121Home employment

121 Home employment

121 Home employment

Consent shall not be granted to the use for home employment of a dwelling or building on an allotment unless the consent authority is satisfied that—

(a) the total site coverage does not exceed that specified for the land in this plan, and

(b) external lighting associated with the home employment is to be located and directed to minimise impact on adjoining residential properties, and

(c) a separate or defined access is provided from the street to the home employment area, and

(d) a clearly identifiable separate area for the conduct of the home employment is provided that can be separated from the balance of the dwellings for privacy and security, and

(e) it is not reasonably practicable for the home employment area to be converted to become part of the residence or a separate granny flat or a self-contained unit, and

(f) there is acoustic insulation between the home employment area and the adjoining dwelling, and

(g) the character of the proposed home employment use is consistent with the scale and massing of the surrounding area, where it is located in an existing residential setting.