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05/05/2023
The need for the employment zones reform came from the NSW Productivity Commission’s 2021 White Paper Rebooting the Economy.
Business (B) and industrial (IN) zones have been replaced with five employment zones and three supporting zones. The supporting zones have been introduced in former B and IN zones that are not primarily productivity related.
The government’s rationale behind these changes is to maximise productivity while minimising land use conflicts. The employment zones are new zones with a strategic intent for each zone often different to that of the translated B or IN zone.
We have prepared the following table to show the translated B and IN zones.
Former Zones | New Zones |
B1 Neighbourhood Centre | E1 Local Centre |
B2 Local Centre | E1 Local Centre |
B3 Commercial Core | E2 Commercial Centre |
B5 Business Development B6 Enterprise Corridor B7 Business Park | E3 Productivity Support |
IN1 General Industrial IN2 Light Industrial | E4 General Industrial |
IN3 Heavy Industrial | E5 Heavy Industrial |
B4 Mixed Use | MU1 Mixed Use |
IN4 Working Waterfront | W4 Working Waterfront |
B8 Metropolitan Centre | SP5 Metropolitan Centre |
Please reach out for further information on the translated zone on your commercial property.
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