New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

HASTINGS LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN 1987 - REG 38

38 Retailing of bulky goods

(1) This clause applies to land with Zone No 3 (b), 3 (s), 4 (a) or 4 (b).

(2) In this clause:
"bulky goods" means large goods which are, in the opinion of the Council, of such size and shape as to require:

(a) a large area for handling, storage or display, and

(b) direct vehicular access to the site on or from which the goods are sold for the purposes of the loading or unloading of the goods on to or from vehicles.

(3) Subject to subclause (4), nothing in this plan shall prevent a person, with the consent of the Council, from carrying out on land to which this clause applies development for the purpose of the retail sale or hire of bulky goods from a building or site in or on which those goods are stored, manufactured, displayed or processed.

(4) The Council shall not grant consent to an application to carry out development referred to in subclause (3) unless it is satisfied:

(a) that suitable land is not available for the proposed development in any nearby business centre, and

(b) the proposed development will not detrimentally affect:

(i) existing or future industrial development within the zone in which the land concerned is situated, or

(ii) the range of services offered by existing shops located in any nearby business centre.