New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WENTWORTH LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN 1993 - REG 16

16 Dwellings within Zone No 1 (a) or 1 (d)

(1) The Council must not consent to the erection of a dwelling on an allotment of vacant land within Zone No 1 (a) unless:

(a) the allotment consists of pastoral land with an area of at least 10,000 hectares per dwelling to be erected on it, or

(b) the allotment consists of horticultural land with an area of at least 10 hectares per dwelling to be erected on it.

(2) The Council may consent to the erection, on an existing holding, of one dwelling for every 10,000 hectares of that holding if the holding consists of pastoral land (or for every 10 hectares of the holding if it consists of horticultural land).

(3) Notwithstanding subclause (1), the Council may consent to the erection of a dwelling-house on land within Zone No 1 (a) or 1 (d) where the Council is satisfied the land comprises an allotment lawfully created for a rural dwelling before the appointed day.

(4) In this clause, "vacant land" means land on which no dwelling is located.

(5) Notwithstanding clause (1), the Council may consent to the erection of a dwelling on an allotment of vacant land of any size within Zone No 1 (a) or 1 (d) if that dwelling is ancillary to other development on that allotment for which consent has been granted or which consent is not required.