repealed plans.
Planning agreements are contracts voluntarily entered into by Council and a developer in relation to certain planning proposals, development applications or complying development certificate applications. The planning agreement requires the developer to provide public benefits (such as land, a financial contribution, constructing infrastructure or other public facilities or services) to address the implications or merit of the development.
This Plan establishes how Council engages with the community in carrying out its land use planning functions such as the assessment and determination of development applications, planning proposals, development control plan amendments and contributions plans
This Policy sets out the framework for the management of contaminated land. This Policy outlines how contaminated land issues are addressed by Council's planning and environmental decision-making processes.
This Policy provides a framework that enables the commercial use of public footways whilst addressing the requirements for public access and circulation. This Policy ensures a high standard for restaurants, cafes and businesses undertaking commercial street trading.
This Policy sets out the requirements for the construction, widening, reconstruction and maintenance of vehicular crossings over public footways in our city.
These drawings may be viewed and downloaded individually or as a complete set.
Click on the buttons below to access repealed policies relating to the former Bankstown and Canterbury City Councils