56Building etc not to be erected without consent on reserved land

56 Building etc not to be erected without consent on reserved land

56 Building etc not to be erected without consent on reserved land

(1) This clause applies to land within Zone No 9 (a), 9 (b), 9 (c), 9 (d) or 9 (e).

(2) Except as provided by subclauses (4) and (5), a person shall not, on land to which this clause applies, erect a building or carry out or alter a work of a permanent character or make or alter a permanent excavation other than a building or a permanent work or a permanent excavation required for or incidental to the purpose for which the land is reserved.

(3) A person shall not carry out any development upon land to which this clause applies so as to render it unfit for the purpose for which it is reserved.

(4) Where it appears to the council that the purpose for which land is reserved under Part 2 cannot be carried into effect within a reasonable time after the appointed day or the day on which it first becomes so reserved, whichever is the later day, the owner of the land may, with the consent of the council, erect a building or carry out or alter a work of a permanent character or make or alter a permanent excavation on that land.

(5) Nothing in this clause shall operate to prohibit the erection of a fence on any land reserved under Part 2 or the erection or construction on the land, with the consent of the council, of any utility installation.

cl 56: Subst 13.2.1987.