28Tourist accommodation

28 Tourist accommodation

28 Tourist accommodation

(1) This clause applies to development for the purpose of tourist accommodation on any land to which clause 12 applies on which a dwelling-house is lawfully erected or on which a dwelling-house may be erected in accordance with that clause.

(2) The council shall not consent to the carrying out of development for a purpose specified in Column 1 of the Table to this subclause—

(a) so as to permit the erection or use of more sites, units or cabins, as the case may be, than the number permitted by Column 2 of that Table, and

(b) if the allotment of land on which the development is to be carried out has an area less than that specified in Column 3 of that Table,

shown opposite that purpose.

Table

| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | | Caravan/Camping Parks | 25 sites per hectare | 5 hectares | | Hotels/Motels | 10 units per hectare | 2 hectares | | Holiday Cabins | 3 cabins per hectare | 5 hectares |

(2A) Notwithstanding subclause (2), the council must not consent to development for the purpose of holiday cabins on land within Zone No 7 (d1) of a density greater than 1 cabin per 5 hectares of site area up to a total maximum of 5 holiday cabins (not including a manager’s residence).

(3) The council may grant consent to an application to carry out development to which this clause applies only if an environmental impact report containing the following matters has been lodged with the application—

(a) a full description of the proposed development,

(b) a statement of the objectives of the proposed development and how the objectives relate to the objectives of the zone,

(c) a full description of the existing environment likely to be affected by the proposed development, if carried out,

(d) identification and analysis of the likely environmental interactions between the proposed development and the environment,

(e) analysis of the likely environmental impact or consequences of carrying out the proposed development,

(f) justification of the proposed development in terms of environmental, economic and social considerations,

(g) measures to be taken in conjunction with the proposed development to protect the environment and an assessment of the likely effectiveness of the measures,