The list of Development Types on the NSW Planning Portal have been enhanced to reflect the types in the EP&A Act and other environmental planning instruments. These enhancements will assist you in the application process. They also support the new Housing Productivity Contributions.
Prior to selecting the development type(s), applicants will need to select a category of work type. These new higher-level categories will then provide the appropriate development types associated with them.
Work types include:
- Advertising and signage
- Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure
- Change of use of land or a building or the classification of a building under the Building Code of Australia
- Demolition
- Erection of a new structure
- Hours of operation and trading
- Subdivision
- Temporary building, structure or use
The current list of development types are provided under the below headings.
Development types
Agriculture
Group term | Subset 1 | Subset 2 | Subset 3 | Dev Type applicable to BASIX Cert? | Dev Type applicable to DA Online/State DA? | Dev Type applicable to CDC? |
Agriculture | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Aquaculture | No | Yes | No | |||
Oyster aquaculture | No | Yes | No | |||
Pond-based aquaculture | No | Yes | No | |||
Tank-based aquaculture | No | Yes | No | |||
Extensive agriculture | No | Yes | No | |||
Bee keeping | No | Yes | No | |||
Commercial livestock grazing | No | Yes | No | |||
Crop or fodder production | No | Yes | No | |||
Dairy (pasture-based) | No | Yes | No | |||
Intensive livestock agriculture | No | Yes | No | |||
Dairy (restricted) | No | Yes | No | |||
Feedlot | No | Yes | No | |||
Fowl and poultry houses | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Fuel tanks and gas storage | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Pig farm | No | Yes | No | |||
Poultry farm | No | Yes | No | |||
Restriction facilities | No | Yes | No | |||
Intensive plant agriculture | No | Yes | No | |||
Commercial cultivation of irrigated crops | No | Yes | No | |||
Horticulture | No | Yes | No | |||
Turf farming | No | Yes | No | |||
Viticulture | No | Yes | No |
Supporting development
Group term | Subset 1 | Subset 2 | Subset 3 | Dev Type applicable to BASIX Cert? | Dev Type applicable to DA Online/State DA? | Dev Type applicable to CDC? |
Supporting development | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Access ramp | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Aerials, antennae and communication dishes | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Air-conditioning units | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Awnings, blinds and canopies | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Balcony, deck, patio, terrace or verandah | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Balcony, deck, patio, terrace or verandah (screened enclosures) | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Barbecues and other outdoor cooking structures | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Bollards | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Cabanas, cubby houses, ferneries, garden sheds, gazebos and greenhouses | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Carport | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Clothes hoists and clothes lines | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Driveways and hard stand spaces | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Earthworks, retaining walls and structural support | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Emergency work and repairs | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Entertainment associated with existing premises | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Evaporative cooling units (roof mounted) | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Farm buildings | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Garage, carport or carparking space | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Grain silos and grain bunkers | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Fences | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Flagpoles | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Hot water systems | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Landscaping structures | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Letterboxes | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Maintenance of buildings in draft heritage conservation areas | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Minor building alterations (external) | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Minor building alterations (internal) | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Pathways and paving | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Playground equipment | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Portable swimming pools and spas and child-resistant barriers | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Privacy screens | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Rainwater tanks | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Roller shutter doors adjoining lanes | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Sculptures and artworks | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Shade structures of canvas, fabric, mesh or the like | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Shed | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Shipping containers | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Temporary installation following natural disaster | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Portable offices | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Signage | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Advertising structure | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Building identification sign | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Business identification sign | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Skylights, roof windows and ventilators | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Stairway | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Street library | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Swimming pool | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
Tennis courts | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Windmills | No | Yes | Yes |
Commercial development
Group term | Subset 1 | Subset 2 | Subset 3 | Dev Type applicable to BASIX Cert? | Dev Type applicable to DA Online/State DA? | Dev Type applicable to CDC? |
Commercial development | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Air transport premises | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Air transport facility | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Airport | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Heliport | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Airstrip | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Helipad | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Ancillary commercial development | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Automatic teller machine | No | Yes | No | |||
Depot | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Temporary structure | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Animal care premises | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Animal boarding or training establishment | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Animal shelters | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Aviaries | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Veterinary hospital | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Automotive/truck premises | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Highway service centre | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Industrial retail outlet | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Service station | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Truck depot | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Vehicle body repair workshop | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Vehicle repair station | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Business premises | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Car park | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Cemetery | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Crematorium | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Funeral home | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Mortuary | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Goods repair and reuse premise | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Internet access facilities | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Internet café | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Storage premises | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Self storage units | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Wholesale supplies | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Exhibition home | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Exhibition village | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Early Education and Care Facility | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Centre-based child care | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Home-based child care | No | Yes | Yes | |||
School-based child care | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Home business | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Home occupation | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Home occupation (sex services) | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Marine Premise | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Boat building and repair facility | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Boat shed | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Charter and tourism boating facility | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Marina | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Port facility | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Commerical fishing wharf | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Port and maritime freight facility | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Port and maritime passenger facility | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Sea walls or training walls | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Vessel maintenance facility | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Wharf or boating facility | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Mine | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Open cut mining | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Underground mining | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Office Premise | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Recreation/Tourist Premise | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Amusement centre | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Camping ground | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Caravan park | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Eco-tourist facility | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Entertainment facility | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Function centre | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Recreation facility (indoor) | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Recreation facility (major) | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Recreation facility (outdoor) | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Registered club | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Tourist and visitor accommodation | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Backpackers' accommodation | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Bed and breakfast accommodation | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Farm stay accommodation | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Hotel or motel accommodation | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Serviced apartment | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Retail Premise | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Food and drink premise | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Footpaths - outdoor dining | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Mobile food and drink outlet | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Outdoor dining - general | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Outdoor dining - registered club | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Pub | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Restaurant or café | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Small bar | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Take away food and drink | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Garden centre | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Hardware and building supply | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Kiosk | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Landscaping material supply | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Market | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Plant nursery | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Roadside stall | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Rural supplies | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Shop | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Neighbourhood shop | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Neighbourhood supermarket | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Specialised Retail Premises | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Timber Yard | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Vehicle Sales or Hire Premises | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Sex and Adult Premise | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Restricted premise | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Sex services premise | No | Yes | Yes |
Industrial development
Group term | Subset 1 | Subset 2 | Subset 3 | Dev Type applicable to BASIX Cert? | Dev Type applicable to DA Online/State DA? | Dev Type applicable to CDC? |
Industrial Development | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Extractive Industries (non-mining) | No | Yes | No | |||
General industry | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Heavy Industrial Storage Establishment | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Hazardous storage establishment | No | Yes | No | |||
Liquid fuel depot | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Offensive storage establishment | No | Yes | No | |||
Heavy industry | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Hazardous Industry | No | Yes | No | |||
Potentially hazardous industry | No | Yes | No | |||
Offensive Industry | No | Yes | No | |||
Potentially offensive industry | No | Yes | No | |||
Light industry | Artisan food and drink industry | No | Yes | Yes | ||
Creative industry | No | Yes | Yes | |||
High technology industry | No | Yes | No | |||
Data centre | No | Yes | No | |||
Home industry | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Petroleum production | No | Yes | No | |||
Rural industry | Agricultural produce industry | No | Yes | No | ||
Agritourism | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Farm gate premise | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Farm gate premise - Cellar door | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Farm experience premise | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Composting facilities and works | No | Yes | No | |||
Farm building | No | Yes | No | |||
Livestock processing industry | No | Yes | No | |||
Sawmill or log processing works | No | Yes | No | |||
Stock and sale yard | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Warehouse or Distribution Centre | Local distribution premise | No | Yes | Yes |
Infrastructure
Group term | Subset 1 | Subset 2 | Subset 3 | Dev Type applicable to BASIX Cert? | Dev Type applicable to DA Online/State DA? | Dev Type applicable to CDC? |
Infrastructure | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Educational Establishment | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Industrial training facility | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Information and education facility | No | Yes | Yes | |||
School | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Tertiary institution | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Health Infrastructure | Health services facility | No | Yes | Yes | ||
Community health service facility | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Health consulting room | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Hospital | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Medical centre | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Patient transport facility | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Other Infrastructure | Community facility | No | Yes | Yes | ||
Correctional centre | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Electricity generating facility (non-solar or wind) | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Electricity generating facility (solar and wind) | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Emergency services facility | No | Yes | No | |||
Environmental facility | No | Yes | No | |||
Environmental protection works | No | Yes | No | |||
Monitoring station | No | Yes | No | |||
Navigation and emergency response facility | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Place of public worship | No | Yes | No | |||
Public administration building | No | Yes | No | |||
Public Reserve | No | Yes | No | |||
Rail infrastructure facility | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Recreation area | No | Yes | No | |||
Research station | No | Yes | No | |||
Respite day care centre | No | Yes | No | |||
Transmission works | No | Yes | No | |||
Telecommunications network | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Telecommunications facility | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Tunnel control centre facility | No | Yes | No | |||
Transport Infrastructure | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Electric vehicle facility | No | Yes | No | |||
Freight intermodal facility | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Freight transport facility | No | Yes | No | |||
Freight support facility | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Passenger transport facility | No | Yes | No | |||
Classified road | No | Yes | No | |||
Controlled access road | No | Yes | No | |||
Freeway | No | Yes | No | |||
Highway | No | Yes | No | |||
Main road | No | Yes | No | |||
Secondary road | No | Yes | No | |||
State work | No | Yes | No | |||
Tollway | No | Yes | No | |||
Tourist road | No | Yes | No | |||
Transitway | No | Yes | No | |||
Transport depot | No | Yes | No | |||
Waste Infrastructure | No | Yes | No | |||
Sewerage system | No | Yes | No | |||
Biosolids treatment facility | No | Yes | No | |||
Sewage reticulation system | No | Yes | No | |||
Sewage treatment plant | No | Yes | No | |||
Water recycling facility | No | Yes | No | |||
Waste or resource management facility | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Charity bins and recycling bins | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Container recycling equipment | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Garbage bin storage enclosure | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Resource recovery facility | No | Yes | No | |||
Waste disposal facility | No | Yes | No | |||
Waste storage facility | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Waste or resource transfer station | No | Yes | No | |||
Water Infrastructure | Canal estate development | No | Yes | No | ||
Flood mitigation work | No | Yes | No | |||
Jetty | No | Yes | No | |||
Boat launching ramp | No | Yes | No | |||
Mooring | No | Yes | No | |||
Mooring pen | No | Yes | No | |||
Stormwater management system | No | Yes | No | |||
Water features and ponds | No | Yes | No | |||
Water recreation structure | No | Yes | No | |||
Water supply system | No | Yes | No | |||
Water reticulation system | No | Yes | No | |||
Water storage facility | No | Yes | No | |||
Water treatment facility | No | Yes | No | |||
Waterbody | No | Yes | No | |||
Waterway structures - minor alterations | No | Yes | No | |||
Wetland | No | Yes | No |
Residential accommodation
Group term | Subset 1 | Subset 2 | Subset 3 | Dev Type applicable to BASIX Cert? | Dev Type applicable to DA Online/State DA? | Dev Type applicable to CDC? |
Residential Accommodation | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Dwelling House | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
Medium Density Housing | Attached dwelling | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Dual occupancy | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
Dual occupancy (attached) | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
Dual occupancy (detached) | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
Manor house | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
Multi-dwelling housing | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
Multi-dwelling housing (terraces) | Yes | Yes | No | |||
Semi-detached dwelling | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
Non-standard Housing | No | Yes | Yes | |||
Boarding house | No | Yes | No | |||
Build-to-rent | Yes | Yes | No | |||
Co-living | No | Yes | No | |||
Group home | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
Group home (permanent) | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
Group home (transitional) | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
Hostel | No | Yes | No | |||
Manufactured home | No | Yes | No | |||
Moveable dwelling | No | Yes | No | |||
Rural worker's dwelling | Yes | Yes | No | |||
Secondary dwelling | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
Seniors housing | No | Yes | No | |||
Residential care facility | No | Yes | No | |||
Independent living units | Yes | Yes | No | |||
Residential Flat Building | Yes | Yes | No | |||
Shop Top Housing | Yes | Yes | No |
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