Version 1 - Superseded Planning Scheme
- Citation and commencement
- Part 1 About the planning scheme
- Part 2 State planning provisions
- Part 3 Strategic framework
- Part 4 Local Government Infrastructure Plan (LGIP)
- Part 5 Tables of assessment
- Part 6 Zones
- Part 7 Local plans
- Part 8 Overlays
- Part 9 Development codes
- Part 10 Other plans
- Schedule 1 Definitions
- Schedule 2 Mapping
- Schedule 3 Local Government Infrastructure Plan (LGIP) mapping and tables
- Schedule 4 Notations required under the Sustainable Planning Act 2009
- Schedule 5 Land designated for community infrastructure
- Schedule 6 Planning scheme policies
- Appendices
Table Sc1.1.1 Index of use definitions
Major electricity infrastructure Major sport, recreation and entertainment facility Nightclub entertainment facility |
Table Sc1.1.2—Use definitions
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Column 1 Use |
Column 2 Definition |
Column 3 Examples include |
Column 4 Does not include the following examples |
All aspects of development for either the transmission grid or electricity supply networks as defined under the Electricity Act 1994. The use may include ancillary telecommunication facilities. | Power lines greater than 66kV | Minor electricity infrastructure, substation | |
Major sport, recreation and entertainment facility | Premises with large scale built facilities designed to cater for large scale events including major sporting, recreation, conference and entertainment events. | Convention and exhibition centres, entertainment centres, sports stadiums, horse racing | Indoor sport and recreation, local sporting field, motor sport, park, outdoor sport and recreation |
Marine industry | Premises used for waterfront based marine industries involved in any activity relating to the manufacturing, storage, repair or servicing of vessels and maritime infrastructure. The use may include the provision of fuel and disposal of waste. | Boat building, boat storage, dry dock | Marina |
Market | Premises used for the sale of goods to the public on a regular basis, where goods are primarily sold from temporary structures such as stalls, booths or trestle tables. The use may include entertainment provided for the enjoyment of customers. | Flea market, farmers market, car boot sales | Shop, roadside stall |
Medium impact industry |
Premises used for industrial activities that include the manufacturing, producing, processing, repairing, altering, recycling, storing, distributing, transferring or treating of products and have one or more of the following attributes:
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Spray painting and surface coating, wooden and laminated product manufacturing (including cabinet making, joining, timber truss making or wood working) Note—Additional examples may be shown in SC1.1.3 Industry thresholds. |
Concrete batching, tyre manufacturing and retreading, metal recovery (involving a fragmentiser), textile manufacture, chemically treating timber and plastic product manufacture, service industry, low impact industry, high impact industry, special industry |
Motor sport facility | Premises used for organised or recreational motor sports whether on or off–road, which may include permanent, temporary or informal provision for spectators and other supporting uses. | Go–karting, lawn mower race tracks, trail bike parks, 4WD and all terrain parks, motocross tracks, off road motorcycle facility, motorcycle or car race tracks | Major sport, recreation and entertainment facility, outdoor sport and recreation |
Multiple dwelling | Premises containing three or more dwellings for separate households. | Apartments, flats, units, townhouses, row housing, triplex | Rooming accommodation, dual occupancy, duplex, granny flat, residential care facility, retirement facility |
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Column 1 Use |
Column 2 Definition |
Column 3 Examples include |
Column 4 Does not include the following examples |
Relocatable home park | Premises used for relocatable dwellings (whether they are permanently located or not) that provides long–term residential accommodation. The use may include a manager's residence and office, ancillary food and drink outlet, kiosk, amenity buildings and the provision of recreation facilities for the exclusive use of residents. | Tourist park | |
Renewable energy facility | Premises used for the generation of electricity or energy from renewable (naturally reoccurring) sources. | Solar farm, wind farm, tidal power | Wind turbine or solar panels supplying energy to domestic or rural activities on the same site |
Research and technology industry | Premises used for innovative and emerging technological industries involved in research design, manufacture, assembly, testing, maintenance and storage of machinery, equipment and components. The use may include emerging industries such as energy, aerospace, and biotechnology. | Aeronautical engineering, computer component manufacturing, medical laboratories, computer server facility | |
Residential care facility | A residential use of premises for supervised accommodation where the use includes medical and other support facilities for residents who cannot live independently and require regular nursing or personal care. | Convalescent home, nursing home | Community residence, dwelling house, dual occupancy, hospital, multiple dwelling, retirement facility |
Resort complex |
Premises used for tourist and visitor short–term accommodation that include integrated leisure facilities including:
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Island resort | |
Retirement facility | A residential use of premises for an integrated community and specifically built and designed for older people. The use includes independent living units and may include serviced units where residents require some support with health care and daily living needs. The use may also include a manager's residence and office, food and drink outlet, amenity buildings, communal facilities and accommodation for staff. | Retirement village | Residential care facility |
Roadside stall | Premises used for the roadside display and sale of goods in rural areas. | Produce stall | Market |
Rooming accommodation |
Premises used for the accommodation of one or more households where each resident:
The use may include:
Facilities includes furniture and equipment as defined in the Residential Tenancies and Rooming Accommodation Act 2008. |
Boarding house, hostel, monastery, off–site student accommodation | Hospice, community residence, dwelling house, short–term accommodation, multiple dwelling |
Rural industry | Premises used for storage, processing and packaging of products from a rural use. The use includes processing, packaging and sale of products produced as a result of a rural use where these activities are ancillary to a rural use on or adjacent to the site. | Packing shed | Intensive animal husbandry, intensive horticulture, roadside stall, wholesale nursery, winery, abattoir, agricultural supply store |
Rural workers' accommodation | Any premises used as quarters for staff employed in the use of land for rural purposes, such as agriculture, intensive animal husbandry and forestry, conducted on a lot in the same ownership whether or not such quarters are self–contained. | Farm workers' accommodation | Short–term accommodation, caretaker's accommodation, dual occupancy, dwelling house, nature or rural based tourist accommodation, non–resident workforce accommodation, multiple dwellings |
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Column 1 Use |
Column 2 Definition |
Column 3 Examples include |
Column 4 Does not include the following examples |
Sales office | The temporary use of premises for displaying a land parcel or buildings that can be built for sale or can be won as a prize. The use may include a caravan or relocatable dwelling or structure. | Display dwelling | Bank, office |
Service industry | Premises used for industrial activities that have no external air, noise or odour emissions from the site and can be suitably located with other non–industrial uses. | Audio visual equipment repair, film processing, bicycle repairs, clock and watch repairs, computer repairs, dry cleaning, hand engraving, jewellery making, laundromat, locksmith, picture framing, shoe repairs, tailor | Small engine mechanical repair workshop, cabinet making, shop fitting, sign writing, tyre depot, low impact industry, medium impact, high impact industry, special industry |
Service station | Premises used for the sale of fuel including petrol, liquid petroleum gas, automotive distillate and alternative fuels. The use may include, where ancillary, a shop, food and drink outlet, maintenance, repair servicing and washing of vehicles, the hire of trailers, and supply of compressed air. | Car wash | |
Shop | Premises used for the display, sale or hire of goods or the provision of personal services or betting to the public. | Hairdresser, liquor store, department store, discount department store, discount variety stores, betting agencies, supermarket, corner store | Adult store, food and drink outlet, showroom, market |
Shopping centre | Premises comprising two or more individual tenancies that is comprised primarily of shops, and that function as an integrated complex. | ||
Short–term accommodation | Premises used to provide short–term accommodation for tourists or travellers for a temporary period of time (typically not exceeding three consecutive months) and may be self–contained. The use may include a manager's residence and office and the provision of recreation facilities for the exclusive use of visitors. | Motel, backpackers, cabins, serviced apartments, accommodation hotel, farm stay | Hostel, rooming accommodation, tourist park |
Showroom |
Premises used primarily for the sale of goods of a related product line that are of a size, shape or weight that requires:
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Bulky goods sales, motor vehicles sales showroom, bulk stationary supplies | Food and drink outlet, shop, outdoor sales |
Special industry |
Premises used for industrial activities that include the manufacturing, producing, processing, repairing, altering, recycling, storing, distributing, transferring or treating of products and have one or more of the following attributes:
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Tanneries, rendering plants, oil refineries, waste incineration, manufacturing or storing explosives, power plants, manufacturing fertilisers Note—Additional examples may be shown in SC1.1.3 Industry thresholds. |
Low impact industry, medium impact industry, high impact industry, service industry |
Substation |
Premises forming part of a transmission grid or supply network under the Electricity Act 1994, and used for:
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Substations, switching yards | Major electricity infrastructure, minor electricity infrastructure |
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Column 1 Use |
Column 2 Definition |
Column 3 Examples include |
Column 4 Does not include the following examples |
Telecommunications facility | Premises used for systems that carry communications and signals by means of radio, including guided or unguided electromagnetic energy, whether such facility is manned or remotely controlled. | Telecommunication tower, broadcasting station, television station | Aviation facility, 'low–impact telecommunications facility' as defined under the Telecommunications Act 1997 |
Theatre | Premises used for presenting movies, live entertainment or music to the public and may include provision of food and liquor for consumption on the premises. The use may include the production of film or music, including associated ancillary facilities, which are associated with the production, such as sound stages, wardrobe and laundry facilities, makeup facilities, set construction workshops, editing and post–production facilities. | Cinema, movie house, concert hall, dance hall, film studio, music recording studio | Community hall, hotel, indoor sport and recreation facility, temporary film studio |
Tourist attraction | Premises used for providing on– site entertainment, recreation or similar facilities for the general public. The use may include provision of food and drink for consumption on site. | Theme park, zoo | Hotel, major sport, recreation and entertainment facility, nightclub entertainment facility |
Tourist park | Premises used to provide for accommodation in caravans, self–contained cabins, tents and similar structures for the public for short term holiday purposes. The use may include, where ancillary, a manager's residence and office, kiosk, amenity buildings, food and drink outlet, or the provision of recreation facilities for the use of occupants of the tourist park and their visitors, and accommodation for staff. | Camping ground, caravan park, holiday cabins | Relocatable home park, tourist attraction, short–term accommodation, non–resident workforce accommodation |
Transport depot | Premises used for the storage, for commercial or public purposes, of more than one motor vehicle. The use includes premises for the storage of taxis, buses, trucks, heavy machinery and uses of a like nature. The term may include the ancillary servicing, repair and cleaning of vehicles stored on the premises. | Contractor's depot, bus depot, truck yard, heavy machinery yard | Home based business, warehouse, low impact industry, service industry |