Town Planning Assessment Report (1)-compressed

PO8                                   AO8.4                               Complies with PO8
Notwithstanding that intensive        In      addition   to     the       The proposed new farm shed is
rural activities may need             circumstances of AO8.1, to          setback approximately 20m
greater separation distances,         AO8.3 above, buildings and          from the Lukes Road frontage.
buildings and other structures        structures meet the following       The proposed new shed is
are appropriately sited and           minimum boundary setbacks:          setback behind existing mature
designed to:                                                              vegetation in the road reserve,
                                      1. 20 metres from a property        which can be maintained to
1. avoid environmental harm
                                         boundary of adjoining land       screen the built form. The
    or nuisance to sensitive
                                         in   the     Environmental       proposal is located outside of
    land      uses,   including
                                         management             and       mapped            environmental
    adverse      impacts     on
                                         conservation zone;               constraints and seeks to
    amenity values, over and
    above       what      could       2. a distance greater than the      preserve     existing     natural
    reasonably be expected in            width of the riparian buffer     features. The closest sensitive
    the rural zone;                      area shown on Biodiversity,      land     use       is     located
                                         Waterways and Wetland            approximately 395m to the
2. avoid adverse impact on
                                         Overlay maps;                    north-west of the site. The
   ecologically    important
   areas including National           3. 10 metres from a road            proposed horse arena is
   Parks, watercourses, and              frontage; and                    located    106m       from    the
   wetlands;                          4. 10 metres from the side          south-eastern waterway and
                                         and rear boundaries or 6         100m from the southern
3. mitigate risks associated                                              waterway.
   with the use of chemicals             metres where the lot area
   or air pollutants; and                does not exceed 1 hectare,
                                         with the exception that if
4. avoid conflict with rural
                                         the height of the building
   uses and activities on
                                         or structure exceeds 9
   adjoining properties.
                                         metres the setback to the
                                         side and rear boundaries is
Editor's note- For uses that are         equal to twice its height in
subject to impact assessment,            metres.
required        setback        and
separation distances will vary                                            Complies with PO8
with the scale and type of rural      AO8.5                               The proposal achieves setbacks
activity. Relevant factors that       On properties over 2 hectares       of 94m (from the dwelling
will be taken into account when       in area, a distance of not less     house and 72m from the tennis
determining            appropriate    than 200 metres is provided         court) to the north-western
distances include the type and        between a sensitive land use        property and 81m to the
scale     of     buildings     and    and land on an adjacent rural       western boundary of the
structures proposed, the use of       zone property over 4 hectares       adjoining properties. Dwelling
buildings      and      structures,   in mapped Agricultural Land         houses are anticipated in the
construction methods, level of        Conservation Area.                  Rural zone, and the proposal is
containment and ventilation,                                              considered to be suitably
potential noise, odour or air                                             located to avoid adverse
pollutant nuisance, topography,                                           impacts on existing mapped
climatic     variables,    existing                                       ecological constraints and is
vegetation between land uses,                                             located within an existing
and a range of management                                                 building and within the highest
practices that can be employed                                            elevations of the site to which
to mitigate off-site impacts.                                             is the least productive land for
                                                                          grazing purposes.


Sloping sites and ridgelines          AO15.1                              Partially    complies    with
PO15                                  To protect scenic amenity and       PO15 / OO(p)
The landscape character and           other    landscape     qualities,   Please refer to the attached
visual amenity quality of hill        buildings,    structures     and    Geotechnical     Investigation




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