Domestic Waterfront Precinct Boundaries for New South Wales

Domestic Water Front Precincts record the spatial extent of waterfront lots licensed or licensable under Domestic Waterfront Reforms in New South Wales, Australia. The dataset is maintained by the Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure, with initial publication in May 2020. Features represent precinct boundaries that overlap waterfront lots, roads, and unidentified land adjoining water features.

Use Cases

• Analyze spatial overlap between Domestic Water Front Precinct boundaries and licensed waterfront lots using polygon geometry.
• Map precinct extents that cover roads and unidentified land adjoining water features for land-use planning.
• Assess the impact of NSW Lot and Property data changes on unique Domestic Waterfront Precinct features.
• Support licensing workflows by identifying areas where future Domestic Waterfront licenses could be issued based on precinct boundaries.

Strengths

• Dataset is part of an official NSW Administrative Boundaries Theme maintained by a government department.
• Provides specific spatial reference information (WGS 84 ≈ GDA94) and notes availability of a multiCRS service for alignment.

Limitations

• The service is scheduled for retirement, indicating it may become unavailable.
• Spatial reference may cause misalignments when viewed in modern GDA2020 coordinate reference systems.
• Specific row count, column details, and data size are unknown.

Provenance

Source

Spatial Services, a business unit of the Department of Customer Service (DCS), New South Wales Government.

Collection Method

Hosted feature layer provided via an ESRI File Geodatabase, sourced from data provider files.

Time Range

Initial publication date is 05/05/2020.

Freshness

Data currency is listed as 01/01/3000, but the service is retiring; update frequency is 'Other'.

Geography

State of New South Wales, Australia.