Assessment Letter · MCU20/0125

Level of Assessment

Within the Rural Zone, the proposed dwelling house is accepted development subject to compliance
with the relevant acceptable outcomes under the Rural Zone Code and Low Density Housing Code.
Review of these codes has determined minor non-compliances with some of the outcomes of the
Rural Zone Code. Accordingly, the proposed development is subject to Code Assessment.


Overlays
Under the planning scheme, the site is identified to be subject to the following overlays:

    •   Acid Sulfate Soils Overlay;
    •   Agricultural Land Overlay;
    •   Biodiversity, Waterways and Wetlands Overlay;
    •   Bushfire Hazard Overlay;
    •   Flood Hazard Overlay;

The proposed dwelling is located on land outside of land subject to the above overlays, with the
exception of the Agricultural Land Overlay. Assessment relevant to the Agricultural Land Conservation
Area is undertaken as part of the Rural Zone Code below.

Minor vegetation clearing is proposed within the road reserve directly fronting the subject site for the
establishment of a new driveway crossover. The provision of this driveway is conditioned as part of
associated approval RAL20/0016 and is located to minimise the extent of clearing required. Works
associated with the establishment of the driveway is defined as operational works and is not proposed
as part of this development application. Operational works may be lodged under a different cover, if
necessary.


Development Codes

As specified above, the proposed dwelling house has only noted non-compliance under the relevant
outcomes of the Rural Zone Code, with outcomes under the Low Density Residential Zone either
compliant or capable of being conditioned to comply. Assessment against the outcomes of the Rural
Zone code has been undertaken below:

   Performance Outcomes               Acceptable Outcomes                      Compliance
 PO2                              AO2.4                             Compliant with Performance
 Development does not result      No sensitive land use is          Outcome
 in the loss or diminished        established closer than 200       All land adjoining the subject site
 productive    capacity   of      metres from land on an            is within the Rural Zone and
 Agricultural           Land      adjacent property included in     mapped as Agricultural Land
 Conservation Area.               the Rural zone and mapped as      Conservation Area. The proposed
                                  Agricultural Land Conservation    dwelling is located 20m from the
                                  Area as shown in Agricultural     southern property and approx.
                                  Land Overlap Maps in schedule     180m from the northern site.
                                  2.                                Accordingly      the     proposed
                                                                    dwelling is unable to comply with
                                                                    AO2.4.

                                                                    With regard to compliance with
                                                                    PO2, it is determined that the
                                                                    surrounding land is unable to
                                                                    establish rural land uses within
                                                                    proximity to the subject dwelling
                                                                    due to existing sensitive land uses
                                                                    located on the sites. Particularly,