New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WEDDIN LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN 2002 - REG 12

12 General consideration of development in Rural Zones

(1) Consent may be granted to development on land within Zone No 1 (a), 1 (ci), 1 (cii) or 1 (ciii) only after the consent authority has taken into account the effect of the carrying out of that 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 agricultural land for ecologically sustainable agricultural production, and

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

(c) the future extraction of known deposits of minerals, coal, petroleum, sand, gravel or other extractive materials and localities considered to be prospective for those materials, and

(d) the protection of localities of significance for nature conservation or of high scenic quality or recreational value, and places and buildings of archaeological or heritage significance, and

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

(f) the impact on threatened and endangered species, populations and ecological communities.

(2) Subclause (1) does not apply to the consideration of an application to carry out development consisting of:

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

(b) development ancillary to a form of development defined for the purposes of this plan and that may be carried out under this plan with consent, or

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