Blue Mountains Local Environmental Plan No 4
33Subdivision in certain zones
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33 Subdivision in certain zones
33 Subdivision in certain zones
(1) This clause applies to land within Zone No 1 (a1), 1 (a2), 1 (b), 2 (a1), 2 (b1), 2 (b2), 2 (c1), 2 (c2) or 2 (d).
(2) The council may consent to the subdivision of land only if, in the case of land within—
(a) Zone No 1 (a1) or 1 (b), each separate allotment created thereby has—
(i) an area of not less than 40 hectares,
(ii) a ratio of depth to frontage satisfactory to the council, and
(iii) in the case of land within Zone No 1 (b) which has a frontage to a main or an arterial road, a frontage of not less than 300 metres,
(b) Zone No 1 (a2), each separate allotment created thereby has—
(i) an area of not less than 120 hectares, and
(ii) a ratio of depth to frontage satisfactory to the council, or
(c) Zone No 2 (a1), 2 (b1), 2 (b2), 2 (c1), 2 (c2) or 2 (d), each separate allotment created thereby has—
(i) if the allotment is not hatchet-shaped, an area of not less than 700 square metres,
(ii) if the allotment is hatchet-shaped, an area of not less than 1 100 square metres,
(iii) a ratio of depth to frontage satisfactory to the council, and
(iv) a frontage of not less than 18.5 metres.
(3) Notwithstanding subclause (2) (a), the council may consent to the subdivision of land within Zone No 1 (a1) shown edged blue on the map into allotments of not less than 8 000 square metres if those allotments have ratio of depth to frontage satisfactory to the council.
(4) Notwithstanding subclause (2) (c), the council shall not consent to the subdivision of land within Zone No 2 (a1) shown edged blue on the map into allotments of less than 1 160 square metres.
(5) For the purposes of subclause (2) (c) (ii), in calculating the area of a hatchet-shaped allotment, the area of any access corridor shall be disregarded.