New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

OBERON LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN 1998 - REG 10

10 General considerations for development within rural zones

(1) The Council must not consent to development on land within Zone No 1 (a), 1 (c) or 1 (e) unless it has taken into consideration, if relevant, the effect of the carrying out of the proposed development on:

(a) the present use of the land, the potential use of the land for the purpose of agriculture and the potential of any land which is prime crop and pasture land for sustained agricultural production, and

(b) vegetation, timber production, land capability (including soil resources and soil stability) and water resources (including the quality and stability of water courses and ground water storage and riparian rights), and

(c) the future recovery from known or prospective areas of valuable deposits of minerals, coal, petroleum, sand, gravel or other extractive minerals, and

(d) the protection of areas of significance for nature conservation or of high scenic or recreational value, and items of archaeological or heritage significance, including Aboriginal relics and places, and

(e) the cost of providing, extending and maintaining public amenities and services to the site of the proposed development, and

(f) the future expansion of settlements in the locality.

(2) As well as the matters referred to in subclause (1), the Council must take into consideration the relationship of the development to development on adjoining land and on other land in the locality.

(3) Subclause (1) does not apply to development, being:

(a) an addition to a building or work, or

(b) development ancillary to a land use for the purpose of which development may be carried out without the consent of the Council, or

(c) the erection of a dwelling-house on an allotment of land created for the purpose of a dwelling-house in accordance with this plan.