Town Planning Assessment Report

                                 AO7.5 above.                      The proposal presents as low
                                 Editor's note—refer to figure     rise built form with a height of
                                 AP3-13A                           less than 8 metres.          The
                                                                   proposal includes a basement,
                                                                   and from most vantage points,
                                                                   appears to be one storey. The
                                                                   proposal is located at the rear
                                                                   of the site and is not sighted
                                                                   from the street frontage,
                                                                   minimising the appearance of
                                                                   bulk to the street. The
                                                                   adjoining site to the west is
                                                                   zoned       as    Environmental
                                                                   Management and Conservation
                                                                   and the site to the east is Rural
                                                                   and appears to be vacant.

                                                                   The proposal is located within
                                                                   an existing cleared area in
                                                                   order    to     retain  existing
                                                                   vegetation.      The Ecological
                                                                   Assessment Report confirms
                                                                   that the site no longer support
                                                                   ecological values due to
                                                                   previous clearing. The Report
                                                                   also confirms the proposal is
                                                                   sited outside of mapped koala
                                                                   habitat areas, and proposes no
                                                                   additional clearing.

                                                                   The proposal is considered
                                                                   compliant with PO7.


PO8                              AO8.4                             Complies with PO8
Notwithstanding that intensive   In      addition   to     the     The      proposal    has     been
rural activities may need        circumstances of AO8.1, to        designed and sited to be within
greater separation distances,    AO8.3 above, buildings and        an existing cleared area. The
buildings and other structures   structures meet the following     Ecological Assessment Report
are appropriately sited and      minimum boundary setbacks:        also confirms this area no
designed to:                                                       longer     supports    ecological
                                 1. 20 metres from a property      values,     with    no    further
1. avoid environmental harm
                                    boundary of adjoining land     vegetation clearing required to
    or nuisance to sensitive
                                    in   the     Environmental     accommodate the proposed
    land uses, including
                                    management             and     development, thereby avoiding
    adverse impacts on
                                    conservation zone;             any     further   environmental
    amenity values, over and
    above what could             2. a distance greater than the    impacts.               Significant
    reasonably be expected in       width of the riparian buffer   rehabilitation    works        are
    the rural zone;                 area shown on Biodiversity,    proposed through the site as
                                    Waterways and Wetland          part of the proposed dwelling
2. avoid adverse impact on
                                    Overlay maps;                  house.
   ecologically important
   areas including National      3. 10 metres from a road
   Parks, watercourses, and         frontage; and
   wetlands;                     4. 10 metres from the side
3. mitigate risks associated        and rear boundaries or 6
   with the use of chemicals        metres where the lot area



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