Lithgow City Council is publicly exhibiting a draft Housekeeping Planning Proposal (PP-2025-566) that seeks to amend the Lithgow Local Environmental Plan 2014 (LEP 2014) to improve interpretation, accuracy, and overall functionality of the plan. These LEP amendments are being exhibited alongside proposed updates to the Lithgow Development Control Plan 2021 (DCP 2021) to ensure consistency across the local planning framework.
About the Planning Proposal
The Planning Proposal is a housekeeping amendment to the Lithgow LEP 2014 and seeks to achieve the following:
Update Schedule 5 – Environmental Heritage to correct errors, removal of an incorrect listing over 993 Great Western Highway, address omissions, and update significance of newly registered state heritage listings.
Introduce additional LEP provisions relating to:
- Calculation of minimum lot size standards for battle-axe lots,
- Standard Instrument Clause 5.22 - Special Flood considerations,
- Reinstating dwelling entitlements for existing lots or holdings under 4000m2 within RU5 Village zone at Cullen Bullen that can be serviced with reticulated sewer.
Update the land use table for the RU1 Primary Production, RU2 Rural Landscape, RU5 Village zones to permit Artisan Food and Drink Industry with consent.
Permit Recreational Facility (Outdoor) with consent in the C3 Environmental Management Zone.
Correct zoning and land-use anomalies through rezoning of small, site-specific parcels of land and update rural land recently gazetted as part of the National Park estate.
Amendments to the title of the Biodiversity Overlay, Sensitive Lands Overlay and Water Overlay maps to remove reference to Environmentally Sensitive Areas.
Reclassify four Council-owned properties from Community to Operational land:
- Lake Lyell - Lot 1 DP 246233,
- Lake Lyell - Lot 5 DP 1304125,
- Queen Elizabeth Park - Lot 2 DP 1077295, and
- Lithgow Union Theatre - Lot 45 DP 1096536.
About the Lithgow DCP 2021 Amendments
The proposed amendments to the Lithgow DCP 2021 include a range of consequential and administrative updates to:
A summary of the key changes includes:
Updated flood-related development controls in line with the adopted Lithgow Floodplain Risk Management Study and Plan 2023.
Improved consistency in open space requirements and design considerations for large subdivisions (20 or more lots).
Introduction of development controls for Agritourism.
Have Your Say
Public exhibition starts on the 28 November 2025 and closes on the 31 January 2026.
A hard copy of the exhibition material is available at the Lithgow City Council Administration Building Customer Service area as well as the Lithgow, Wallerawang and Portland libraries.
Members of the public are encouraged to make submissions to the Planning Proposal as well as the amendments to the Development Control Plan 2021. To make a submission, please follow the steps below:
Go to the NSW Planning Portal webpage for the Lithgow Local Environmental Plan 2014 Housekeeping Amendments using the following link: https://www.planningportal.nsw.gov.au/ppr/under-exhibition/lithgow-local-environmental-plan-2014-housekeeping-amendments. Scroll down to ‘Make a Submission’ and click the on the heading to expand. Fill out the information as requested (note: you must at minimum fill the fields containing a red asterix “*”
council@lithgow.nsw.gov.au please include the words “HLEP2025” In the subject title of your email .
Make a written submission on either to “The General Manager”, Lithgow City Council, PO Box 19 Lithgow NSW 2790 or deliver to Council’s Administration Building at 180 Mort Street, Lithgow. Quote “HLEP2025” in your title.
Make an online submission on the Lithgow DCP 2021 amendments using the submission form below.
All submissions received during the exhibition period will be considered by Council.
PP-2025-566 Lithgow LEP 2014 Housekeeping proposal - Gateway determination.pdf (485 KB) (pdf)