{"id":"nsw:epi-2011-0680","name":"Kiama Local Environmental Plan 2011","slug":"kiama-local-environmental-plan-2011","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"nsw","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"680 of 2011","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":181551,"registerId":"nsw-nsw:epi-2011-0680-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"Part 1","sectionType":"part","heading":"Preliminary","content":"# Part 1 Preliminary\n\nPart 1 Preliminary","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Name of Plan","content":"#### 1 Name of Plan\n\n1.1 Name of Plan\n\n> This Plan is [Kiama Local Environmental Plan 2011](/view/html/inforce/current/epi-2011-0680).","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"Part 2","sectionType":"part","heading":"Permitted or prohibited development","content":"# Part 2 Permitted or prohibited development\n\nPart 2 Permitted or prohibited development","sortOrder":13},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Land use zones","content":"#### 2 Land use zones\n\n2.1 Land use zones\n\n> The land use zones under this Plan are as follows—\n> \n> > Rural Zones\n> \n> > RU1 Primary Production\n> > \n> > RU2 Rural Landscape\n> \n> > Residential Zones\n> \n> > R2 Low Density Residential\n> > \n> > R3 Medium Density Residential\n> > \n> > R5 Large Lot Residential\n> \n> > Employment Zones\n> \n> > E1 Local Centre\n> > \n> > E3 Productivity Support\n> > \n> > E4 General Industrial\n> \n> > Special Purpose Zones\n> \n> > SP2 Infrastructure\n> \n> > Recreation Zones\n> \n> > RE1 Public Recreation\n> > \n> > RE2 Private Recreation\n> \n> > Conservation Zones\n> \n> > C1 National Parks and Nature Reserves\n> > \n> > C2 Environmental Conservation\n> > \n> > C3 Environmental Management\n> \n> > Waterway Zones\n> \n> > W4 Working Waterfront\n> \n> **cl 2.1:** Am 2022 (831), Sch 1.15\\[1\\] \\[2\\].","sortOrder":14},{"sectionNumber":"pt","sectionType":"part","heading":"Land Use Table","content":"# pt Land Use Table\n\nLand Use Table\n\nNote—\n\nState environmental planning policies, including the following, may be relevant to development on land to which this Plan applies—\n\n> [State Environmental Planning Policy (Housing) 2021](/view/html/inforce/current/epi-2021-0714)\n\n> [State Environmental Planning Policy (Transport and Infrastructure) 2021](/view/html/inforce/current/epi-2021-0732), Chapter 2—relating to infrastructure facilities, including air transport, correction, education, electricity generating works and solar energy systems, health services, ports, railways, roads, waste management and water supply systems\n\n> [State Environmental Planning Policy (Resources and Energy) 2021](/view/html/inforce/current/epi-2021-0731), Chapter 2\n\n> [State Environmental Planning Policy (Resilience and Hazards) 2021](/view/html/inforce/current/epi-2021-0730), Chapter 3\n\n> [State Environmental Planning Policy (Industry and Employment) 2021](/view/html/inforce/current/epi-2021-0723), Chapter 3\n\n> [State Environmental Planning Policy (Primary Production) 2021](/view/html/inforce/current/epi-2021-0729), Chapter 2\n\n**Land Use tbl:** Am 2015 (576), cl 4 (1) (2); 2016 (168), Sch 1 \\[5\\]; 2017 (493), Sch 1.1 \\[1\\] \\[2\\]; 2018 (196), Sch 1 \\[1\\]; 2018 (770), Sch 1 \\[1\\]–\\[3\\]; 2019 (137), Sch 6 \\[1\\]; 2019 (655), Sch 1\\[1\\]; 2020 (160), Sch 1\\[2\\]; 2022 (314), Sch 1; 2022 (831), Sch 1.15\\[3\\] \\[4\\]; 2023 (458), Sch 2.47.\n\nZone RU1 Primary Production\n\nZone RU2 Rural Landscape\n\nZone R2 Low Density Residential\n\nZone R3 Medium Density Residential\n\nZone R5 Large Lot Residential\n\nZone E1 Local Centre\n\nZone E3 Productivity Support\n\nZone E4 General Industrial\n\nZone SP2 Infrastructure\n\nZone RE1 Public Recreation\n\nZone RE2 Private Recreation\n\nZone C1 National Parks and Nature Reserves\n\nZone C2 Environmental Conservation\n\nZone C3 Environmental Management\n\nZone W4 Working Waterfront","sortOrder":30},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Permitted with consent","content":"#### 3 Permitted with consent\n\n3 Permitted with consent\n\n> Agricultural produce industries; Agritourism; Air transport facilities; Animal boarding or training establishments; Aquaculture; Bed and breakfast accommodation; Building identification signs; Business identification signs; Cellar door premises; Dwelling houses; Environmental facilities; Extractive industries; Farm buildings; Farm stay accommodation; Flood mitigation works; Forestry; Highway service centres; Home-based child care; Home businesses; Home industries; Home occupations (sex services); Industrial retail outlets; Intensive livestock agriculture; Intensive plant agriculture; Open cut mining; Recreation areas; Roads; Roadside stalls; Secondary dwellings; Stock and sale yards; Water supply systems","sortOrder":33},{"sectionNumber":"4","sectionType":"section","heading":"Prohibited","content":"#### 4 Prohibited\n\n4 Prohibited\n\n> Any development not specified in item 2 or 3","sortOrder":34},{"sectionNumber":"Part 3","sectionType":"part","heading":"Exempt and complying development","content":"# Part 3 Exempt and complying development\n\nPart 3 Exempt and complying development","sortOrder":91},{"sectionNumber":"Part 4","sectionType":"part","heading":"Principal development standards","content":"# Part 4 Principal development standards\n\nPart 4 Principal development standards","sortOrder":95},{"sectionNumber":"Part 5","sectionType":"part","heading":"Miscellaneous provisions","content":"# Part 5 Miscellaneous provisions\n\nPart 5 Miscellaneous provisions","sortOrder":112},{"sectionNumber":"5","sectionType":"section","heading":"Relevant acquisition authority","content":"#### 5 Relevant acquisition authority\n\n5.1 Relevant acquisition authority\n\n> > (1) The objective of this clause is to identify, for the purposes of section 3.15 of the Act, the authority of the State that will be the relevant authority to acquire land reserved for certain public purposes if the land is required to be acquired under Division 3 of Part 2 of the [Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1991-022) (the owner-initiated acquisition provisions).\n> > \n> > Note.\n> > \n> > If the landholder will suffer hardship if there is any delay in the land being acquired by the relevant authority, section 23 of the [Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1991-022) requires the authority to acquire the land.\n> \n> > (2) The authority of the State that will be the relevant authority to acquire land, if the land is required to be acquired under the owner-initiated acquisition provisions, is the authority of the State specified below in relation to the land shown on the [Land Reservation Acquisition Map](https://www.planningportal.nsw.gov.au/publications/environmental-planning-instruments/kiama-local-environmental-plan-2011) (or, if an authority of the State is not specified in relation to land required to be so acquired, the authority designated or determined under those provisions).\n> > \n> > | Type of land shown on Map | Authority of the State |\n> > | Zone RE1 Public Recreation and marked “Local open space” | Council |\n> > | Zone RE1 Public Recreation and marked “Regional open space” | The corporation constituted under section 2.5 of the Act |\n> > | Zone SP2 Infrastructure and marked “Classified road” | Transport for NSW |\n> > | Zone C1 National Parks and Nature Reserves and marked “National Park” | Minister administering the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 |\n> \n> > (3) Development on land acquired by an authority of the State under the owner-initiated acquisition provisions may, before it is used for the purpose for which it is reserved, be carried out, with development consent, for any purpose.\n> \n> Note.\n> \n> If land, other than land specified in the Table to subclause (2), is required to be acquired under the owner-initiated acquisition provisions, the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure is required to take action to enable the designation of the acquiring authority under this clause. Pending the designation of the acquiring authority for that land, the acquiring authority is to be the authority determined by order of the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure (see section 21 of the [Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1991-022)).","sortOrder":113},{"sectionNumber":"Part 6","sectionType":"part","heading":"Additional local provisions","content":"# Part 6 Additional local provisions\n\nPart 6 Additional local provisions","sortOrder":139},{"sectionNumber":"6","sectionType":"section","heading":"Acid sulfate soils","content":"#### 6 Acid sulfate soils\n\n6.1 Acid sulfate soils\n\n> > (1) The objective of this clause is to ensure that development does not disturb, expose or drain acid sulfate soils and cause environmental damage.\n> \n> > (2) Development consent is required for the carrying out of works described in the Table to this subclause on land shown on the [Acid Sulfate Soils Map](https://www.planningportal.nsw.gov.au/publications/environmental-planning-instruments/kiama-local-environmental-plan-2011) as being of the class specified for those works.\n> > \n> > | Class of land | Works |\n> > | 1 | Any works. |\n> > | 2 | Works below the natural ground surface.Works by which the watertable is likely to be lowered. |\n> > | 3 | Works more than 1 metre below the natural ground surface.Works by which the watertable is likely to be lowered more than 1 metre below the natural ground surface. |\n> > | 4 | Works more than 2 metres below the natural ground surface.Works by which the watertable is likely to be lowered more than 2 metres below the natural ground surface. |\n> > | 5 | Works within 500 metres of adjacent Class 1, 2, 3 or 4 land that is below 5 metres Australian Height Datum and by which the watertable is likely to be lowered below 1 metre Australian Height Datum on adjacent Class 1, 2, 3 or 4 land. |\n> \n> > (3) Development consent must not be granted under this clause for the carrying out of works unless an acid sulfate soils management plan has been prepared for the proposed works in accordance with the Acid Sulfate Soils Manual and has been provided to the consent authority.\n> \n> > (4) Despite subclause (2), development consent is not required under this clause for the carrying out of works if—\n> > \n> > > (a) a preliminary assessment of the proposed works prepared in accordance with the Acid Sulfate Soils Manual indicates that an acid sulfate soils management plan is not required for the works, and\n> > \n> > > (b) the preliminary assessment has been provided to the consent authority and the consent authority has confirmed the assessment by notice in writing to the person proposing to carry out the works.\n> \n> > (5) Despite subclause (2), development consent is not required under this clause for the carrying out of any of the following works by a public authority (including ancillary work such as excavation, construction of access ways or the supply of power)—\n> > \n> > > (a) emergency work, being the repair or replacement of the works of the public authority required to be carried out urgently because the works have been damaged, have ceased to function or pose a risk to the environment or to public health and safety,\n> > \n> > > (b) routine maintenance work, being the periodic inspection, cleaning, repair or replacement of the works of the public authority (other than work that involves the disturbance of more than 1 tonne of soil),\n> > \n> > > (c) minor work, being work that costs less than $20,000 (other than drainage work).\n> \n> > (6) Despite subclause (2), development consent is not required under this clause to carry out any works if—\n> > \n> > > (a) the works involve the disturbance of less than 1 tonne of soil, such as occurs in carrying out agriculture, the construction or maintenance of drains, extractive industries, dredging, the construction of artificial water bodies (including canals, dams and detention basins), foundations or flood mitigation works, or\n> > \n> > > (b) the works are not likely to lower the watertable.","sortOrder":140},{"sectionNumber":"Part 7","sectionType":"part","heading":"Urban release areas","content":"# Part 7 Urban release areas\n\nPart 7 Urban release areas\n\n**pt 7:** Ins 2021 (783), Sch 1\\[1\\].","sortOrder":155},{"sectionNumber":"7","sectionType":"section","heading":"Development to which Part applies","content":"#### 7 Development to which Part applies\n\n7.1 Development to which Part applies\n\n> This Part applies to development on land shown hatched and marked “Urban Release Area” on the [Urban Release Area Map](https://www.planningportal.nsw.gov.au/publications/environmental-planning-instruments/kiama-local-environmental-plan-2011).\n> \n> **cl 7.1:** Ins 2021 (783), Sch 1\\[1\\].","sortOrder":156},{"sectionNumber":"Schedule 1","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"Additional permitted uses","content":"# Schedule 1 Additional permitted uses\n\nSchedule 1 Additional permitted uses\n\n(Clause 2.5)\n\n**sch 1:** Am 2017 (171), Sch 1 \\[1\\] \\[2\\]; 2017 (743), Sch 1 \\[1\\]; 2021 (783), Sch 1\\[2\\]; 2022 (831), Sch 1.15\\[5\\] \\[13\\].","sortOrder":163},{"sectionNumber":"8","sectionType":"section","heading":"Use of certain land at Shoalhaven Street, Kiama","content":"#### 8 Use of certain land at Shoalhaven Street, Kiama\n\n8 Use of certain land at Shoalhaven Street, Kiama\n\n> > (1) This clause applies to land at 105 Shoalhaven Street, Kiama, being part of Lot 102, DP 775450, identified as “8” on the [Additional Permitted Uses Map](https://www.planningportal.nsw.gov.au/publications/environmental-planning-instruments/kiama-local-environmental-plan-2011).\n> \n> > (2) Development for the purposes of a community facility is permitted with development consent.","sortOrder":171},{"sectionNumber":"9","sectionType":"section","heading":"Use of certain land at Eddy Street, Kiama","content":"#### 9 Use of certain land at Eddy Street, Kiama\n\n9 Use of certain land at Eddy Street, Kiama\n\n> > (1) This clause applies to Lot 1, DP 883525, 20 Eddy Street, Kiama, identified as “9” on the [Additional Permitted Uses Map](https://www.planningportal.nsw.gov.au/publications/environmental-planning-instruments/kiama-local-environmental-plan-2011).\n> \n> > (2) Development for the purposes of community facilities is permitted without development consent.","sortOrder":172},{"sectionNumber":"Schedule 2","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"Exempt development","content":"# Schedule 2 Exempt development\n\nSchedule 2 Exempt development\n\n(Clause 3.1)\n\nNote 1.\n\n[State Environmental Planning Policy (Exempt and Complying Development Codes) 2008](/view/html/inforce/current/epi-2008-0572) specifies exempt development under that Policy. The Policy has State-wide application. This Schedule contains additional exempt development not specified in that Policy.\n\nNote 2.\n\nExempt development may be carried out without the need for development consent under the Act. Such development is not exempt from any approval, licence, permit or authority that is required under any other Act and adjoining owners’ property rights and the common law still apply.\n\n**sch 2:** Am 2019 (655), Sch 1\\[3\\].","sortOrder":173},{"sectionNumber":"sch.2-sec","sectionType":"section","heading":"Markets","content":"#### sch.2-sec Markets\n\nMarkets\n\n> > (1) Must take place on the following—\n> > \n> > > (a) public land owned by, or under the control of, the Council,\n> > \n> > > (b) a public road for which the Council is the roads authority under the [Roads Act 1993](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1993-033).\n> \n> > (2) Must have access and egress for pedestrians and emergency vehicles.\n> \n> > (3) Must not include the erection of a permanent structure.","sortOrder":174},{"sectionNumber":"sch.2-sec-oc.2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Recreation areas","content":"#### sch.2-sec-oc.2 Recreation areas\n\nRecreation areas\n\n> > (1) Must only be used for the purposes of swimming or surf schools, personal or group fitness training, concerts, festivals, functions or exhibitions.\n> \n> > (2) Must take place on the following—\n> > \n> > > (a) public land owned by, or under the control of, the Council,\n> > \n> > > (b) a public road for which the Council is the roads authority under the [Roads Act 1993](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1993-033).\n> \n> > (3) Must have access and egress for pedestrians and emergency vehicles.\n> \n> > (4) Must not include the erection of a permanent structure on the land or road.\n> \n> > (5) Must not include camping on the land or road.\n> \n> > (6) Must not permanently occupy the land or road.\n> \n> > (7) Must not involve any permanent physical change to the land or road.","sortOrder":175},{"sectionNumber":"Schedule 3","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"Complying development","content":"# Schedule 3 Complying development\n\nSchedule 3 Complying development\n\n(Clause 3.2)\n\nNote.\n\n[State Environmental Planning Policy (Exempt and Complying Development Codes) 2008](/view/html/inforce/current/epi-2008-0572) specifies complying development and the complying development conditions for that development under that Policy. The Policy has State-wide application. This Schedule contains additional complying development not specified in that Policy.","sortOrder":176},{"sectionNumber":"sch.3-sec","sectionType":"section","heading":"General conditions","content":"#### sch.3-sec General conditions\n\nGeneral conditions\n\n> Any development specified in Part 1 is subject to the same conditions set out in Schedule 6 to [State Environmental Planning Policy (Exempt and Complying Development Codes) 2008](/view/html/inforce/current/epi-2008-0572).","sortOrder":179},{"sectionNumber":"Schedule 4","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"Classification and reclassification of public land","content":"# Schedule 4 Classification and reclassification of public land\n\nSchedule 4 Classification and reclassification of public land\n\n(Clause 5.2)\n\n**sch 4:** Am 2017 (743), Sch 1 \\[2\\]; 2020 (433), Sch 1\\[1\\]; 2023 (506), cl 4.","sortOrder":180},{"sectionNumber":"Schedule 5","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"Environmental heritage","content":"# Schedule 5 Environmental heritage\n\nSchedule 5 Environmental heritage\n\n(Clause 5.10)\n\n**sch 5:** Am 2017 (743), Sch 1 \\[3\\]; 2021 (513), cl 5; 2023 (688), Sch 1\\[1\\]–\\[3\\].","sortOrder":184},{"sectionNumber":"Schedule 6","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"Pond-based and tank-based aquaculture","content":"# Schedule 6 Pond-based and tank-based aquaculture\n\nSchedule 6 Pond-based and tank-based aquaculture\n\n(Clause 5.19)","sortOrder":188},{"sectionNumber":"Division 1","sectionType":"division","heading":"Site location requirements","content":"## Division 1 Site location requirements\n\nDivision 1 Site location requirements","sortOrder":190},{"sectionNumber":"Division 2","sectionType":"division","heading":"Operational requirements","content":"## Division 2 Operational requirements\n\nDivision 2 Operational requirements","sortOrder":192},{"sectionNumber":"10","sectionType":"section","heading":"Pond design","content":"#### 10 Pond design\n\n10 Pond design\n\n> > (1) Must not require the construction of new ponds, water storages, dams or buildings.\n> \n> > (2) Must not be located on permanent watercourses, creeks, billabongs or isolated outreaches of creeks or rivers.\n> \n> > (3) Must be capable of preventing the escape of stock into natural waterbodies or wetlands.","sortOrder":204},{"sectionNumber":"11","sectionType":"section","heading":"Culture water","content":"#### 11 Culture water\n\n11 Culture water\n\n> Must use freshwater.","sortOrder":205}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":8,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The Plan’s scope has been amended since it was first made. Subsequent insertions and amendments in the instrument expand and refine regulatory areas (examples in the text include the insertion of Part 7 Urban Release Areas (cll 7.1–7.6) (Ins 2021 (783)), addition of minimum-lot and community-title rules (cl 4.1AA; Am 2022 (831)), new active street frontage controls (cl 6.8; Am 2022 (831)), updated residential site-area rules (cll 4.1E–F; Ins 2020 (160)), and added local schedules and map-linked additional permitted uses (Schedule 1). The amendment notes and clause histories in the Plan itself document these scope changes and extensions of regulatory coverage, which alter geographic application, introduce new overlays and add tailored consent tests and exceptions."},"complexity_factors":["Extensive reliance on external and plan maps (Land Zoning Map, Lot Size Map, Height of Buildings Map, Floor Space Ratio Map, Terrestrial Biodiversity Map, Riparian Map, Acid Sulfate Soils Map) creating spatially-variable rules (see cll 1.7, 1.3, 4.1, 4.3, 4.4, Part 6).","Multiple development pathways and tests (exempt, complying, development consent) with separate standards and cross-references (Part 3, cll 3.1–3.3; Schedule 2–3).","Layered zone-specific permissions, prohibitions and tailored numerical rules with many exceptions (Land Use Table, cl 2.3; cll 4.1A–D, 4.1E–F).","Numerous environmental and heritage overlays that trigger bespoke consent obligations and assessment duties (cl 5.10; cll 6.4–6.5).","Discretionary exceptions to development standards requiring written justification and records (cl 4.6) — adds procedural complexity and agency discretion.","Cross‑references to State environmental planning policies and multiple other Acts that affect applicability (cl 1.9; cl 1.9A; cl 5.12).","Special-purpose provisions and technical regimes (aquaculture Schedule 6; acid sulfate soils cl 6.1; flood planning cl 5.21) with operational thresholds.","History of incremental amendments and inserted Parts (numerous amendment notes) increasing interpretive burden for users and practitioners."],"plain_english_summary":"This Plan sets Kiama’s zoning, permitted/prohibited uses, development pathways (exempt, complying, consent), numeric standards (lot sizes, heights, FSR) and map-linked overlays that determine what development can occur and when council consent is required. It aims to protect environmental and heritage values, concentrate growth, and provide housing choice.\n\nDevelopers and landowners bear compliance costs; Council is the consent authority and has discretion on many exceptions (eg cl 4.6), creating approval risk and behavioural incentives to seek mapped exceptions or alternative pathways; maps and technical thresholds materially shape private investment decisions."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. Learn more: https://ai-sdk.dev/unauthenticated-ai-gateway","source":"analysis-cron"},"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"completionTokens":787},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":7,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation appears consistent with its original intent as a standard local environmental plan. While it has been amended multiple times (as evidenced by amendment notes throughout), these amendments appear to be incremental updates rather than scope expansion — adding specific provisions like urban release areas, updating aquaculture controls, and refining housing density rules in line with evolving planning policies."},"complexity_factors":["Multiple overlapping zone types (15 zones) with detailed land use tables and prohibited uses lists","Numerous exception clauses to standard rules (clauses 4.1A through 4.1D, 4.2, 4.2A through 4.2C) creating conditional logic","Extensive cross-referencing to State Environmental Planning Policies and other legislation","Multiple maps referenced throughout (Land Zoning Map, Lot Size Map, Height of Buildings Map, Floor Space Ratio Map, Heritage Map, Acid Sulfate Soils Map, Terrestrial Biodiversity Map, Riparian Land and Watercourses Map, Active Street Frontages Map, Urban Release Area Map, Additional Permitted Uses Map, Land Reservation Acquisition Map)","Detailed heritage controls with separate schedules for items, archaeological sites, and conservation areas","Specialised provisions for aquaculture, intensive livestock, eco-tourism, and farm stays with additional operational requirements","Savings and transitional provisions for existing development applications","Dictionary of defined terms referenced but not included in provided text"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this plan does:**\n\nThis is the main planning rulebook for the Kiama area on the NSW South Coast. It sets out what you can and can't build on different parcels of land, and what rules apply when you want to develop property.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n\n- **Property owners and developers** — anyone wanting to build, subdivide, or change how land is used\n- **Farmers and rural landholders** — special rules apply for primary production, farm stays, and rural subdivision\n- **Residents** — rules about housing density, building heights, and protecting neighbourhood character\n- **Business owners** — zoning rules for shops, offices, and industrial uses\n- **Heritage property owners** — extra controls apply to listed heritage items and conservation areas\n\n**Key things the plan does:**\n\n- **Divides land into zones** (like R2 Low Density Residential, R3 Medium Density Residential, RU1 Primary Production, E1 Local Centre, etc.) — each zone has its own rules about what uses are allowed\n- **Sets minimum lot sizes** for subdivision — with exceptions for things like dual occupancies, terraces, and boundary adjustments\n- **Controls building heights and density** through height limits and floor space ratio maps\n- **Protects the environment** — special rules for biodiversity land, riparian areas (land near waterways), acid sulfate soils, and flood-prone land\n- **Protects heritage** — lists heritage items and conservation areas that need special approval for changes\n- **Allows some development without approval** (exempt development) and fast-track approval for certain straightforward projects (complying development)\n- **Includes special provisions** for things like farm stay accommodation, music venues, eco-tourist facilities, and intensive agriculture\n\n**Why it matters:**\n\nThis plan shapes how Kiama grows — balancing housing needs, economic development, environmental protection, and the area's distinctive coastal and rural character. It determines whether you can subdivide your block, build a granny flat, run a farm stay business, or develop a shop in the town centre."},"summary":{"complexity_score":6,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The plan has clearly evolved significantly from its original 2011 form. With over 60 amendments across 14 years, the scope has expanded and refined well beyond the original instrument — incorporating state-level planning reforms, updated housing policies, environmental overlays, and heritage listings. This is typical for LEPs, but the frequency of amendment (sometimes multiple updates within a single month) suggests the plan's scope and detail have grown considerably since inception."},"complexity_factors":["Standard instrument LEP format adds baseline complexity through its structured zones, land use tables, and development standards that must be read together","Over 60 amended versions since 2011, meaning the current rules are the product of many layered changes — tracking what changed and when is difficult without legal tools","Requires cross-referencing with the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 and State Environmental Planning Policies (SEPPs) to understand the full picture","Land-specific rules mean the plan affects different people differently depending on where their property is located and what zone it falls in","Heritage, flood, and environmental overlays add additional layers of regulation on top of the base zoning rules","Only the version status metadata was provided — the actual substantive provisions of the plan were not included, limiting full analysis but indicating the plan is a living, frequently-amended document"],"plain_english_summary":"The Kiama Local Environmental Plan 2011 is the legal rulebook that governs how land in the Kiama LGA can be used and developed. It sets zoning, permitted uses, development standards and protections for heritage and the environment. It affects homeowners, developers, businesses, farmers and anyone buying or changing property in Kiama — determining when approvals are needed and what conditions apply."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/kiama-local-environmental-plan-2011","history":"/api/acts/kiama-local-environmental-plan-2011/history","analysis":"/api/acts/kiama-local-environmental-plan-2011/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/kiama-local-environmental-plan-2011/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/kiama-local-environmental-plan-2011/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/kiama-local-environmental-plan-2011/documents"}}