9General control of development

9 General control of development

9 General control of development

9.1 With the consent of the Council, development for the purposes of any activity, building, place or work specified in the Table may be carried out on land within a zone where “C” is shown in the Table.

9.2 Except as permitted by clause 9.1 or by some other specific provision of this plan, the carrying out of development is prohibited.

9.3 Except as otherwise provided by this plan, the Council shall not grant consent to the carrying out of development on land to which this plan applies unless the Council has considered the objectives of this plan and the objectives of the zone and of any protected area in which the land is situated, and is of the opinion that the carrying out of the development complies with the objectives that are relevant to that development.

9.4 Notwithstanding clause 9.1—

(a) Development for the purposes of an arts and crafts gallery, depot, guest house, helicopter landing site, holiday cabin, refreshment room, rural industry or sawmill is prohibited in the Rural Conservation zone at Mount Irvine, Mount Tomah, Mount Wilson, Shipley Plateau and Sun Valley.

(b) Development for the purposes of an electricity substation (not being a pole or padmount substation), gasholder or generating work is prohibited on land within the Recreation, Recreation—Environmental Protection, Environmental Protection, Environmental Protection—Acquisition, National Park or Regional Open Space zone.

(c) Development, except for the purposes of a utility installation or National Park, in the Recreation or Recreation—Environmental Protection zone is permissible only when carried out by the Council.

(d) In the Protected Area—Land Between Towns, development other than for the purposes of a dwelling house, bushfire hazard reduction, drainage works or utility installation (not being a gasholder, generating work or electricity substation, except a pole or padmount substation) is prohibited within 100 metres of, or having direct access to, a Classified Road.

(e) In the Recreation—Environmental Protection, Environmental Protection and Environmental Protection—Acquisition and Regional Open Space zones, the use of land for recreation is limited to use for passive recreation.

(f) Development for the purposes of a communication facility is permissible within the Rural Conservation, Residential Bushland Conservation, Residential Investigation, Recreation and National Park zones only when its use is ancillary or incidental to the use for which the land is otherwise put.