Town Planning Cover Letter - MCU20-146

appropriately    sited   and               1. 20 metres from a           mapping below, the majority
designed to:                                  property boundary of       of the site is mapped as
 1. avoid      environmental                  adjoining land in the      containing a Riparian Buffer
     harm or nuisance to                      Environmental              Area.      The        proposed
     sensitive land uses,                     management         and     development does not result
     including        adverse                 conservation zone;         in any vegetation clearing.
     impacts on amenity                    2. a distance greater than The applicant has registered
     values, over and above                   the width of the ​riparian for the Land for Wildlife
     what could reasonably                    buffer area shown on program and has recently
     be expected in the rural                 Biodiversity, Waterways planted 100 new trees and
     zone;                                    and ​Wetland Overlay has removed the identified
 2. avoid adverse impact on                   maps;                      weed species, with the aim to
    ecologically   important                                             protect and enhance the
                                           3. 10 metres from a road
    areas including National                                             existing    vegetation     and
                                              frontage​; and
    Parks,     watercourses,                                             connectivity on site.
                                           4. 10 metres from the side
    and wetlands;
                                              and rear boundaries or The development proposes a
 3. mitigate risks associated                 6 metres where the lot front setback of 9.29m to
    with    the     use     of                area does not exceed 1 Middle Creek Road. The site
    chemicals       or     air                hectare,     with      the is afforded by a generous
    pollutants; and                           exception that if the road          reserve      that   is
 4. avoid conflict with rural                 height of the ​building or considered to offset the
    uses and activities on                    structure exceeds 9 minor encroachment and
    adjoining properties.                     metres the ​setback to reduce the impact of the built
                                              the side and rear form to the street frontage.
Editor's note- For uses that are              boundaries is equal to
subject to ​impact assessment​,               twice its height in
required ​setback and separation
distances will vary with the scale            metres.
and type of rural activity. Relevant
factors that will be taken into
account        when        determining
appropriate distances include the
type and scale of buildings and
structures proposed, the use of
buildings         and       structures,
construction methods, level of
containment         and     ventilation,
potential noise, odour or air
pollutant nuisance, topography,
climatic        variables,     existing
vegetation between land uses, and
a range of management practices
that can be employed to mitigate
off-​site​ impacts.




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