New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

COBAR LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN 2001 - REG 19

19 Dwellings in the General Rural Zone

(1) A dwelling house may be erected on vacant land within Zone No 1 (a), but only with consent and where the land:

(a) comprises the whole of an existing holding, or

(b) is an allotment created in accordance with clause 17, or

(c) is an allotment created in accordance with a development consent granted in accordance with a previous environmental planning instrument, or deemed environmental planning instrument, being an allotment on which a dwelling could have been erected immediately before the appointed day.

(2) A dwelling may be erected, with development consent, on land that contains an existing habitable dwelling house where it is intended to replace the existing dwelling house which shall be either demolished or altered so that it may be used for an outbuilding or other use allowed within the zone, but not as a dwelling.

(3) Consent may be granted to one additional dwelling to be occupied by a rural worker or relative of the owner on land to which subclause (1) (a), (b) or (c) applies if the dwelling shares a common access to a public road.

(4) Consent must not be granted to a dwelling:

(a) on land which is unsewered, unless the consent authority is satisfied that the land is suitable for the disposal of effluent arising from the use of the land, or

(b) on prime crop and pasture land, unless the dwelling is essential to the use of the land for agriculture and no reasonable alternative exists.