In the environmental planning world we often refer to
LEPs and SEPPs but what are they and how do they work?
LEPs
Local Environmental Plans or LEPs are a type of Environmental
Planning Instrument. LEPs apply to local Councils and provide a
framework for the way land can be used. This is done by allocating
parcels of land 'zones' for example: R1 General Residential
and RU1 Rural Landscape. Each zone is made up of objectives which
sets out the principal purpose of the land; what development is
permissible on the land with consent, what development is
permissible on the land without consent and what development is
prohibited.
SEPPs
State Environmental Planning Policies or SEPPs are environmental
planning instruments that deal with matters of State or Regional
environmental planning significance. The effect of a SEPP is that
it can override a LEP and can prohibit certain types of development
or can allow development in a certain zone. For example, a
development
