Industrial Zones - IN1  IN2  IN3  IN4

Zone IN1 General Industrial

1 Objectives of zone

• To provide a wide range of industrial and warehouse land uses.

• To encourage employment opportunities.

• To minimise any adverse effect of industry on other land uses.

• To facilitate and encourage appropriate forms of industrial development which will contribute to the economic and employment growth of Wollongong.

• To allow some diversity of activities that will not:

(a) significantly detract from the operation of existing or proposed manufacturing and service industries, or

(b) significantly detract from the amenity of nearby residents,

or

(c) adversely impact upon the efficient operation of the surrounding road system.

2 Permitted without consent

Building identification signs; Business identification signs

3 Permitted with consent

Advertisements; Advertising structures; Community facilities;Crematoria; Depots; Freight transport facilities; Heavy industries;Helipads; Industrial retail outlets; Kiosks; Light industries; Liquid fuel

depots; Mortuaries; Neighbourhood shops; Places of public worship;Recreation areas; Recreation facilities (indoor); Roads; Service stations; Take away food and drink premises; Transport depots; Vehicle body repair workshops; Vehicle repair stations; Vehicle sales or hire premises; Warehouse or distribution centres

4 Prohibited

Any development not specified in item 2 or 3

Zone IN2 Light Industrial

1 Objectives of zone

• To provide a wide range of light industrial, warehouse and related land uses.

• To encourage employment opportunities and to support the viability of centres.

• To minimise any adverse effect of industry on other land uses.

• To enable other land uses that provide facilities or services to meet the day to day needs of workers in the area.

• To encourage appropriate forms of industrial development which will contribute to the economic and employment growth of

Wollongong.

2 Permitted without consent

Building identification signs; Business identification signs

3 Permitted with consent

Advertisements; Advertising structures; Agricultural produce industries; Animal boarding or training establishments; Boat repair facilities; Community facilities; Crematoria; Depots; Freight transport

facilities; Helipads; Industrial retail outlets; Kiosks; Landscape and garden supplies; Light industries; Mortuaries; Neighbourhood shops;Places of public worship; Recreation areas; Recreation facilities (indoor); Roads; Self-storage units; Service stations; Sex services premises; Take away food and drink premises; Tank-based aquaculture; Timber and building supplies; Transport depots; Vehicle body repair workshops; Vehicle repair stations; Vehicle sales or hire premises;Veterinary hospitals; Warehouse or distribution centres; Waste orresource management facilities; Water treatment facilities

4 Prohibited

Any development not specified in item 2 or 3

Zone IN3 Heavy Industrial

1 Objectives of zone

• To provide suitable areas for those industries that need to be separated from other land uses.

• To encourage employment opportunities.

• To minimise any adverse effect of heavy industry on other land uses.

• To facilitate the ongoing sustainability of steel making and steel product manufacturing that will contribute to the economic and employment growth of Wollongong.

2 Permitted without consent

Building identification signs; Business identification signs

3 Permitted with consent

Advertisements; Advertising structures; Boat repair facilities; Depots;Freight transport facilities; Hazardous industries; Hazardous storage establishments; Heavy industries; Helipads; Industrial retail outlets; Kiosks; Light industries; Liquid fuel depots; Offensive industries; Offensive storage establishments; Recreation areas; Recreation facilities (indoor); Roads; Rural industries; Service stations; Take away food and drink premises; Transport depots; Truck depots; Vehicle body repair workshops; Vehicle repair stations; Warehouse or distribution centres; Water supply systems

4 Prohibited

Any development not specified in item 2 or 3

Zone IN4 Working Waterfront

1 Objectives of zone

• To retain and encourage waterfront industrial and maritime activities.

• To identify sites for maritime purposes and for activities that require direct waterfront access.

• To ensure that development does not have an adverse impact on the environmental and visual qualities of the foreshore.

• To encourage employment opportunities.

• To minimise any adverse effect of development on land uses in other zones.

• To encourage development that is compatible with the characteristics of Wollongong Harbour and Belmore Basin.

2 Permitted without consent

Nil

3 Permitted with consent

Boat launching ramps; Boat repair facilities; Charter and tourism boating facilities; Food and drink premises; Information and education facilities; Jetties; Kiosks; Light industries; Marinas; Markets; Roads;Signage

4 Prohibited

Any development not specified in item 2 or 3