DA Cover Letter

Level of Assessment

Table 5.5.13 for the Rural zone identifies a Dwelling house as Accepted development subject to
requirements. The assessment benchmarks for accepted development are AO2.4, AO7.1, AO7.2, AO7.3,
AO8.4, AO8.5, AO12, AO13 and AO15 of the Rural Zone Code. The proposal does not comply with AO2.4
of the Rural zone code. The proposed secondary dwelling is within 200m ie 25m from the adjoining
property which is also included in the Rural zone and mapped as an Agricultural Land Conservation Area.
As a result, the secondary dwelling becomes assessable development that triggers a code assessable
application. However, as set out in section 5.3.3 (4) (b) (i) of the planning scheme, the assessment is
limited to those acceptable outcomes that the proposal does not comply with.

Overlays
The subject site is affected by the following mapped overlays:

   Agricultural land – Agricultural land conservation area;
   Bushfire hazard – part Medium potential bushfire intensity and part Potential impact buffer;
   Biodiversity, Waterways and Wetlands – part MSES environmental values and Area of biodiversity
    significance; and
   Landslide hazard – Moderate hazard area.

The proposal has been assessment against the relevant requirements of the overlays and the key findings
are summarised below:

 There is no assessment table for the Agricultural land overlay – it is for information purposes only.
 The proposed secondary dwelling is located in the Potential impact on the Bushfire hazard overlay
  map. No further assessment of the Bushfire hazard overlay code is required in this instance.
 The proposed secondary dwelling is not located in the mapped MSES or Area of biodiversity
  significance. The Biodiversity, Waterways and Wetlands overlay is therefore not applicable.
 The Landslide hazard overlay code is not applicable as it does not apply to a Dwelling house.

Dwelling House Code Assessment
Table 5.5.13 (Rural Zone) identifies AO2.4, AO7.1, AO7.2, AO7.3, AO8.4, AO8.5, AO12, AO13 and AO15
as being the relevant assessment criteria for a Dwelling house. An assessment of the proposal against
the relevant acceptable outcomes is included in the supporting documents and this confirms that the
proposed development complies with all relevant acceptable outcomes except AO2.4. This matter is
further discussed below.

Acceptable Outcome AO2.4 reads as follows:

“No sensitive land use is established closer than 200 metres from land on an adjacent property
included in the Rural zone and mapped as Agricultural Land Conservation Area as shown
in Agricultural Land Overlap Maps in schedule 2”.

The proposed secondary is located within 25m from adjoining land that is zoned Rural and mapped as
Agricultural Land Conservation Area as shown in Figure 2 below.