New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

FORBES LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN 1986 - REG 9

9 Zone objectives and development control table

(1) The objectives of a zone are set out in the Table to this clause under the heading “Objectives of zone” appearing in the matter relating to the zone.

(2) except as otherwise provided by this plan, in relation to land within a zone specified in the Table to this clause, the purposes (if any) for which :

(a) development may be carried out without development consent,

(b) development may be carried out only with development consent, and

(c) development is prohibited,

are specified under the headings “Without development consent”, “Only with development consent” and “Prohibited”, respectively, appearing in the matter relating to that zone.

(3) except as otherwise provided by this plan, the Council shall not grant consent to the carrying out of development on land to which this plan applies unless the Council is of the opinion that the carrying out of the development is consistent with the objectives of the zone within which the development is proposed to be carried out.

Table

Zone No 1 (a) (Rural Zone)

1 Objectives of zone The objectives of this zone are:

(a) to continue the existing rural zoning, and

(b) to promote the maintenance of quality rural land for continued agricultural use.

2 Without development consent Agriculture (other than feed lots, poultry farms or pig keeping establishments); animal boarding establishments; forestry; landscaping and gardening.

3 Only with development consent Any purpose other than a purpose included in Item 2 or 4 of the matter relating to this zone.

4 Prohibited Boarding houses; bulky goods premises; motor showrooms; professional and commercial chambers; public buildings; residential flat buildings; shops (including shops listed in Schedule 2).

Zone No 1 (c) (Rural Residential Zone)

1 Objectives of zone The objectives of this zone are:

(a) to enable development for the purposes of rural residential living to be carried out on land which is suitable for use for those purposes and is not of prime agricultural value, and

(b) to enable other forms of development to be carried out on land within the zone if they are in keeping with the rural character of the locality and are compatible with the existing or likely future rural residential allotments.

2 Without development consent Agriculture (other than feed lots, poultry farms or pig keeping establishments); landscaping and gardening; public open spaces; public recreation areas.

3 Only with development consent Any purpose other than a purpose included in item 2 or 4 of the matter relating to this zone.

4 Prohibited Abattoirs; boarding houses; builders’ yards; bulk stores; bulky goods premises; bus depots; car repair stations; caravan parks; commercial premises used in conjunction with industry and situated on the land on which such industry is conducted; feedlots; gas holders; generating works; hotels; industries; institutions; junk yards; light industries; liquid fuel depots; motor showrooms; professional and commercial chambers; public buildings; racecourses; recreation establishments; recreation facilities; refreshment rooms; residential flat buildings; sawmills; service stations; shops (including shops listed in schedule 2); special home activities; taverns; transport terminals; warehouses.

Zone No 2 (a) (Residential Zone)

1 Objectives of zone The Objectives of this zone are:

(a) to set aside land to be used for the purposes of housing and associated facilities,

(b) to allow all forms of housing to take place anywhere within the zone, and

(c) to allow development for purposes other than housing within the zone only if it does not detrimentally effect the character or amenity of the locality.

2 Without Development Consent Landscaping and gardening.

3 Only with development consent Any purpose other than a purpose included in item 2 or 4 of the matter relating to this zone.

4 Prohibited Abattoirs; animal boarding establishments; builders’ yards; bulk stores; bulky goods premises; bus depots; car repair stations; caravan parks; commercial premises used in conjunction with industry and situated on the land on which the industry is conducted; feedlots; gas holders; generating works; grain transport depots; hotels; industries (other than home industries); institutions; junk yards; light industries; liquid fuel depots; motor showrooms; poultry farms or pig keeping establishments; public buildings; racecourses; road transport terminals; roadside stalls; rural industries; sawmills; shops (other than those listed in Schedule 2); stock and sale yards; taverns; transport terminals; travelling stock reserves; warehouses.

Zone No 2 (b) (Special Home Activities Zone)

1 Objectives of zone The objective is to allow the combined development of a dwelling-house and a light industry to be carried out on land suited to this type of development.

2 Without development consent Nil.

3 Only with development consent Any purpose other than a purpose included in item 4 of the matter relating to this zone.

4 Prohibited Abattoirs; agriculture; bulk stores; bulky goods premises; dwelling-houses (other than those used in conjunction with an industry); extractive industries; generating works; institutions; junk yards; liquid fuel depots; motor showrooms; places of assembly; public buildings; recreation establishments; recreation facilities; roadside stalls; sawmills; service stations; shops (including shops listed in schedule 2); stock and saleyards; taverns; warehouses.

Zone No 2 (v) (Village Zone)

1 Objectives of zone The objective of this zone is to allow development to continue to take place in the village of Ootha.

2 Without development consent Nil.

3 Only with development consent Any purpose other than a purpose included in item 4 of the matter relating to this zone.

4 Prohibited Bulky goods premises; institutions; junk yards (within 90 metres of a main road); mines; offensive or hazardous industries.

Zone No 3 (a) (Business Zone)

1 Objectives of zone The objectives of this zone are:

(a) to encourage the growth of the central business district as the commercial and retail focus of the Shire,

(b) to encourage a wide range of retail, commercial and tourist facilities within the central business district, and

(c) to accommodate the establishment of retail, commercial and professional services for local residents in convenient locations within the residential neighbourhoods where the scale and type of development is compatible with the amenity of the surrounding residential areas.

2 Without development consent Nil.

3 Only with development consent Any purpose other than a purpose included in item 4, of the matter relating to this zone.

4 Prohibited Abattoirs; agriculture; animal boarding establishments; boarding houses; bowling greens; bulk stores; caravan parks; commercial premises (used in conjunction with industry and situated on the land on which such industry is conducted); feedlots; gas holders; generating works; grain transport depots; home industries; hospitals; industries; institutions; junk yards; light industries; liquid fuel depots; poultry farms or pig keeping establishments; racecourses; road transport terminals; roadside stalls; rural industries; rural workers’ dwellings; sawmills; special home activities; stock and sale yards; transport terminals; travelling stock reserves.

Zone No 4 (a) Industrial Zone

1 Objectives of zone The objectives of this zone are:

(a) to encourage the establishment of industries outside areas used or zoned for residential or business purposes by setting aside an area of land to be used for a broad range of industrial purposes,

(b) to encourage detailed provision to be made, by means of a development control plan, for setting aside different areas within the zone for offensive or hazardous industries, general industries and light industries, and

(c) to allow commercial or retail development only where it relates to the use of land within the zone for industrial purposes, and

(d) to encourage development for the purposes of bulky goods premises on appropriate land fronting the Newell Highway.

2 Without development consent Nil.

3 Only with development consent Bulky goods premises; any other purpose other than a purpose included in item 4 of the matter relating to this zone.

4 Prohibited Boarding houses; bowling greens; caravan parks; dwelling-houses (other than those used in conjunction with an industry); hospitals; hotels; institutions; feedlots; poultry farms or pig keeping establishments; professional and commercial chambers; racecourses; residential flat buildings; roadside stalls; shops (including shops listed in Schedule 2); special home activities; taverns; travelling stock reserves.

Zone No 5 (a) (Special Uses (Schools, etc), Zone)

1 Objectives of zone The objective of this zone is to identify areas which are used, or may be used in the future, for particular public or community purposes.

2 Without development consent Nil.

3 Only with development consent Drainage; roads; the particular purpose indicated on the map, and any purpose ordinarily incidental or subsidiary to that purpose.

4 Prohibited Any purpose other than a purpose included in item 3 of the matter relating to this zone.

Zone No 5 (b) (Special Uses (Railways) Zone)

1 Objectives of zone The objective is to allow for the continued use of railway land.

2 Without development consent Drainage; railway purposes (including any purpose authorised under the Government Railways Act 1912 ); roads.

3 Only with development consent Nil.

4 Prohibited Any purpose other than a purpose included in item 2 of the matter relating to this zone.

Zone No 6 (a) (Public Open Space (Existing Recreation) Zone)

1 Objectives of zone The objectives of this zone are:

(a) to identify land which, at the commencement of this plan, was owned by the Council and the Crown for use for open space or public recreational purposes,

(b) to maximise the value of open space areas by identifying “fingers” of land protruding into new residential areas and the subsequent promotion of their multiple use for drainage, recreation, landscaping, walkways and cycleway purposes,

(c) to promote the continuation of the open space network existing at the commencement of this plan and to identify future open space networks in new residential areas,

(d) to provide a system of open space buffers adjacent to major roads within the Shire in order to separate and screen conflicting land uses and to foster a sense of community for new residential neighbourhoods,

(e) to offer opportunities for recreational pursuits within residential neighbourhoods, and

(f) to ensure that sufficient land is available to satisfy the requirements of travelling stock.

2 Without development consent Gardening; landscaping; public open spaces.

3 Only with development consent Caravan parks; drainage; railways; recreation areas; roads; travelling stock reserves.

4 Prohibited Any purpose other than a purpose included in item 2 or 3 of the matter relating to this zone.

Zone No 6 (b) (Private Open Space (Private Recreation Zone))

1 Objectives of zone The objective is to identify land, whether in public or private ownership, which is used or may be used in the future for private recreation purposes.

2 Without development consent Landscaping and gardening; recreation establishments; recreation facilities.

3 Only with development consent Advertisements; advertising structures; bowling greens; caravan parks; caretakers’ residences; drainage; hospitals; places of assembly; racecourses; roads; taverns.

4 Prohibited Any purpose other than a purpose included in item 2 or 3.

Zone No 7 (Flood Way)

1 Objectives of zone The objectives of this zone are:

(a) to reduce the incidence of damage to areas subject to flooding by restricting the carrying out of development on flood liable land and prohibiting the carrying out of development in floodways, and

(b) to encourage detailed provisions to be made to achieve this by the use of development control plans.

2 Without development consent Nil.

3 Only with development consent Agriculture; drainage; landscaping and gardening; public open space; public recreation areas; roads; walkways and cycleways.

4 Prohibited Any purpose other than a purpose included in item 2 or 3 of the matter relating to this zone.