34Tourist accommodation in rural zones

34 Tourist accommodation in rural zones

34 Tourist accommodation in rural zones

(1) This clause applies to all land within rural zones where rural tourist facilities are permissible.

(2) Development for the purpose of a rural tourist facility incorporating holiday cabins on land to which this clause applies—

(a) may only be carried out on a single allotment, and

(b) must not—

(i) exceed a total of 6 cabins, and

(ii) be carried out on an allotment with an area less than 20 hectares.

(3) The council may grant consent for development for the purposes of rural tourist facilities on land within rural zones only where the council is satisfied that—

(a) (Repealed)

(b) the proposal incorporates adequate landscaping and screen plantings for visual amenity when viewed from a public road or dwelling-house on other land in the locality,

(c) (Repealed)

(d) the proposed development will have no adverse effect on the present and potential use, including agricultural use, of the land and of lands in the vicinity,

(e) there will be no adverse visual impact of the proposed development on the landscape,

(f) the proposed development will be low scale in nature, compatible with the rural environment and of minimal environmental impact,

(g) (Repealed)

(h) tourist accommodation is to be located so that it may benefit from existing road and physical service infrastructure, and

(i) all proposed buildings and other uses are clustered so as to reduce impact on rural amenity, and

(j) adequate separation distances will be incorporated to minimise the potential for land use conflict between the proposed rural tourist facility and existing or potentially conflicting land uses, such as intensive agriculture, quarries or animal establishments on adjoining or adjacent land.

cl 34: Am 14.7.1989; 17.7.1998; 22.3.2002.