Crown Lands

Guides and fact sheets

We have developed guidelines, FAQs and fact sheets to give you more detailed information relating to the management of Crown land assets, infrastructure and property management services.

Aboriginal land claims and native title

Document	Format
Crown land tenures and native title (PDF, 41 KB)	Fact sheet
Definition of terms relating to Aboriginal land claims (PDF, 83 KB)	Fact sheet
Information for Crown land tenants about Aboriginal land claims (PDF, 85 KB)	Fact sheet
Native title applications and options for interest holders (PDF, 44 KB)	Fact sheet

Applying to purchase a Crown road

Document	Format
Applying to purchase a Crown road (PDF 244KB)	Fact sheet

Compliance and enforcement

Document	Format
Crown land compliance and enforcement (PDF, 379 KB)	Policy guidelines
Greater powers to stop illegal activity on Crown Land (PDF, 418 KB)	Fact sheet
Storing items on Crown land (PDF, 272 KB)	Fact sheet
Crown land - your neighbour (PDF, 171 KB)	Fact sheet

Compulsory acquisition

Document	Format
Guideline - compulsory acquisition of Crown land (PDF, 575 KB)	Guideline

Crown roads and enclosure permits

Document	Format
Administration of Crown roads (PDF, 900 KB)	Guideline
Crown Roads - What you need to know (PDF, 108 KB)	FAQ
4WD and Off-Road Driving on Crown land (PDF, 251 KB)	Guideline
Crown roads works: fact sheet (PDF, 172 KB)	Fact sheet

Crown land searches

Document	Format
Crown land conveyancing searches (PDF, 244 KB)	FAQ

Easements

Document	Format
Easement grant and release (PDF, 384 KB)	Fact sheet

Legislation

Document	Format
Crown Land Management Regulation 2018 (PDF, 51 KB)	FAQ

Licences

Automatic transfers

Document	Format
Automatic licence transfer (PDF, 4.2 MB)	Guideline
Automatic licence transfer (PDF, 144 KB)	Guideline

Domestic waterfront licences

Document	Format
Construction on foreshore Crown land and waterways - What you need to know. Information for waterfront consultants (PDF, 283 KB)	Fact sheet
Development on foreshore Crown land and waterways (PDF, 461 KB)	Brochure
Development on foreshore Crown land and waterways. Information for waterfront landowners (PDF, 620 KB)	Fact sheet
Domestic waterfront licences (PDF, 426 KB)	Guideline
Domestic waterfront licence holder (PDF, 1.4 MB)	Brochure
Domestic waterfront rent calculations - fact sheet (PDF, 244 KB)	Fact sheet
Purchasing a waterfront property (PDF, 41 KB)	Fact sheet
Repairing replacing or altering an existing domestic waterfront structure - Information for licence holders (PDF, 223 KB)	Fact sheet
Storage devices on crown waterways (PDF, 272 KB)	Brochure
Storing items on foreshore Crown land (PDF, 529 KB)	Brochure
Sublicencing of approved berthing areas (PDF, 36 KB)	FAQ

Communication licences

Document	Format
Co-locating on communication facilities on Crown land (PDF, 226 KB)	Fact sheet
Communication licence rent (PDF, 196 KB)	Fact sheet
Developing communication facilities on Crown land (PDF, 222 KB)	Fact sheet

General licences

Document	Format
Crown land licences (PDF, 144 KB)	FAQ
Licensing of Crown land (PDF, 269 KB)	Guideline

Grazing licences

Document	Format
Grazing licence (PDF, 145 KB)	Fact sheet

Short Term licences

Document	Format
Short Term Licence (PDF, 257 KB)	Guideline
Short Term Licence (PDF, 184 KB)	Fact sheet

Leases

General leases

Document	Format
Leasing Crown Land (PDF, 512 KB)	Guideline
Management of Crown Land Leases (PDF, 649 KB)	Guideline
Purchasing Crown leasehold land to obtain freehold title (PDF, 385 KB)	Guideline
Purchasing Crown leasehold land to obtain freehold title (PDF, 110 KB)	Fact sheet
Purchasing Crown leasehold land to obtain freehold title (PDF, 104 KB)	FAQ

Western lands leases

Document	Format
Alteration of purpose or conditions of a Western lands lease (PDF, 516 KB)	Fact sheet
Conversion of term of western lands leases to perpetual western lands leases at Lightning Ridge - FAQ (PDF, 392 KB)	FAQ
Conversion of term of western lands leases to perpetual western lands leases at Lightning Ridge - Fact sheet (PDF, 219 KB)	Fact sheet
Extension of term of a Western lands lease (PDF, 257 KB)	Fact sheet
How to get a Cultivation Consent for a Western Lands lease (PDF, 352 KB)	Fact sheet
Purchasing your Western lands lease to obtain freehold title (PDF, 181 KB)	Fact sheet
Purchasing a Western lands lease to obtain freehold title (PDF, 200 KB)	FAQ
Purchasing a Wentworth or Hay Irrigation Act lease to obtain freehold title (PDF, 78 KB)	FAQ
Rent in the Western Division (PDF, 122 KB)	Fact sheet
Subdivision of a Western lands lease (PDF, 178 KB)	Fact sheet
Transfer waiver of the requirement for ministerial consent to transfer (PDF, 53 KB)	Fact sheet
Transfer of a Western lands lease (PDF, 94 KB)	Fact sheet
Western Division of New South Wales (PDF, 190 KB)	Fact sheet

Rent and debt management

Document	Format
Crown land debt management (PDF, 398 KB)	Guideline
Objection to market rent redetermination for Crown land tenures (PDF, 483 KB)	Guideline