Mid-Coast covers 191 suburbs and 65,991 property lots in Mid North Coast. ZoneDSS resolves the Great Lakes LEP 2014, applicable SEPPs, and the Mid-Coast DCP 2022 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 122 suburbs in Mid-Coast so far — and we're adding more weekly.
Need data on a specific Mid-Coast address?
Skip the council waiting line. Get every control that applies to the lot — zone, height, FSR, overlays, approval likelihood — in seconds.
Planning instruments
Three layers of planning controls apply to every property in Mid-Coast. 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 Mid-Coast. The primary instrument every DA assessment starts with.
Mid-Coast'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 Mid-Coast.
Dominant zone in Mid-Coast: RU1 — the most common single zone across the council's 65,991 lots.
FAQs
The most common zoning across Mid-Coast is RU1. 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.
Mid-Coast covers 191 suburbs across 65,991 property lots. It sits in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales.
Over the past 24 months, 2,856 development applications for Mid-Coast addresses were decided, with an approval rate of 89%. 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 Mid-Coast is $911,000. Individual suburbs range materially around this — drill into any suburb page below to see lot-level market data.
Mid-Coast Council operates under the Great Lakes LEP 2014, Greater Taree LEP 2010, Gloucester LEP 2010 (council amalgamated; LEPs not yet consolidated), supplemented by State Environmental Planning Policies (SEPPs) and detailed by the Mid-Coast DCP 2022. 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 Mid-Coast Council and NSW Government portals.
Official Mid-Coast Council development page — DA forms, fees, lodgement, and the council DA tracker.
State-wide planning portal — search any Mid-Coast address for zoning, height, FSR, and DA history.
Filter by Mid-Coast to see every state-listed heritage item and Heritage Conservation Area.
EPA-notified contaminated sites in Mid-Coast. Filter by suburb to see what's listed.
Official NSW property sales records — the source for our median sale figures across Mid-Coast.
Cadastral lot boundaries, aerial imagery, easements — NSW Spatial Services interactive map.
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
Mid-Coast stats aggregated from suburb-level planning records. Sources: Great Lakes LEP 2014, Greater Taree LEP 2010, Gloucester LEP 2010 (council amalgamated; LEPs not yet consolidated), applicable State Environmental Planning Policies, Mid-Coast DCP 2022, 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 →