The Planning Proposal for the Employment Zones Review has been finalised and amendments have been made to Penrith Local Environmental Plan 2010. On 10 October 2025 the LEP amendment was gazetted .

The Planning Proposal and it's supporting attachments can be viewed under the Document Library on this page.

For further enquiries please contact Owen Lay, Planner on 4732 7612 or owen.lay@penrith.city

Penrith City Council has prepared a Planning Proposal which seeks to make changes to Penrith Local Environmental Plan 2010 to amend planning controls relating to certain employment zoned land across the Penrith Local Government Area.

The Planning Proposal responds to the relevant actions of Council’s adopted Employment Lands Strategy and Green Grid Strategy, addresses community submissions made to Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure’s (DPHI), and includes the outcomes from Council’s review of employment lands across the city.

The Planning Proposal seeks to make the following amendments:

1.Amend Clause 7.12 Maximum gross floor area for commercial premises to only apply to land currently identified in the Caddens/Kingswood area, excluding land zoned R3 Medium Density Residential.

2.Introduce a Height of Buildings control for all lots within the E1 Local Centre in Leonay and Lemongrove, Penrith

3.Rezone Council owned land at 79 Great Western Highway Kingswood to RE1 Public Recreation

4.Permit service stations in E4 General Industrial zone.

5.Correct obsolete property descriptions and update mapping for E4 General Industrial zoned land at Cranebrook.

6.Introduce an additional permitted use for certain land zoned E4 General Industrial at Castlereagh Road Penrith, to allow vehicle sales or hire premises, and

7.Remove certain land uses from Clause 38 that are permissible under SEPP’s.

Further details for each of these proposed amendments are described in the Planning Proposal document.