EPI Height of Building: Maximum Permitted Building Heights in New South Wales

A spatial dataset reflecting current planning legislation in NSW as of February 3, 2025, identifying the maximum permitted height of a building on land designated by NSW environmental planning instruments. The dataset is produced by Local Government or the NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure and is maintained via automated ETL processes. It covers the full state of New South Wales and is referenced to the GDA94 spatial coordinate system.

Use Cases

• Assessing development feasibility based on maximum permitted building heights.
• Visualizing zoning height restrictions across New South Wales.
• Integrating planning constraints with other spatial datasets like land parcels.
• Supporting automated compliance checks for building permit applications.

Strengths

• Data currency is specified as February 3, 2025.
• Spatial extent covers the full state of New South Wales.
• Production process is certified under ISO 9001 quality management systems.
• Dataset is openly accessible via an API and shapefile.

Limitations

• Row count and specific column definitions are unknown.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• The lineage notes that differences between input and final normalized data can occur during ETL.

Provenance

Source

Spatial Services (DCS), NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure

Collection Method

Produced by Local Government or the Department according to map and data standards, then normalized via automated ETL processes.

Time Range

Initial publication 2008-08-29; data current as of 2025-02-03.

Freshness

Data updated on 2025-02-03; last metadata update was 2026-05-17.

Geography

Full state of New South Wales, Australia.