New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

SNOWY RIVER LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN 1997 - REG 19

19 Zone 7-Environmental Protection

(1) What are the objectives of the zone? The objectives of Zone 7 are:

(a) to protect the scenic values of the region, and

(b) to protect the water quality of streams and lakes and protect ground water resources, and

(c) to protect the biological diversity of the area, remnant native vegetation, places significant for environmental conservation and areas of habitat from adverse impact from development, and

(d) to protect and conserve the area’s extractive materials, while allowing their extraction with suitable rehabilitation of the land, and

(e) to protect places and buildings of archaeological or heritage significance (including Aboriginal relics and places), and

(f) to prevent development that could create unreasonable or uneconomic demands for the provision or extension of public amenities or services, or could be subject to hazards such as erosion, bush fires or flooding.

(2) What development is allowed without consent? Development for the purpose of the following may be carried out within Zone 7 without development consent:

agriculture (excluding intensive animal keeping establishments); bush fire hazard reduction; home based child care.

(3) What development is allowed only with consent? Development for the purpose of the following may be carried out within Zone 7 only with development consent:

bed and breakfast accommodation; clearing land; dwelling-houses; educational establishments; extractive industries; forestry; home activities; horse riding establishments; landscaping works; markets; nature-based eco-tourism resorts; on-farm tourist accommodation; portable sawmills; private cemeteries; roads; rural industries; rural tourist recreation facilities; total destination resorts; utility installations; waste disposal depots; water tanks.

(4) What development is prohibited? Development other than that included in subclause (2) or (3) is prohibited within Zone 7.