2021-03-09 Planning & Environment Committee Meeting Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                    9 MARCH 2021


On 14 August 2014 a development application was received to use the site for the purpose of an
RV stop. On 18 December 2014 Council resolved to approve the application permitting an
Undefined Use - Temporary Short-Term Self-Contained RV Stop (20 sites).
At the time, the original application was publicly notified, 4 properly made submissions were
received (2 objections, 1 neutral and 1 in support). The objections were primarily concerned with
amenity, traffic and dogs being walked off-leash.
A temporary approval condition was applied to overcome a statutory planning conflict with an
extractive resource buffer for a mining lease (clay pit) on neighbouring land to the north. At the
time of the application the resource sat dormant but it was noted that the property owners had not
relinquished their mining rights. To address this potential conflict the applicant proposed a
temporary approval condition which provided that should the mining operation re-commence the
temporary visitor accommodation use would cease. As a consequence of the condition the
approval was to lapse on 18 December 2016. However the condition provided the opportunity for
a written request to be made to extend the approval on an annual basis having regard to the status
of the adjacent mining lease, the degree of compliance with the approval conditions herein and the
complaint history relating to the development.
The approval also included conditions which limited the length of visitor stays to 4 consecutive
nights and required all RV’s to be fully self-contained retaining all grey water and black water via
holding tanks. A copy of the original approved pan is detailed below:




                                   Figure 4: Original Approved Plan

In May 2015 Council received complaints indicating the development was not operating in
accordance with the approval conditions and non-self-contained RV’s were staying at the
premises. A change application was lodged on 31 July 2015 seeking to resolve the associated
breach. On 21 July 2016 Council resolved to approve the change to


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