NSW · NPW Act 1974 tenure check

Lot 9 DP 237723 — Tenure and reservation status

Hornsby Heights, Hornsby LGA | Report generated 2026-08-29

Answer. Lot 9 Deposited Plan 237723 is owned and managed by the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service and lies 100 percent within a gazetted reserve, Berowra Valley National Park (reserve N1187), reserved under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 (NSW). Because it is reserved land, not merely acquired land, the reserved-land offence provisions of the NPW Act (s 156A) and the National Parks and Wildlife Regulation 2019 apply to the whole parcel.

1. Parcel identification

Lot / Plan	Lot 9, DP 237723 (lotidstring `9//DP237723`, no section)
Ground area (MGA2020 Z56)	15,295 m² = 1.5295 ha (geodesic check 1.5296 ha)
Locality / suburb	HORNSBY HEIGHTS, NSW 2077
LGA	Hornsby (The Council of the Shire of Hornsby)
Centroid (GDA2020, EPSG:7844)	longitude 151.102369, latitude -33.661399
Projection for area work	MGA2020 Zone 56 (EPSG:7856), chosen from centroid longitude 151.10
Cadastre layer / query	`NSW_Land_Parcel_Property_Theme/MapServer/8` (Lot); `where=lotnumber='9' AND plannumber=237723`; one current feature returned

Note: the cadastre shape_Area of 22,137 is calculated in Web Mercator, which inflates area near this latitude by about 1.44×. The true ground area after reprojection to MGA2020 Zone 56 is 1.53 ha.

2. Overlap table

Polygon-to-polygon intersections in EPSG:7856, as percent of the 1.5295 ha parcel. No centroid test used.

Layer	Service URL	Currency	Hit	% parcel	Key attributes
NPWS Estate / All Managed Land	`mapprod3.environment.nsw.gov.au/.../Tenure/NPWS_AllManagedLand/MapServer/0`	VERDATE 2026-06-30	YES	100.0	SOURCE=NPWS_Estate; Berowra Valley National Park; TENURETYPE=Reserved; RES_NO=N1187; GAZ_DATE 2012-09-10; IUCN II
Land Vested in NPW Act Minister (acquired, not gazetted)	Same combined service; identified by `SOURCE`	VERDATE 2026-06-30	NO	0.0	Covering feature is SOURCE=NPWS_Estate / Reserved, not vested-not-reserved
NPWS Reserve (Spatial Services, independent source)	`portal.spatial.nsw.gov.au/.../NSW_Administrative_Boundaries_Theme/MapServer/6`	modified 2025-12	YES	100.0	reservename=BEROWRA VALLEY; reservecode=1187; reservetype=NP
State Forest (Forestry Corporation)	`.../NSW_Administrative_Boundaries_Theme/MapServer/3`	current	NO	0.0	No State Forest polygon intersects
Suburb (identification)	`.../NSW_Administrative_Boundaries_Theme/MapServer/2`	current	YES	100.0	HORNSBY HEIGHTS 2077
LGA (identification)	`.../NSW_Administrative_Boundaries_Theme/MapServer/8`	current	YES	100.0	HORNSBY
Crown land / Crown reserves (CLM Act 2016)	No clean public endpoint this session	n/a	NOT TESTED	–	Logically excluded: reserved NP and Crown land are mutually exclusive; NPWS coverage is 100%
BCT registered agreements	Reachable BCT layer is IBRA bioregions, not the agreements register	n/a	NOT TESTED	–	Logically excluded by 100% National Park reservation

Two independent authorities agree the parcel is entirely inside Berowra Valley National Park: the DCCEEW NPWS estate dataset and the Spatial Services cadastral NPWS Reserve layer. State Forest was a true negative.

3. Corroboration against the legal instrument

Reservation instrument. The National Parks and Wildlife Amendment (Adjustment of Areas) Act 2012 revoked about 3,876 ha of Berowra Valley Regional Park and reserved it as Berowra Valley National Park, consistent with the estate dataset's GAZ_DATE 2012-09-10 and RES_NO N1187. The land was earlier the Berowra Valley Regional Park, gazetted 27 March 1998.
Plan of management. The "Berowra Valley National Park and Berowra Valley Regional Park Plan of Management" (DPE, ISBN 978-1-922975-63-8) covers the reserve. NSW plans describe reserves by area and map rather than an itemised lot/DP schedule, so a direct "Lot 9 DP 237723" line was not located there; that is a format limitation, not a conflict.
Discrepancies. None. Estate layer, reserve layer, park area, reserve number and reserve class are mutually consistent.

4. Map

Lot 9 DP237723 over NPWS Estate, Berowra Valley National Park

5. Confidence and caveats

Result strength. A positive reserve hit corroborated by two independent spatial datasets plus the reservation instrument is strong; 100% coverage means no split to report.
Layers lag gazettal. A negative reserve result would be weak evidence. Here the result is positive and dates to 2012, well within layer currency, so lag is not a concern.
Ownership is not proven by mapping. The authoritative ownership record is a NSW LRS title search, not performed here.
Reservation is proven by the Gazette, not the map. Mapping and the cited 2012 Act agree, but the Gazette governs.
Crown land and BCT layers were not directly tested; their exclusion is inferred from 100% NP coverage and flagged as such.
For enforcement or access decisions, confirm with the NPWS area office (Greater Sydney Branch) and against the current Gazette and title search.

Data sources: NSW Spatial Services (portal.spatial.nsw.gov.au) and NSW DCCEEW / NPWS (mapprod3.environment.nsw.gov.au) ArcGIS REST services. Geometry processed in GDA2020 / MGA2020 Zone 56. This automated check is not a substitute for a NSW LRS title search or the Government Gazette.