What is R4 zoning in New South Wales?
R4 in New South Wales is the High Density Residential zone. It is a residential zone under the state planning scheme. In plain terms: apartments and the densest housing, usually near centres and transport.
What can you build on R4?
R4 is a residential zone, so it broadly supports residential 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.
R4 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 R4 sits in the residential - high density family; these are the closest codes elsewhere.
- Victoria
- RGZ
- Queensland (Brisbane)
- HDR
- South Australia
- UC(L)
- Western Australia
- Medium and high density residential
- Australian Capital Territory
- RZ5
See the full cross-state mapping, family by family, on the zone equivalence page.