Town Planning Assessment Report

                                       AO7.6
                                       Where excavation is required, the        AO7.6 - Not Applicable
                                       maximum portion of the exposed           The proposed caretaker’s
                                       external façade of the building cannot   residence will not require
                                       exceed the                               excavation or filling.
                                       respective building heights in AO1.1 ,
                                       AO.2, AO7.3, AO7.4 and AO7.5 above

Setbacks
PO8                                    AO8.4                                    AO8.3 - Complies
Notwithstanding that intensive rural   In addition to the circumstances of      The proposed building will have a
activities may need greater            AO8.1, to AO8.3 above, buildings and     minimum setback of 145m from the
separation distances, buildings and    structures meet the following            closest boundary.
other structures are appropriately     minimum boundary setbacks:
sited and designed to:
                                       a) 20 metres from a property
a) avoid environmental harm or            boundary of adjoining land in the
   nuisance to sensitive land uses,       Environmental management and
   including adverse impacts on           conservation zone;
   amenity values, over and above      b) a distance greater than the width
   what could reasonably be               of the riparian buffer area shown
   expected in the rural zone;            on Biodiversity, Waterways
                                          and Wetland Overlay maps;
b) avoid adverse impact                c) 10 metres from a road frontage;
   on ecologically important              and
   areas including National Parks,     d) 10 metres from the side and rear
   watercourses, and wetlands;            boundaries or 6 metres where the
                                          lot area does not exceed 1
c) mitigate risks associated with         hectare, with the exception that if
   the use of chemicals or air            the height of the building or
   pollutants; and                        structure exceeds 9 metres
                                          the setback to the side and rear
d) avoid conflict with rural uses         boundaries is equal to twice its
   and activities on adjoining            height in metres.
   properties.


                                       AO8.5
                                       On properties over 2 hectares in area,   AO8.5 - Complies
                                       a distance of not less than 200
                                       metres is provided between               The proposed Caretaker’s
                                       a sensitive land use and land on an      Accommodation is defined as a
                                       adjacent rural zone property over 4      sensitive land use. The building is
                                       hectares in mapped Agricultural Land     located a minimum of 145m from
                                       Conservation Area.                       adjoining land containing mapped
                                                                                agricultural land conservation
                                                                                areas and consequently does not
                                                                                comply with AO8.5.

                                                                                While not complying with the
                                                                                acceptable outcome, it is
                                                                                considered that the proposal will
                                                                                achieve PO8 of the code as it is
                                                                                appropriately designed and sited
                                                                                to:
                                                                                 a) avoid environmental harm or
                                                                                    nuisance expected within the
                                                                                    zone given that the adjoining
                                                                                    land is used for cattle farming
                                                                                    and the proposed use provides


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