Town Planning Assessment Report (3) · MCU26/0012

Rural Zone Code
Performance Outcome                 Acceptable Outcome                      Response

Built form                          AO7.1 Buildings are no more than The proposal is single storey.
                                    two storeys in height.
Building height and scale
PO7      Buildings       and   other AO7.2 With the exception of Class The proposal does not exceed
structures:                           10 buildings or structures used 8m in height.
    (d)​ are low rise;                exclusively for a rural activity,
    (e)​ minimise the appearance of buildings and structures are no
         bulk to adjacent properties, more than 8 metres in building
         roads or other areas in the height providing that they may be
         vicinity of the site; and    up to 9 metres where the pitched
                                      roof but no other part of the
    (f)​ respect      the    scale of
                                      building or structure exceeds 8
         surrounding vegetation and
                                      metres.
         maximises opportunities to
         retain existing vegetation Alternative provision to the QDC
         on site.
                                    AO7.3 With the exception of Class Alternate solution
                                    10 buildings or structures used Refer to report.
                                    exclusively for a rural activity,
                                    individual buildings or roofed
                                    structures do not exceed 500m2
                                    gross floor area.

                                    AO7.4 Class 10 buildings used Complies
                                    exclusively for the purpose of
                                    animal husbandry, aquaculture,
                                    cropping, intensive animal industry,
                                    intensive horticulture or rural
                                    industry do not exceed 12 metres in
                                    height.

                                    AO7.5 A structure, not constituting Complies
                                    a building, used exclusively for the
                                    purpose of animal husbandry,
                                    aquaculture, cropping, intensive
                                    animal       industry,     intensive
                                    horticulture or rural industry does
                                    not exceed 15 metres in height.

                                    AO7.6 The exposed portion of the Complies.
                                    external elevation of the building
                                    cannot exceed the respective
                                    building heights in AO7.1, AO7.2,
                                    AO7.3, AO7.4 and AO7.5 above and
                                    do not appear to exceed more than
                                    two storeys when viewed externally
                                    from any elevation.
                                    Editor's note—refer to figure AP3-13A




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