What is W2 zoning in New South Wales?
W2 in New South Wales is the Recreational Waterways zone. It is a environment & waterways zone under the state planning scheme. In plain terms: conservation, bushland, waterways and the coast.
What can you build on W2?
W2 is a environment & waterways zone, so it broadly supports environment & waterways 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.
W2 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 W2 sits in the environment and conservation family; these are the closest codes elsewhere.
- Victoria
- RCZPCRZUFZ
- Queensland (Brisbane)
- CNEM
- South Australia
- ConCWOIHF
- Western Australia
- ConservationNational parkEnvironmental conservationForeshore
- Tasmania
- 2223
- Australian Capital Territory
- NUZ3NUZ4NUZ5
See the full cross-state mapping, family by family, on the zone equivalence page.