The Hills Shire covers 29 suburbs and 65,569 property lots in Hills District. ZoneDSS resolves the The Hills LEP 2019, applicable SEPPs, and the The Hills DCP 2012 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 19 suburbs in The Hills Shire so far — and we're adding more weekly.
Need data on a specific The Hills Shire address?
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Planning instruments
Three layers of planning controls apply to every property in The Hills Shire. 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 The Hills Shire. The primary instrument every DA assessment starts with.
The Hills Shire'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 The Hills Shire.
Dominant zone in The Hills Shire: R2 — the most common single zone across the council's 65,569 lots.
FAQs
The most common zoning across The Hills Shire 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.
The Hills Shire covers 29 suburbs across 65,569 property lots. It sits in the Hills District region of New South Wales.
Over the past 24 months, 5,758 development applications for The Hills Shire addresses were decided, with an approval rate of 87%. 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 The Hills Shire is $2,031,000. Individual suburbs range materially around this — drill into any suburb page below to see lot-level market data.
The Hills Shire Council operates under the The Hills LEP 2019, supplemented by State Environmental Planning Policies (SEPPs) and detailed by the The Hills DCP 2012. 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 The Hills Shire Council and NSW Government portals.
Official The Hills Shire Council development page — DA forms, fees, lodgement, and the council DA tracker.
State-wide planning portal — search any The Hills Shire address for zoning, height, FSR, and DA history.
Filter by The Hills Shire to see every state-listed heritage item and Heritage Conservation Area.
EPA-notified contaminated sites in The Hills Shire. Filter by suburb to see what's listed.
Official NSW property sales records — the source for our median sale figures across The Hills Shire.
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
The Hills Shire stats aggregated from suburb-level planning records. Sources: The Hills LEP 2019, applicable State Environmental Planning Policies, The Hills DCP 2012, 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 →