114“Self-sustained” development outside the accessible housing area

114 “Self-sustained” development outside the accessible housing area

114 “Self-sustained” development outside the accessible housing area

(1) Development for the purpose of accessible housing may be located outside the accessible housing area as specified in clause 113 (Location and access to services) provided that—

(a) the development has no less than 50 dwellings, or

(b) the development has no less than 50 beds in a residential care facility, or

(c) where the development includes both dwellings and beds in a residential care facility, the number of dwellings added to the number of beds in a residential care facility is equal to or exceeds 50, or

(d) the development is located within a precinct within the Recreation—Private zone.

(2) Consent shall be granted to development that complies with subclause (1), only where the consent authority is satisfied, by means of written evidence, that residents of the proposed development will have reasonable access to—

(a) transport that, in the opinion of the consent authority, is reasonably affordable private transport, which provides regular access from the site of the development to at least one of the village centres listed in clause 113 (2), and that is readily accessible to people with a disability or impaired mobility, and

(b) community services and recreation facilities, and

(c) on-site communal areas (internal or external), and

(d) where appropriate for the proposed inhabitants, on-site medical consulting rooms, for use by visiting medical practitioners.