Justification Letter DBW

             designed to:                                  1. 20 metres from a             The amenity of adjoining
                                                              property boundary of         residents should not be
                     1. avoid environmental                   adjoining land in the        affected as there does
                        harm or nuisance to                   Environmental                not appear to be a
                        sensitive land uses,                  management and               dwelling on the site as
                        including adverse                     conservation zone;           yet. Environmental harm
                        impacts on amenity                 2. a distance greater than      to sensitive land uses will
                        values, over and                      the width of                 be avoided and there
                        above what could                      the riparian buffer          should not be a conflict
                        reasonably be                         area shown on                with rural uses and
                        expected in the rural                 Biodiversity,                activities on adjoining
                        zone;                                 Waterways                    properties due to the
                     2. avoid adverse                         and Wetland Overlay          proposal.
                        impact                                maps;                        The adjoining lot to the
                        on ecologically                    3. 10 metres from a             north is under 4 ha so
                        important                             road frontage; and           AO8.5 is not triggered.
                        areas including                    4. 10 metres from the
                        National Parks,                       side and rear
                        watercourses, and                     boundaries or 6
                        wetlands;                             metres where the lot
                     3. mitigate risks                        area does not exceed
                        associated with the                   1 hectare, with the
                        use of chemicals or                   exception that if the
                        air pollutants; and                   height of
                     4. avoid conflict with                   the building or
                        rural uses and                        structure exceeds 9
                        activities on                         metres the setback to
                        adjoining properties.                 the side and rear
                                                              boundaries is equal
                                                              to twice its height in
                                                              metres.
                                                       AO8.5
                                                       On properties over 2 hectares in
                                                       area, a distance of not less than
                                                       200 metres is provided between
                                                       a sensitive land use and land on
                                                       an adjacent rural zone property
                                                       over 4 hectares in
                                                       mapped Agricultural Land
                                                       Conservation Area.




In our opinion the performance outcomes have been satisfied.

Kind Regards



Cathy Jensen
Building Certifier
Fluid Approvals




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