New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

STATE ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING POLICY NO 62--SUSTAINABLE AQUACULTURE - REG 7

7 Pond-based and tank-based aquaculture permissible in certain zones with consent

(1) This clause applies to development for the purpose of pond-based aquaculture or tank-based aquaculture that is carried out in a named land use zone or an equivalent zone.

(2) A person may carry out any development to which this clause applies, with development consent, if:

(a) the development is of a kind specified in Table 1 to be permissible in the relevant named land use zone, and

(b) in the opinion of the consent authority, the development complies with the site location and operational requirements set out in Schedule 1 for the development (the "minimum performance criteria").

(3) The requirements set out in Schedule 1 are minimum requirements and do not limit the matters a consent authority is required to take into consideration under the Act or the conditions that it may impose on any development consent.

(4) Development that, under Table 1, is not permissible, or is prohibited, in a named land use zone is prohibited in any such named land use zone and in any equivalent zone.

(5) Notes to Table 1 form part of this Policy.

(6) This clause is subject to clause 7A (which allows some pond-based aquaculture, that is extensive aquaculture, to be carried out without development consent).

Table 1

LEP ZONES	AQUACULTURE TYPE
	Pond-based	Tank-based
	Rural
RU1 Primary Production	Permissible	Permissible
RU2 Rural Landscape	Permissible	Permissible
RU3 Forestry	Permissible	Permissible
RU4 Rural Small Holdings	Permissible	Permissible
RU5 Village	Prohibited	Permissible
RU6 Transition	Prohibited	Permissible
	Residential
R1 General Residential	Permissible (1)	Permissible (1)
R2 Low Density Residential	Permissible (1)	Permissible (1)
R3 Medium Density Residential	Prohibited	Permissible (1)
R4 High Density Residential	Prohibited	Prohibited
R5 Large Lot Residential	Permissible (1)	Permissible (1)
	Business
B1 Neighbourhood Centre	Prohibited	Permissible
B2 Local Centre	Prohibited	Permissible
B3 Commercial Core	Prohibited	Permissible
B4 Mixed Use	Prohibited	Permissible
B5 Business Development	Prohibited	Permissible
B6 Enterprise Corridor	Prohibited	Permissible
B7 Business Park	Prohibited	Permissible
B8 Metropolitan Centre	Prohibited	Permissible
	Industrial
IN1 General Industrial	Prohibited	Permissible
IN2 Light Industrial	Prohibited	Permissible
IN3 Heavy Industrial	Prohibited	Permissible
IN4 Working Waterfront	Permissible	Permissible
	Special Purpose Zones
SP1 Special Activities	Permissible	Permissible
SP2 Infrastructure	Permissible	Permissible
SP3 Tourist	Permissible	Permissible
	Recreation
RE1 Public Recreation	Permissible	Permissible
RE2 Private Recreation	Permissible	Permissible
	Environment protection
E1 National Parks and Nature Reserves	Prohibited	Prohibited
E2 Environmental Conservation	Prohibited	Prohibited
E3 Environmental Management	Permissible (2)	Permissible (1)
E4 Environmental Living	Permissible (2)	Permissible (1)
	Waterway
W1 Natural Waterways	Permissible (3)	Permissible (3)
W2 Recreational Waterways	Permissible (3)	Permissible (3)
W3 Working Waterways	Permissible (3)	Permissible (3)

Note: Permissible only if the development is for the purposes of small scale aquarium fish production.

Note: Permissible only if the development is for the purposes of extensive aquaculture.

Note: Permissible only if the development will utilise waterways to source water.