Large Lot Residential dominant. Median sale $1.05M over the last 24 months. 88% of decided DAs approved.
Valla 2448 spans 2 councils: Nambucca Valley Council (580 lots), Bellingen Shire Council (60 lots). The dominant council (Nambucca Valley Council) sets the canonical URL for this page.
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Zoning
Valla is dominated by R5 — Large Lot Residential. Land use rules, height, FSR, and permitted developments are set per zone in the Local Environmental Plan and refined by the Development Control Plan.
Limit varies by lot — check your address for the exact figure.
Floor Space Ratio — total floor area as a multiple of lot area.
Location
Valla 2448 covers an undefined area within Nambucca Valley Council.
Drill into any lot in Valla
Open the interactive map — click any address to see its zone, height, FSR, overlays, and approval likelihood.
Development potential
We score every lot for development signal — under-built relative to the controls, eligible for a granny flat, or sized for subdivision.
under SEPP (Housing) 2021
lots that may support subdivision
show at least one development signal
average uplift signal across the suburb
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Constraints & risks
98% of lots are bushfire-prone — a bushfire assessment is likely required; also: 14.3% of lots intersect a Threatened Ecological Community; 0.2% of lots are exposed to projected sea-level rise.
Suburb-wide percentages — your specific lot may have all, some, or none of these.
Mapped flood-prone land
RFS bushfire-prone land mapping
Heritage item or Conservation Area
Within 100 m of EPA-listed site
Mapped TEC vegetation
Coastal hazard mapping
ANEF / aircraft noise
Landscaping supply store · serves Valla, NSW
2 Corkwood Rd, Valla NSW 2448
Market
Sales, rent, and yield data drawn from NSW Property Sales Information and rental bond data over the past 24 months.
DA activity
41 development applications for Valla addresses were decided by Nambucca Valley Council over the past 24 months. 36 approved — a 88% approval rate.
Demographics & lifestyle
ABS Census 2021 population data combined with lot-level amenity, healthcare, lifestyle, and crime indices.
Walkable amenity within 1 km
GP / hospital / pharmacy proximity
Cafés, parks, schools, transport
ZoneDSS Marketplace
3 businesses serving Valla and nearby.
Landscaping supply store
2 Corkwood Rd, Valla NSW 2448
Roofing contractor
98 Fuerte Dr, Valla NSW 2448
Pressure washing service
1072 Valla Rd, Valla NSW 2448
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Valla is dominated by the R5 (Large Lot Residential) zone, which covers 239 of 640 lots (39%). The full mix is: RU2 Rural Landscape (39%), R5 Large Lot Residential (35%), RU1 Primary Production (23%), SP2 Infrastructure (2%), RU3 Forestry (2%).
Yes — 213 lots in Valla appear eligible for a granny flat under SEPP (Housing) 2021, based on lot size, zoning, and frontage. Eligibility is lot-specific: get a planning report on your address to confirm.
The median sale price in Valla over the past 24 months is $1,050,000, across 21 sales. Median unimproved land value is $415,000.
Median weekly rent for a house in Valla is $470. Gross rental yield works out to 2.3%.
Nambucca Valley Council decided 41 development applications for Valla addresses over the past 24 months, with 36 approved (88% approval rate). Processing time depends heavily on application complexity, council backlog, and whether the application requires referral to other agencies.
Across Valla, 98.4% bushfire-prone, 0.3% near contaminated sites. These are suburb-wide percentages — every lot has its own combination. A planning report on a specific address shows exactly which controls apply.
0 of 640 lots in Valla show identifiable development potential — under-developed for the planning controls, eligible for a granny flat, or capable of subdivision. Average rezoning signal score: 3.4 / 100.
Continue exploring
Compare zoning, development potential, and DA activity across other suburbs in Nambucca Valley Council and nearby postcodes.
Roofing contractor · serves Valla, NSW
98 Fuerte Dr, Valla NSW 2448
Suburb-wide 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
Verify with official sources
Don't take our word for it. Every figure on this page is computed from authoritative New South Wales Government data — and you can verify any of it directly with the source.
Official zoning, height, FSR, and overlay maps for any NSW address. The primary source for everything on this page.
planningportal.nsw.gov.au
Cadastral lot boundaries, aerial imagery, easements, and environmental overlays from NSW Spatial Services.
maps.six.nsw.gov.au
State-listed heritage items and Heritage Conservation Areas. Search by suburb to see what's listed in Valla.
hms.heritage.nsw.gov.au
Sites notified to the EPA under the Contaminated Land Management Act. Critical for due diligence on any address.
apps.epa.nsw.gov.au
Rural Fire Service map of bushfire-prone land categories. Triggers BAL assessment requirements for new builds.
rfs.nsw.gov.au
Australian Bureau of Statistics QuickStats for postcode 2448 — population, age, household composition, income, tenure.
abs.gov.au
Zoning, height, FSR, and overlays parsed from the Nambucca Valley Council Local Environmental Plan, applicable State Environmental Planning Policies, and the Development Control Plan. Property sales drawn from NSW Property Sales Information. DA history aggregated from the NSW Planning Portal. Heritage, flood, bushfire, contaminated land, TEC, sea-level rise, and aircraft noise overlays from the NSW Spatial Services and EPA registers. Population, age, income, and tenure from ABS Census 2021. Aggregated by ZoneDSS · last updated 2026-04-27.
Suburb-wide statistics — your specific lot may vary. Always run a planning report on the actual address before making a decision. How ZoneDSS works →