Town Planning Assessment Report · MCU26/0099

Setbacks                               AO8.3                                    AO8.3 Not Applicable
PO8                                    With the exception of a roadside         The buildings will be used for
Notwithstanding that intensive rural   stall, buildings and structures          domestic purposes.
activities may need greater            associated with a rural activity or
separation distances, buildings and    industrial activity are set back 20
other structures are appropriately     metres from a road reserve or 40
sited and designed to:                 metres from any part of the major
                                       road network.
a) avoid environmental harm or
   nuisance to sensitive land uses,    AO8.4                                    AO8.4 – Complies
   including adverse impacts on        In addition to the circumstances of      The buildings have a minimum
   amenity values, over and above      AO8.1, to AO8.3 above, buildings and     setback exceeding 10m from the
   what could reasonably be            structures meet the following            closest boundary.
   expected in the rural zone;         minimum boundary setbacks:

b) avoid adverse impact                a) 20 metres from a property
   on ecologically important              boundary of adjoining land in the
   areas including National Parks,        Environmental management and
   watercourses, and wetlands;            conservation zone, unless such
                                          land is in private ownership;
c) mitigate risks associated with      b) a distance greater than the width
   the use of chemicals or air            of the riparian buffer area shown
   pollutants; and                        on Biodiversity, Waterways and
                                          Wetland Overlay maps;
d) avoid conflict with rural uses
                                       c) 10 metres from a road frontage;
   and activities on adjoining
                                          and
   properties.
                                       d) 10 metres from the side and rear
                                          boundaries or 6 metres where the
                                          lot area does not exceed 1
                                          hectare, with the exception that if
                                          the height of the building or
                                          structure exceeds 9 metres
                                          the setback to the side and rear
                                          boundaries is equal to twice its
                                          height in metres.

PO10                                   AO10                                     AO10 – Complies
Development does not                   Safe vehicular access is provided to     Safe vehicular access will be
compromise the safety, capacity or     and from the site without adversely      maintained to Louis Bazzo Drive.
operation of the road network.         impacting on the safety of the road
                                       network.

PO11                                   AO11.1                                   AO11.1 - Complies
Development does not have a            Development does not result in           The proposal can be constructed
significant adverse impact on the      sediment, soil or other material         in a manner that will ensure no
natural values of the site including   including building materials or waste    sediment, soil or other material is
through:                               products being released into the road    released into a waterway or
                                       reserve, stormwater drains,              adjacent property.
loss of biodiversity values, fauna     waterways or adjacent properties.
habitat and fish passage;
                                       AO11.2                                   AO11.2 - Complies
changes to natural drainage;           Natural Vegetation is retained           The proposal does require
                                       wherever possible.                       vegetation to be removed. The
disturbance to                                                                  proposed location of the dwelling is
any wetland systems;                                                            the most suitable site of the
                                                                                property due to flooding extents.
erosion and the transport of                                                    The clearing has been limited to
sediments off site (including                                                   exempt clearing of the boundary
pollutants and other contaminants                                               fence, and the minimum amount
                                                                                required for a dwelling house.


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