Operated from Home/Residential

Businesses operated from home/residential premises include:

Bed and Breakfast

Definition - Gosford Planning Scheme Ordinance

Bed and Breakfast

means a room, or suite of rooms capable of being used as bedrooms that are within or attached to a single dwelling house and that are used for the provision, by the permanent residents of the dwelling house, of short term paid accommodation.

Bed and Breakfast Mapping Enquiry

Customers should check Council's Bed & Breakfast Map to determine whether a B & B development is permissible on their property prior to beginning the application guide.

Users who may experience difficulty accessing information provided by Council's mapping application may place a customer action request with Council through our customer contact form or speak to Council's Duty Planner on telephone (02) 4325 8222 for personal assistance.

View the full Bed and Breakfast Application Guide (Currently Under Review)

Home Occupation

A Home Occupation does not require consent (i.e. a development application need not be approved) provided the following definition is complied with.

Definition - Gosford Planning Scheme Ordinance

Home Occupation

an occupation carried on in a dual occupancy dwelling, dwelling-house or a dwelling in a residential flat building by the permanent residents of the dual occupancy dwelling, dwelling-house or dwelling which does not involve any of the following:

View the full Home Occupation Application Guide

Home Business

A business whose primary office is in the owner's home. The business can be any size or any type as long as the office itself is located in a home.

Home Business Mapping Enquiry

Customers should check Council's Home Business Map to determine whether a Home Business development is permissible on their property prior to beginning the application guide.

Users who may experience difficulty accessing information provided by Council's mapping application may place a customer action request with Council through our customer contact form or speak to Council's Duty Planner on telephone (02) 4325 8222 for personal assistance.

View the full Home Business Application Guide (Currently Under Review)

Home Industry

Home industry means any industry carried on in a building (other than a dwelling-house or a dwelling in a residential flat building)

Home Industry Mapping Enquiry

Customers should check Council's Home Industry Map to determine whether a Home Industry development is permissible on their property prior to beginning the application guide.

Users who may experience difficulty accessing information provided by Council's mapping application may place a customer action request with Council through our customer contact form or speak to Council's Duty Planner on telephone (02) 4325 8222 for personal assistance.

View the full Home Industry Application Guide

Operated from Non-Residential Premises

Businesses operated from non-residential premises include:

Commercial

These business categories are called an Establishment of Use. This means your business will use an existing retail, commercial premises and does not involve adding floor space. Alterations and re-fitting may be carried out.

Refer also to important notes.

Shop

These business categories are called an Establishment of Use. This means your business will use an existing retail, commercial premises and does not involve adding floor space. Alterations and re-fitting may be carried out.

Refer also to important notes.

Signage/Advertising

These business categories are called an Establishment of Use. This means your business will use an existing retail, commercial premises and does not involve adding floor space. Alterations and re-fitting may be carried out.

Refer also to important notes.

Industry

These business categories are called an Establishment of Use. This means your business will use an existing retail, commercial premises and does not involve adding floor space. Alterations and re-fitting may be carried out.

Refer also to important notes.

Light Industry

These business categories are called an Establishment of Use. This means your business will use an existing retail, commercial premises and does not involve adding floor space. Alterations and re-fitting may be carried out.

Refer also to important notes.

Important Notes

Should any of the above uses be classified as Integrated Development or affected by Bushfire, Acid Sulphate Soils, Contaminated Lands, Flooding or any other like hazard, the proposal may not be suitable for fast-track assessment. Customers are advised to view the constraints map for a detailed map of affected areas.