Development Assessment Report

RURAL ZONE CODE
Role and function Table 6.8.3.3 Criteria for assessment (part)
Performance outcomes                            Acceptable Outcomes                    Comment
Role and function
PO1                                                                                    Compliant
Land uses in the Rural zone are limited to    No acceptable outcome provided.          The proposed boundary realignment
those which are compatible with agriculture                                            does not result in any impact upon the
and the protection of environmental and                                                use of the subject allotments for rural
landscape values.                                                                      based land uses.

                                                                                       Existing environmental values located on
                                                                                       the site are being retained.
PO2                                          AO2.1                                      Not Applicable
Development does not result in the loss      Development that is incompatible
or diminished productive capacity of         with agricultural activities is not
Agricultural Land Conservation Area.         located on Agricultural Land
                                             Conservation Area and an adequate
Editor’s Note—Agricultural Land              separation area between the
Conservation Areas are shown on the          development and the Agricultural
Agricultural Land Overlay Maps in Schedule 2 Land Conservation Area is provided.

                                              AO2.2                                   Not Applicable
                                              Where there is an overriding need for
                                              incompatible development to be
                                              located on Agricultural Land
                                              Conservation Area, the development
                                              does not have an irreversible impact on
                                              the productive capacity of Agricultural
                                              Land Conservation Area.

                                              Editor’s Notes—
                                              An irreversible impact on agricultural
                                              land includes a permanent reduction
                                              or decline in the agricultural land,
                                              notwithstanding that the land may be
                                              used for agriculture post­
                                              development, e.g. land that could
                                              support crops pre­ development that
                                              can only be used for improved pasture
                                              post­ development.
                                              Aquaculture is specifically
                                              permissible on Agricultural Land
                                              Conservation Area.

                                              AO2.3                                   Not Applicable
                                              Where located in the Agricultural
                                              Land Conservation Area
                                              accommodation is of a temporary or
                                              semi­permanent nature (such as tents,
                                              yurts, relocatable dwellings or
                                              recreational vehicles) or it adaptively
                                              reuses well­established rural
                                              buildings.

                                          AO2.4                                   Compliant
                                          No sensitive land use is established No new sensitive land use is being
                                          closer than 200 metres from land on an established on the site.
                                          adjacent property included in the Rural
                                          zone and mapped as Agricultural Land
                                          Conservation Area as shown in
                                          Agricultural Land Overlay Maps in
                                          schedule 2.
PO3                                       AO3.1                                   Not Applicable
With the exception of one dwelling house, Only the occupants of a dwelling
caretaker’s accommodation or a community house, compliant caretaker’s
residence, any accommodation activity is  residence or community residence
limited to use by short­term guests or    reside on the property for any period