New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

LACHLAN LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN 1991 - REG 19A

19A Rural workers’ dwellings in Zone No 1 (a)

(1) The objectives of this clause are:

(a) to ensure adequate provision for existing agriculture or rural industries that require accommodation for permanent on-site employees on land in Zone No 1 (a), and

(b) to enable development for a rural worker’s dwelling if there is a need to accommodate an on-site employee due to the nature of the agriculture or rural industry or the location of the land, and

(c) to prevent development for a rural worker’s dwelling if the agriculture or rural industry does not have the capacity to support the rural workers’ employment.

(2) The Council must not consent to the erection of a rural worker’s dwelling on land within Zone No 1 (a) unless the Council is satisfied that:

(a) the development is ancillary to an existing dwelling-house or dual occupancy on the same landholding and will be used as their principal place of residence by persons employed for the purpose of existing agriculture or existing rural industry on that land, and

(b) the development will not impair the use of the land for agriculture or for rural industries, and

(c) there is a demonstrated economic capacity of the agriculture or rural industry being carried out on the land to support the on-going employment of rural workers, and

(d) there is a demonstrated necessity to provide on-site accommodation via a rural worker’s dwelling due either to the nature of the agriculture or rural industry that the worker is employed in or because of the remote or isolated location of the site.