Planning Report

              b.   Does not detract from the rural residential
                   character and amenity of adjoining
                   properties.
 Built form
PO5 –      Buildings and other structures:                       AO5.1   Buildings and structures     The dwelling has a height of
building                                                                 are no more than 8           6.45m above natural ground
                a. Are low rise;
height and                                                               metres in building           level (NGL) and therefore
                b. Do not present and appearance of bulk                 height from ground           complies with the prescribed
scale
                    to adjacent properties, roads or other               level, providing that they   height requirements.
                    areas in the vicinity of the site;                   may be up to 9 metres
                c. Have a low site impact to maximise the                where the pitched roof
                    opportunity to retain natural site                   but no other part of the
                    characteristics, such as native                      building or structure
                    vegetation and natural landforms;                    exceeds 8 metres.
                d. Respect the scale of surrounding
                    vegetation; and                              AO5.2   Where excavation is     The proposed dwelling does
                                                                         required, the maximum not require any cut and fill or
                e. Are no more than two storeys in height.               portion of the          excavation as the house is
                                                                         exposed external façade built on posts.
                                                                         of the building cannot
                                                                         exceed 8 metres in
                                                                         building height.

                                                                 AO5.3   Site cover of all            The dwelling only accounts
                                                                         buildings and structures     to 3% of the site coverage
                                                                         on the site does not         and therefore complies with
                                                                         exceed 30%                   site coverage requirements.

                                                                 AO5.4   Individual buildings or      The gross floor area (GFA)
                                                                         roofed structures do not     of the structure is 225m2.
                                                                         cover more than
                                                                         500m2 of the site.

                                                                 AO5.5   The total gross floor      The dwelling is the only
                                                                         area of all buildings on   building proposed to be
                                                                         site does not exceed       constructed on the subject
                                                                         500m2.                     site and therefore will not
                                                                                                    exceed 500m2.
PO6 –    Buildings and other structures are designed and AO6.1           Buildings used to house N/A
Boundary sited to:                                                       animals, temporary
setback                                                                  holding yards,
              a. provide a high level of amenity to
                                                                         structures containing
                   users of the subject site and adjoining               areas of animal waste or
                   premises, including provision of visual               by product
                   and acoustic privacy, access to                       disposal are not within
                   breezes and protection from noise,                    100 metres of:
                   odour or artificial lighting;                              a. the boundary
              b. provide adequate distance from                                   of another
                   adjoining land uses and avoid conflict                         property in the
                   with existing or future rural uses and                         rural residential
                   activities on adjoining properties;                            zone or any
              c. allow for space and landscaping to be                            other
                   provided between buildings; preserve                           residential
                   existing vegetation that will help buffer                      zone;
                   development;                                               b. an existing
              d. protect the natural character and avoid                          dwelling on an
                   adverse impacts on ecologically                                adjoining
                   important areas such as national                               property;
                   parks, waterways and wetlands.                             c. the boundary
                                                                                  of adjoining
                                                                                  properties in


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