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Repealed - DCP 2012

Development Control Plan 2012 (DCP 2012) is superseded by Development Control Plan 2023 (DCP 2023), commencing 1 March 2024.

Savings provisions apply and DCP 2023 does not apply to any development application lodged but not finally determined before its commencement.

Exemptions to the savings provisions exist in respect to the following sections of DCP 2023:

D4 Commercial,
E3 Tighes Hill Local Character, and
E4 Kotara Local Character.

For more information please see DCP 2023 - Part A - A1 Introduction for further detail.

Should you have any queries regarding DCP 2012 or DCP 2023, please contact CN's Customer Contact Centre on 4974 2000.

Repealed - DCP 2012

DCP Table of Contents

View the 0.00 DCP Table of Contents (PDF)

1.00 DCP Introduction

View the 1.00 DCP Introduction (PDF)

2.00 How to use this DCP

View the 2.00 How to use this DCP (PDF)

3.00 Landuse Specific Provisions

View the 3.00 Landuse Specific Provisions:

Section 3.01 Subdivision (PDF)
Section 3.02 Single Dwellings and Ancillary Development (PDF)
Section 3.03 Residential Development (PDF)
Section 3.10 Commercial Uses (PDF)
Section 3.11 Community Services (PDF)
Section 3.12 Sex Industry Establishments (PDF)
Section 3.13 Industrial Development (PDF)
Section 3.14 Exhibition Homes and Villages (PDF)

4.00 Risk Minimisation Provisions

View the 4.00 Risk Minimisation Provisions:

5.00 Environmental Protections Provisions

View the 5.00 Environmental Protections Provisions:

Section 5.01 Soil Management (PDF)
Section 5.02 Land Contamination (PDF)
Section 5.03 Vegetation Management (PDF)
Section 5.04 Aboriginal Heritage (PDF)
Section 5.05 Heritage Items (PDF)
Section 5.06 Archaeological Management (PDF)

6.00 Locality Specific Provisions

View the 6.00 Locality Specific Provisions:

Section 6.01 Newcastle City Centre (PDF)
Section 6.02 Heritage Conservation Areas (PDF)
Section 6.03 Wickham (PDF)
Section 6.04 Renewal Corridors (PDF)
Section 6.09 Darby Street Cooks Hill (PDF)
Section 6.10 Beaumont Street Hamilton (PDF)
Section 6.12 Minmi (PDF)
Section 6.13 Precinct Maps (PDF)
Section 6.15 Fort Wallace (PDF)
Section 6.16 Lingard Hospital Precinct (PDF)

7.00 Development Provisions

View the 7.00 Development Provisions:

9.00 DCP Glossary

View the 9.00 Glossary (PDF)

Technical Manuals and Additional Information

City Centre Public Domain Technical Manual (PDF)
Commercial Technical Manual (PDF)
Contaminated Land Management Technical Manual (PDF)
Heritage Technical Manual (PDF)
Landscape Technical Manual (PDF)
Stormwater and Water Efficiency for Development Technical Manual (PDF)
Subdivision Technical Manual (PDF)
Waste Management Technical Manual (PDF)
Strategic Impact Assessment Study - Steel River - February 1998 (PDF)
Strategic Impact Assessment Study - Land at Tourle Street and Industrial Drive, Mayfield - The 'Steel River' Project - February 1998

Urban Forest Technical Manual

City of Newcastle acknowledges that we operate on the grounds of the traditional country of the Awabakal and Worimi peoples.
We recognise and respect their cultural heritage, beliefs and continuing relationship with the land, and that they are the proud survivors of more than two hundred years of dispossession.
CN reiterates its commitment to address disadvantages and attain justice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of this community.