16Rural workers’ dwellings

16 Rural workers’ dwellings

16 Rural workers’ dwellings

(1) This clause applies to land within Zones Nos 1 (a), 1 (b1), 1 (b2), 1 (d), 7 (c) or 7 (d).

(2) The council shall not consent to the erection of a rural workers’ dwelling on land to which this clause applies unless—

(a) the erection of the additional dwelling will not impair the suitability of the land for agriculture,

(b) the needs of existing agriculture genuinely require that rural workers reside on the land,

(c) any other rural workers’ dwellings on the land are being used by persons substantially engaged in agricultural employment on that land, and

(d) the rural worker to occupy the dwelling is to be employed by the owner of the land.

(3) A rural worker’s dwelling may, with the consent of the council, be erected on a parcel of land to which this clause applies on which a rural worker’s dwelling is already in existence if the number of such dwellings does not exceed one for each 40 hectares of land contained within the parcel.