New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WALCHA LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN 2000 - REG 14

14 Subdivision for the purpose of dwellings in Zone No 1 (a) and 7 (d)

(2) Consent may be granted to the subdivision of land within Zone No 1 (a) or 7 (d) for the purpose of a dwelling-house where:

(a) the land does not comprise prime crop and pasture land identified as Class 1 or 2 agricultural land, and

(b) the land is within 5 kilometres of the land within Zone No 2 (v) on which Walcha Township is situated.

(3) Consent to the subdivision of land referred to in subclause (2) or the subsequent erection of a dwelling on each allotment must not be granted unless:

(a) each allotment proposed to be created is capable of being connected to a reticulated electricity supply and a telephone service, and

(b) each allotment contains sufficient area for the on-site disposal of effluent in accordance with the requirements of the Department of Health, and

(c) the consent authority has taken into consideration the desirability of providing a range and mix of allotment sizes, and

(d) in the case of land which is located within 2 kilometres of land within Zone No 2 (v) on which Walcha Township is situated and for which reticulated water is available or could be made available:

(i) the area of each allotment is not less than 1,000 square metres, where a reticulated sewerage scheme is available, or not less than 2 hectares, in all other cases, and

(ii) each allotment will have frontage to a bitumen sealed road with access to Walcha Township and the road will be constructed to the Council’s standards for rural roads, and

(e) in the case of land which is located within 5 kilometres of land within Zone No 2 (v) on which Walcha Township is situated, and where paragraph (d) does not apply:

(i) each allotment proposed to be created will be of sufficient size to enable the provision of an adequate potable water supply and a bulk water supply for fire fighting purposes, and

(ii) the area of each allotment is not less than 20 hectares, and

(iii) each allotment will have frontage to a bitumen sealed road and the road will be constructed to the Council’s standards for rural roads.

(4) Consent must not be granted for a subdivision if that consent would permit the creation, in any 5 year period, of a total number of allotments of land to which this clause applies in excess of the number specified by the Council for that purpose.