Town Planning Assessment Report

Therefore, the assessment will be limited to Performance Outcomes PO2 of the Rural Zone Code which is
detail below.

Rural Zone Code

PO2
Development does not result in the loss or diminished productive capacity of Agricultural Land
Conservation Area.

The proposed dwelling is situated approximately 42m from land mapped as an Agricultural Land
Conservation Area as detailed in Figure 3 below. Consequently, it does not comply with AO2.4 of the Rural
Zone for the reasons mentioned in Table 6.2.2.




Figure 3 - Image Illustrating Agricultural Land Conservation Area adjacent to the site.

While not complying with AO2.4, it is considered that the proposed dwelling achieves the corresponding
Performance Outcome PO2 of the code for the following reasons:
    a) it is a small dwelling that is appropriate to it’s rural setting;
    b) the land that is within the Agricultural Land Conservation Area adjacent to the site includes a road
        reserve, 19 Middle Creek Road, 29 Middle creek road and 33 Middle Creek Road and land to the
        west of Federal School. The road reserve cannot be used for agricultural production and the 3 lots
        adjacent are 5.84 ha, 2.2 ha, and 2.25 ha respectively. They are not of a size that is congruent to
        large scale agricultural productivity and are therefore compromised in terms of area to undertake
        any viable agricultural pursuits.;
    c) the proposal provides sufficient setbacks, and is separated by Middle Creek Road from the lots to
        the east, which will ensure that any agricultural activities taking place on the adjoining land would
        not be compromised by the proposed dwelling. Such agricultural activities undertaken on these lots
        are likely to be of a rural residential scale and intensity given their size and nature;
    d) the dwelling is separated by Federal School and a large distance of 160m from the lot containing
        mapped Agricultural Land Conservation Areas to the west and would not compromise its use; and
    e) Overall, the dwelling will not result in the loss or diminished productivity capacity of the Agricultural
        Land Conservation Area.


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