Environmental Planning Instrument - Height of Buildings (HOB)

This spatial dataset identifies the maximum height of a building that is permitted on land as designated by the relevant NSW environmental planning instrument (EPI) under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979. The specific EPI which defines the planning requirement is described in the attribute field LEP_Name. The EPI can be viewed on the NSW legislation website: www.legislation.nsw.gov.au.

Contact data.broker@environment.nsw.gov.au for a data package (shapefile).

Data Source:
  • ePlanning
Additional Information
Field Value
Title Environmental Planning Instrument - Height of Buildings (HOB)
Date Published 16/07/2018
Last Updated 08/10/2025
Publisher/Agency NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure
Licence Creative Commons Attribution
Update Frequency Weekly
Temporal Coverage From 29/08/2008
Data Portal ePlanning