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Talk about your Campbelltown siteLast updated: 1 August 2026 · Written by Dr George Greiss
Development in the Campbelltown LGA is assessed against the Campbelltown Local Environmental Plan 2015, which sets the zone, height, floor space ratio and minimum lot size for your land, and the Campbelltown (Sustainable City) Development Control Plan 2015, which sets the detailed design controls.
One thing catches applicants out: the DCP has no separate part for dwelling houses. Part 3 covers dwelling houses, dual occupancy, secondary dwellings and medium density together — so the controls for a granny flat and a townhouse development sit in the same place. Industrial is Part 7, boarding house and co-living Part 17, seniors housing Part 19.
The NSW Low and Mid-Rise Housing Policy nominates five locations in the Campbelltown LGA:
Within 800 metres walking distance of those centres, the policy permits housing types and standards that override the local controls — including residential flat buildings in the R2 and R3 zones, and multi-dwelling housing and terraces in R2. Where a proposal meets a non-discretionary standard, council cannot refuse it for not complying with that standard.
Note that Leumeah, Macquarie Fields and Denham Court are not on the list, and no Campbelltown station is part of the separate Transport Oriented Development program. The government's map is indicative only — walking distance follows real routes, and bushfire or heritage exclusions can switch the policy off for a particular property, so it needs an address-level check.
Campbelltown has a distinctive constraint profile, and several of these catch people out because they do not appear on a contract of sale:
Menangle Park is rezoned and being delivered. Gilead is rezoned for up to 3,300 homes, but staged — water servicing has unlocked only a fraction so far, roughly half the site is protected environmental land, and a precinct structure plan and DCP must be adopted before work proceeds.
Along the rail line, the Glenfield to Macarthur Urban Renewal Corridor has precinct plans for seven stations — but those plans are largely not written into the LEP, so uplift usually requires a planning proposal rather than being automatic.
Applications are lodged through the NSW Planning Portal. Council offers Pre-DA Lodgement Advice — a free duty planner service for quick questions, and a paid pre-lodgement meeting for larger proposals. For anything beyond a straightforward dwelling, that meeting is usually worth having.
The Campbelltown Local Planning Panel determines applications meeting the referral criteria, generally meeting the third Wednesday of the month. Since 16 January 2026, regionally significant applications go to this panel rather than the Sydney Western City Planning Panel — rezoning reviews still go to the regional panel.
We act on the full range of Campbelltown matters — dwellings, dual occupancy, secondary dwellings, subdivision, medium density and apartments, industrial in the Ingleburn and Minto precincts, commercial and change of use, seniors housing, modifications, Building Information Certificates, and planning proposals where a rezoning is genuinely warranted.
Greiss Planning is led by Dr George Greiss — a town planner with a PhD in urban planning and an Adjunct Associate Professorship at Western Sydney University, and more than a decade of experience in how development applications and rezoning proposals are assessed. That means advice grounded in how these controls are applied in practice, not just what the documents say.
Airds, Ambarvale, Bardia, Blair Athol, Blairmount, Bow Bowing, Bradbury, Campbelltown, Claymore, Denham Court, Eagle Vale, Englorie Park, Eschol Park, Gilead, Glen Alpine, Glenfield, Gregory Hills, Ingleburn, Kearns, Kentlyn, Leumeah, Long Point, Macquarie Fields, Macquarie Links, Menangle Park, Minto, Minto Heights, Mount Annan, Raby, Rosemeadow, Ruse, St Andrews, St Helens Park, Varroville, Wedderburn and Woodbine.
We also act across neighbouring councils including Camden, Liverpool, Wollondilly and Wingecarribee.
Not always. A secondary dwelling that meets every standard in the state Housing SEPP and the complying development codes can be approved as a complying development certificate, which is faster than a DA. Where the site or the design falls outside those standards — and battleaxe lots, slope, trees, flooding and bushfire commonly do — it becomes a development application assessed against Part 3 of Campbelltown's DCP. Checking which pathway applies before you commission drawings is the cheapest step in the process.
Dual occupancies are permitted with consent in the R2 low density zone across NSW, subject to lot size and width standards. In Campbelltown the LEP also sets minimum lot sizes for dual occupancy and for subdividing one afterwards, and the DCP sets the design controls. Whether you can subsequently subdivide is a separate question from whether you can build — they are governed by different standards, and it is worth confirming both at the outset.
It depends on whether it is within 800 metres walking distance of Campbelltown, Ingleburn or Macarthur station and town centre, or Glenfield or Minto station. The government's indicative map is a starting point only — walking distance follows real routes, and exclusions such as bushfire prone land or a heritage listing can switch the policy off for a specific property. It needs an address-level check.
Council determined 83–84% of applications within the statutory timeframes over the second half of 2025, but the range is wide. A straightforward, complete residential application moves considerably faster than one that triggers a request for further information, referrals to agencies, or referral to the Local Planning Panel. What applicants control is completeness at lodgement.
Parts of southern Campbelltown sit within the South Campbelltown Mine Subsidence District. In a declared district you need approval from Subsidence Advisory NSW before building, extending a structure or subdividing — separate from, and in addition to, council development consent. It is worth confirming early because it can affect footings and structural design.
Campbelltown is one of a small number of metropolitan councils where the koala habitat provisions of the Biodiversity and Conservation SEPP apply to every zone. Council also has an approved Comprehensive Koala Plan of Management, and the LEP requires the Planning Secretary's concurrence for development within a mapped koala corridor. On affected land this shapes what can be cleared and where development can go, so it is best identified at feasibility stage rather than after a design is settled.
For anything beyond a simple dwelling, usually yes. Council offers a free duty planner service for quick questions and a paid pre-lodgement meeting or written advice for larger proposals. It surfaces council's concerns while the design can still change cheaply. Going in with the planning issues already identified is what makes that meeting productive.
Send through the address and what you have in mind. You will get a straight answer on the pathway, the constraints that matter and what it would take — and a fixed-fee quote if we go ahead.
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