Leichhardt Local Environmental Plan 2000



Part 1 Administration
1   Name of the Plan
This Plan is called Leichhardt Local Environmental Plan 2000 and is referred to as the Plan throughout this document.
2   Purpose of the Plan
The purpose of the Plan is to provide a framework for the Council to carry out its responsibility for environmental planning provisions. The Plan has a vision and objectives which are implemented through provisions and development control tables. These provisions, when implemented together with the detailed policies, standards and performance criteria of development control plans, will facilitate the achievement of the Plan’s objectives.
3   Land to which the Plan applies
The Plan applies to all land in the Leichhardt local government area as shown on the Zoning Map, except—
(a)  the land shown as deferred on that map and known as 1 The Crescent, Annandale, and
(b)  the land shown as deferred on that map and known as the State Rail Authority site, being land bounded by Balmain Road, City West Link Road, Moore Street West and Derbyshire Street, Leichhardt, and
(c)  any land to which Sydney Regional Environmental Plan No 26—City West applies that is within that area, and
(d)  any land to which Sydney Local Environmental Plan 2012 applies.
cl 3: Am 2012 (628), Sch 6.1.
4   Effect of the Plan on other environmental planning instruments
(1)  The Plan repeals all other local environmental plans and deemed environmental planning instruments that, immediately before the Plan took effect, applied to the land to which the Plan applies, except to the extent they relate to land shown as deferred on the Zoning Map.
(2)  The Plan amends State Environmental Planning Policy No 4—Development Without Consent by inserting the following words in alphabetical order in Schedule 2 (Land excepted from clauses 6–10)—
  
Leichhardt local government area
5   Consent authority for the Plan
The Council is the consent authority for the purposes of the Plan, except as provided by or under the Act.
6   Exempt and complying development
(1)  Development of minimal environmental impact listed as exempt development in Development Control Plan No 35 is exempt development.
(2)  Development listed as complying development in Development Control Plan No 35 is complying development if—
(a)  it is local development of a kind that can be carried out with consent on the land on which it is proposed, and
(b)  it is not an existing use, as defined by section 106 of the Act.
(3)  Development is exempt or complying development only if it complies with the development standards and other requirements applied to the development by Development Control Plan No 35.
(4)  A complying development certificate issued for any complying development is to be subject to the conditions for the development specified in Development Control Plan No 35.
(5)  In this clause, references to Development Control Plan No 35 are references to the provisions of that development control plan as adopted on 25 November 2003.
cll 6: Am 2.4.2004.
7   General provisions in relation to the development of land
(1) Zones which apply in the Plan The following zones are applicable to land to which the Plan applies—
Residential Zone,
Business Zone,
Industrial Zone,
Open Space Zone,
Public Purpose Zone.
Land is included in a zone if it is shown on the Zoning Map in the manner specified in that zone’s development control table in the Plan.
(2) Development which is allowed or prohibited in each zone Except as otherwise provided by the Plan, development of land within a zone that—
(a)  may be carried out with or without development consent, or
(b)  is prohibited,
is specified in the development control table for the zone.
(3) Land use objectives Consent must not be granted for development proposed within a zone unless the consent authority has taken into consideration such of the objectives of the Plan as are relevant to the proposal and is satisfied that the development is consistent with those objectives.
For the purposes of this subclause, in the event of an inconsistency between the general objectives of the Plan and a specific objective applicable to the proposed use, the specific objective applicable to the proposed use prevails.
8   Definition of terms used in the Plan
In the Plan—
(a)  words defined in Schedule 3 have their defined meanings which may differ from their everyday meanings, and
(b)  a reference to a building or place used for a purpose includes a reference to a building or place intended to be used for the purpose, and
(c)  a reference to a map is a reference to a map kept at the office of the Council.
9   Model provisions
This Plan adopts clauses 8 and 35 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Environmental Planning and Assessment Model Provisions 1980.
cll 9: Am 2.4.2004.
10   The use of explanatory notes
Explanatory notes to the Plan, including any notes within boxes, do not form part of the Plan, nor does the list of its contents.
11   Optional saving for undetermined applications
(1)  Any development application lodged but not finally determined prior to the commencement of the Plan is to be assessed and determined under the provisions of the environmental planning instruments and development control plans that were in force immediately before that commencement.
(2)  However, when assessing and determining a development application to which subclause (1) applies, the consent authority must have regard to the provisions of the Plan and development control plans approved for the purposes of the Plan as if they had been exhibited under the Act but had not been made or approved.
(3)  Subclauses (1) and (2) do not apply to a development application if the applicant has given the Council a written request for the application to be assessed and determined under the Plan.
Part 2 Vision, general objectives and planning principles
12   Vision of the Plan
The vision of the Plan is to conserve and enhance the quality and diversity (social and physical) of the natural, living, working and leisure environments of the local government area of Leichhardt. The protection of the amenity of residents should be pre-eminent.
13   General objectives
(1)  The general objective for ecologically sustainable development is to encourage the incorporation of the principles of ecologically sustainable development in the design and management of the built and natural environment to—
(a)  provide for the preservation of natural resources to ensure their availability for the benefit of future generations, and
(b)  minimise negative impacts of urban development on the natural, social, physical and historical environment, and
(c)  maintain and enhance the quality of life, both now and for the future.
(2)  The general objective for the built and natural environment and amenity is to encourage the design of buildings, structures and spaces which are compatible with the character, form and scale of the area to—
(a)  protect and enhance the area’s natural features, character and appearance, and
(b)  protect, conserve and enhance the area’s heritage, and
(c)  provide an environment meeting the principles of good urban design, and
(d)  maintain amenity and contribute to a sense of place and community, and
(e)  provide an environment which is visually stimulating, while being easy to manage and maintain, and
(f)  provide adequate access and linkages to public open space, and
(g)  accommodate the existing and future needs of the locality concerned, and
(h)  protect and conserve ecologically sensitive land, particularly that which is visually exposed to the waters of Sydney Harbour and the Parramatta River and of natural or aesthetic significance at the water’s edge.
(3)  The general objective for transport and access is to encourage the integration of the residential and non-residential land uses with public and private transport and improve access to—
(a)  reduce the need for car travel and subsequent pressure on the existing road networks, and
(b)  maximise utilisation of existing and future public transport facilities, and
(c)  maximise the opportunity for pedestrian and cycle links, and
(d)  identify and ameliorate adverse impacts of all transport modes on the environment, and
(e)  improve road safety for all users, particularly pedestrians and cyclists.
(4)  The general objective for arts and cultural activity is to protect and promote the use and development of land for arts and cultural activity, including music and other performance arts.
cl 13: Am 2.4.2004; 2020 (724), Sch 1.8.
14   (Repealed)
cl 14: Rep 2.4.2004.
Part 3 Heritage conservation
15   Objectives
The objectives of the Plan in relation to heritage conservation are as follows—
(a)  to protect, conserve and enhance the cultural heritage and the evidence of cultural heritage, including places, buildings, works, relics, townscapes, landscapes, trees, potential archaeological sites and conservation areas, and provide measures for their conservation,
(b)  to protect, conserve and enhance the character and identity of the suburbs, places and landscapes of Leichhardt, including the natural, scenic and cultural attributes of the Sydney Harbour foreshore and its creeks and waterways, surface rock, remnant bushland, ridgelines and skylines,
(c)  to prevent undesirable incremental change, including demolition, which reduces the heritage significance of places, conservation areas or heritage items,
(d)  to allow compatible and viable adaptation and re-use of the fabric of heritage significance,
(e)  to ensure the protection of relics and places of Aboriginal cultural significance in liaison with the Aboriginal community.
cl 15: Subst 2.4.2004.
16   General provisions for the development of land
Heritage items
(1)  Consent is required for all development on the site of a heritage item.
(2)  Consent must not be granted for any development in respect of a heritage item unless the consent authority has assessed a statement that—
(a)  describes the significance of the heritage item as part of the environmental heritage of Leichhardt, and
(b)  addresses the extent of the impact of the development on the conservation and heritage significance of the item in terms of—
(i)  its fabric,
(ii)  the age of the building or structure,
(iii)  any stylistic or horticultural features of its setting,
(iv)  any potential for archaeology,
(v)  any historic subdivision pattern in the vicinity, and
(c)  sets out any steps to be taken to mitigate any adverse impact of the proposed development on the environmental heritage of Leichhardt.
(3)  Unless the consent authority has considered a conservation management plan, it must not grant consent for development on land which is—
(a)  the site of a heritage item identified in Schedule 2 as having State significance,
(b)  the site of a heritage item that pre-dates 1840, or
(c)  a place identified in Schedule 2 as having archaeological significance.
Items listed on the State Heritage Register for the time being are taken to have State significance for the purposes of the Plan, whether or not that listing is recorded in Schedule 2.
(4)  Consent must not be granted for development on land which comprises an archaeological site or is a potential archaeological site unless the consent authority is satisfied that any necessary excavation permit required by the Heritage Act 1977 has been granted.
(5)  Consent must not be granted for development on land which comprises an Aboriginal site or that the Council considers is a potential Aboriginal site, unless the consent authority—
(a)  has notified the Council’s Aboriginal Consultative Committee, Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative and the Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council, and
(b)  has considered any matters raised by each of those bodies within 21 days of the notification, and
(c)  is satisfied that any necessary consent or permission under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 has been granted.
Use of a heritage item
(6)  Nothing in the Plan prevents consent from being granted for the use of a heritage item for any purpose, if the consent authority is satisfied that—
(a)  the proposed use would not adversely affect the heritage significance of the item, and
(b)  the proposed use will ensure the conservation of the heritage item, where it is a building, and
(c)  the amenity of the area will not be adversely affected.
Development in the vicinity of a heritage item
(7)  Consent must not be granted for development on land in the vicinity of a heritage item, unless the consent authority has made an assessment of the effect the carrying out of that development will have on the heritage significance of the heritage item and its setting as well as on any significant views to and from the heritage item.
Conservation areas
(8)  Consent must not be granted for the demolition, reconstruction, adaptation or erection of a building, the carrying out of a work, or the subdivision of land, within a conservation area unless the consent authority has made an assessment of the extent to which the carrying out of the development would affect the heritage significance of the conservation area, with particular regard to—
(a)  the heritage significance of any building, work, relic, tree or place, archaeological site or potential archaeological site or Aboriginal site that would be affected, and the contribution it makes to the conservation area, and
(b)  the compatibility of the proposed development with the conservation area, including the size, form, scale, orientation, siting, materials, landscaping and details of the proposed development.
cl 16: Am 2008 (571), Sch 3.103 [1] [2].
Part 4 Housing
17   Objectives
The objectives of the Plan in relation to housing are as follows—
(a)  to provide development standards to ensure that the density and landscaped areas of new housing are complimentary to and compatible with the style, orientation and pattern of surrounding buildings, works and landscaping and to take into account the suite of controls in Leichhardt Development Control Plan 2000 to achieve the desired future character,
(b)  to provide landscaped areas that are suitable for substantial tree planting and of a size and location suitable for the use and enjoyment of residents,
(c)  to provide for a minimum residential allotment size in order to protect the area’s diverse subdivision pattern and to ensure the orderly and economic use and development of residential land,
(d)  to provide a diverse range of housing in terms of size, type, form, layout, location, affordability and adaptability to accommodate the varied needs of the community, including persons with special needs,
(e)  to improve opportunities to work from home.
cl 17: Subst 2.4.2004.
18   Development control table: Residential Zone
The following Table applies to development within the Residential Zone—
Table
(1)   Description of the zone
The Residential Zone provides for residential development and allows, with consent, other uses which are compatible with residential amenity.
Land within this zone is shown coloured pink on the Zoning Map.
(2)   Development allowed without development consent
Exempt development.
(3)   Development allowed only with development consent
Development for the purpose of—
advertisements
bed and breakfast accommodation
boarding houses
boatsheds
child care facilities
community facilities
community gardens
dwellings
educational establishments
exhibition homes
group homes
health care premises
high impact telecommunication facilities
home based employment
hospitals
housing for seniors or people with a disability
local shops
places of public worship
playgrounds
public transport stops
recreation areas
roads
Demolition
Subdivision
(4)   Prohibited development
Any development not included in item (2) or (3).
cl 18: Am 2.4.2004; 2007 (641), Sch 5.22 [1] [2].
19   General provisions for the development of land
(1) Floor space and landscaped area controls In this clause—
Density area means land shown as a density area by heavy black edging on the Density Map.
(2)  Except where the development is carried out in accordance with clause 23 (1), consent must not be granted to the carrying out of residential development on land within a density area if it will result in the floor space ratio exceeding the ratio shown for the density area in the following Table—
Table
Density area
Maximum floor space ratio
Leichhardt
0.5:1
Annandale
0.6:1
Balmain
0.7:1
Glebe
0.7:1
(3)  Except where the development is carried out in accordance with clause 23 (1)—
(a)  the minimum landscaped area for residential development is 40% of the site area, and
(b)  25% of the landscaped area required under paragraph (a)—
(i)  is to be on natural or unpaved ground that is not overhung by or on top of any structure, and
(ii)  is to be permeable, and
(iii)  is to be appropriate for substantial deep planting.
(4) Subdivision control Consent shall not be granted to the subdivision of land within the Residential Zone that would create a single allotment of land with a site area of less than 200 square metres.
This subclause does not apply to the strata subdivision of buildings.
(5) Building conversion and adaptation Irrespective of subclauses (2) and (3), consent may be granted to alterations to a non-residential building, in the Residential Zone, so as to allow it to be used for a residential use, if the consent authority is satisfied that—
(a)  the building is substantially retained, which means the building must be structurally capable of conversion without the need for the replacement of most of the structure, and
(b)  any increase in floor space is contained generally within the envelope of the existing building, and
(c)  the alteration of the building will meet the ecologically sustainable development objectives and controls of the Plan, and
(d)  the alterations have been designed with adequate provision for the intended occupants, and those in the vicinity of the site of the proposed development, in terms of amenity, and
(e)  the appearance of the building, after the alterations have been carried out, will integrate into and enhance the streetscape, and
(f)  the alteration of the building will provide useable private outdoor recreation space for, and directly adjoining, each dwelling, and
(g)  the conversion of the building will provide adequate, accessible and secure car parking spaces and bicycle storage facilities for residents of and visitors to the building, and
(h)  where the building is a heritage item or in the vicinity of a heritage item or within a conservation area, the conversion of the building meets the heritage objectives and controls of the Plan.
(6) Diverse housing Consent must not be granted for development that will provide 4 or more dwellings, unless it provides a mix of dwelling types in accordance with the following Table, to the nearest whole number of dwellings—
Table
Dwelling type
Percentage to be provided
Bedsitter or one bedroom dwelling
Minimum 25%
Three or more bedroom dwelling
Maximum 30%
(7) Adaptable housing Consent must not be granted to development that will provide 10 or more dwellings unless it provides adaptable housing units in accordance with the following Table, to the nearest whole number—
Table
Number of dwellings
Number of adaptable housing units
10–15
1
16–24
2
25–34
3
35 or more
10% of the total number of dwellings
cl 19: Am 3.5.2002; 2.4.2004.
Part 5 Employment
20   Objectives
The objectives of the Plan in relation to employment are as follows—
(a)  to ensure the sustainable growth of Leichhardt’s economy by retaining existing employment uses and fostering a range of new industrial and business uses to meet the needs of the community,
(b)  to reinforce and enhance the role, function and identity of established business centres by encouraging appropriate development and to ensure that surrounding development does not detract from the function of these centres,
(c)  to integrate residential and business development in business centres,
(d)  to ensure that buildings to be used for employment are appropriately located and designed to minimise the generation of noise, traffic, car parking, waste, pollution and other adverse impacts, to maintain the amenity of surrounding land uses, and avoid harm to the environment,
(e)  to ensure the continuation of commercial port uses and railway uses,
(f)  to allow a range of water-based commercial and recreational facilities in waterfront areas in order to retain the visual diversity and maritime character of the area,
(g)  to ensure non-residential development in residential zones does not detract from the function of the established business centres.
cl 20: Subst 2.4.2004.
21   Development control table: Business Zone
The following Table applies to development within the Business Zone—
Table
(1)   Description of the zone
The Business Zone applies to land within existing business centres where retail, commercial and associated uses are concentrated.
Land within this zone is shown coloured blue on the Zoning Map.
(2)   Development allowed without development consent
Exempt development.
(3)   Development allowed only with development consent
Any development not included in item (2) or (4).
(4)   Prohibited development
Development for the purpose of—
advertising panels
airports
bulk stores
caravan parks
depots
drive-in take-away food shops
generating works
helipads
heliports
junk yards
liquid fuel depots
nuclear facilities
passenger transport terminals
smash repairs
timber yards
warehouses
22   Development control table: Industrial Zone
The following Table applies to development within the Industrial Zone—
Table
(1)   Description of the zone
The Industrial Zone provides for a range of employment opportunities.
Land within this zone is shown coloured purple on the Zoning Map.
(2)   Development allowed without development consent
Exempt development
(3)   Development allowed only with development consent
Development for the purpose of—
advertisements
amusement centres
brothels
bulk stores
bulky goods retailing
car parking
community facilities
depots
educational establishments
generating works
high impact telecommunication facilities
industries
local shops
motor showrooms
passenger transport terminals
places of public worship
port uses
public transport stops
railways
recreation areas
recreation facilities
roads
service stations
sex shops
smash repairs
timber yards
transport depots
veterinary facilities
warehouses
water-based commercial and recreational facilities
Demolition
Subdivision
(4)   Prohibited development
Any development not included in item (2) or (3).
cl 22: Am 2.4.2004.
23   General provisions for the development of land
(1) Commercial floor space control
(a)  Consent must not be granted to the carrying out of non-residential development on land within any zone if it will result in the floor space ratio of a building on the land exceeding 1:1.
(b)  Consent may be granted to the carrying out of mixed residential and other development on land within the Business Zone which results in a floor space ratio of a building on the land up to 1.5:1, but only if all floor space at the ground floor or street level is used for non-residential purposes (except for any floor space used for service and access purposes required for the residential component of the building in the floors above).
(c)  Residential development on land within the Business Zone is only allowed in accordance with paragraph (b).
(2) Industrial floor space control Consent must not be granted to the carrying out of development on land within the Industrial Zone if it will result in a floor space ratio of a building on the land exceeding 1:1.
(3) Development for the purpose of bulky goods retailing Consent must not be granted to the carrying out of development for the purpose of bulky goods retailing unless consideration has been given to the following—
(a)  whether the proposed development will detrimentally affect existing or future industrial development within the zone in which the land concerned is situated and whether this impact is acceptable, and
(b)  whether the number of retail outlets that exist or are proposed on land within the Industrial Zone detract from the predominantly industrial nature of the zone.
(4) Development for the purpose of backpacker hostels and serviced apartments Consent must not be granted to the carrying out of development for the purpose of backpacker hostels or serviced apartments, unless consideration has been given to the following—
(a)  the need to control the establishment of backpacker hostels and serviced apartments in the local government area of Leichhardt,
(b)  the need to protect the stock of low-cost, long-term rental accommodation within that area,
(c)  the need to prevent the reduction in residential amenity associated with the encroachment of backpacker hostels and serviced apartments into nearby residential areas.
(5) Development for the purpose of brothels or sex shops Consent must not be granted to the carrying out of development for the purpose of a brothel or sex shop unless consideration has been given to the following—
(a)  whether the brothel or sex shop is operating near or within view from a place of public worship, hospital or school or any place regularly frequented by children for recreational or cultural activities,
(b)  whether the brothel or sex shop would have an adverse impact on the amenity in the neighbourhood when taking into account other brothels or sex shops operating in the neighbourhood or other land uses within the neighbourhood involving similar hours of operation and creating similar amounts of noise and vehicular and pedestrian traffic,
(c)  whether the brothel or sex shop will have suitable access,
(d)  whether the brothel or sex shop will interfere with the amenity of the neighbourhood.
(6) Commercial use of non-residential buildings in the Residential Zone Consent may be granted to the use of a building or part of a building situated within the Residential Zone for any use allowed only with development consent in the Business Zone, and the alteration of the building so that it can be so used, if—
(a)  the whole or part of the building was constructed for a non-residential use, and
(b)  the building is substantially retained, which means the building must be structurally capable of conversion while meeting building, health, amenity and other environmental planning requirements, without the need for the replacement of most of the structure, and
(c)  the consent authority is satisfied that the amenity of the locality will not be adversely affected.
(7)  Nothing in subclause (6) allows the use of an existing building, or part of an existing building, situated within the Residential Zone for the purpose of backpacker hostels, brothels, clubs, hotels, motels, serviced apartments or sex shops.
(8) Refreshment rooms in non-residential buildings in the Residential Zone Consent must not be granted under subclause (6) for the use of a building or part of a building situated within the Residential Zone for the purpose of a refreshment room unless the consent authority is satisfied that—
(a)  the gross floor area of the refreshment room (excluding floor area used for food preparation, service areas and storage) will not exceed 60 square metres, and
(b)  the refreshment room will not trade after 6 pm any day.
cl 23: Am 2.4.2004; 2005 (208), Sch 1 [1] [2].
Part 6 Open space, recreation and leisure
24   Objectives
The objectives of the Plan in relation to open space are as follows—
(a)  to maximise the provision of open space in order to provide a diverse range of settings and recreational opportunities to meet the needs of the community,
(b)  to ensure the equitable distribution of, and access to, open space and recreation facilities,
(c)  to retain, protect and promote public access to foreshore areas and provide links to existing open space,
(d)  to ensure development is compatible with any Parks Plans of Management, Landscape Plans and Bicycle Plan adopted by the Council,
(e)  to conserve and enhance the ecological role of open space, including flora and fauna diversity (including the genetic, species and ecosystem diversity of flora and fauna), habitat corridors and the potential of open space to cleanse air, water and soils,
(f)  to provide opportunities in open space for public art.
cl 24: Subst 2.4.2004.
25   Development control table: Open Space Zone
The following Table applies to development within the Open Space Zone—
Table
(1)   Description of the zone
The Open Space Zone applies to open space used for both active and passive recreation in either private or public ownership. It includes land which is yet to be acquired by, or dedicated to, the Council, for public open space. Land within this zone is shown coloured green on the Zoning Map.
(2)   Development allowed without development consent
Development for the purpose of—
ancillary sporting structures
open space embellishment
playgrounds
recreation areas
(3)   Development allowed only with development consent
Development for the purpose of—
clubs
community facilities
community gardens
jetties
kiosks
public amenities
public transport stops
recreation facilities
Demolition
Subdivision
(4)   Development which is prohibited
Any development not included in item (2) or (3).
26   General provisions for the development of land
Note—
Nothing in this clause is to be construed as requiring a public authority to acquire land—see section 27 (3) of the Act.
(1) Application Subclauses (3) and (4) apply to the land and relevant public authority for that land set out in the Table to this subclause.
Table
Land identified for acquisition
Relevant public authority
23 White Street, Lilyfield
Corporation established under the Act
35 White Street, Lilyfield
Corporation established under the Act
39 White Street, Lilyfield
Corporation established under the Act
22 Wisdom Street, Annandale
Corporation established under the Act
15 and 15a Hearn Street, Leichhardt
Leichhardt Municipal Council
1 and 3 Cahill Street, Camperdown
Leichhardt Municipal Council
Part of 23, 25, 29, 31, 33, 37, 39, 41, 43 and 45 Susan Street, Annandale, as shown coloured green on the Zoning Map
Leichhardt Municipal Council
Lot 101 Chester Street, Annandale
Leichhardt Municipal Council
Water Board land adjoining Johnstons Creek off Chester Street, Annandale
Leichhardt Municipal Council
9 The Crescent, Annandale
Leichhardt Municipal Council
State Rail Authority land, The Crescent, Annandale
Leichhardt Municipal Council
Part of 451–459 Glebe Point Road, Glebe, as shown coloured green on the Zoning Map
Leichhardt Municipal Council
Lot 1 DP 995083, Lot 37 DP 664777, Lot 2 DP 995083 and Lot 100 DP 850261, Wood and Hereford Streets (adjoining Orphan School Creek), Forest Lodge
Leichhardt Municipal Council
(2)    (Repealed)
(3) Development pending acquisition Until land within the Open Space Zone to which this subclause applies is acquired by the public authority concerned, development may be carried out on that land for any purpose with development consent, where the consent authority is satisfied that the development will not diminish the usefulness of the land for the purpose for which it has been zoned.
(4)  Consent is not to be granted to the carrying out of development of land to which this subclause applies, unless the Council has taken the following into consideration—
(a)  the effect of the proposed development on the costs of acquisition,
(b)  the imminence of acquisition,
(c)  the costs of reinstatement of the land for the purposes for which the land is to be acquired,
(d)  whether the proposed development will diminish the usefulness of the land for the purpose for which it has been zoned.
(5) Development near Open Space Zone boundaries Consent may be granted to the carrying out of development that is within the Open Space or Residential Zones and is within 10 metres of a boundary between those zones for any purpose for which development may be carried out either with or without development consent in the adjoining zone and on the other side of that boundary.
(6)  Consent must not be granted in accordance with subclause (5) unless the consent authority is satisfied that—
(a)  the development would not reduce the total area of land available for use as public open space, and
(b)  in the opinion of the consent authority, the carrying out of the development is desirable to achieve a better disposition of buildings and open space on the land.
(7) Parks plans of management Nothing in the Plan prevents consent from being granted to development identified in a plan of management adopted by the Council under the Local Government Act 1993 in the Open Space Zone.
cl 26: Am 2008 (571), Sch 3.103 [3] [4]; 2011 (635), Sch 1 [1]–[7].
Part 7 Community uses
27   Objectives
The objectives of the Plan in relation to community uses are to facilitate the equitable provision and improve the range, quality and distribution of community and cultural facilities and services to meet the needs of residents, workers and visitors.
cl 27: Subst 2.4.2004.
28   Development control table: Public Purpose Zone
The following Table applies to development within the Public Purpose Zone—
Table
(1)   Description of the zone
The Public Purpose Zone enables land to be developed for public, community and cultural purposes. Land within this zone is shown coloured yellow on the Zoning Map.
(2)   Development allowed without development consent
Development for the purpose of—
recreation areas
Exempt development
(3)   Development allowed only with development consent
Development for the purpose of—
advertisements
boarding houses
car parking
child care facilities
clubs
community facilities
community gardens
depots
educational establishments
hospitals
high impact telecommunication facilities
housing for seniors or people with a disability
markets
passenger transport terminals
places of assembly
places of public worship
police facilities
public amenities
public buildings
public transport stops
recreation facilities
roads
transport depots
water-based commercial and recreational facilities
Demolition
Subdivision
(4)   Prohibited development
Any development not included in item (2) or (3).
cl 28: Am 2007 (641), Sch 5.22 [3] [4].
29   Development of land within Public Purpose Zone
Consent must not be granted to the carrying out of development of land within the Public Purpose Zone unless the consent authority has taken into consideration whether—
(a)  the proposed use of the land or building concerned forms part of a wider proposal for the development of public spaces, services or facilities serving the community, and
(b)  the needs of the existing users of the facilities on the development site will continue to be met within the locality.
cl 29: Am 3.5.2002.
Part 8 Special provisions
30   Subdivision of land
Before consenting to a subdivision of land, the consent authority must consider whether the subdivision will—
(a)  provide an appropriate setting for development in terms of site areas, dimensions and amenity to satisfy the needs of future residents and businesses, and
(b)  protect the urban form, scale and density of the locality.
31   Temporary use of land
Nothing in the Plan, prevents consent from being granted to development (other than designated development) for any purpose for a maximum period of 28 days, whether or not consecutive, in any one calendar year if the consent authority is satisfied that—
(a)  the temporary purpose will not prejudice the carrying out of development on the land in accordance with the Plan, and
(b)  appropriate arrangements are made for the removal of the use and any associated structures at the end of the period specified in the development consent, and
(c)  the temporary purpose will not impact unreasonably on the amenity of the adjoining and other surrounding properties.
32   Land reserved for roads
Note—
Nothing in this clause is to be construed as requiring a public authority to acquire land—see section 27 (3) of the Act.
(1) Acquisition of reserved land The owner of any land shown “Reservation” on the Zoning Map may request the Roads and Traffic Authority to acquire the land. The request must be in writing. On receipt of the request, the Roads and Traffic Authority must acquire the land.
(2) Development pending acquisition Until land to which this clause applies is acquired by the Roads and Traffic Authority, development may be carried out on that land for any purpose with development consent, where the consent authority is satisfied that the development will not adversely affect the usefulness of the land for the purposes for which it has been reserved.
(3)    (Repealed)
cl 32: Am 2008 (571), Sch 3.103 [5]–[7].
33   Foreshore building line
(1)  The foreshore building line is shown on the Foreshore Building Line Map as an unbroken red line.
(2)  Except as provided by subclause (3), a building must not be erected and a work must not be carried out on land between the foreshore building line and the mean high water mark.
(3)  Consent may be granted for the erection of baths, swimming pools and enclosures, boatsheds, changing rooms, jetties and sea walls on land between the foreshore building line and the mean high water mark, but only if the consent authority is satisfied that the building or work will not detract from the scenic qualities of the locality when viewed from the water.
cl 33: Am 3.5.2002.
34   Foreshore access
Consent must not be granted to development on land which could provide access to the foreshore and links to existing or proposed open spaces, unless the consent authority has taken into consideration the provision of that access.
35   Suspension of covenants, agreements and instruments
(1)  Any covenant, agreement or similar instrument which affects development allowed by the Plan does not apply to the extent necessary to allow the development.
(2)  Nothing in subclause (1) affects the rights or interests of any public authority under any registered instrument.
(3)  In accordance with section 28 of the Act, the Governor approved of subclauses (1) and (2) before the Plan was made.
36   Additional uses and controls for certain land
Despite the other provisions of the Plan, certain sites, shown on the Zoning Map by the letters “SSP”, are subject to additional specific provisions as included in Schedule 1.
cl 36: Am 8.11.2002.
37   Classification and reclassification of public land as operational land
(1)  The public land described in the Table to this clause is classified, or reclassified, as operational land for the purposes of the Local Government Act 1993.
(2)    (Repealed)
Table
Locality
Description
Balmain
 
Elliott Street
Part of Paringa Reserve, being part of Lot E, DP 36161, as identified as “Reclassification Area” on Sheet 2 of the map marked “Leichhardt Local Environmental Plan 2000 Amendment No 18—Zoning Map
cl 37: Ins 3.5.2002. Am 2011 (635), Sch 1 [8].
38   Development on public roads
(1)  A person must not carry out development on a public road shown uncoloured on the Zoning Map, or part of such a road lawfully closed, without the development consent of the consent authority.
(2)  The consent authority may grant its consent under subclause (1) only for a purpose that may be carried out either with or without development consent on land adjoining that road.
(3)  Despite subclauses (1) and (2), the following development may be carried out without the consent of the consent authority on a public road shown uncoloured on the Zoning Map or part of such a road lawfully closed—
(a)  Council development for the purposes of minor improvements to footpaths, such as landscaping and repaving, drainage, street resurfacing and the reconstruction of kerbs, footpaths, gutters and the like,
(b)  exempt or complying development as described under clause 6,
(c)  development for which approval has been granted under Part 1 of Chapter 7 of the Local Government Act 1993.
cl 38: Ins 2.4.2004.
39   Development on certain land at Rozelle
(1)  This clause applies to Lot 1, DP 540118, Lot 2, DP 234045 and Lot 3, Section D, DP 119, being 118, 120 and 124 Terry Street, Rozelle (the Terry Street site).
(2)  Despite any other provision of this Plan, development consent may be granted to a single development application for development on land to which this clause applies that is both of the following—
(a)  a proposal to develop the Terry Street site in its entirety,
(b)  a proposal for development with a maximum floor space ratio of 1.5:1 for the purposes of commercial premises, light industries, refreshment rooms, residential development and shops.
(3)  Development consent must not be granted under this clause unless the consent authority is satisfied that—
(a)  a high standard of architectural and urban design appropriate to the building type and location will be achieved, with articulated height and massing providing an appropriate transition to the existing streetscape, and
(b)  the total gross floor area of the part of the development that is used for the purposes of commercial premises, shops and refreshment rooms will not exceed 1,300 square metres, and
(c)  the development will not exceed—
(i)  if a building has a street frontage on Terry Street—3 storeys in height, or
(ii)  in any other case—6 storeys in height, and
(d)  the development will minimise overshadowing of neighbouring properties on Crystal Street, and
(e)  the development will not significantly increase the amount of traffic on Terry Street, Wellington Street, Merton Street, Nelson Street or Victoria Road, Rozelle, and
(f)  those parts of the development that are not residential development will not have a significant adverse impact on local commercial centres, and
(g)  the development will provide and facilitate pedestrian and cycle access through the Terry Street site to Merton and Margaret Streets, and
(h)  the development will incorporate environmentally sustainable design principles, and
(i)  the development will include the necessary design and acoustic measures to ensure that light industries within the development, as well as any existing industrial uses on land surrounding the development, do not have a significant adverse impact on the amenity of future residents of the development, and
(j)  light industries will only be located in buildings that have a street frontage on Crystal Street.
cl 39: Ins 2012 (675), Sch 1 [1].
40   Exceptions to development standards
(1)  The objectives of this clause are as follows—
(a)  to provide an appropriate degree of flexibility in applying certain development standards to particular development,
(b)  to achieve better outcomes for and from development by allowing flexibility in particular circumstances.
(2)  Development consent may, subject to this clause, be granted for development even though the development would contravene a development standard imposed by this or any other environmental planning instrument. However, this clause does not apply to a development standard that is expressly excluded from the operation of this clause.
(3)  Development consent must not be granted for development that contravenes a development standard unless the consent authority has considered a written request from the applicant that seeks to justify the contravention of the development standard by demonstrating—
(a)  that compliance with the development standard is unreasonable or unnecessary in the circumstances of the case, and
(b)  that there are sufficient environmental planning grounds to justify contravening the development standard.
(4)  Development consent must not be granted for development that contravenes a development standard unless—
(a)  the consent authority is satisfied that—
(i)  the applicant’s written request has adequately addressed the matters required to be demonstrated by subclause (3), and
(ii)  the proposed development will be in the public interest because it is consistent with the objectives of the particular standard and the objectives for development within the zone in which the development is proposed to be carried out, and
(b)  the concurrence of the Planning Secretary has been obtained.
(5)  In deciding whether to grant concurrence, the Planning Secretary must consider—
(a)  whether contravention of the development standard raises any matter of significance for State or regional environmental planning, and
(b)  the public benefit of maintaining the development standard, and
(c)  any other matters required to be taken into consideration by the Planning Secretary before granting concurrence.
(6)  After determining a development application made pursuant to this clause, the consent authority must keep a record of its assessment of the factors required to be addressed in the applicant’s written request referred to in subclause (3).
(7)  This clause does not allow development consent to be granted for development that would contravene any of the following—
(a)  a development standard for complying development,
(b)  a development standard that arises, under the regulations under the Act, in connection with a commitment set out in a BASIX certificate for a building to which State Environmental Planning Policy (Building Sustainability Index: BASIX) 2004 applies or for the land on which such a building is situated.
cl 40: Ins 2019 (659), Sch 1.16.
41   Conversion of fire alarms
(1)  This clause applies to a fire alarm system that can be monitored by Fire and Rescue NSW or by a private service provider.
(2)  The following development may be carried out, but only with development consent—
(a)  converting a fire alarm system from connection with the alarm monitoring system of Fire and Rescue NSW to connection with the alarm monitoring system of a private service provider,
(b)  converting a fire alarm system from connection with the alarm monitoring system of a private service provider to connection with the alarm monitoring system of another private service provider,
(c)  converting a fire alarm system from connection with the alarm monitoring system of a private service provider to connection with a different alarm monitoring system of the same private service provider.
(3)  Development to which subclause (2) applies is complying development if it consists only of—
(a)  internal alterations to a building, or
(b)  internal alterations to a building together with the mounting of an antenna, and any support structure, on an external wall or roof of a building so as to occupy a space of not more than 450mm × 100mm × 100mm.
(4)  A complying development certificate for any such complying development is subject to a condition that any building work may only be carried out between 7.00 am and 6.00 pm on Monday to Friday and between 7.00 am and 5.00 pm on Saturday, and must not be carried out on a Sunday or a public holiday.
(5)  In this clause—
private service provider means a person or body that has entered into an agreement that is in force with Fire and Rescue NSW to monitor fire alarm systems.
cl 41: Ins 2019 (659), Sch 2.16.
42   Standards that cannot be used to refuse consent—playing and performing music
(1)  The consent authority must not refuse consent to development in relation to licensed premises on the following grounds—
(a)  the playing or performance of music, including the following—
(i)  the genre of music played or performed, or
(ii)  whether the music played or performed is live or amplified, or
(iii)  whether the music played or performed is original music, or
(iv)  the number of musicians or live entertainment acts playing or performing, or
(v)  the type of instruments played,
(b)  whether dancing occurs,
(c)  the presence or use of a dance floor or another area ordinarily used for dancing,
(d)  the direction in which a stage for players or performers faces,
(e)  the decoration to be used, including, for example, mirror balls, or lighting used by players or performers.
(2)  The consent authority must not refuse consent to development in relation to licensed premises on the grounds of noise caused by the playing or performance of music, if the consent authority is satisfied the noise may be managed and minimised to an acceptable level.
(3)  In this clause—
licensed premises has the same meaning as in the Liquor Act 2007.
cl 42: Ins 2020 (724), Sch 3.
Schedule 1 Additional uses and controls for certain land
(Clause 36)
Part 1 Additional uses
Nothing in the Plan prevents the consent authority from granting consent to the carrying out, on land described below, of the development specified in relation to that land, subject to any conditions specified below in relation to that development—
Oil Mill Buildings, Roseberry Place, Balmain—development for the purpose of any one or more of grocery and food shops, hotels, motels or taverns, refreshment rooms or serviced apartments, subject to the following conditions—
(a)  the gross floor area used for these and any other non-residential uses on the site does not exceed 7,000 square metres,
(b)  the non-residential uses are contained within the Oil Mill group of buildings, as identified on the Zoning Map.
Terry Street, Rozelle (site known as Balmain Cove)—development for the purpose of any one or more of grocery and food shops, hotels, motels or taverns, refreshment rooms or serviced apartments, subject to the following condition—
the gross floor area used for these and any other non-residential uses on the site does not exceed 2,000 square metres.
Terry Street, Rozelle (site known as Balmain Shores)—development for the purpose of any one or more of grocery and food shops, hotels, motels or taverns, refreshment rooms or serviced apartments, subject to the following conditions—
(a)  the gross floor area used for these and any other non-residential uses on the site (excluding so much of the gross floor area of the “pump house” as is utilised for a non-residential use) does not exceed 5,000 square metres,
(b)  the non-residential uses are, in the opinion of the consent authority, located to encourage an active waterfront parkland, and
(c)  the “pump house” is utilised for a non-residential use.
Reynolds Street (corner of Buchanan Street), Balmain (part of site formerly known as Ampol), Lots 85–93 and 126–145, SP 65243—any development permissible with or without development consent within the Business Zone pursuant to clause 21.
235 Catherine Street, Lilyfield—development for the purpose of a car park.
Land known as 156–160 Bridge Road, Glebe—community purposes (including a theatre (seating no more than 175 persons), art gallery (for the display or sale of works of art), arts and crafts instruction centre, child and maternity welfare centre, community centre, place of assembly, professional office, photographic studio, refreshment room, or reception centre), subject to the following conditions—
(a)  subject to condition (b), no buildings (other than those in existence on 15 June 1984) shall be erected on the land,
(b)  condition (a) does not apply to any of the following—
(i)  the buildings and structures permissible as a result of the approval by the Minister for Planning on 13/9/1993 for development application No 148/90, and
(ii)  the buildings and structures approved by the Heritage Council on 17/1/2000 in approval 2000/S60/010, and
(iii)  the north-eastern part of the land occupied by “Hamilton” and known as No 156 Bridge Road,
(c)  subject to condition (d), the exterior of the buildings existing on the land on 15 June 1984 shall be restored to the satisfaction of the Council,
(d)  condition (c) does not apply to the building on the north-eastern part of the land, occupied by “Hamilton” and known as No 156 Bridge Road,
(e)  the Council shall not consent to a development application made in respect of “Hamilton”, No 156 Bridge Road, except with the concurrence of the Director,
(f)  the Director, in deciding whether that concurrence should be granted, shall take the following matters into consideration—
(i)  the extent to which the proposed development, if development consent was granted, would affect the heritage significance of “Reussdale” and the “Abbey” restaurant and their sites,
(ii)  the design of the proposal and whether the proposed development is compatible with “Reussdale” and the “Abbey” restaurant,
(iii)  how the proposed development relates to the existing streetscape, particularly in relation to form, mass, materials and landscaping,
(iv)  the need for proposed works to conserve and restore “Reussdale” and its setting, including and landscaping improvements.
Note—
This land is subject to an order under section 129 of the Heritage Act 1977.
115 Wigram Road, Glebe—development for the purpose of dwellings at the ground floor or street level, subject to the condition that the dwellings only have frontages to Minogue Crescent (including at the corner of Wigram Road) and Alfred Road.
237 Marion Street, Leichhardt, Lot 38, DP 2041, Lot 1, DP 433797 and Lots 1 and 2, DP 1005390—development for the purpose of housing for seniors or people with a disability.
Ballast Point site, Wharf Road and Ronald Street, Birchgrove (site formerly known as the Caltex Oil facility), Lot 11, DP 792332, Lots 1–4, DP 115939, Lot 7, DP 132691, Lots 413 and 634, DP 752049 and Lots 1 and 2, DP 82593—development for the purpose of a marine refuelling facility to be situated on land between the foreshore building line and the mean high water mark, subject to the following condition—
the scale, siting and design of the marine refuelling facility is consistent with any master plan required for the land under State Environmental Planning Policy No 56—Sydney Harbour Foreshores and Tributaries.
Part of 208–210 Norton Street, Leichhardt (Lot 1, DP 103149, Lot A, DP 914411 and Lot 3, DP 914061) and part Lots 1 and 2, Section A, 1663, Allen Street, Leichhardt, as shown coloured blue, edged heavy black and lettered “SSP” on the map marked “Leichhardt Local Environmental Plan 2000 (Amendment No 9)—Zoning Map—development for the purpose of dwellings at the ground floor or street level, subject to the condition that the dwellings only have frontages to Allen Street.
107 Elliott Street, Balmain (Lot 1, DP 852863 and Lot 26, DP 850832) and part of Paringa Reserve, Elliott Street, Balmain (being part of Lot E, DP 36161), as identified as “SSP” and edged heavy black on Sheet 2 of the map marked “Leichhardt Local Environmental Plan 2000 Amendment No 18—Zoning Map—development for the purposes of a refreshment room.
Part 2 Restriction of certain uses on specific sites
Balmain Hospital site, Palmer Street, Balmain
Before granting consent for the carrying out of development on part of Lot 1 DP 590694, off Palmer Street, Balmain, known as the Balmain Hospital site—
(a)  the consent authority must take into account the health and need to retain the Hills Weeping Fig and the two Sydney Blue Gums situated near the north eastern corner of the land and the protection of the sandstone outcrop in the north western corner of the land, and
(b)  the consent authority must be satisfied that—
(i)  no development will occur within so much of the northern portion of the land as is shown with the letters “SSP” on the Zoning Map, and
(ii)  the natural ground level at the base of the fig and eucalyptus trees will be retained to the extent of the area referred to in subparagraph (i), and
(iii)  a qualified arborist will be on site when excavation works commence so as to prevent any damage to major roots that may extend beyond the identified area, and
(c)  the consent authority must take into account the topographical limitations posed by the site by considering a detailed site analysis.
Italian Forum, Norton Street, Leichhardt
Despite any other provision in the Plan, development for the purpose of a hotel is prohibited on Lot 1–165 SP 60918 and Lot 12 DP 1005187, known as 23 and 25–27 Norton Street, Leichhardt.
Part 3 Amended controls on specific sites
Balmain Leagues Club Precinct site
(1)  For the purposes of this Part—
building height (or height of building) means the vertical distance between ground level at any point to the highest point of the building, including plant and lift overruns, but excluding communication devices, antennae, satellite dishes, masts, flagpoles, chimneys, flues and the like.
mixed use development means a building or place comprising 2 or more different land uses that are permissible in the Business Zone.
the site means the site comprising all of the following land—
(a)  138–152 Victoria Road, Rozelle (being Lot 1, DP 528045),
(b)  154–156 Victoria Road, Rozelle (being Lot 1, DP 109047),
(c)  697 Darling Street, Rozelle (being Lot 104, DP 733658),
(d)  1–7 Waterloo Street, Rozelle (being Lots 101 and 102, DP 629133, Lots 37 and 38, DP 421 and Lot 36, DP 190866),
as shown edged heavy black and lettered “SSP” on the map marked “Leichhardt Local Environmental Plan 2000 (Amendment No 16)” deposited in the office of Leichhardt Municipal Council.
(2)  Despite any other provision of this Plan (except clause 19 (6) and (7) or a provision of this Part), consent may be granted for mixed use development on the site, but only if, in the opinion of the Council, the following objectives are met—
(a)  the development integrates suitable business, office, residential, retail and other uses so as to maximise public transport patronage and encourage walking and cycling,
(b)  the development contributes to the vibrancy and prosperity of the Rozelle Commercial Centre with an active street life while maintaining residential amenity,
(c)  the development is well designed with articulated height and massing providing a high quality transition to the existing streetscape,
(d)  the traffic generated by the development does not have an unacceptable impact on pedestrian or motor vehicle traffic on Darling Street, Waterloo Street and Victoria Road, Rozelle,
(e)  any residential development at street level has a frontage to Waterloo Street, Rozelle and, when viewed from the street, has the appearance of no more than three storeys.
(3)  A consent under subclause (2) must not be granted if the application for the development does not apply to the whole of the site.
(4)  A consent under subclause (2) must not be granted if the development will result in any of the following—
(a)  the floor space ratio for the site exceeds 3.9:1,
(b)  the floor space ratio for all shops on the site exceeds 1.3:l,
(c)  the floor space ratio for all commercial premises on the site exceeds 0.2:l,
(d)  the floor space ratio for all clubs on the site exceeds 0.5:1,
(e)  the floor space ratio for all residential development on the site exceeds 1.9:l,
(f)  in relation to a building on the site that is less than 10 metres from Waterloo Street, Rozelle—the building height exceeds 12.5 metres above the existing road level,
(g)  in relation to a building on the site that is less than 36 metres from Darling Street, Rozelle—the building height exceeds a reduced level of 52.0 metres relative to the Australian Height Datum or exceeds two storeys,
(h)  a building height on the site exceeds a reduced level of 82.0 metres relative to the Australian Height Datum or exceeds twelve storeys.
sch 1: Am 3.5.2002; 10.5.2002; 8.11.2002; 2005 (634), Sch 1 [1]; 2006 (549), Sch 1 [1]; 2007 (641), Sch 5.22 [5]; 2008 (402), Sch 1 [1]; 2011 (635), Sch 1 [9].
Schedule 2 Heritage items
(Clause 16, Schedule 3)
Note—
“SHR” denotes that the property is listed on the State Heritage Register.
Table
Street/Suburb
Street Number
Type
Description
Location/ Additional Information
Level of Significance
Adolphus Street, Balmain
3–33
Built
Dwellings
 
Local
Ainsworth Street, Leichhardt
23
Built
Grenfell Cottage
 
Local
Albert Street, Leichhardt
 
Landscape
Street trees—Avenue of Brush Box
 
Local
Alexander Street, Balmain
3–5
Built
Semi-detached dwellings
 
Local
Allen Street, Leichhardt
68
Built
Congregational Church and Hall
 
Regional
  
Landscape
Street trees—Avenue of Brush Box
Planted in carriageway
Local
Ann Street, Balmain
27
Built
Cottage
 
Local
Annandale Street, Annandale
33
Built
Substation
 
Regional
 
181
Built
House
 
Local
 
216
Built
Former shop and residence
NW cnr Wisdom Street
Local
 
291–293
Built
Craiglea, shop and residence
NE cnr Rose Street
Local
 
302
Built
House
SW cnr Gray Street Playground
Local
 
342
Built
House
 
Local
 
349
Built
Shop and residence
NE cnr Kentville Avenue
Local
  
Landscape
Street trees
Planted in carriageway
Local
Arcadia Road, Glebe
 
Landscape
Street trees
 
Local
 
7
Built
Oudenard
 
Local
Arundel Street, Glebe
 
Other
Stone retaining wall and steps, iron handle and fence and sandstone kerb on north side
 
State
  
Landscape
Street trees—Row of Eucalyptus sp
N side
Local
Avenue Road, Glebe
2
Built
Toxteth Park, St Scholastica’s Convent
NW cnr Arcadia Road
State
 
4
Built
Wych Wood
 
Regional
  
Landscape
Street trees—Row of Brush Box
Planted in carriageway
Local
Ballast Point Road
1
Built
Lerna
N cnr Ronald Street
Regional
 
25–27
Built
Tyne Villas
 
Regional
 
29
Built
House
 
Local
 
35–47
Built
Ellerslie Terrace
 
Regional
 
46–56
Built
Yeroulbin Terrace
Between Dock and Bates Streets
Regional
 
67
Built
House
 
Local
 
73
Built
Clifton Villa
 
State
  
Landscape
Trees and Reserve
Closed section of Ronald Street
Local
Balmain Road, Leichhardt
SRA site
Built
SRA Stores Branch Building, former Tram Depot Office, Tramshed, Cable Store
 
State
 
243
Built
Rutherford
 
Local
Balmain Road, Rozelle
393–405
Built
Stepped Terrace House (row)
Between The Boulevard and Carrington Street
Local
Barr Street, Balmain
 
Landscape
Street trees—Row of Phoenix Canariensis Palms
Centre planting
Local
Bay Street, Glebe
63–65
Built
Australian Youth Hostel
N cnr Glebe Street
Regional
Bayview Crescent, Annandale
 
Other
Iron Palisade fence
N side of street
Local
  
Landscape
Street trees—Row of Brush Box
Planted in carriageway
Local
Beattie Street, Balmain
88
Built
Two storey shopfront buildings
 
Local
 
91–99
Built
Row of houses and shopfronts
 
Regional
 
94
Built
Exchange Hotel
SW cnr Mullens Street
State
 
141
Built
Former Mertonville Hotel
S cnr Lawson Street
Local
 
147, 149, 151
Built
Two storey timber terraces, c 1870
 
Local
 
186, 188
Built
Two corner buildings
E cnr Slade Street
Local
  
Landscape
Anne Cashman Reserve
Cnr Elliot Street
Local
Beeson Street, Leichhardt
18, 20
Built
Houses
Last two S side
Local
Belmore Street, Rozelle
1–9
Built
Alice Terrace
 
Local
 
22
Built
Corner Building
N cnr Whitcombe Street
Local
Bicentennial Park, Rozelle Bay
 
Built
Railway Viaduct
 
SHR
  
Built
Bowstring Bridge
 
State
  
Built
Substation No SPS 4
 
Local
  
Built
Allen Truss Bridge (formerly known as Federal Road Bridge)
 
State
  
Landscape
Federal Park
 
Regional
  
Other
Johnston’s Creek
 
Regional
  
Landscape
Jubilee Park
 
Local
  
Landscape
Pope Paul VI Reserve
 
Local
  
Landscape
Avenue of Figs
Adjacent to former Tram sheds
Local
Birchgrove Road, Balmain
29
Built
The Riverview Hotel
Cnr Birchgrove Road
Local
 
33
Built
Lorne Villa
 
Local
 
54
Built
Lilywill
W cnr Glassop Street
Local
 
66–68
Built
Houses
 
Local
 
75
Built
St Kilda
N cnr Cardwell Street
Local
 
77
Built
House
 
Local
 
79
Built
Single terrace
 
Local
  
Built
Birchgrove Public School
 
State
  
Built
St John The Evangelist Anglican Church
NE cnr Spring Street
Local
  
Archaeological
Birchgrove Colliery
Adj Birchgrove Public School
State
Blake Street, Balmain
1
Built
Ewenton House including gatepost and fig trees
 
SHR
Booth Street, Annandale
1
Built
Former Melocco’s factory, showroom and offices
 
State
 
115
Built
Post Office
Cnr Johnston Street
State
Booth Street, Balmain
 
Other
MBWS&S
West side of Gladstone Park
Local
 
39–41
Built
Stone House
 
Local
  
Built
Balmain Hospital
 
Regional
Booth Street, Camperdown
21–37
Built
Warehousing
(not Pyrmont Bridge Road)
Local
Boyce Street, Glebe
36
Built
Montana
 
Regional
Birchgrove Park, Balmain
 
Landscape
Birchgrove Park
 
State/
Local
Brett Avenue, East Balmain
1
Built
Single storey marine villa (with attic), 1856–60
 
Local
Bridge Road, Glebe
  
See Pyrmont Bridge Road
  
Bridge Street, Balmain
1
Built
House
 
Local
Broadway
213
Built
Former Grace Bros, Model & Moxham Store
NW cnr Bay Street
State
 
285
Built
University Hall
Cnr Glebe Point Road, Glebe
State
Broderick Street, Balmain
2
Built
House
 
Local
 
6 and 8
Built
Semi-detached houses
 
Local
Broughton Street, Glebe
2–24A
Built
Housing
 
Local
Burt Street, Rozelle
15–17
Built
Semi-detached two storey house
 
Local
 
56
Built
Smith’s Hall
Cnr Denison and Alfred Streets
Local
Cameron Street, Balmain
31
Built
Sir William Wallace Pub
NE cnr Short Street
Local
 
36
Built
Mrs Lawrence’s cnr Building
SE cnr Short Street
Local
 
33–39
Built
Neighbourhood Shops
NE cnr Gipps Street
Local
Campbell Avenue, Leichhardt
 
Landscape
Street trees—Avenue of Brush Box
Planted in carriageway
Local
Campbell Lane, Balmain
68–70
Built
Formerly Kinsale group of houses
 
Local
Campbell Street, Balmain
9–11
Built
Presbyterian Church,
Manse and Terrace
 
Local
 
20, 22
Built
Single storey pair of stone houses
 
Local
 
33
Built
House
 
Regional
 
34–36
Built
Stone terrace houses
 
Local
 
72
Built
House
 
Local
Cardigan Street, Glebe
 
Other
Stone paving
Between Darling Street and Darling Lane
Local
Carrington Street, Balmain
 
Landscape
Street trees—various species
Centre plantation and verges
Local
Catherine Street, Leichhardt
8–16
Built
Group of houses
 
Local
 
129–141
Built
Thorby Buildings
Between Thorby and Styles Streets
Local
 
214
Built
Office and residence
 
Local
 
255
Built
Lammer-Muir
 
Local
  
Landscape
Street trees—Row of Port Jackson Figs
 
Local
Charles Street, Balmain
2, 4
Built
Semi-detached houses
 
Local
 
6
Built
Moorfield
 
State
Chester Street, Camperdown
 
Other
Kerb and gutter
End of Guithen Street
Local
Clayton Street, Balmain
42, 44
Built
Single storey pair of semi-detached weatherboard houses
 
Local
Clifton Street, Balmain
14
Built
House
 
Local
Coleridge Street, Leichhardt
1
Built
Single storey stuccoed brick house, c 1870
 
Local
Colgate Avenue, Balmain
1
Built
Two storey stone house (with upper floor half attic)
 
Local
 
5–13
Built
Concertina terraces
Cnr St John Street
Regional
 
22–23
Built
Colgate Palmolive buildings
 
Regional
College Street, Balmain
36
Built
Royal Oak Hotel
N cnr Curtis Road
Local
 
90
Built
Dry Dock Hotel
W cnr Cameron Street
Local
Collins Street, Annandale
11
Built
House
NE cnr Johnston Lane
State
 
13–15
Built
Agincourt
NW cnr Johnston Lane
State
 
21
Built
Police Station
NW cnr Annandale Street
State
 
34
Built
St Brendan’s Parish Home
SE cnr Johnston Street
Local
 
36
Built
St Brendan’s Convent
SW cnr Johnston Street
Local
Coulon Street, Rozelle
5–17
Built
Houses— streetscape
East side
Local
 
21
Built
House
Cnr Prosper Street
Local
Cove Street, Balmain
5–15
Built
Terrace Houses
 
Local
Cowper Street, Glebe
99–101
Built
Housing
 
Local
  
Landscape
Street trees—various species
 
Local
Crescent Lane, Glebe
2–8
Built
Row of terrace houses
Buildings known as Cliff Terrace
Local
Curtis Road, Balmain
33–35
Built
2–3 houses, former corner shop
W cnr Thames Street
Local
 
106
Built
Former corner shop
SW cnr Short Street
Local
 
113
Built
Former shop and residence with original signs
 
Local
Darghan Street, Glebe
57A
Built
Lyndhurst
 
SHR
Darling Street, Balmain
10
Built
The Shipwright’s Arms
SE cnr Weston Street
State
 
12
Built
Waterman’s College
SW cnr Weston Street
State
 
21–31
Built
Plym Terrace, 6 houses
 
Regional
 
26–28
Built
Stone semi-detached houses
 
Regional
 
30–34
Built
Three terrace houses
 
Regional
 
44–48
Built
Terrace houses
 
Local
 
50
Built
Cahermore
 
Regional
  
Built
Former Unity Hall Hotel
NW cnr Nicholson Street
Regional
 
68
Built
House
 
Local
 
74–80
Built
Three terrace houses and corner building
 
Regional
 
86
Built
Glentwood
 
Local
 
89
Built
St Mary’s Anglican Church
 
State
 
90
Built
House and shop
SW cnr Datchett Street
Local
 
141–143
Built
Small stone buildings
 
Regional
 
147–157
Built
Buildings addressing street
 
State
 
165, 167
Built
Single storey stone terraces, 1843
Former shopfronts
Local
 
177
Built
Single storey stone house, 1844
 
Local
 
179
Built
Watch house
E cnr Colgate Avenue
State
 
214
Built
Former Volunteer Hotel
SW cnr Ann Street
Regional
 
234
Built
The London Hotel
SE cnr Jane Street
Regional
 
236
Built
Oddfellows Hall
SW cnr Jane Street
Regional
 
238
Built
Courtyard Café
 
Regional
  
Built/
Landscape
St Andrew’s Congregational Church/
Ficus sp
Cnr Curtis Road
State
 
274
Built
Westpac Bank
 
Regional
 
332
Built
The Working Men’s Institute
 
State
 
368
Built
Post Office, Courthouse, Police Station
 
State
 
363–377
Built
The Loft
 
Regional
 
370
Built
Town Hall
 
State
 
391
Built
Fire Station
 
State
 
393
Built
The Manor House Restaurant
 
State
 
449
Built
House
 
Regional
  
Other
Post box
S side near cnr of Beattie Street
Local
  
Other
War Memorial
Loyalty Square
Local
  
Other
Curved stone street curb
NE cnr Beattie Street
Local
Darling Street, East Balmain
24
Built
Single storey stone house, 1841–44
 
Local
 
40, 42
Built
Two storey pair of terraces
 
Local
 
53
Built
Two storey stone shop and residence, 1850
 
Local
 
55
Built
Two storey stone shop and residence, 1856
 
Local
 
62
Built
Two storey stone commercial building, 1845
Formerly house
Local
 
63
Built
Single storey stone terrace (with altered attic storey), 1844
 
Local
 
65
Built
Single storey stone terrace (with attic storey), 1847–53
 
Local
 
67
Built
Single storey weatherboard terrace (with attic storey), 1846–59
 
Local
 
69, 71
Built
Two storey stone and sandstock shop and residence, pre-1850
 
Local
 
75, 77
Built
Single storey pair of stone terraces, 1844
 
Local
 
88
Built
Two storey stone shop and residence, 1846–55
 
Local
 
92, 94
Built
Single storey pair of stone terraces (with attics), 1845
 
Local
 
100
Built
Single storey weatherboard house, 1836–44
 
Local
 
122
Built
Single storey stone house, 1846
 
Local
Darling Street, Glebe
53–77
Built
Public Housing
 
Regional
 
50–70a
Built
Public Housing
(includes 62–92 Bridge Road)
Regional
Darling Street, Rozelle
 
Built
Rozelle Public School
To Wellington Street and Victoria Road
Regional
  
Built
St Paul’s Church— Neighbourhood Centre
 
State
  
Built
St Thomas’ Church Group
 
State
 
608
Built
Sandstone gabled church
Primitive Methodist Church
Local
 
661
Built
Bank
Formerly the Westpac Bank
Local
 
678
Built
York Buildings
 
Regional
 
707
Built
Former Police Station
NW cnr Waterloo
Regional
 
731, 735
Built
Single storey Inter-War period shops
Cnr Cambridge Street
Local
 
736
Built
Single storey commercial building
 
Local
 
749
Built
Fire Brigade/ Ambulance Training Centre
Cnr Park and Oxford Streets
Local
 
757
Built
House
 
Local
Datchett Street, Balmain
12
Built
Iver
 
State
 
20–22
Built
Two houses
 
Regional
   
Stone paving
 
Local
Datchett Street, East Balmain
4
Built
Single storey stone house, 1845–47
 
Local
 
15, 17
Built
Two storey pair of timber terraces, c 1870s
 
Local
Dennison Street, Rozelle
67–69
Built
Corner store
S cnr Cheltenham
Local
 
73
Built
Rotherhithe Cottage
 
Local
Derby Place, Glebe
 
Landscape
Street trees—Avenue of Camphor Laurels
 
Local
Derbyshire Road, Leichhardt
25
Built
SRA Tramshed
 
State
  
Landscape
Street tree—Moreton Bay Fig
 
Local
Derwent Street, Glebe
7
Built
Glebe Primary School and Anzac Memorial
 
Local
  
Landscape
Street trees—Row of Ficus Hillii
 
Local
Donnelly Street, Balmain
 
Landscape
White Bay Park
 
Local
Duke Place, Balmain
2
Built
Linford Lodge
 
State
 
8–10
Built
Semi-detached houses
 
Local
 
9
Built
House
 
Regional
Duke Place, East Balmain
5
Built
Two storey stone waterfront house, 1846
 
Local
Duke Street, Balmain
1–3
Built
Harold Place
 
Regional
 
5–15
Built
Richmond Terrace
 
Regional
 
33
Built
Clarenook
SE cnr Duke Place
Regional
  
Landscape
Street trees—Row of Ficus Hillii
W side
Local
Duke Street, East Balmain
2
Built
Single storey timber and stone house, c 1841–49
 
Local
Eaton Street, Balmain
 
Built
Balmain Public School
Darvall Street
Regional
  
Built
Fr Michael Rowan School
Jane Street
Regional
  
Built
St Augustine of Hippo Church
 
State
  
Built
St Augustine’s Chapel
(for Presbytery, see Jane Street)
State
Edward Street, Balmain
7–17
Built
Harbourview Terrace
 
Local
Elliot Street, Balmain
96
Built
Braeside
S cnr Broderick
Local
  
Landscape
Street tree—Ficus macrophylla
 
Local
  
Landscape
Street trees—Two Moreton Bay Figs
Glassop Street
Local
Elswick Street, Leichhardt
15
Built
Corner shop
 
Local
 
171
Built
Elswick
 
Local
Emily Street, Leichhardt
22–32
Built
Row of houses
 
Local
Emma Street, Leichhardt
42
Built
Shop and residence
W cnr Hill Street
Local
Eric Street, Lilyfield
 
Landscape
Street trees—Avenue of Brush Box and one Brachychiton
Also Rayner Street and Lilyfield Road
Local
Evans Street, Balmain
8 and 10
Built
Corner building
Cnr Roseberry Street
Local
Evans Street, Rozelle
60–62
Built
Two brick buildings
S cnr Goodsir Street
Local
 
75–79
Built
Stone buildings
S cnr Bruce Street
Local
 
94
Built
Two storey cnr building
S cnr Mansfield Street
Local
 
101–103
Built
Two brick terraces
N cnr Merton Street
Local
 
206
Built
House
 
Local
Ewenton Park, Balmain
 
Landscape
Ewenton Park
Includes two fig trees
Local
Ewenton Street, Balmain
3
Built
Kinvarra
S cnr Wallace Street
State
 
10
Built
Shannon Grove
 
Local
Fawcett Street, Balmain
14
Built
Bayview
 
Local
Ferris Street, Annandale
57–63
Built
Row of houses
 
Local
 
65–71
Built
Row of houses
 
Local
Ferry Road, Glebe
24
Built
Rothwell Lodge
 
SHR
 
61
Built
Mareton
 
Local
Fitzroy Avenue, Balmain
2–12
Built
Terrace houses
S cnr Punch Street
Regional
Flood Street, Leichhardt
212
Built
Corner shop
SW cnr Allen Street
Regional
Forsyth Street, Glebe
47–53
Built
Council depot, incinerator and stone structure
 
Regional
Foster Street, Leichhardt
22
Built
Former House in Lambert Park
Now a childcare centre
Regional
Foucart Street, Rozelle
84
Built
Broom factory
 
Local
 
122
Built
Cottages
 
Local
Franklyn Street, Glebe
 
Landscape
Minogue Reserve
NW cnr Francis Street
Local
Fred Street, Rozelle
8
Built
Timber cottage
 
Local
Fredbert Street, Leichhardt
 
Landscape
Street trees—Row of three Camphor Laurels
Centre planting
Local
Gallimore Avenue, Balmain
 
Other
Retaining wall, steps and fence
 
Local
Gilchrist Place, Balmain
4
Built
House
 
Regional
Gladstone Street, Balmain
2–4
Built
Two small semi-detached cottages
 
Local
Gladstone Park, Balmain
 
Landscape/ Built
Park, including reservoir
 
Regional
Glassop Street, Balmain
6
Built
House
 
Local
 
41–43
Built
Terraces
 
Local
 
44–54
Built
Terraces
 
Local
  
Built
Dawn Fraser Swimming Pool
Located adjacent to Elkington Park and includes pool and associated structures
SHR
  
Landscape
Elkington Park
Cnr White Street
Regional
Glebe Street, Glebe
21–23
Built
Terraces
 
Local
 
27–29
Built
Terraces
 
Local
 
39–41
Built
Terrace houses
 
Local
 
43
Built
Fernville
 
State
Glebe Island
 
Other
Glebe Island Bridge—c 1901 pivoting bridge
Including abutment
State
Glebe Point Road, Glebe
 
Other
Commemorative fountain
Cnr Parramatta Road, Broadway
Local
 
11, 13 and 13a
Built
Shops
 
Local
 
14, 14a
Built
Shops and residence
 
Local
 
20
Built
Montrose
Doctor’s surgery
Local
 
22
Built
Rengaya restaurant
 
Local
 
24
Built
Two storey residence
 
Local
 
27, 29
Built
Two storey stone terraces
 
Local
 
33
Built
Shop
 
Local
 
36
Built
Two storey residence
Glebe Terrace Restaurant, E cnr Derby Place
Local
 
37
Built
Former Glebe Hotel
E cnr Frances Street
Local
 
39–53
Built
Shops and residences
 
Local
 
57–73
Built
Shops and residences
 
Local
 
58–60
Built
Two storey residences
 
Local
 
62
Built
Former Raiths Bakery
 
Local
 
64–66
Built
Two storey residences
 
Local
 
72–82
Built
Shops and residences
 
Local
 
77–79
Built
Single storey residences
 
Local
 
84
Built
Two storey building
Theatre
Local
 
85–99
Built
Shops and residences
 
Local
 
86–88
Built
Two storey residences
 
Local
 
90
Built
Former Currency Lass Hotel
 
Local
 
92–94
Built
Two and three storey residences
Cnr Mitchell Street
Local
 
100
Built
Alishan Guest House
 
Local
 
101–103
Built
Shops and residences
 
Local
 
112–112a
Built
Shops and residences
 
Local
 
113–123
Built
Shops and residences
 
Local
 
125–129
Built
Two storey residences
 
Local
 
118–134
Built
Houses
No 128—Calmar
Local
 
138a
Built
St John’s Church, Bishopsthorpe
 
Local
 
140
Built
Glebe War Memorial
In Foley Park SW cnr Bridge Road
Local
 
142–144
Built
Two storey shops
Cnr Bridge Road
(includes 144A, 144B and 144C—Swiss cottages)
Regional
 
150–158
Built
Cottages
 
Local
 
151
Built
Former Hand and Heart Hotel
 
Local
 
153–181
Built
Two storey shops
 
Local
 
160–160b
Built
Two storey terraces
 
Local
 
166d
Built
Valhalla Cinema and shops
Cnr Hereford Street
Local
 
168–182
Built
Two storey terraces
 
Local
 
181a
Built
Glebe Post Office
NE cnr St John’s Road
State
 
183–185
Built
Two storey shops
NW cnr St John’s Road
Local
 
184
Built
Formerly St Helens
Community Care Centre
Local
 
186
Built
Homeopathic Hospital
Rear Building
Local
 
198–214
Built
Two storey residences
 
Local
 
207–209
Built
Two storey residences
Thai Intra Restaurant
Local
 
216–224
Built
Doctors houses
 
Local
 
225
Built
Ancient Briton Hotel
NW cnr Bridge Road
Local
 
226–228
Built
Edith Villas
 
Local
 
232, 232b–d
Built
Two storey houses and flats
 
Local
 
232A
Built
Mayfair Flats
 
Local
 
234
Built
Engadine Court
 
State
 
236–260
Built
Residences
N cnr Park Avenue
State
 
251–255
Built
Shops and residences
 
Local
 
257–287
Built
Two storey dwellings
 
Local
 
266
Built
Monteith
 
SHR
 
270–272
Built
Two storey houses
 
Local
 
278–312
Built
Residences
288—Lymington N cnr Eglinton
Local
 
321–327
Built
Shops and residences
 
Local
 
329–331
Built
House
 
Local
 
343–345
Built
Toxteth Hotel
Cnr Ferry Road
Local
 
357
Built
Bidura
 
State
 
359–361
Built
Pair of Victorian terraces
 
Local
 
363–381
Built
Shops and residences
 
Local
 
383–389
Built
Two storey residences
 
Local
 
397–399
Built
Single storey houses
 
Local
 
401–405
Built
Two storey residences
 
Local
 
425–429
Built
Two storey terrace houses
 
Local
 
431
Built
Factory
 
Local
 
433–445
Built
Terraces and corner house
 
State
  
Landscape
Foley Park
Cnr Bridge Road
Local
  
Landscape
Avenue plantings of poplars various locations
 
Local
Gordon Street, Rozelle
 
Built
St Joseph’s School
Cnr Quirk and Maney Streets and Victoria Road
Regional
Grafton Street, Balmain
12B
Built
Hampton Villa
 
Regional
Grove Street, Balmain
17
Built
Former cnr shop
SE cnr Cameron Street
Local
 
22
Built
House
 
Regional
 
37–53
Built
8 terrace houses and corner building
Bt. Bat and Cover Streets
Regional
  
Landscape
Birchgrove Park
 
State/
Local
Hancock Street, Rozelle
10
Built
Former tramway workshop
 
State/
Local
Harold Park, Glebe
 
Built
Tram sheds
 
Local
Henry Street, Leichhardt
 
Landscape
Street trees—Row of Brush box and one Ficus Hillii
Planted in carriageway
Local
Hereford Street, Glebe
2a, 2b
Built
Rosebank, Victoria and Alice Lamkin Welfare Centre
 
Local
 
45
Built
Kinvarra
 
Local
 
53
Built
Hereford House
 
Local
 
55
Built
Kerribee NSW College of Nursing
Cnr Walsh Street
Regional
 
75
Built
House
 
Local
 
117
Built
Cottage
 
Local
Hill Street, Leichhardt
90
Built
House, former cnr shop
SE cnr McKenzie Street
Local
Hornsey Street, Rozelle
42
Built
Hornsey House
 
Local
Hosking Avenue, Balmain
 
Landscape
Street trees—Norfolk Island Pine, Arcaria heterophylla
 
Local
Hubert Street, Leichhardt
2
Built
General Store
NW cnr William Street
Local
Hutchinson Street, Annandale
1
Built
Substation— Sydney Water
 
Local
Hyam Street, Balmain
 
Landscape
Street trees—Row of Brush Box
 
Local
Isobel Street, Balmain
 
Landscape
Street trees—Row of Phoenix Canariensis
Centre plantation
Local
James Lane, East Balmain
1, 3
Built
Single storey pair of weatherboard semi-detached houses (with later additions), 1854
 
Local
 
5
Built
Single storey brick house
 
Local
James Street, Leichhardt
134–136
Built
Two adjacent stone houses
 
Local
Jane Street, Balmain
2–6
Built
Victorian sandstone terraces
 
Local
 
8–10
Built
Terraces
 
Local
 
11, 13
Built
Rosebank and Cairngorm
 
Local
 
12
Built
Victorian Gothic convent building
 
State
 
14–16
Built
St Augustines Presbytery
 
State
Johnston’s Creek, Annandale
 
Other
Bridge at Parramatta Road
 
Local
Johnston Street, Annandale
1
Built
House
 
Local
 
7
Built
House
SE cnr Albion Street
Local
 
25
Built
Gates of Annandale House
 
Local
 
25–31
Built
Annandale Public School
 
State
 
33
Built
Norton House
 
Local
 
35, 39, 41
Built
Residential group
 
State
 
36
Built
House
 
Local
 
38–40
Built
Attached houses
 
Local
 
46
Built
Wallscourt
 
Local
 
79
Built
Community Centre— former Council Chambers
 
Local
 
81a
Built
Annandale Uniting Church and Victory Hall
 
State
  
Built
St Brendan’s Church
SE cnr Collins Street
Regional
  
Built
Hunter-Baillie Memorial Church
NW cnr Collins Street
State
 
84
Built
House
 
Local
 
86
Built
Flats
 
Local
 
99–103
Built
The Colonnade
 
Local
 
132–134
Built
Italianate villas
 
Local
 
182
Built
Substation
 
Local
 
198–212
Built
North Annandale Public School
 
State
  
Other
Sandstone retaining wall and steps
Across Rose Street, E side of Johnston Street
Local
 
250–272
Built
Wall and gateways
 
Regional
 
260
Built
Kenilworth (also known as Highroyd)
 
State
 
264
Built
Hockington
 
State
 
266
Built
Ratho
 
State
 
270
Built
Oybin
 
State
 
272
Built
The Abbey
 
State
  
Landscape
Street Trees—Brush Box
 
Local
Johnston Street, Balmain
12
Built
Onkaparinga
 
Regional
 
13
Built
Captain Tinley’s House
(Excluding the rear lot)
Regional
 
19
Built
Canterbury Cottage
 
Regional
Johnston Street, East Balmain
6, 8
Built
Single storey pair of stuccoed brick semi-detached houses, 1840s
 
Local
 
11
Built
Single storey stone house (with modern attic), 1841–43
Formerly commercial building
Local
Leichhardt Street, Glebe
6
Built
Margaretta Cottage
 
Regional
 
17–19
Built
House
 
Regional
 
49
Built
Florence Villa
 
Regional
 
51b
Built
Drayton Lodge
 
Regional
 
53
Built
The Retreat
 
State
 
55
Built
Bellevue
 
SHR
  
Landscape
Blackwattle Bay Park
Includes Strides yard
Regional
 
49–53
Archaeological
Strides yard—crane
 
Local
Leichhardt Street, Leichhardt
45
Built
Fernleigh
 
Local
Leys Avenue, Leichhardt
 
Landscape
Street trees—Brush Box plantation
Planted in carriageway
Local
Lilyfield Road
 
Landscape
Street trees—Avenue of Brush Box and one Brachychiton
Also Rayner and Eric Streets
Local
  
Landscape
Easton Park
Cnr Burt and Denison Streets
Local
Little Edward Street, East Balmain
2, 4, 6, 8
Built
Two storey stone terrace row, 1844
 
Local
Little Stephen Street, Balmain
 
Other
Stone drain abutting 52 Palmer Street
 
Local
Llewellyn Street, Balmain
27a
Built
Lodge Hall
 
Local
  
Landscape
Street trees—Brush Box and Ficus Hillii sp
 
Local
Lookes Avenue, East Balmain
1, 3, 5
Built
Two storey stucco terrace row, 1867
 
Local
 
2, 4
Built
Single storey pair of semi-detached brick houses (with modern attics and additions)
 
Local
 
9
Built
Two storey stone marine villa (with attic), c 1850
Cnr Gallimore Avenue
Local
 
13
Built
Remnant of single storey pair of semi-detached houses (with attic), 1844
 
Local
 
15
Built
Two storey stone house, 1844
Formerly Joseph Looke’s house
Local
Lords Road, Leichhardt
6–12
Built
Streetscape group
Includes 59–71, 77–79 Upward Street
Local
Louisa Road, Balmain
14
Built
Leopoldville
 
Local
 
24
Built
Logan-Brae
 
Local
 
44
Built
The Anchorage
 
Local
 
65–67
Built
Former site of Birchgrove House
Includes sandstone rubble wall
Local
 
76
Built
Douglas
 
Regional
 
85
Built
Geierstein
 
Local
 
115
Built
Carlowrie
 
Local
 
144
Aboriginal
Raywell
 
SHR
  
Landscape
Yurulbin Park
 
Regional
  
Archaeological
Sydney Harbour Tunnel— Greenwich to Balmain
Cnr Numa Street
State
Mackenzie Street, Rozelle
5–19
Built
Terraces
 
Local
 
21
Built
Former shop
 
Local
Macquarie Terrace, Balmain
 
Other
Rowntree Memorial
 
Local
  
Landscape
Street trees—Brush Box and Palms
Centre Plantation
Local
Mansfield Street, Glebe
13
Built
Tranby
 
SHR
 
27
Built
Emslee
 
Regional
Mansfield Street, Rozelle
17
Built
Bald Rock Hotel
NE cnr Rumsey Street
Local
 
31
Built
Corner Building
NW cnr Smith Street
Local
 
76–80
Built
Corner shop and terraces
 
Local
Margaret Street, Rozelle
2
Built
Balmain Power Station site—
(a)  two storey stucco building, and
(b)  single storey brick industrial building.
Formerly—
(a)  administration building, and
(b)  pump station.
State
Marion Street, Leichhardt
 
Built
Leichhardt Public School
SE cnr Norton Street
State
  
Built
Fire Station
NW cnr Balmain Road
State
 
2
Built
Former Presbyterian Church
Between Renwick and Norton Streets
Local
 
6–8
Built
Semi-detached houses
 
Local
 
82–84
Built
Semi-detached houses
 
Local
 
90–92
Built
Semi-detached houses
 
Local
Marlborough Street, Leichhardt
43
Built
Corner shop and residence
 
Local
Mary Street, Leichhardt
 
Landscape
Four Fig Trees at entrance to Leichhardt Park
 
Local
  
Landscape
Street tree—one Ficus Hillii
At Perry Street
Regional
Minogue Crescent, Glebe
 
Landscape
 
Open space along Minogue Crescent, including the Lewis Hoad Reserve
Local
Montague Street, Balmain
6
Built
Civic buildings
 
Local
 
8
Built
Civic buildings
 
Local
 
19
Built
Central Methodist Mission
 
Local
 
28
Built
Balmain Co-op Society Ltd
NE cnr Llewellyn Lane
Regional
Moore Street, Leichhardt
77
Built
Shop and residence
 
Local
 
111
Built
Factory
 
Local
Mort Street, Balmain
36
Built
Hall
Former Ships Painters and Dockers Union Hall
Local
 
91–97
Built
Formerly the Star Hotel
 
Local
 
101
Built
Formerly the Forth and Clyde Hotel
 
Regional
 
107, 109
Other
Sandstone retaining wall and drainage culvert
Cnr Thames Street
Local
Mt Vernon Street, Glebe
 
Landscape
Street trees—Avenue of Poplars
 
Local
  
Landscape
Street trees—Two mature Moreton Bay Figs
Cnr Catherine Street
Local
Nicholson Street, Balmain
14
Built
Araluen later Dellwood
 
State
  
Built
Nicholson Street Public School
Cnr School Street
State
 
19
Built
Townhouses
 
Regional
 
34
Built
Mort Bay House
Access from Nicholson Street
Local
 
37
Built
Waterview Workshops, former Adelaide Steamship Company building
 
SHR
  
Landscape
Street tree—Ficus Macrophylla
End of Nicholson Street
Local
Norton Street, Leichhardt
124
Built
Two storey brick house
Cnr Marion Street (formerly tramway terminus)
Local
 
126
Built
All Souls Church and Rectory
NW cnr Marion Street
Regional
  
Built
Town Hall
NE cnr Marion Street
State
  
Built
Former Post Office
NE cnr Wetherill Street
State
 
156
Built
Royal Hotel
SW cnr Carlisle Street
Local
  
Landscape
Pioneers Memorial Park, former Balmain Cemetery
 
Local
Numa Street, Birchgrove
7
Aboriginal
Middens,
rock shelters
 
Local
 
9
Aboriginal
Middens,
rock shelters
 
Local
Palmer Street, Balmain
20
Built
House
 
Local
 
36–38
Built
Houses
 
Local
 
46
Built
House
 
Local
 
48
Built
House
 
Local
 
50
Built
House
 
Local
 
52
Built
House and former shop
 
Local
 
54
Built
Street walls
 
Local
 
56
Built
Street walls
 
Local
 
60
Built
House
 
Local
 
62
Built
House
 
Local
 
64
Built
House
 
Local
 
94–110
Built
Terrace house row
 
Local
Paul Street, Balmain
2–14
Built
Eastcliff terraces
 
Local
 
3
Built
House
 
Regional
 
5
Built
House
 
Regional
Parramatta Road, Annandale
105–119
Built
Goodmans Buildings
NW Cnr Parramatta Road & Johnston Street— Includes 2–14 Johnston Street
State
Parramatta Road, Camperdown
210
Built
Former Police Station
 
Local
Parramatta Road, Glebe
281–285
Built
University Hall
Cnr Glebe Point Road, Glebe
State
Parramatta Road, Leichhardt
289
Built
Albert Palais—
dance hall
 
Local
 
345
Built
Bald Faced Stag Hotel
E cnr Balmain Road
Local
 
393
Built
The Norton Hotel
Formerly the Imperial Hotel
Local
 
463
Built
The Taverner’s Hill Hotel
W cnr Rofe Street, formerly the Elswick Hotel
Local
Paul Street, East Balmain
13
Built
Single storey stone house, 1842–44
 
Local
 
15, 17, 19
Built
Two storey stucco terrace row, 1885
 
Local
Peacock Point, Balmain
 
Landscape
Illoura Reserve
 
State
Pearson Street, Balmain
4
Built
House
 
Local
 
11
Built
Hillside House, Eastcliff, the Captain’s Cottage
 
Regional
 
24 and 24A
Built
Houses
Formerly known as Rothsay
Local
Perry Street, Lilyfield
47
Built
House
E cnr Campbell
Local
Phillip Street, Balmain
 
Built
Corner buildings
E cnr Spring Street
Local
Piper Street, Annandale
 
Other
MWS&DB aqueduct
Crosses Annandale— includes all sections between Johnstons Creek and Whites Creek
State
  
Other
War Memorial
Hinsby Reserve
Local
  
Landscape
Hinsby Reserve
Centre Plantation
Local
Pyrmont Bridge Road, Camperdown
52–54
Built
Warehouse
NW cnr Booth Street
Local
Pyrmont Bridge Road, Glebe
22
Built
Greens Woolstore
Near cnr Darling Street
Local
 
82–96
Built
Public housing
See also 50–70a, 53–77 Darling Street Glebe
Local
 
154
Built
The Hermitage
 
State
 
156
Built
Hamilton
 
State
 
158
Built
Abbey Restaurant
 
State
 
160
Built
Reussdale
 
SHR
 
175
Built
Cottage
 
Local
 
223a–229
Built
Victorian houses
 
Local
 
231
Built
Forest Lodge Public School
 
Local
 
233
Built
Briarbank
 
State
 
272–280
Built
Terrace
 
Local
Queen Street, Glebe
46–48
Built
Terraces
 
Local
Queens Place, Balmain
1
Built
Former Post Office
Cnr Waterview Street
Regional
 
5–9
Built
Three terrace houses
 
State
Quirk Street, Rozelle
15
Built
Large house
NW cnr Graham Street
Local
Railway Parade, Annandale
 
Built
Substation SPS 5
At Hutchinson Street
Local
  
Landscape
Street trees—Row of Palms
Adjacent to Whites Creek
Local
  
Landscape
Avenue of Phoenix Canariensis
 
Local
Rayner Street, Lilyfield
 
Landscape
Street trees—Avenue of Brush Box and one Brachychiton
Also Lilyfield Road and Eric Street
Local
Redlion Street, Rozelle
4–12
Built
Mary Terrace
 
Local
Reynolds Avenue, Balmain
1–7
Built
Semi-detached cottages
 
State
Reynolds Street, Balmain
69, 71–79
Built
Semi-detached cottages
 
State
 
100–104
Built
Former Unilever Administration building
Between Hyam and Foy Streets
State
  
Landscape
Street trees—Row of Brush Box
 
Local
Rose Street, Birchgrove
2–8
Built
Semi-detached cottages
 
Local
Roseberry Street, Balmain
5–7
Built
Unilever Oil Mill group of buildings
Includes The Copra Store, The Oil Mill Building, The Engineers Store, The Electricians Shop and The Vim Building
State
Ross Street, Glebe
1
Built
Warehouse
 
Local
Rowntree Street, Balmain
40
Built
House
 
Regional
 
45
Built
Shop building
Cnr of Curtis Road, former shop and residence, now Dental Surgery
Local
 
127–135
Built
Neighbourhood shops
SE cnr Cameron Street— includes the former Waterview Hotel
Local
 
137
Built
Shop and residence
NE cnr Cameron Street
Local
 
165
Built
Corner shop
NE cnr Bay Street
Local
 
177–211
Built
Row housing
 
Regional
 
235
Built
House
 
Local
Rozelle Hospital, Callan Point
 
Aboriginal
Middens, rock shelters, occupation sites
 
SHR
  
Archaeological
European relief rock carvings
 
SHR
  
Landscape
Indigenous vegetation
 
SHR
Rozelle Hospital, Rozelle
 
Built
Rivendell
Former Broughton Hall
SHR
  
Built
Former Gary Owen House
Writer’s centre
SHR
  
Built
Kirkbride Block
College of the Arts
SHR
  
Built
The Lodge
Main entrance gates Balmain Road
SHR
  
Built
Wards 14, 14x and 15
 
SHR
  
Built
Bonny View
Cottage
SHR
  
Built
Rehabilitation and Industrial Therapy Unit
 
SHR
  
Built
Moodie Street Cottage
 
SHR
  
Built
Tree Tops
Residential Quarters
SHR
  
Built
Recreation Activities Building 92A
Bayview Complex
SHR
  
Archaeological
Rock carvings
Bayview Complex
SHR
  
Landscape
Hospital grounds
 
SHR
Ryan Street, Leichhardt
60–62
Built
Kay’s Corner
E cnr of lane
Local
School Street, Balmain
2
Built
Kaikoura
Cnr Gallimore Avenue
Regional
Short Street, Leichhardt
1
Built
Leichhardt Hotel
N cnr Balmain Road
Local
Simmons Street, Balmain
 
Landscape
Simmons Point Reserve
 
Local
Simmons Street, East Balmain
13
Built
Two storey Italianate waterfront mansion, 1884
On Simmons Point
Local
Smith Street, Balmain
31–41
Built
Terrace
 
Local
 
44
Built
School
Formerly the Smith Street Public School
Local
 
73
Built
Providence
 
Regional
 
75
Built
Flats
 
Local
Spring Street, Balmain
2
Built
Single storey weatherboard marine villa
Cnr Short Street
Local
St Andrew Street, Balmain
1
Built
Two storey stucco terrace, c 1850
 
Local
 
14
Built
Two storey stone terrace, 1844
 
Local
St John Street, Balmain
3, 5
Built
Two storey pair of stucco terraces, 1849–53
 
Local
St Johns Road, Glebe
 
Built
Police station
NE cnr Talfourd Street, also known as 1–3 Talfourd Street
State
  
Built
Courthouse and stone cottage
NW cnr Talfourd Street
State
  
Built
St John’s Bishopsthorpe
NW cnr Glebe Point Road
State
 
73
Built
Fire station
 
Regional
 
75
Built
St John’s Village
 
State
 
132
Built
St John’s Parish Hall
E cnr Derwent Street
State
 
160
Built
Glebe Town Hall, Chambers and residence
 
State
 
162–170
Built
Nag’s Head Hotel and row of shops
 
Regional
 
189
Built
Former Rehoboth Primitive Methodist Church and Hall
 
Local
 
204–206
Built
Pair of shops
Cnr Ross St
Local
 
242
Built
House
 
Local
  
Other
Horse Trough
Cnr Glebe Point Road
Local
St Marys Street, East Balmain
14, 16
Built
Two storey pair of stuccoed stone terraces (with upper floor half attic), 1864
 
Local
 
18
Built
Two storey weatherboard house (with upper floor half attic), c 1870
Cnr Weston Street
Local
Stack Street, Balmain
7
Built
Wood-Lee Villa
 
State
Stephen Street, Balmain
4
Built
Formerly The Pacific Hotel
SE cnr Gladstone Street
Local
 
31–33
Built
  
Local
Tebbutt Street, Leichhardt
 
Built
Kegworth Primary School
Between Lords Road and Kegworth Street
State
Thames Street, Balmain
4
Built
Christian Bros High School
 
Regional
 
7–11
Built
Three terrace houses
 
Local
 
13
Built
Montrose
 
Regional
 
40
Other
Sandstone retaining wall and drainage culvert
Cnr Mort Street
Local
  
Built
Wharf
Mort Bay
State
The Avenue, Annandale
1
Built
House
 
Local
 
3
Built
House
 
Local
The Crescent, Annandale
 
Other
Sandstone Retaining Wall
W side between Johnston and View Streets
Local
Thomas Street, Balmain
1
Built
Glenarvon
 
Regional
Toxteth Road, Glebe
2, 4
Built
Ambleside and Wycombe
 
Regional
 
9
Built
Toxteth Lodge
W cnr on Avenue Road
State
 
19
Built
Former Methodist Church and Hall (now childcare centre)
 
Local
 
40
Built
The Scheibner Centre
W cnr Bell Street
Regional
  
Landscape
Street trees—Avenue of Ficus Hillii and Plane Trees
Central and footpath planting
Local
Trafalgar Street, Annandale
39–41
Built
Edwinville
 
State
 
43–47
Built
Former Beales Piano Factory
Extends to Nelson Street
Local
 
49
Built
House
 
Local
 
55
Built
Shop and residence
SE cnr Collins Street
Local
 
233
Built
Houses
 
Local
 
235
Built
House
Known as Wrens Nest
Local
 
245
Built
House
 
Local
 
268
Built
Shop and residence
NW cnr Rose Street
Local
Trouton Street, Balmain
1–7
Built
Four terrace houses
 
Local
 
19
Built
The Old Place (two storey sandstone house)
Known as Campbell Lane (off Campbell Street) (waterfront)
Local
 
25, 27
Built
Two storey pair of semi-detached stone houses (with corner shop)
Cnr Thames Street
Local
Union Street, Balmain
17
Built
House
 
Local
 
18–20
Built
Pair of semi-detached houses
 
Local
  
Other
Stepped walkway
 
Local
Upward Street, Leichhardt
59–71
Built
Houses— streetscape group
Includes 8–12 Lords Road
Local
 
77–79
Built
Houses— streetscape group
Includes 8–12 Lords Road
Local
Victoria Road, Glebe
2
Built
Sze Yup Chinese Temple
 
SHR
Victoria Road, Rozelle
46
Built
Church
St Josephs Church
Local
 
76
Built
Former Tower of London Hotel
 
Local
 
114
Built
Mechanics Institute
 
Local
 
128–132
Built
York Buildings
SW cnr Darling Street
Regional
Vincent Street, Balmain
7
Built
The Grange
W cnr Waite Avenue
Regional
 
14
Built
Ardenlea
 
Local
Wallace Street, Balmain
1
Built
House
 
Local
 
2
Built
Puiri
 
Local
 
4
Built
Clontarf
E cnr Adolphus Street
Local
Waterview Street, Balmain
3
Built
Two storey stone house (with upper floor half attic), 1844
 
Local
 
6
Built
Single storey stone house, pre-1850
 
Local
 
8
Built
Single storey stone house, pre-1850
 
Local
 
12
Built
Two storey early weatherboard house, c 1850
Set well back right-of-way
Local
 
16–22
Built
Timber houses
 
Regional
 
27
Built
Single storey stone house, 1844–45
 
Local
 
46
Built
Balmoral House
 
State
 
47
Built
Joldwen
NE cnr Caroline Street
Local
 
49
Built
Regimbah
 
Regional
 
70
Built
Single storey marine villa (with attic and modern dormers), 1842–44
 
Local
Wells Street, Balmain
1–15
Built
Yeend’s Terrace
 
Regional
 
2
Built
House
 
SHR
Wentworth Park, Glebe
 
Other
Railway Viaduct
 
SHR
  
Landscape
Parkland, excluding stadium
 
Regional
  
Landscape
Avenue of Morton Bay figs
 
Regional
Wentworth Park Road, Glebe
62
Built
Two-storey industrial building “Brelco”
 
Local
Westmoreland Street, Glebe
 
Landscape
Street trees—Avenue of Ficus and Plantanus sp
 
Local
Weston Street, East Balmain
2–8
Built
Fenwick and Co boatshed
 
SHR
Wetherill Street, Leichhardt
1a
Built
Methodist Central Hall
 
Regional
 
23–25
Built
Pair of attached houses
 
Local
Wharf Road, Balmain
7
Built
  
Local
 
7A
Built
(Boatshed only)
 
Local
 
8
Built
Bremer House
E cnr Lemm Street
Local
 
13, 13a
Built
House
 
Local
 
19 and 19A
Built
House and Stannard’s marina
 
Local
 
21
Built
Normanton
 
Local
 
23
Built
Maybank
 
Local
 
25, 25a, 25b
Built
Wyoming
 
State
 
31
Built
  
Local
 
33–35
Built
Simla and Oneida
 
State
 
34–36
Built
Exeter Villas later Lynworth and Glendon
 
Local
 
39
Built
Ravenscourt
 
Regional
 
43
Built
Clovernook
House, Artists Studio and Summer house
State
  
Landscape
R.M. Brownlee Reserve
 
Local
Wharf Road, Birchgrove
6
Built
Single storey weatherboard house
 
Local
 
20
Built
Single storey brick house
 
Local
 
22
Built
Two storey stucco Italianate marine villa
 
Local
Wharf Road and Ronald Street, Birchgrove
 
Built
Ballast Point (former Caltex Oil facility)
Thirty items of significance (comprising plant and equipment of the former Caltex Oil facility) as shown on Sheets 422–452 of the Leichhardt Inventory of Heritage Items, a copy of which is held at the office of the council.
State
White Street, Balmain
8
Built
Bishopsthorpe
 
Regional
 
18
Built
Tilba Tilba
 
Local
Wigram Road, Glebe
11a, 15, 17
Built
Minerva Terrace
 
Local
  
Landscape
Kirsova Playground
 
Local
William Street, Balmain
4–6
Built
Terrace houses
 
Regional
 
18
Built
House
 
Regional
 
25–31
Built
Semi-detached houses
 
Local
William Street, East Balmain
10
Built
Two storey stone waterfront house, c 1850
 
Local
William Street, Leichhardt
100–102
Built
Semi-detached houses
 
Local
Woolley Street, Glebe
 
Built
St James RC Church and Presbytery
 
Local
Wortley Street, Balmain
 
Landscape
Punch Park
 
Local
York Place, Rozelle
2–16
Built
York Buildings
 
Local
York Street, Glebe
 
Other
MWS and DB brick vent stack
 
Regional
Young Street, Annandale
81
Built
Shop and residence
 
Local
sch 2: Am 3.5.2002; 2.4.2004; 8.4.2004; 2005 (634), Sch 1 [2]; 2007 (348), Sch 1 [1] [2]; 2009 (90), Sch 1 [1]–[40]; 2009 No 56, Sch 2.32; 2011 (635), Sch 1 [10] [11].
Schedule 3 Glossary
(Clause 8)
Aboriginal site means a place with physical evidence of Aboriginal occupation or a place at which no such physical evidence remains but which the Aboriginal community has identified as being culturally important.
Adaptable housing unit has the same meaning as class B adaptable housing unit has in Australian Standard AS 4299—1995Adaptable housing.
Adaptation means modifying a building or place to suit proposed compatible uses.
Advertisement means a display by the use of symbols, messages or other devices for promotional purposes or for the conveying of information, instructions, directions or the like, whether or not the display includes the erection of a structure or the carrying out of a work not specifically defined elsewhere in the Plan.
Advertising panel means billboards, multi-sheet posters and the like, but does not include hoarding for a construction site.
Airport means an area or place which is or is intended for public or private use for the landing, taking off, or parking of aeroplanes or seaplanes. It includes ancillary—
(a)  terminals and areas for the assembly of passengers or goods, and
(b)  buildings for the parking, housing, servicing, maintenance or repair of aircraft.
Alter, in relation to a heritage item or to a building or work within a conservation area, means—
(a)  the making of structural changes to the outside of the heritage item, building or work, or
(b)  the making of non-structural changes to the detail, fabric, finish or appearance of the outside of the heritage item, building or work, not including maintenance.
Amenity means the enjoyment of the environment, whether by the community as a whole or by an individual, arising from the day to day use of property, including dwellings or publicly accessible land, community facilities or open space, and includes, but is not limited to, the enjoyment of—
(a)  sunlight, privacy and views, and
(b)  residential and community life free from nuisance arising from the emission of noise, vibration, smell, fumes, smoke, vapour, steam, soot, ash, dust, waste water, waste products or grit, or arising otherwise.
Amusement centre means a building used primarily for the purpose of providing amusement machines for operation or viewing by the public.
Amusement machine means a machine devised for entertainment, amusement or recreation, whether coin or token operated or not, and which is—
(a)  mechanically or electronically operated, and
(b)  operated by one or more participants,
and includes snooker and pool tables.
Ancillary sporting structure means structures such as goal posts, sight screens and the like, located in public parks or recreation areas, but does not include lighting, or buildings which accommodate people such as grandstands or public amenities.
Archaeological site means a site listed as such in Schedule 2 and identified on the Heritage Conservation Map.
Backpacker hostel means a building or part of a building primarily used to provide accommodation for travellers, tourists or persons engaged in recreational pursuits but is not used as their principal place of residence, and does not include a building or place elsewhere defined in this Schedule.
Bed and breakfast accommodation means a dwelling which—
(a)  provides temporary overnight accommodation for the short-term traveller, and
(b)  offers at least breakfast, and
(c)  provides no more than two double rooms for let, and
(d)  does not contain facilities in rooms for the preparation of meals by guests, and
(e)  is operated and managed by the person who normally resides in the dwelling.
Boarding house means a building that is let in lodgings and which primarily provides lodgers with a principal place of residence for three months or more and generally has shared facilities such as a communal bathroom, kitchen or laundry and has rooms with one or more lodgers. It does not include a backpacker hostel, serviced apartments, a motel, private hotel or a building elsewhere defined in this Schedule.
Boatshed means a building or other structure that is not wider than one-third of the water frontage of the allotment on which it stands and not wider than 4 metres, that has a side wall height of not more than 3 metres, and that is used in association with a dwelling for the storage and routine maintenance of a boat or boats.
Brothel means premises used for the purpose of prostitution. Premises constitute a brothel even though used by only one prostitute.
Bulk store means a building or place used for the bulk storage of goods where the goods are not required for use in a shop or commercial premises on the same parcel of land or on adjoining land in the same ownership.
Bulky goods retailing means a building or place used for the sale by retail or auction, or the hire or display, of items (whether goods or materials) which are of such a size, shape or weight as to require—
(a)  a large area for handling, storage or display, or
(b)  direct vehicular access to the site of the building or place by members of the public, for the purpose of loading items into their vehicles after purchase,
but does not include a building or place used for a motor showroom or for the sale of foodstuffs or clothing.
Car park means a building or place used for parking vehicles, and any manoeuvring space and access to it, whether operated for gain or not.
Caravan park means land used for the siting of caravans, recreational vehicles, tents, portable dwellings, holiday cabins and the provision of amenities and utilities for permanent or non-permanent residents.
Child care facility means a building or place used for the purpose of supervising or caring for children (such as a service of the kind provided at centres for long day care, child minding, pre-school or occasional care, or a multi-purpose child care or neighbourhood centre) which—
(a)  caters for 6 or more children up to 12 years old, and
(b)  may include an educational function, and
(c)  may be used for the hourly care of infants to enable their carer to participate in short-term activities, and
(d)  may operate for the purpose of gain, and
(e)  is not home based,
but does not include home based child care.
Club means a building used by persons associated, or by a body incorporated, for social, literary, political, sporting, athletic or other lawful purposes whether of the same or a different kind and whether or not the whole or a part of the building is the premises of a club registered under the Registered Clubs Act 1976.
Commercial premises means a building or place used as an office or for other business or commercial purposes, but does not include a building or place used for a purpose elsewhere specifically defined in this Schedule.
Community facility means a building or place which may provide for the physical, social, cultural or intellectual development or welfare of the local community and may comprise or relate to any one or more of the following—
(a)  a public library,
(b)  public health services,
(c)  rest rooms,
(d)  meeting rooms,
(e)  indoor recreation,
(f)  child minding,
(g)  a youth facility,
(h)  any other like place or use,
but does not include a building or place elsewhere defined in this Schedule.
Community garden means land used and managed communally for the purpose of cultivating fruit, vegetable or flower crops for community purposes, being either shared or individually owned land.
Conservation means all the processes of looking after a place so as to retain its cultural significance, including maintenance, and may, according to the circumstances, include preservation, restoration, reconstruction or adaptation and a combination of more than one of these.
Conservation area means an area shown edged green on the Heritage Conservation Map.
Conservation Management Plan means a document prepared in accordance with the provisions of the NSW Heritage Manual that establishes the significance of an item, place or heritage conservation area and identifies conservation policies and management mechanisms that are appropriate to enable that significance to be retained.
Contaminated land means land in, on or under which any substance is present at a concentration above that naturally present in, on or under the land, and that poses or is likely to pose an immediate or long-term risk to human health or the environment.
Council means Leichhardt Municipal Council.
Demolition means the damaging, defacing, destruction, pulling down or removal of a heritage item, building, work, relic or place in whole or in part.
Density area means land shown as a density area by heavy black edging on the Density Map.
Density Map means the map marked “Leichhardt Local Environmental Plan 2000—Density Map”.
Depot means a building or place used for the storage, repair, servicing or garaging (but not sale) of plant, machinery, vehicles, goods or materials used or intended to be used by the owner or occupier of the building or place, but does not include a building or place elsewhere defined in this Schedule.
Development has the same meaning as in the Act.
Diverse housing means development that provides a range of dwelling sizes that increases the supply and choice of housing in the local government area.
Drive-in take-away food shop means premises used primarily to sell ready to eat hot food to be consumed off the site, and with provision on the site for its collection by private motor vehicles.
Dwelling means a room or suite of rooms occupied or used or so constructed or adapted as to be capable of being occupied or used as a separate domicile.
Ecologically sustainable development means development which uses, conserves and enhances the community’s resources so that ecological processes on which life depends are maintained and the total quality of life, now and in the future, can be increased.
Educational establishment means a building, or buildings, used as a school, college, technical college, TAFE establishment, academy, lecture hall, gallery or museum, but does not include a building used wholly or principally as a child care facility.
Enrichment, in relation to nuclear material, means any process by which the proportion of an isotope is increased in relation to the natural abundance of the isotope.
Exhibition home means an unoccupied dwelling available for public inspection and used for display purposes.
Extractive material means sand, gravel, clay, turf, soil, rock, stone or a similar substance.
Fabric means the physical material of a heritage item or place.
Floor means that space within a building which is situated between one floor level and the next floor level above or, if there is no floor above, the ceiling or roof above.
Floor space ratio means the ratio of the gross floor area of a building to the site area of the land on which the building is erected.
Foreshore Building Line Map means the map marked “Leichhardt Local Environmental Plan 2000—Foreshore Building Line Map”.
Generating works means a building or place used for the purpose of making or generating gas, electricity or other forms of energy from non-renewable resources.
Gross floor area means the total area of a building’s floorplates, measured between the outer edges of the outside walls or the centre line of any party wall, and includes mezzanines, attics, internal car parking spaces, garages, lofts and studios. It does not include projections outside the external walls of the building, paved areas, voids or basements used for car parking, where the car parking area does not protrude more than 1 metre above ground level.
Ground level means the level of the ground at 24 October 2000.
Group home has the same meaning as in the standard instrument prescribed by the Standard Instrument (Local Environmental Plans) Order 2006.
Health care premises means premises forming part of, or attached to or within the curtilage of, a dwelling comprised of not more than 3 consulting rooms, being rooms that are—
(a)  used only by legally qualified medical practitioners, or other health care professionals, who practise the profession of medicine, dentistry or health care, respectively, in them, and
(b)  used by not more than 3 such persons in total who employ a total of not more than 3 employees at any one time in connection with all of the practices.
Health care professional means a person who renders professional health care services to members of the public and includes—
(a)  a podiatrist registered under the Podiatrists Act 1989, and
(b)  a chiropractor or osteopath registered under the Chiropractors and Osteopaths Act 1991, and
(c)  a physiotherapist registered under the Physiotherapists Registration Act 1945, and
(d)  an optometrist registered under the Optometrists Act 1930, and
(e)  a dentist with the meaning of the Dentists Act 1989.
Helipad means an area or place not open to public use which is set apart for the taking off and landing of helicopters.
Heliport means an area or place open to public use for use by helicopters and includes ancillary terminal buildings and facilities for parking, servicing and repair of helicopters.
Heritage Conservation Map means the map marked “Leichhardt Local Environmental Plan 2000 Heritage Conservation Map Issued June 2003”, as amended by the maps (or sheets of the maps) marked as follows—
Editorial note—
The amending maps are not necessarily listed in the order of gazettal or publication on the NSW legislation website. Information about the order of gazettal or publication can be determined by referring to the Historical notes at the end of the plan.
Leichhardt Local Environmental Plan 2000 (Amendment No 4)—Heritage Conservation Map
Leichhardt Local Environmental Plan 2000 (Amendment No 12)—Heritage Conservation Map
Leichhardt Local Environmental Plan 2000 (Amendment No 13)—Heritage Conservation Map
Leichhardt Local Environmental Plan 2000 Amendment No 18—Heritage Conservation Map
Heritage impact statement means a statement to demonstrate that the heritage significance of the relevant item, property or relic has been established, assess the impact that the proposed development will have on its significance and identify the measures which are proposed to minimise this impact, and is—
(a)  prepared in accordance with the provisions of the publication “Statements of Heritage Impact” published by the Heritage Office and the Department of Urban Affairs and Planning, and
(b)  in the case of a place of Aboriginal heritage significance, prepared in accordance with any guidelines for the time being notified to the Council by the Director-General of National Parks and Wildlife, and
(c)  in the case of a place of non-Aboriginal archaeological significance, prepared in accordance with the publication “Archaeological Assessments” published by the Heritage Office and the Department of Urban Affairs and Planning.
Heritage item means a building, work, relic, tree or place identified in Schedule 2 as a heritage item or shown as such on the Heritage Conservation Map.
Heritage significance means historic, scientific, aesthetic, social, cultural, archaeological, architectural or natural significance.
High impact telecommunication facility means a facility that is not defined in the Telecommunications (Low-impact Facilities) Determination 1997 of the Commonwealth, made under the Telecommunications Act 1997 of the Commonwealth, and includes the following—
(a)  overhead telecommunication lines, and
(b)  a telecommunication tower that is not attached to a building, and
(c)  a telecommunication tower attached to a building and more than 5 metres high, and
(d)  an extension to a telecommunication tower that has previously been extended, and
(e)  an extension to any other telecommunication tower, if the extension is more than 5 metres high, and
(f)  any telecommunication facility on the site of a heritage item.
High technology industry means a building or place predominantly used to carry out an industrial activity that involves any of the following—
(a)  electronic or micro-electronic systems, goods or components,
(b)  information technology (such as computer software or hardware),
(c)  instrumentation or instruments of a scientific, industrial, technological, medical or similar nature,
(d)  biological, pharmaceutical, medical or paramedical systems, goods or components,
(e)  film, television or multi-media technologies, including any post production systems, goods or components,
(f)  telecommunications systems, goods or components,
(g)  sustainable energy technologies,
(h)  any other goods, systems or components intended for use in a science or technology related field,
but does not include a building or place used to carry out an industrial activity that presents a hazard or potential hazard to the neighbourhood or that, because of the scale and nature of the processes involved, interferes with the amenity of the neighbourhood.
Note—
High technology industries are a type of light industry—see the definition of that term in this Glossary.
Home based child care means the use of a dwelling for the provision of child care under the Family Day Care and Home Based Child Care Services Regulation 1996.
Home based employment means a business carried out in a dwelling or within an allotment that is the site of a dwelling, but only if—
(a)  the business is undertaken by the permanent residents, and
(b)  no, or not more than two, non-residents are employed at the premises at any one time in addition to the permanent residents, and
(c)  the business does not interfere with amenity, in particular because of traffic movement, parking demand and working hours, and
(d)  the business does not require provision of any essential service main of a greater capacity than that available in the locality.
Home industry means an industrial activity, whether or not involving the sale of items online, carried on in a dwelling, or in a building ancillary to a dwelling, by 1 or more permanent residents of the dwelling and not involving the following—
(a)  the employment of more than 2 persons other than the residents,
(b)  interference with the amenity of the neighbourhood because of the emission of noise, vibration, smell, fumes, smoke, vapour, steam, soot, ash, dust, waste water, waste products, grit or oil, traffic generation or otherwise,
(c)  the exposure to view, from adjacent premises or from a public place, of unsightly matter,
(d)  the exhibition of signage, other than a business identification sign,
(e)  the retail sale of, or the exposure or offer for retail sale of, items, whether goods or materials, not produced at the dwelling or building, other than by online retailing,
but does not include bed and breakfast accommodation or sex services premises.
Note—
Home industries are a type of light industry—see the definition of that term in this Glossary.
Hospital means a building or place used for the purpose of providing professional health care services (such as preventative or convalescent care, diagnosis, medical or surgical treatment, care for people with developmental disabilities, psychiatric care or counselling and services provided by health care professionals), and includes—
(a)  ancillary facilities for the accommodation of nurses or other health care workers, ancillary shops or refreshment rooms and ancillary accommodation for persons receiving health care or for their visitors,
(b)  facilities situated in the building or at the place and used for educational or research purposes, whether or not they are used only by hospital staff or health care workers, and whether or not any such use is a commercial use,
(c)  a medical centre,
(d)  a health clinic,
(e)  any such building or place within a corrective or reformative establishment,
(f)  a nursing home,
(g)  a special needs home.
Hotel means premises, including a tavern, specified or proposed to be specified in a hotelier’s licence granted under the Liquor Act 1982, whether or not the premises provide accommodation.
Housing for seniors or people with a disability means residential accommodation intended to be used permanently as housing for the accommodation of seniors or people with a disability as defined in State Environmental Planning Policy (Housing for Seniors or People with a Disability) 2004 and includes ancillary facilities.
Industry means—
(a)  any manufacturing, production, assembly or research process, or
(b)  the breaking up or dismantling of any goods or any article for trade, sale or gain or ancillary to any business, or
(c)  the winning of extractive material,
but does not include a light industry.
Jetty means a small pier or wharf, but does not include a building or structure elsewhere defined in the Plan.
Junk yard means land used for the collection, storage, abandonment or sale of scrap metals, waste paper, rags, bottles, or other scrap materials or goods, or used for collecting, dismantling, storage, salvaging or abandonment of automobiles or other vehicles or machinery or for the sale of their parts.
Kiosk means a structure used for the provision of food and drink for the refreshment of users of the open space in which it is situated. That use must be secondary to the principal use of the open space.
Landscape plan means a plan prepared for a site showing plantings, paving and other details of outdoor areas of the site. Vegetation species, numbers, size and location are to be specified in the plan along with details of all external finishes and colours proposed for any buildings erected or intended to be erected on the site.
Landscaped area means the part of a site area at ground level—
(a)  not occupied by any building above or below ground, and
(b)  not overhung by part of a building with a clearance of less than 2.4 metres,
and used for recreation, lawns, gardens and substantial planting. It does not include balconies, driveways and parking areas, but includes decks where they have a direct connection to ground level and are no higher than 500mm above ground level.
Light industry means a building or place used to carry out an industrial activity that does not interfere with the amenity of the neighbourhood by reason of noise, vibration, smell, fumes, vapour, steam, soot, ash, dust, waste water, waste products, grit or oil, or otherwise, and includes any of the following—
(a)  high technology industry,
(b)  home industry.
Liquid fuel depot means a depot or place used for the bulk storage for wholesale distribution of petrol, oil, petroleum or other inflammable liquid.
Local shop means a shop having a gross floor area used for retail purposes not exceeding 60 square metres that is used principally for the provision of convenience goods and services for the benefit of occupants of the immediate locality and includes a milk bar, newsagent, video library, laundrette and the like, but does not include a refreshment room.
Low impact telecommunication facility means a facility as defined in the Telecommunications (Low-impact Facilities Determination 1997 of the Commonwealth, made under the Telecommunications Act 1997 of the Commonwealth.
Maintenance means protective care of the fabric, contents and setting of a heritage item, and includes the painting of previously painted surfaces, but does not include repairs that involve restoration or reconstruction.
Marine refuelling facility means a depot, building, wharf or place for the storage, distribution and sale of petrol, oil, petroleum or other fuels and water to vessels and may include an integrated sewerage pump-out system, but does not include a marina.
Markets means the use of land on a temporary basis for the purpose of selling goods or providing services, but does not include a land use elsewhere defined in this Schedule.
Motel means a building or buildings (other than a hotel, boarding house, bed and breakfast accommodation, backpacker hostel or private hotel) primarily used for the overnight accommodation of travellers and their vehicles, whether or not the building or buildings are also used in the provision of meals to those travellers or the general public.
Motor showroom means a building or place used for the display or sale of motor vehicles, caravans or boats, whether or not motor vehicle accessories, caravan accessories or boat accessories are also sold or displayed there.
Nuclear facility means a building or place that is—
(a)  a facility for the conversion of uranium ore into uranium hexafluoride or any other chemical in order to enable its enrichment, or
(b)  an isotope separation plant or other facility for the enrichment of nuclear material, or
(c)  a fabrication plant or other facility for transforming nuclear material into a form suitable for use as fuel in a nuclear reactor, or
(d)  a nuclear reactor, whether or not designed for the purpose of generating electricity, or
(e)  a reprocessing plant or other facility for the chemical separation of fuel that has been irradiated in a nuclear reactor, or
(f)  a separate storage installation for the storage or disposal of any nuclear material (including radioactive waste material) in the nuclear fuel cycle, being nuclear material used in or resulting from use of any of the facilities described in paragraphs (a)–(e).
It does not include a building or place used for the storage or disposal of any radioactive waste material resulting from the use of nuclear material or the transportation of nuclear material for medical or medical research purposes or any other purpose authorised under the Radiation Control Act 1990.
Nuclear fuel cycle includes any process or step in the utilisation of material capable of undergoing nuclear fission, including its ultimate disposal.
Nuclear material means any radioactive substance associated with the nuclear fuel cycle, including fertile and fissile material, spent fuel and waste.
Nuclear reactor means a device designed to produce controlled nuclear fission.
Open space embellishment means structures such as picnic tables, seats, bins, community notice boards and the like, located in public parks and recreation areas.
Operational land means land that is classified as operational land under Division 1 of Part 2 of Chapter 6 of the Local Government Act 1993.
Passenger transport terminal means any building or place used as a terminal for the assembly and dispersal of passengers travelling by any form of passenger transport, including any required facilities for parking, manoeuvring, storage or routine servicing of any vehicle.
Persons with special needs means the homeless, aged or young persons, single parents, ex-offenders, persons undergoing rehabilitation, persons requiring refuge, convalescing persons, persons with disabilities, the infirm or the incurable.
Place means a site, and includes a building or work, or a group of buildings or works, situated on or at the site.
Place of assembly means a building or place used for functions, conferences, theatre, cinema, concerts or dances or for any other similar use, and whether used for the purpose of gain or not, but does not include a place of public worship or an educational establishment.
Place of public worship means a building or place used for the purpose of religious worship by a congregation or religious group, whether or not the building or place is also used for counselling, social events, instruction or religious training.
Playground means an area of land specifically allocated for the use by children for play. It includes equipment and facilities on the land used for that purpose and may be owned or run privately or publicly.
Police facilities means any building, structure or place required for the carrying out of usual police business.
Port uses means the use of land or buildings in connection with the carrying of goods or persons by water for business or commercial purposes and for which a direct connection with the waterfront is essential.
Potential archaeological site means a site known to the consent authority to have archaeological potential even if it is not so identified and shown on the Heritage Conservation Map.
Preservation means maintaining the fabric of a place in its existing state and retarding deterioration.
Principal place of residence means the permanent home of a person. It does not include the temporary domicile of a person who is travelling or on a working holiday.
Private hotel means a hotel used primarily for short-term residential purposes which is not licensed under the Liquor Act 1982 and does not include a building or place elsewhere defined in this Schedule.
Public amenities means toilets, showers, change rooms or the like for use by the public.
Public building means a building used as offices or for administrative or other like purposes by the Crown, a statutory body, a council, Australia Post or an organisation established for public purposes.
Public transport stop means a building or place used for the assembly and dispersal of passengers travelling by public transport.
Railway purposes includes light rail purposes.
Reconstruction means returning a place as nearly as possible to a known earlier state and is distinguished by the introduction of materials (old or new) into the fabric.
Recreation area means—
(a)  an area used for sporting activities or sporting facilities, or
(b)  an area used to provide facilities for recreational activities which promote the physical, cultural or intellectual welfare of persons within the community, being facilities provided by—
(i)  the Council, or
(ii)  a body of persons associated for the purpose of the physical, cultural or intellectual welfare of persons within the community,
but does not include a club, racecourse or a showground or other place elsewhere defined in this Schedule.
Recreation facility means a building or place used for indoor or outdoor recreation, or a table tennis centre, squash court, swimming pool, gymnasium, health studio or bowling alley, or any other building of a like character used for recreation, whether used for the purpose of gain or not, but does not include a place of assembly.
Refreshment room means a building or place, the principal use of which is the provision of food to people for consumption on the premises, and includes a restaurant, café, tea room, eating house or the like, but does not include a kiosk.
Relic means any deposit, object or material evidence relating to the use or settlement, not being Aboriginal settlement, of the land to which the Plan applies and which is 50 or more years old.
Residential development means development for the purpose of bed and breakfast accommodation, boarding houses, boatsheds, dwellings, exhibition homes, group homes, home based employment or housing for seniors or people with a disability.
Restoration means returning the existing fabric of a place to a known earlier state by removing accretions or by reassembling existing components without the introduction of new material.
Road means a way open to the public for the passage of vehicles, persons and animals, including—
(a)  any bridge, tunnel, causeway, road-ferry, ford, street, lane, pathway, footpath, cycleway, nature strip, crossing, by-pass, thoroughfare and trackway, or other work or structure forming part of the road, and
(b)  the airspace above the surface of the road, and
(c)  the soil beneath the surface of the road.
Service station means a building or place used for the fuelling of motor vehicles or the repair and servicing of motor vehicles, whether or not the building or place is also used for any one or more of the following purposes—
(a)  the sale by retail of petrol, oil and other petroleum products and spare parts and accessories for motor vehicles,
(b)  washing and greasing of motor vehicles,
(c)  installation of motor vehicle accessories.
Serviced apartment means a building or part of a building containing two or more dwellings which are cleaned and serviced by the owner or manager of the building or the owner’s or manager’s agent, and which provides short-term accommodation for travellers or tourists, but does not include a building or place elsewhere defined in this Schedule.
Sex shop means a shop in which articles primarily associated with sexual activities are sold.
Shop means a building or place used for selling, whether by retail or auction, or hiring.
Site analysis means a concept plan that identifies development opportunities and constraints offered and imposed by the site, the potential impact of proposed development on surrounding sites, and the setting of the site.
Site area means the total area of an allotment or allotments which comprises or comprise the proposed development site. It does not include any area of land that is—
(a)  less than 3.5 metres in width, and
(b)  primarily used for access.
Smash repairs means carrying out repairs to motor vehicles or agricultural machinery which involves panel beating, spray painting and body building.
Special needs home means a dwelling that is—
(a)  used to provide accommodation for the purpose of relief or rehabilitation for persons with special needs, whether or not those persons are related, and
(b)  a household environment for persons with special needs, and
(c)  occupied by the persons referred to in paragraph (a) as a single household, with or without paid or unpaid supervision or care, with or without payment for board and lodging being required.
Subdivision has the same meaning as in the Act.
Swimming enclosure means a place within a body of water, whether tidal or otherwise, which is enclosed by a fence to provide a safe bathing area.
Timber yard means a building or place used for the cutting, processing or storage of timber from logs or baulks.
Transport depot means a building or place used for servicing, repair or garaging of vehicles used for transporting the public.
Veterinary facility means a building or place used for diagnosing or surgically or medically treating animals, whether or not animals are kept on the premises for the purposes of treatment. It may also provide short-term accommodation for domestic pets.
Warehouse means a building or place used for the storage of goods, merchandise or materials pending their sale and distribution to persons engaged in retail trade or industrial activity.
Water-based commercial and recreational facility means a commercial use of a building associated with the servicing, temporary mooring, launching and storage of boats used for recreation or associated with other water-based recreational pursuits.
Youth facility means a building or place specifically designed for use by youths for recreation, meetings or education, and may include administration facilities and amenities for the youth and supervisors or co-ordinators, but does not include any other building or place elsewhere defined in the Plan.
Zoning Map means the map marked “Leichhardt Local Environmental Plan 2000 Zoning Map Issued April 2003”, as amended by the maps (or sheets of the maps) marked as follows—
Editorial note—
The amending maps are not necessarily listed in the order of gazettal or publication on the NSW legislation website. Information about the order of gazettal or publication can be determined by referring to the Historical notes at the end of the plan.
Leichhardt Local Environmental Plan 2000 (Amendment No 9)—Zoning Map
Leichhardt Local Environmental Plan 2000 (Amendment No 12)—Zoning Map
Leichhardt Local Environmental Plan 2000 (Amendment No 16)—Zoning Map
Leichhardt Local Environmental Plan 2000 (Amendment No 17)—Zoning Map
Leichhardt Local Environmental Plan 2000 Amendment No 18—Zoning Map
Leichhardt Local Environmental Plan 2000 Amendment No 19—Zoning Map
sch 3: Am 3.5.2002; 10.5.2002; 8.11.2002; 2.4.2004; 8.4.2004; 2005 (634), Sch 1 [3] [4]; 2006 (549), Sch 1 [2]; 2007 (348), Sch 1 [3]; 2007 (641), Sch 5.22 [6]–[8]; 2008 (402), Sch 1 [2]; 2009 (44), cl 4; 2009 (90), Sch 1 [41]; 2011 (635), Sch 1 [12] [13]; 2012 (675), Sch 1 [2]–[4]; 2020 (637), Sch 1.2.