42Rural landsharing community development

42 Rural landsharing community development

42 Rural landsharing community development

(1) This clause applies to land within Zone No 1 (a) or 1 (c) that has been identified in the Lismore Rural Housing Strategy as being within a potential closer rural settlement locality.

(2) Consent may be granted to development for the purpose of 3 or more dwellings (inclusive of any existing dwellings on the land) on land to which this clause applies if—

(a) the land comprises a single allotment, and

(b) the land has an area of not less than 10 hectares, and

(c) the part of the land on which any dwelling or structure is to be situated does not have a slope in excess of 18 degrees, and

(d) not more than 25 per cent of the land consists of prime agricultural land, and

(e) the part of the land on which any structure or work is to be situated is not prime agricultural land, and

(f) the majority of the allotment is within an area identified as potentially suitable for rural landsharing community development in the Lismore Rural Housing Strategy, and

(g) the land is within 4 km by road of—

(i) a primary school, or

(ii) a shop, or

(iii) a community hall, or

(iv) an existing rural landsharing community development where the number of approved dwellings exceeds 25, or

(v) 2 or more existing rural landsharing community developments where the total number of approved dwellings exceeds 25, and

(h) the land is within 2 km by road of an arterial, sub-arterial or collector road as identified on map 3 of Part B of the Lismore Rural Housing Strategy.

(3) Consent must not be granted to development pursuant to this clause unless the consent authority has taken into consideration the following matters—

(a) the means proposed for establishing land ownership, dwelling occupancy rights and environmental and community management,

(b) the area or areas proposed for the erection of buildings, including any proposal for the clustering of buildings,