What is RU3 zoning in New South Wales?
RU3 in New South Wales is the Forestry zone. It is a rural zone under the state planning scheme. In plain terms: farming, primary production, rural living and village edges.
What can you build on RU3?
RU3 is a rural zone, so it broadly supports rural 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.
RU3 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 RU3 sits in the rural and agricultural family; these are the closest codes elsewhere.
- Victoria
- FZRAZRLZGWZGWAZ
- Queensland (Brisbane)
- RU
- South Australia
- RuPRuLRuAqRuHRuIERA
- Western Australia
- RuralFarmingGeneral agriculturePriority agricultureRural living
- Tasmania
- 112021
- Australian Capital Territory
- NUZ1NUZ2
See the full cross-state mapping, family by family, on the zone equivalence page.