Rural Landscape dominant. Median sale $2.61M over the last 24 months. 80% of decided DAs approved.
Glenorie 2157 spans 2 councils: The Hills Shire Council (900 lots), The Council of the Shire of Hornsby (446 lots). The dominant council (The Hills Shire Council) sets the canonical URL for this page.
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Zoning
Glenorie is dominated by RU2 — Rural Landscape. 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
Glenorie 2157 covers an undefined area within The Hills Shire Council.
Drill into any lot in Glenorie
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.
lots with remaining GFA capacity
under SEPP (Housing) 2021
lots that may support subdivision
show at least one development signal
average uplift signal across the suburb
Theoretical capacity if every lot built to its limit: 397 dwellings, with 32,922 m² of unused GFA across the suburb.
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Constraints & risks
89% of lots are bushfire-prone — a bushfire assessment is likely required; also: 1% of lots carry heritage controls; 24.1% of lots intersect a Threatened Ecological Community.
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
Plumber · serves Glenorie, NSW
Cattai Ridge Rd, Glenorie NSW 2157
Market
Sales, rent, and yield data drawn from NSW Property Sales Information and rental bond data over the past 24 months.
DA activity
111 development applications for Glenorie addresses were decided by The Hills Shire Council over the past 24 months. 89 approved — a 80% approval rate. Average processing time: 44 days.
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
12 businesses serving Glenorie and nearby.
Plumber
Cattai Ridge Rd, Glenorie NSW 2157
Real estate agency
73 Cattai Ridge Rd, Glenorie NSW 2157
Civil engineer
10 Muscios Rd, Glenorie NSW 2157
Landscaper
1 Cairnes Rd, Glenorie NSW 2157
Construction company
7 Echidna Gr, Glenorie NSW 2157
Home builder
16 Cairnes Rd, Glenorie NSW 2157
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List your business — freeFAQs
Glenorie is dominated by the RU2 (Rural Landscape) zone, which covers 498 of 1,346 lots (38%). The full mix is: RU2 Rural Landscape (38%), RU6 Transition (23%), R2 Low Density Residential (18%), RU4 Primary Production Small Lots (18%), C3 Commercial Core (3%).
Across Glenorie, the average maximum building height is 9.9 m and the average maximum Floor Space Ratio (FSR) is 0.95:1. Individual lots can vary materially — height and FSR are set per zone in the Local Environmental Plan (LEP) and can be modified by overlays. For an exact figure on a specific address, generate a planning report.
Yes — 82 lots in Glenorie 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 Glenorie over the past 24 months is $2,610,000, across 74 sales. Median unimproved land value is $1,730,000.
Median weekly rent for a house in Glenorie is $708. Gross rental yield works out to 1.4%.
The Hills Shire Council decided 111 development applications for Glenorie addresses over the past 24 months, with 89 approved (80% approval rate). Average processing time is 44 days. Processing time depends heavily on application complexity, council backlog, and whether the application requires referral to other agencies.
Across Glenorie, 1% with heritage controls, 88.8% bushfire-prone, 0.1% 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.
5 of 1,346 lots in Glenorie show identifiable development potential — under-developed for the planning controls, eligible for a granny flat, or capable of subdivision. Average rezoning signal score: 8.6 / 100.
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Compare zoning, development potential, and DA activity across other suburbs in The Hills Shire Council and nearby postcodes.
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73 Cattai Ridge Rd, Glenorie NSW 2157
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 Glenorie.
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 2157 — population, age, household composition, income, tenure.
abs.gov.au
Zoning, height, FSR, and overlays parsed from the The Hills Shire 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 →