40Development for the purpose of agriculture on land in Zone 7 (2)

40 Development for the purpose of agriculture on land in Zone 7 (2)

40 Development for the purpose of agriculture on land in Zone 7 (2)

(1) In this clause—

nominated owner means the person who, on the appointed day, owned a retained holding.

retained holding means—

(a) a lot, portion or parcel of land as it was on the appointed day, or

(b) where, on the appointed day, a person owned 2 or more adjoining or adjacent lots, portions or parcels of land, the aggregation of those lots, portions or parcels as they were on that day.

(2) This clause applies to a retained holding only if—

(a) not less than 70% of the retained holding is within Zone 7 (2), and

(b) immediately prior to the appointed day, the retained holding was within a zone in which development for the purpose of agriculture was permissible either with or without consent.

(3) Nothing in this plan prevents the nominated owner from carrying out development on a retained holding for the purpose of agriculture (other than intensive agriculture), but only with development consent.