New South Wales Commercial & centres

What is MU1 zoning in New South Wales?

MU1 in New South Wales is the Mixed Use zone. It is a commercial & centres zone under the state planning scheme. In plain terms: shopfront-and-apartments blocks where homes sit above commercial uses.

What can you build on MU1?

MU1 is a commercial & centres zone, so it broadly supports commercial & centres land uses. The exact permitted, permissible and prohibited uses — and the development standards (height, floor space, lot size) — are set by the local environmental plan or planning scheme that applies to the parcel, and they vary council by council. Always confirm the controls against the current instrument before relying on them.

MU1 equivalents in other states

Every Australian jurisdiction writes its own zoning vocabulary, so the same planning intent wears a different code over each border. New South Wales MU1 sits in the mixed use family; these are the closest codes elsewhere.

Victoria
MUZ
Queensland (Brisbane)
MU
South Australia
UC(MS)CMSSMSTMS
Western Australia
Mixed useMixed business
Tasmania
13
Australian Capital Territory
CZ5

See the full cross-state mapping, family by family, on the zone equivalence page.

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