Planning & Development
Objectives
- To plan and regulate the orderly arrangement and use of land in townships and rural areas in order to promote the improvement of community life and the environment in which residents live.
- Assess significant strategic growth, landuse and infrastructure issues in a timely manner.
- To continue to develop, monitor and refine on an ongoing basis the needs of the Coonamble Shire through the Local Environmental Plan and development control plans.
- To ensure effective environmental management and landuse planning of the built and natural environment.
Development Control Plans
Council has several instruments to control development. These documents provide information on what is permissible development and the expected standard of development in an area.
Click the links below to download the Development Control Plans (split into 4 documents).
Local Environmental Plan
The current Local Environmental Plan can be Downloaded here

Additional Planning and Development information:-