This spatial dataset identifies land use zones and the type of land uses that are permitted (with or without consent) or prohibited in each zone on any given land as designated by the relevant NSW environmental planning instrument (EPI) under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979. Land use zones are grouped into the following broad categories: BUSINESS (B), ENVIRONMENT (E), INDUSTRIAL (IN), RESIDENTIAL (R), RECREATION (RE), RURAL (RU), SPECIAL (SP) and WATERWAYS (W). The specific EPI which defines the planning requirement is described in the attribute field EPI_Name. The EPI can be viewed on the NSW legislation website: www.legislation.nsw.gov.au

Contact data.broker@environment.nsw.gov.au for a data package (shapefile and geodatabase).

Land use zoning details the type of land uses available that are permitted (with or without consent) or prohibited in each zone for all areas under the Local Environment Plan (LEP). Land use zoning in an LEP are grouped into the following broad categories: BUSINESS (B), ENVIRONMENT (E), INDUSTRIAL (IN), RESIDENTIAL (R), RECREATION (RE), RURAL (RU), SPECIAL (SP) and WATERWAYS (W). The LZN dataset shows the zoning of all areas designated under the LEP. Zones define the legally permitted and prohibited uses of a piece of land, determining if a lot can be used for commercial, industrial, residential or other purposes. In other words, it defines what can and cannot be built on a piece of land. The is a revision of the original 2006 dataset, metadata date 5 July 2016. The original GIS data was captured by local councils, DP&I and contractors and provided in accordance with the DP&I's Standard Requirements for GIS LEP data and Standard Technical Requirements for LEP maps. Before the LEP is notified on the NSW Legislation website, the mapping is checked by DP&I and the Parliamentary Council's Office to ensure that it is consistent with these standards. After the LEP is notified, the GIS data is quality controlled using an ISO 9001-Quality-Certified, Quality Management System and incorporated into the Statewide dataset. The Land Application data relates directly to and adopts the accuracy of its reference dataset, Land and Property Information DCDB. The GIS data may be subject to change as a part of quality control, or if the LEP is amended. Please confirm dates of respective features before use as this dataset has a large temporal extent.

Reference list of different planning zones in NSW

This spatial dataset identifies land use zones and the type of land uses that are permitted (with or without consent) or prohibited in each zone on any given land as designated by the relevant NSW environmental planning instrument (EPI) under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979. Land use zones are grouped into the following broad categories: BUSINESS (B), ENVIRONMENT (E), INDUSTRIAL (IN), RESIDENTIAL (R), RECREATION (RE), RURAL (RU), SPECIAL (SP) and WATERWAYS (W). \r The specific EPI which defines the planning requirement is described in the attribute field EPI_Name. The EPI can be viewed on the NSW legislation website: www.legislation.nsw.gov.au\r \r Contact data.broker@environment.nsw.gov.au for a data package (shapefile and geodatabase).

Land use zoning details the type of land uses available that are permitted (with or without consent) or prohibited in each zone for all areas under the Local Environment Plan (LEP). Land use zoning in an LEP are grouped into the following broad categories: BUSINESS (B), ENVIRONMENT (E), INDUSTRIAL (IN), RESIDENTIAL (R), RECREATION (RE), RURAL (RU), SPECIAL (SP) and WATERWAYS (W). The LZN dataset shows the zoning of all areas designated under the LEP. Zones define the legally permitted and prohibited uses of a piece of land, determining if a lot can be used for commercial, industrial, residential or other purposes. In other words, it defines what can and cannot be built on a piece of land. The is a revision of the original 2006 dataset, metadata date 5 July 2016. The original GIS data was captured by local councils, DP&I and contractors and provided in accordance with the DP&I's Standard Requirements for GIS LEP data and Standard Technical Requirements for LEP maps. Before the LEP is notified on the NSW Legislation website, the mapping is checked by DP&I and the Parliamentary Council's Office to ensure that it is consistent with these standards. After the LEP is notified, the GIS data is quality controlled using an ISO 9001-Quality-Certified, Quality Management System and incorporated into the Statewide dataset. The Land Application data relates directly to and adopts the accuracy of its reference dataset, Land and Property Information DCDB. The GIS data may be subject to change as a part of quality control, or if the LEP is amended. Please confirm dates of respective features before use as this dataset has a large temporal extent.

Abstract

This dataset and its metadata statement were supplied to the Bioregional Assessment Programme by a third party and are presented here as originally supplied.

Additional Rural Village Land is land zoned R5 large lot residential (or equivalent) that meets defined 'village' criteria. It is proposed that coal seam gas activities will be prohibited in and within two kilometres of these areas.

Important Note: 14/01/2015. Since we generated these spatial layer datasets, the NSW Department of Planning and Environment has published an interactive CSG Exclusion Zone map. Interested parties should go to http://www.planning.nsw.gov.au/en-au/planningyourregion/strategicregionallanduse/coalseamgasexclusionzones.aspx where they can find out more about CSG exclusion zones. The information in the Bioregional Assessment products aligns with the CSG exclusion zones as published by NSW and the subsequent publication of those NSW maps does not alter the information in our assessments.

Purpose

It is proposed that coal seam gas activities will be prohibited in and within two kilometres of these areas.

Dataset History

Additional Rural Village Land is land zoned R5 large lot residential (or equivalent) that meets defined 'village' criteria. It is proposed that coal seam gas activities will be prohibited in and within two kilometres of these areas.

Dataset Citation

NSW Department of Planning and Infrastructure (2013) NSW Additional Rural Village Zoned Land. Bioregional Assessment Source Dataset. Viewed 08 February 2017, http://data.bioregionalassessments.gov.au/dataset/13f13be2-351f-441a-921c-4411e646507a.

The 2017 Landuse captures how the landscape in NSW is being used for food production, forestry, nature conservation, infrastructure and urban development. It can be used to monitor changes in the landscape and identify impacts on biodiversity values and individual ecosystems.

The NSW 2017 Landuse mapping is dated September 2017.

This is version 1.5 of the dataset, published December 2023.

Version 1.5 of the 2017 Landuse incorporates the following updates:

• Fine scale mapping of the Central Coast, Illawarra and Shoalhaven regions
• Mapping enhancements to regional centres to improve the mapping accuracy for these centres
• NSW road network based on road centreline data from Transport NSW, with standardised buffer applied to approximate the carriage width based on the road type
• Plantation type (native hardwood and softwood) information within State Forest Estates
• Horticulture data to tertiary or commodity level present in September 2017 from Australian Tree Crop Map Dashboard developed by University of New England - Applied Agricultural Remote Sensing Centre https://www.une.edu.au/research/research-centres-institutes/applied-agricultural-remote-sensing-centre/collaborative-r-and-d-opportunities/industry-applications-and-maps
• Fixes to identified errors since published version 1.2

Previous Versions *Version 1.4 internal update (not published) * Version 1.3 internal update (not published) * Version 1.2 published 24 June 2020 - Fine scale update to Greater Sydney Metropolitan Area * Version 1 published August 2019

The 2017 Landuse is based on Aerial imagery and Satellite imagery available for NSW. These include, but not limited to; digital aerial imagery (ADS) captured by NSW Department of Customer Service (DCS), high resolution urban (Conurbation) digital aerial imagery captured on behalf of DCS, SPOT 5, 6 & 7(Airbus), Planet™, Sentinel 2 (European Space Agency) and LANDSAT (NASA) Satellite Imagery. Mapping also includes commercially available imagery from Nearmap™ and Google Earth™, along with Google Street View™.

Mapping takes into consideration ancillary datasets such as tenure such as National Parks and State forests, cadastre, roads parcels, land zoning, topographic information and Google Maps, in conjunction with visual interpretation and field validation of patterns and features on the ground.

The 2017 Landuse was captured on screen using ARC GIS (Geographical Information Software) at a scale of 1:8,000 scale (or better) and features are mapped down to 2 hectares in size. Exceptions were made for targeted Landuse classes such as horticulture, intensive animal husbandry and urban environments, which were mapped at a finer scale.

The 2017 Landuse has complete coverage of NSW. It also includes updates to the fine scale Horticulture mapping for the east coast of NSW - Newcastle to the Queensland boarder and Murray-Riverina Region. This horticultural mapping includes operations to the commodity level based on field work and high-resolution imagery interpretation.

Landuse classes assigned are based on activities that have occurred in the last 5-10 years that may be part of a rotational practice. Time-series LANDSAT information has been used in conjunction with more recent Satellite Imagery to determine whether grasslands have been disturbed or subject to ongoing land management activities over the past 30 years.

The 2017 Landuse was captured on screen using ARC GIS (Geographical Information Software) at a scale of 1:8,000 scale (or better) and features are mapped down to 2 hectares in size. Exceptions were made for targeted Landuse classes such as horticulture, intensive animal husbandry and urban environments (including Greater Sydney Metropolitan region), which were mapped at a finer scale.

The reliability scale of the dataset is 1:10,000.

Mapping has been subject to a peer review and quality assurance process.

Land use information has been captured in accordance with standards set by the Australian Collaborative Land Use Mapping Program (ACLUMP) and using the Australian Land Use and Management ALUM Classification Version 8. The ALUM classification is based upon the modified Baxter & Russell classification and presented according to the specifications contained in http://www.agriculture.gov.au/abares/aclump/land-use/alum-classification.

This product will be incorporated in the National Catchment scale land use product 2020 that will be available as a 50m raster - Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) http://www.agriculture.gov.au/abares/aclump/land-use/data-download

The Department of Planning, Industry and Environment (DPIE) will continue to complete land use mapping at approximately 5-year intervals.

The 2017 Landuse product is considered as a benchmark product that can be used for Landuse change reporting. Ongoing improvements to the 2017 Landuse product will be undertaken to correct errors or additional improvements to the mapping.

Abstract

This dataset and its metadata statement were supplied to the Bioregional Assessment Programme by a third party and are presented here as originally supplied.

Important Note: 14/01/2015. Since we generated these spatial layer datasets, the NSW Department of Planning and Environment has published an interactive CSG Exclusion Zone map. Interested parties should go to http://www.planning.nsw.gov.au/en-au/planningyourregion/strategicregionallanduse/coalseamgasexclusionzones.aspx where they can find out more about CSG exclusion zones. The information in the Bioregional Assessment products aligns with the CSG exclusion zones as published by NSW and the subsequent publication of those NSW maps does not alter the information in our assessments.

A polygon dataset that estimates the extent of Strategic Agricultural Land (SAL) within New South Wales.

Strategic agricultural land is highly productive land that has both unique natural resource characteristics (such as soil and water resources) as well as socio-economic value (such as high productivity, infrastructure availability and access to markets).

Biophysical strategic agricultural land is land with a rare combination of natural resources highly suitable for agriculture. These lands intrinsically have the best quality landforms, soil and water resources which are naturally capable of sustaining high levels of productivity and require minimal management practices to maintain this high quality

Purpose

To identify Strategic Agricultural Land (SAL) within the state

Dataset History

Important Note: 14/01/2015. Since we generated these spatial layer datasets, the NSW Department of Planning and Environment has published an interactive CSG Exclusion Zone map. Interested parties should go to http://www.planning.nsw.gov.au/en-au/planningyourregion/strategicregionallanduse/coalseamgasexclusionzones.aspx where they can find out more about CSG exclusion zones. The information in the Bioregional Assessment products aligns with the CSG exclusion zones as published by NSW and the subsequent publication of those NSW maps does not alter the information in our assessments.

This dataset has been captured and mapped at a regional scale

Criteria for Biophysical Strategic Agricultural Land

land that falls under soil fertility classes 'high' or 'moderately high' under the Draft Inherent General Fertility of NSW (OEH), and

· land capability classes I, II or III under the Land and Soil Capability Mapping of NSW (OEH), and

· reliable water of suitable quality, characterised by having rainfall of 350mm or more per annum (9 out of 10 years); or properties within 150m of a regulated river, or unregulated rivers where there are flows for at least 95% of the time (ie the 95th percentile flow of each month of the year is greater than zero) or 5th order and higher rivers; or groundwater aquifers (excluding miscellaneous alluvial aquifers, also known as small storage aquifers) which have a yield rate greater than 5L/s and total dissolved solids of less than 1,500mg/L.

OR

· land that falls under soil fertility classes 'moderate' under the Draft Inherent General Fertility of NSW (OEH), and

· land capability classes I or II under the Land and Soil Capability Mapping of NSW (OEH), and

· reliable water of suitable quality, characterised by having rainfall of 350mm or more per annum (9 out of 10 years); or properties within 150m of a regulated river, or unregulated rivers where there are flows for at least 95% of the time (ie the 95th percentile flow of each month of the year is greater than zero) or 5th order and higher rivers; or groundwater aquifers (excluding miscellaneous alluvial aquifers, also known as small storage aquifers) which have a yield rate greater than 5L/s and total dissolved solids of less than 1,500mg/L.

Dataset Citation

NSW Department of Planning and Infrastructure (2013) Strategic Agricultural Lands (SAL) Biophysical. Bioregional Assessment Source Dataset. Viewed 14 June 2018, http://data.bioregionalassessments.gov.au/dataset/42e2a51d-3c11-431f-ac62-f8511c859516.

This spatial dataset identifies land use zones and the type of land uses that are permitted (with or without consent) or prohibited in each zone on any given land as designated by the relevant NSW environmental planning instrument (EPI) under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979. Land use zones are grouped into the following broad categories: BUSINESS (B), ENVIRONMENT (E), INDUSTRIAL (IN), RESIDENTIAL (R), RECREATION (RE), RURAL (RU), SPECIAL (SP) and WATERWAYS (W). The specific EPI which defines the planning requirement is described in the attribute field EPI_Name. The EPI can be viewed on the NSW legislation website: www.legislation.nsw.gov.auWe're adding LGAs on request, please let us know if you need additional LGAs.

The 2022 NSW Forest extent layer was created by the NSW DPIRD Forest Science team applying spatio-temporal analysis of the 2017-2022 National Forest and sparse woody vegetation data (Version 7.0 - 2022 Release) (Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment, and Water's). The data is available on data.gov.au. The dataset was further analysed and masked to exclude non-forest areas and create a forest extent layer with a 20 percent canopy cover for the NSW UTM Zones 55 & 56. The mask layer includes various datasets such as NSW Land use 2017, State Vegetation Type map (SVTM), Land Zoning, Water body, etc. The DPIRD Plantation unit's Authorised plantation layer (current as Aug 2024) was used to characterise forest types, i.e. Native forest and Plantation.

The 2017 Landuse captures how the landscape in NSW is being used for food production, forestry, nature conservation, infrastructure and urban development. It can be used to monitor changes in the landscape and identify impacts on biodiversity values and individual ecosystems.\r \r The NSW 2017 Landuse mapping is dated September 2017. \r \r This is version 1.5 of the dataset, published December 2023.\r \r Version 1.5 of the 2017 Landuse incorporates the following updates:\r \r * Fine scale mapping of the Central Coast, Illawarra and Shoalhaven regions\r * Mapping enhancements to regional centres to improve the mapping accuracy for these centres\r * NSW road network based on road centreline data from Transport NSW, with standardised buffer applied to approximate the carriage width based on the road type\r * Plantation type (native hardwood and softwood) information within State Forest Estates \r * Horticulture data to tertiary or commodity level present in September 2017 from Australian Tree Crop Map Dashboard developed by University of New England - Applied Agricultural Remote Sensing Centre \r https://www.une.edu.au/research/research-centres-institutes/applied-agricultural-remote-sensing-centre/collaborative-r-and-d-opportunities/industry-applications-and-maps\r * Fixes to identified errors since published version 1.2 \r \r Previous Versions\r *Version 1.4 internal update (not published)\r * Version 1.3 internal update (not published)\r * Version 1.2 published 24 June 2020 - Fine scale update to Greater Sydney Metropolitan Area\r * Version 1 published August 2019\r \r The 2017 Landuse is based on Aerial imagery and Satellite imagery available for NSW. These include, but not limited to; digital aerial imagery (ADS) captured by NSW Department of Customer Service (DCS), high resolution urban (Conurbation) digital aerial imagery captured on behalf of DCS, SPOT 5, 6 & 7(Airbus), Planet™, Sentinel 2 (European Space Agency) and LANDSAT (NASA) Satellite Imagery. Mapping also includes commercially available imagery from Nearmap™ and Google Earth™, along with Google Street View™. \r \r Mapping takes into consideration ancillary datasets such as tenure such as National Parks and State forests, cadastre, roads parcels, land zoning, topographic information and Google Maps, in conjunction with visual interpretation and field validation of patterns and features on the ground. \r \r The 2017 Landuse was captured on screen using ARC GIS (Geographical Information Software) at a scale of 1:8,000 scale (or better) and features are mapped down to 2 hectares in size. Exceptions were made for targeted Landuse classes such as horticulture, intensive animal husbandry and urban environments, which were mapped at a finer scale.\r \r The 2017 Landuse has complete coverage of NSW. It also includes updates to the fine scale Horticulture mapping for the east coast of NSW - Newcastle to the Queensland boarder and Murray-Riverina Region. This horticultural mapping includes operations to the commodity level based on field work and high-resolution imagery interpretation. \r \r Landuse classes assigned are based on activities that have occurred in the last 5-10 years that may be part of a rotational practice. Time-series LANDSAT information has been used in conjunction with more recent Satellite Imagery to determine whether grasslands have been disturbed or subject to ongoing land management activities over the past 30 years.\r \r The 2017 Landuse was captured on screen using ARC GIS (Geographical Information Software) at a scale of 1:8,000 scale (or better) and features are mapped down to 2 hectares in size. Exceptions were made for targeted Landuse classes such as horticulture, intensive animal husbandry and urban environments (including Greater Sydney Metropolitan region), which were mapped at a finer scale. \r \r The reliability scale of the dataset is 1:10,000.\r \r Mapping has been subject to a peer review and quality assurance process.\r \r Land use information has been captured in accordance with standards set by the Australian Collaborative Land Use Mapping Program (ACLUMP) and using the Australian Land Use and Management ALUM Classification Version 8. The ALUM classification is based upon the modified Baxter & Russell classification and presented according to the specifications contained in http://www.agriculture.gov.au/abares/aclump/land-use/alum-classification.\r \r This product will be incorporated in the National Catchment scale land use product 2020 that will be available as a 50m raster - Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) http://www.agriculture.gov.au/abares/aclump/land-use/data-download\r \r The Department of Planning, Industry and Environment (DPIE) will continue to complete land use mapping at approximately 5-year intervals. \r \r The 2017 Landuse product is considered as a benchmark product that can be used for Landuse change reporting. Ongoing improvements to the 2017 Landuse product will be undertaken to correct errors or additional improvements to the mapping. \r

The 2022 annual review of the transitional NVR map was published on 23 March 2022. Please read below for details of land types included in the transitional NVR map - land excluded from the LLS Act layer and changes occurring as a result of the 2022 Annual Review. The latest version of the map can be viewed online using the transitional NVR Map Viewer Land excluded from the LLS Act listed under Section 60A of the LLS Act includes: Urban areas under the State Environmental Planning Policy (Vegetation in Non-Rural Areas) 2017, including 33 local government areas and 22 listed local environmental plan zones under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979. National Park estate and other conservation areas State forestry land. Crown Reserves; land dedicated or reserved under the Crown Lands Act 1989 Interim Heritage order or listing on the State Heritage Register under the Heritage Act 1977 Lord Howe Island Changes to the transitional NVR map - land excluded from the LLS Act layer arising from the 2021 Annual Review include: Environmental Planning Instrument (EPI) land zoning – updates to land excluded from the LLS Act as a result of changes to land zoning for some local government areas.

The 2013 land use captures how the landscape in NSW is being used for food production, forestry, nature conservation, infrastructure and urban development. It can also be used to monitor changes in the landscape and identify resulting impacts on biodiversity values and individual ecosystems.

The state wide land use data is a compilation of the best available land use information for NSW that was available in August 2017.

Land use and tenure datasets from a variety of projects have been compiled, these include;

• Landuse mapping 2017 – 1:10,000 scale mapping using 2013 SPOT 5 satellite imagery and ADS digital aerial imagery. Covering rural zoned, agricultural areas. These areas are applicable to Local Land Services Act 2016.

• NSW Horticulture mapping project – Fine scale mapping (1:5,000) mapping of horticulture production to the commodity level (where applicable), on the mid-north and north coast of NSW. This was in response to the outbreak of Panama disease, Tropical Race 4, found in a banana plantation in Northern Queensland. It is part of a collaborative mapping project to improve Biosecurity information between state jurisdictions and the commonwealth. It also covers plantation forestry for the project area.

• Hunter 2013 mapping – 1:10,000 scale mapping covering most of the Hunter catchment based on 2013 SPOT5 imagery. It was part of a pilot land use update trial for intended use in Department of Planning Regional Growth Plans. This is an update of the 2005 Land use Hunter catchment and 2008 Upper Hunter catchment land use mapping projects, also available on SDE and P drive.

• National Parks and State Forest Tenure mapping 2017

• Sydney Map sheet 2012 – Detailed urban mapping (1:10,000 scale) trial using high resolution Digital aerial imagery

• Existing Land use information (circa 2003) has been used for non-rural zoned areas and not covered by the other projects mentioned above. This component of the 2013 land use has a reliability scale of 1:25,000. The areas where the circa 2003 land use product used include; urban, industrial, commercial and environmental local government LEP (Local Environment Planning) zones. It also includes areas of metropolitan Sydney that are excluded from the LLS Act 2016.

Land use information has been captured in accordance with standards set by the Australian Collaborative Land Use Mapping Program (ACLUMP) and using the Australian Land Use and Management ALUM Classification. The ALUM classification is based upon the modified Baxter & Russell classification and presented according to the specifications contained in http://www.agriculture.gov.au/abares/aclump/land-use/alum-classification.

The 2013 land use, that was mapped for the purposes of the Local Land Services Act, was commenced in July 2016 and completed by August 2017. It covers all rural zoned (agricultural) areas, and was based on most appropriate SPOT5 imagery to represent land use at June 2013. It includes values in the attribute fields of source, source date, source scale, reliability and land use mapping (currency) date.

The reliability scale of areas mapped form 2012 onward is 1:10,000. For areas where circa 2003 land use information has been used the reliability scale is 1:25,000. This is identified in the source scale attribute for each feature in the dataset.

The date of the data set is set as the land use occurring at the time the imagery (satellite or aerial) was acquired, which can range from 2003 to 2013. This dataset was updated in August 2017 to include values in the attribute fields of Source, Source Date, Source Scale, Reliability and LU Mapping (Currency) Date.

A national catchment scale land use product is also available as a 50m raster - Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) http://www.agriculture.gov.au/abares/aclump/land-use/data-download.

Future Residential Growth Area Land has been identified in planning instruments or Government-endorsed planning strategies. It is proposed that coal seam gas activities will be prohibited in and within two kilometres of these areas. The Future Residential growth Area data relates directly to and adopts the accuracy of its reference dataset, Land and Property Information DCDB.

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Summary: A comprehensive NSW Land Tenure layer has been developed, integrating the latest and most reliable datasets sourced from various governmental authorities and departments. To the best of our knowledge, this layer offers detailed mapping of recent updates and changes in land tenure across the state. It includes information on land allocations, ownership transformations, and management updates, providing an up-to-date and accurate representation of land tenure in New South Wales.

Description: The statewide Land Tenure layer is a comprehensive dataset created by incorporating spatial and aspatial data from various state and commonwealth government departments, organisations and authorities, including the Forestry Corporation of NSW; NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development; NSW Spatial Services; Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (Environment and Heritage); The Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (ABARES: SOFR23 & SOFR18); the NSW SEED data portal; and National Park. The wall-to-wall spatial feature class demonstrates how land in NSW is being managed or owned. It can also be employed to monitor changes in land management or ownership transfer over time. The process of acquiring datasets for updating the tenure layer and creating the statewide layer began in January 2024 and continued until August 2024. The collected datasets were amalgamated, and gaps were filled. This combined layer has then been manually assessed and visually compared against various datasets to ensure its completeness and accuracy. Esri basemaps such as Imagery, Imagery Hybrid, OpenStreetMap, and Google Earth maps were also used for visual assessment. Furtheremore, expert knowledge from government professionals, and land history web search were considered to address potential inaccuracies and unreliability in datasets from various sources. The land tenure data consists of seven Tenure classes each class covering various tenure types as below: - Tenure Class: presents tenure classification of the dataset as Crownland-Leasehold; Crownland-Other; Indigenous Owned; National Park; Private; State Forest; Unresolved Tenure. Tenure Type of each tenure class are as follow: Crownland-Leasehold: Crown Timberland Lease; LEASE (SOFR2023); Leasehold Crown Land; Western Lands Lease; Crownland-Other: Crown Road; Crown Waterway; Either Crown Waterway, Road or other; OCL (SOFR2023); Other crownland; Public Road; Reserved Crown Timber Land; Timber Reserve; Vacant And Reserved Crown Land; Vacant Crown Land; Reserve for Public Buildings (Forestry); Indigenous Owned: Aboriginal Area; National Park: Conservation Reserve; Fire trail within national parks; Historic Sites; National Park; Nature Reserve; NCR (SOFR2023); Regional Park; State Conservation Area; Private: Hardwood Joint Venture; PRIV (SOFR2023); Private; Hardwood Plantations; Private Property; Private Softwood Plantation; Profit á Prendre; Softwood Joint Venture; State Forest: FCNSW Ownership; MUF (SOFR2023); State Forest: State Forest OEH Managed Flora Reserve; Unresolved Tenure: null (-2); ND (SOFR2023). - Shape_Area: Area of each Tenure class in square meter. Caveats: - In general, data from diverse sources retains different levels of accuracy, reliability and coverage, therefore, a thorough visual assessment has been carried out to overcome the issue. Having said that, there still could be potential minor errors which could have been missed due to the large extent of the dataset. - Note that Roads, Waterways and general public areas across the Greater Sydney and Wollongong have not been properly mapped in this version. This will be updated in the next update.

Transport Performance and Analytics (TPA) has a range of location information products which include digitised boundaries. Travel Zones (TZs) are the geographic units of TPA’s data collection, transport modelling and analysis. They are designed to align as much as possible with current Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) geographic classification for that year, to allow for comparison of different data sources at standard geographies. In order to provide for a similar level of trip generation across zones, TZs are designed to be small in areas with high land use densities and larger in areas of lower density. The key land uses of interest in defining TZs are employment, housing and transport infrastructure. As urban areas change over time, TPA creates a new zoning system in line with each 5-yearly population Census. Digitised boundaries for these zoning systems and equivalences between them, are available to users to undertake spatial analysis. 1991-2006 - Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC), with Statistical Local Areas (SLA), Census Collection District (CCD) and Mesh Blocks (MB). Prior to 2006, TZs aligned to Statistical Local Areas (SLA) Note that GMA may change slightly at the boundary to align with ABS geographic classifications. This will not usually impact on the comparison of data over time.

This identifies the land to which the LEP applies under clause 1.3 of the LEP. This is usually the whole local government area, but certain land may be excluded. The LAP dataset describes the land to which a LEP applies. Land can either be included or excluded from the LEP. Land may be excluded from the LEP due to it being a Deferred Matter, or covered by a SEPP or other planning instrument. The original GIS data was captured by local councils, DP&I and contractors and provided in accordance with the DP&I's Standard Requirements for GIS LEP data and Standard Technical Requirements for LEP maps. Before the LEP is notified on the NSW Legislation website, the mapping is checked by DP&I and the Parliamentary Council's Office to ensure that it is consistent with these standards. After the LEP is notified, the GIS data is quality controlled using an ISO 9001-Quality-Certified, Quality Management System and incorporated into the Statewide dataset. The Land Application data relates directly to and adopts the accuracy of its reference dataset, Land and Property Information DCDB. The GIS data may be subject to change as a part of quality control, or if the LEP is amended. Please confirm dates of respective features before use as this dataset has a large temporal extent.

This record is now superseded. The current record for ‘Transitional – Excluded Land' can be viewed here. The Excluded Land layer is a component of the Native Vegetation Regulatory Map (NVR Map). NVR …Show full descriptionThis record is now superseded. The current record for ‘Transitional – Excluded Land' can be viewed here. The Excluded Land layer is a component of the Native Vegetation Regulatory Map (NVR Map). NVR Map was prepared by Department of Planning Industry and Environment (DPIE) under Part 5A of the Local Land Services Act 2013 (LLS Act) and supporting Local Land Services Regulation 2014. Section 60A of the Local Land Service Act 2013 (LLS Act) identifies land where the regulatory framework for native vegetation clearing in rural areas does not apply. This land is mapped as Excluded Land on the Native Vegetation Regulation Map (NVR Map). The 2019 Annual Review of the transitional NVR map was published on 22 November 2019. Please read below for details about changes occurring as a result of the 2019 Annual Review. The latest version of the map can be viewed online using the NVR Map Viewer Excluded land listed under Section 60A of the LLS Act includes: Urban areas under the State Environmental Planning Policy (Vegetation in Non-Rural Areas) 2017, including 33 local government areas and 22 listed local environmental plan zones under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979. National Park estate and other conservation areas State forestry land. Crown Reserves; land dedicated or reserved under the Crown Lands Act 1989 Interim Heritage order or listing on the State Heritage Register under the Heritage Act 1977 Lord Howe Island Complete list of Excluded Lands can be found in the Native Vegetation Regulatory Map - Method statement found: https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/-/media/OEH/Corporate-Site/Documents/Animals-and-plants/Biodiversity/native-vegetation-regulatory-map-method-statement-170495.pdf All spatial data sets compiled for the excluded land layer are held within databases maintained by NSW Government. Data on the NVR viewer is updated on a monthly basis for Landholder initiated Map Reviews and other minor data changes. https://www.lmbc.nsw.gov.au/Maps/index.html?viewer=NVRMap Data available for download was last updated on 25th May 2020. Please contact Department of Planning Industry and Environment data broker on data.broker@environment.nsw.gov.au for additional information.

The Government Property Index (GPI) allows the general public to view and search basic information on NSW Government-owned land and view it on a map through the NSW Planning Portal – Spatial Viewer.

The final dataset was derived through the implementation of the following inputs -

• GPR

• Crown Lands (DCDB)

• National Parks

• Land Parcels (DCDB)

• Spatial Services

• PlanningDB

• Property (GURAS)

Furthermore, there are five data fields which are in-scope for the GPI -

1. Lot / Section / Plan

2. Address

3. Area

4. Zone

5. Local Government Area (LGA)

Two special cases are Crown Land data and National Parks data, which were obtained by ‘intersecting’ the land parcels (Lot/Section/Plan) against the Crown Land Polygon and the National Parks (Estate) Polygon respectively.

Through the combined processing of these inputs into the GPI database, the final spatial data was added onto the NSW Planning Portal – Spatial Viewer for consumption by the public.