Major planning strategies
Local Environment Plan
The Local Environment Plan (LEP) guides Council’s planning decisions in the local government area. The LEP is Council's main land use planning tool used to make sure development is done correctly.
Development Control Plan
The Development Control Plan (DCP) works with the LEP and provides detailed planning and design guidance for what you can do on your land.
All planning strategies
| Document | Type | |
|---|---|---|
| Paterson River Flood Study Vacy to Hinton | Floodplain management | Download |
| Hunter River Branxton to Green Rocks flood study (2010) | Floodplain management | Download |
| Hunter River Floodplain Risk Management study and plan (2015) | Floodplain management | Download |
| Central Maitland Structure Plan (2009) | Structure plans | Download |
| Activity Centres and Employment Clusters Strategy | Land and housing | Download |
| Gillieston Heights Structure Plan | Structure plans | Download |
| Maitland Rural Lands Strategy (2005) | Land and housing | Download |
| Thornton North Structure Plan | Structure plans | Download |
| Maitland City Wide Integrated Land Use and Transport Study | Land and housing | Download |
| Lochinvar Structure Plan | Structure plans | Download |
| Maitland CBD Integrated Land Use and Transport Study | Land and housing | Download |
| Maitland Centres Study (2009) | Land and housing | Download |
| S7.12 Levy Development Contributions Plan 2013 | Section 7.11 & 7.12 | Download |
| Fact Sheet – Section 94A Contributions | Section 7.11 & 7.12 | Download |
| Fact Sheet – Section 94 Contributions | Section 7.11 & 7.12 | Download |
| Farley Contributions Plan 2015 | Section 7.11 & 7.12 | Download |
| Lochinvar Contributions Plan 2014 | Section 7.11 & 7.12 | Download |
| Thornton North Contributions Plan 2008 | Haussman Drive, Section 7.11 & 7.12 | Download |
| Maitland City Wide Contributions Plan 2016 | Section 7.11 & 7.12 | Download |
| Fire Safety Certificate | Planning forms | Download |