New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

HASTINGS LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN 1987 - REG 15A

15A Subdivision of land for co-operative farming purposes

(1) This clause applies to co-operative farming on land within Zone No 1 (a1).

(2) In this clause, "co-operative farming" means commercial farming by a group of owners where the major agricultural activity is managed in common and where the agricultural activity occurs in large contiguous areas with any dwelling component located outside those agricultural areas.

(3) The objectives of this clause are:

(a) to encourage efficient agricultural use of land,

(b) to provide for co-operative farming ventures,

(c) to ensure rural residential allotments are environmentally acceptable, achieve an appropriate density in respect of location, can be adequately serviced and do not conflict with horticultural activities, and

(d) to enhance the long term agricultural viability of land.

(4) Notwithstanding clauses 14 and 18, subdivision of, and the erection of dwellings upon, land within Zone No 1 (a1) may be carried out with the consent of the Council, in accordance with this clause.

(8) The Council shall not grant consent to the development of land pursuant to this clause:

(a) unless it is satisfied that:

(i) preparations for the future development of the land have been completed to the extent that initial stages of horticultural production have been established in respect of each proposed allotment,

(ii) the future development of the land will be likely to contribute to an increase in agricultural production from the land and to an increase in employment opportunities,

(iii) appropriate measures have been taken to facilitate the co-operative farming of the land,

(iv) the proposed agricultural use of the land will not involve any activities likely to cause harm or have adverse impact upon the amenity of any adjoining dwellings or other accommodation, and

(v) the development will be carried out in compliance with the development standards specified in Schedule 3 (except standard 12), and

(vi) the soil conservation measures undertaken or proposed to be undertaken are adequate.

(9) The Council may, subject to the provisions of this clause and of any consent granted under this clause in relation to that land, grant consent to the erection of a dwelling on an allotment created by a subdivision carried out pursuant to a consent granted under this clause.

(10) Subclause (9) also applies to:

(a) lots 1 to 52, DP 776681, Sancrox Road, Sancrox, and

(b) lots 1 to 80, DP 791199, Sancrox Road, Sancrox.

(11) In relation to any consent granted for subdivision pursuant to this clause, the number of allotments to be counted for the purposes of clause 17 may be reduced by the Council.

(12) In determining the number of allotments referred to in subclause (11), the Council shall have regard to the nature of the development and the likelihood of dwellings being erected on each of the allotments within the 5 year period referred to in clause 17.