Home builders in Goonellabah
Lismore City Council · Lismore Local Environmental Plan 2012 · Lismore & Richmond Valley Regional town
- Council
- Lismore City Council
- Planning scheme
- Lismore Local Environmental Plan 2012
- Overlays mapped here
- Heritage — Item - General
- Residential zones mapped
- R1 General Residential
R3 Medium Density Residential
R5 Large Lot Residential - Heritage items mapped
- 3
- Minimum lot size
- 400-449 m² minimum (most common of 1 minimum-lot-size bands mapped in the suburb)
- Land reserved for acquisition
- Public Recreation · Infrastructure
- Acid sulfate soils
- None mapped
Planning data from NSW ePlanning Spatial Viewer (CC BY 4.0), read 2026-09-14. Suburb-level, not a report on your block — check your address on the NSW Planning Portal.
Worth knowing before you budget
- Land reserved for acquisition
Parts of Goonellabah are reserved for future public acquisition — public recreation, infrastructure. A reservation is mapped to specific land, so whether it touches your block has to be checked at the address.
Builders serving Goonellabah
None yet — tell us what you're building and we'll go and find one.
What building in Goonellabah actually involves
Goonellabah is where most of Lismore's housing actually sits — 23.11 km² against the CBD locality's 3.68 — and it carries just 3 heritage records.
Almost no heritage constraint
Three general items across the whole suburb, no conservation areas, no archaeological listings. For a builder that means the heritage question is a quick check rather than a design input, which is the opposite of the situation a few kilometres away in the Lismore CBD.
Seven parcels reserved for acquisition
5 for public recreation and 2 for infrastructure. A reservation is mapped to specific land and can take a strip off a block, changing the setback or the access, and nothing on a site visit reveals it.
One lot band, and large-lot land alongside
400-449 m² is the only minimum-lot band mapped on the sampled parcels. R1 General, R3 Medium Density and R5 Large Lot Residential are all mapped, and R5 brings longer service runs, a longer driveway and often on-site effluent.
No acid sulfate soils
None are mapped.
What to ask a builder
Ask whether any part of the block is reserved for acquisition. Ask whether the land is R5, because that changes the servicing before it changes the house.
Local landmarks in Goonellabah
- Lismore Memorial Gardens Crematorium
- Blair Park
- Hepburn Park
- Clifford Park
- John Brooker Park
- Jim Kelly Field
- Elders Memorial Park
- Captain Rous Park
Questions about building in Goonellabah
Is Goonellabah heritage-controlled?
Barely — three general items across 23.11 km², with no conservation areas and no archaeological listings. The opposite of the Lismore CBD locality a few kilometres away.
Is any land reserved for acquisition?
Yes — 5 parcels for public recreation and 2 for infrastructure. Reservations sit on specific land and nothing on a site visit reveals them.
What zone is Goonellabah?
R1 General Residential, R3 Medium Density and R5 Large Lot Residential. R5 is the one that changes servicing and effluent.
What is the minimum lot size?
400-449 m² is the only band mapped on the sampled parcels, which makes the usual which-band question straightforward here.
Which council do I lodge with?
Lismore City Council, under the Lismore Local Environmental Plan.