Development Assessment Report

Built form
Building height and scale PO7                                                                Not Applicable
Buildings and other structures:                  AO7.1
(a)    are low rise;                             Buildings are no more than two
(b)    minimise the appearance of bulk to        storeys in height.
       adjacent properties, roads or other areas
       in the vicinity of the site; and          AO7.2
(c)    respect the scale of surrounding          With the exception of Class 10
       vegetation and maximises opportunities buildings or structures used
       to retain existing vegetation on site.    exclusively for a rural activity, buildings
                                                 and structures are no more than 8
                                                 metres in building height providing
                                                 that they may be up to 9 metres where
                                                 the pitched roof but no other part of
                                                 the building or structure exceeds 8
                                                 metres.

                                                AO7.3
                                                With the exception of Class 10
                                                buildings or structures used
                                                exclusively for a rural activity,
                                                individual buildings or roofed
                                                structures do not exceed 500m2 gross
                                                floor area.

                                                AO7.4
                                                Class 10 buildings used exclusively for
                                                the purpose of animal husbandry,
                                                aquaculture, cropping, intensive
                                                animal industry, intensive horticulture
                                                or rural industry do not exceed 12
                                                metres in height.

                                                AO7.5
                                                A structure, not constituting a
                                                building, used exclusively for the
                                                purpose of animal husbandry,
                                                aquaculture, cropping, intensive
                                                animal industry, intensive horticulture
                                                or rural industry does not exceed 15
                                                metres in height.

                                                AO7.6
                                                Where excavation is required, the
                                                maximum portion of the exposed
                                                external façade of the building cannot
                                                exceed the respective building heights
                                                in AO1.1 , AO.2, AO7.3, AO7.4 and
                                                AO7.5 above.

                                                Editor's     note—refer      to    figure
                                                AP3­13A
Setbacks
PO8                                              AO8.1                                      Not Applicable
Notwithstanding that intensive rural activities Buildings used to house animals,
may need greater separation distances,           temporary holding yards, structures
buildings and other structures are               containing areas of animal waste or
appropriately sited and designed to:             by­product disposal are not within
(a)    avoid environmental harm or nuisance 100 metres of:
       to sensitive land uses, including adverse (a)   the boundary of properties in
       impacts on amenity values, over                 a residential zone including
       and above what could reasonably be              the rural residential zone;
       expected in the rural zone;               (b)   a sensitive land use;
(b)    avoid adverse impact on ecologically      (c)   the boundary of adjoining
       important areas including National              properties in the
       Parks, watercourses, and wetlands;              environmental management
(c)    mitigate risks associated with the use of       and conservation zone; or