Mapping Standards and Requirements

The Department has published standards for the preparation and submission of LEP maps in electronic format. These will enable all LEP maps to be made available online after the local plan is made, using a common template.

Standard technical requirements for LEP Maps

Standard technical requirements have been published for the preparation of maps that form part of LEPs. The standards enable all LEP maps to be made available online after the local plan is made. The mapping requirements specify colours, lines, symbols, map-naming protocols and electronic file creation requirements.

• Complete document - including appendices (republished with changes March 2009). Note this is a large file and make take some time to download [7MB PDF]
• Main document - without appendices (March 2009)
• Appendix A Map legends (March 2009)
• Appendix B Map cover sheet: principal LEP (March 2009)
• Appendix C Map cover sheet: (March 2009)
• Appendix D Example of map index (August 2007)
• Appendix E Land application map (March 2009)
• Appendix F Land zoning map (March 2009)
• Appendix G Land reservation acquisition map (March 2009)
• Appendix H Heritage map (March 2009)
• Appendix I Development standards map - example: floor space ratio (March 2009)
• Appendix J Amending LEP - example: site identification map (March 2009)
• Changes since previous version - explains the change to version 1.1 (August 2007) made in version 1.2 (March 2009)
   
• Planning circular PS 07-007 New mapping requirements for local environmental plans
• Planning circular PS 09-008 Updated mapping requirements for local environmental plans

Data requirements

GIS data is requested for all submissions by councils of local environmental plans LEP (at both draft and final stages) to the Department. The Department has developed a standard schema for LEP data. The objective is to create efficiencies by removing duplication in the preparation of LEP data across the State. This document specifies standard table structures as well as procedures for supplying data, file standards and naming conventions.

• Standard requirements for LEP GIS data  - updated November 2008
• Planning circular PS 07-012 New GIS data requirements for local environmental plans

The Department has also prepared guidance on GIS data requirements for maps prepared by councils seeking exclusions and variations in relation to State Environmental Planning Policy (Exempt and Complying Development Codes) 2008.

• Standard requirements for GIS data for SEPP (Exempt and Complying Development) 2008  - February 2009
• Planning circular PS 09-004 SEPP (Exempt and Complying Development) 2008

Map templates

To assist councils, LEP map template files are provided below for some commonly used Geographic Information System (GIS) software.

• LEP map templates for ESRI - updated December 2008
• LEP map templates for MapInfo - updated December 2009

Note: WinZip, a free software program [www.winzip.com] has been used to compress these files.

The GIS data for the suggested map grids is available online from the Community Access to Natural Resources Information (CANRI) website: http://canri.nsw.gov.au/download.