Inner West covers 26 suburbs and 56,409 property lots in Inner Sydney. ZoneDSS resolves the Marrickville LEP 2011, applicable SEPPs, and the Marrickville DCP 2011 for every address — and aggregates the picture by suburb here.
Suburbs in this council
Each suburb has its own zoning mix, constraints, and market profile. We have detailed planning guides for 21 suburbs in Inner West so far — and we're adding more weekly.
Need data on a specific Inner West address?
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Planning instruments
Three layers of planning controls apply to every property in Inner West. Read them together to know what can be built.
Sets the zone, height, FSR, minimum lot size, permitted and prohibited uses for every lot in Inner West. The primary instrument every DA assessment starts with.
Inner West's detailed design guide — setbacks, materials, parking, landscaping, character statements. Used to assess every application against the LEP.
SEPPs override or supplement the LEP on specific topics — Housing (granny flats, BTR, affordable housing), Transport Oriented Development, Biodiversity, Resilience, Exempt and Complying Development. SEPPs apply across all of NSW including Inner West.
Dominant zone in Inner West: R2 — the most common single zone across the council's 56,409 lots.
FAQs
The most common zoning across Inner West is R2. The full picture varies by suburb — each suburb has its own mix of zones set by the Local Environmental Plan (LEP). Browse the suburbs below to see exact breakdowns.
Inner West covers 26 suburbs across 56,409 property lots. It sits in the Inner Sydney region of New South Wales.
Over the past 24 months, 3,731 development applications for Inner West addresses were decided, with an approval rate of 83%. Approval rates vary widely by application type — straightforward residential alterations approve at near 100%, while complex multi-dwelling proposals are far more variable.
The median sale price across Inner West is $1,765,000. Individual suburbs range materially around this — drill into any suburb page below to see lot-level market data.
Inner West Council operates under the Marrickville LEP 2011, Leichhardt LEP 2013, Ashfield LEP 2013 (council amalgamated; LEPs not yet consolidated), supplemented by State Environmental Planning Policies (SEPPs) and detailed by the Marrickville DCP 2011, Leichhardt DCP 2013, Ashfield DCP 2016. ZoneDSS resolves all three for any address in the council area.
Search the suburb above, then click "Run a report on your address" in the suburb page. ZoneDSS returns the exact zone, height limit, FSR, permitted uses, and every overlay that applies to the lot — cited to source.
Official sources
Verify our data, check the official planning register, or lodge an application — direct deep links to the Inner West Council and NSW Government portals.
Official Inner West Council development page — DA forms, fees, lodgement, and the council DA tracker.
State-wide planning portal — search any Inner West address for zoning, height, FSR, and DA history.
Filter by Inner West to see every state-listed heritage item and Heritage Conservation Area.
EPA-notified contaminated sites in Inner West. Filter by suburb to see what's listed.
Official NSW property sales records — the source for our median sale figures across Inner West.
Cadastral lot boundaries, aerial imagery, easements — NSW Spatial Services interactive map.
Nearby councils
Compare planning controls, suburb mix, and DA approval rates across Inner Sydney councils.
Council and suburb stats are useful for context. For a buy-or-walk decision on a specific lot, you need every control, every constraint, and every clause cited to source.
Run a report — from A$2914-section report · LEP + SEPP + DCP cross-referenced · cited to source
Inner West stats aggregated from suburb-level planning records. Sources: Marrickville LEP 2011, Leichhardt LEP 2013, Ashfield LEP 2013 (council amalgamated; LEPs not yet consolidated), applicable State Environmental Planning Policies, Marrickville DCP 2011, Leichhardt DCP 2013, Ashfield DCP 2016, the NSW ePlanning Portal (DA history), NSW Property Sales Information (Valuer General), NSW Spatial Services overlays, and ABS Census 2021. Aggregated by ZoneDSS · last updated 2026-04-01.
Council-level statistics — your specific suburb and lot will vary. Always run a planning report on the actual address before making a decision. How ZoneDSS works →