Home builders in Riverstone
Blacktown City Council · Blacktown Local Environmental Plan 2015 · North West Sydney Greenfield · house and land
- Council
- Blacktown City Council
- Planning scheme
- Blacktown Local Environmental Plan 2015also State Environmental Planning Policy (Precincts—Central River City) 2021
- Overlays mapped here
- Heritage — Item - Archaeological · Heritage — Item - General · Heritage — Local Heritage - General
- Residential zones mapped
- R2 Low Density Residential
R3 Medium Density Residential
R4 High Density Residential - Heritage items mapped
- 37
- Typical height limit
- 28m
- Floor space ratio
- 2.2:1
- Land reserved for acquisition
- Infrastructure · Public Recreation · Local Road (SP2)
- 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
- Building height
The most common maximum building height mapped here is 28m (12 of 32 mapped parcels). No other height control covers a meaningful share of the suburb.
- Floor space ratio
A floor space ratio of 2.2:1 applies to most of the mapped parcels here (12 of 29). On an 800 m² block that is about 1760 m² of floor area, every level counted.
- Land reserved for acquisition
Parts of Riverstone are reserved for future public acquisition — infrastructure, public recreation, local road (sp2) and others. A reservation is mapped to specific land, so whether it touches your block has to be checked at the address.
Builders serving Riverstone
None yet — tell us what you're building and we'll go and find one.
What building in Riverstone actually involves
Riverstone is the oldest part of the North West Growth Area — a established railway town that the growth corridor has grown around, rather than a greenfield release from scratch.
That history shows in the data
Riverstone carries three heritage classes and 29 mapped heritage features — far more than Box Hill or Marsden Park, and a reflection of the original town centre and the former meatworks. If your block is in the older part of Riverstone, heritage is a live question in a way it is not elsewhere in this corridor.
Mixed zoning, mixed lot sizes
Low, medium and high density residential zones are all mapped here, and minimum lot size controls are inconsistent enough across the suburb that we do not publish a single typical figure — the bands mapped range from small residential parcels to rural holdings. Check the control on your specific address rather than the suburb pattern.
What this means for a builder
Riverstone is two jobs in one suburb: a new-estate build on the release land, and a knockdown rebuild or renovation in the old town. They need different builders, and a quote for one is not a guide to the other.
Local landmarks in Riverstone
- Ridgeview Park
- Lions Park
- Riverstone Park
- Riverstone Cemetery
- Knudsen Reserve
- Marsden Park
- Doreen Ross Reserve
- Mill Street Reserve
Questions about building in Riverstone
Why does Riverstone have more heritage than the rest of the growth area?
Because it was a town before it was a growth corridor. Three heritage classes and 29 mapped features reflect the original centre and the former meatworks site. Box Hill and Marsden Park, built from scratch, have almost none.
Why don't you publish a typical lot size for Riverstone?
Because the mapped minimum lot size bands range from small residential parcels to rural holdings, and a single figure would be misleading. Check the control on your specific address.
Is Riverstone a greenfield build or a rebuild?
Both, in different parts of the suburb. New estate land sits alongside the older town centre. They are different jobs needing different builders, and a quote for one does not guide the other.
Which council?
Blacktown City Council, under the Blacktown Local Environmental Plan 2015 — the same instrument as Marsden Park.
Are there height controls?
Yes, and they vary widely across the suburb, reflecting the mix of town centre and residential land. Check the control for your address before assuming a two-storey house is the ceiling.