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Queanbeyan-palerang Regional Council · Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Local Environmental Plan 2022 · Queanbeyan & Monaro Greenfield · house and land

Council
Queanbeyan-palerang Regional Council
Planning scheme
Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Local Environmental Plan 2022
Overlays mapped here
Heritage — Item - General · Heritage — Item - Archaeological
Residential zones mapped
R1 General Residential
R2 Low Density Residential
R5 Large Lot Residential
Heritage items mapped
4
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.

Builders serving Googong

None yet — tell us what you're building and we'll go and find one.

What building in Googong actually involves

Googong is a 71.9 km² locality built around a planned town — three residential zones including R5 Large Lot Residential, and only 4 heritage records in the whole of it.

A planned town inside a large rural boundary

R1 General Residential, R2 Low Density and R5 Large Lot Residential are all mapped. The developed part of Googong is a designed township; the rest of the 71.9 km² is not. Which of the three applies decides whether you are buying into a serviced estate with an approved layout or onto rural-residential land where water, power and effluent are your problem to solve.

Heritage is almost absent

Four records across the entire locality — three of one class and one of another. On a new estate block heritage will not come up at all.

No acid sulfate soils

None are mapped, which is expected on the Southern Tablelands.

What the map does not tell you

No minimum lot size and no height control are mapped across enough parcels here for us to quote one. On estate land those figures typically come from the development's own approved plan rather than from the LEP map, so the estate documents are the place to look.

What to ask a builder

Ask whether the block is inside the planned township or on rural-residential land, and what it has for water, power and effluent. Ask whether an estate plan sets the lot controls rather than the LEP.

Local landmarks in Googong

Questions about building in Googong

What zone is Googong?

R1 General Residential, R2 Low Density and R5 Large Lot Residential across 71.9 km². Which applies decides whether you are on serviced estate land or rural-residential land.

Is Googong heritage-controlled?

Barely — four records across the whole locality. On a new estate block it will not come up.

What is the minimum lot size?

None is mapped across enough parcels for us to quote. On estate land the lot controls usually come from the development's approved plan rather than the LEP map.

Does Googong have acid sulfate soils?

None are mapped, which is expected on the Southern Tablelands.

Which council do I lodge with?

Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council.

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