14Zone 2 Settlement

14 Zone 2 Settlement

14 Zone 2 Settlement

(1) The objectives of Zone 2 Settlement are as follows—

(a) to provide opportunities for limited residential and commercial development that maintains the dispersed housing pattern of the settlement area and is in sympathy with existing development in relation to the following—

(i) setbacks,

(ii) building mass and style,

(iii) visual amenity,

(iv) landscaped character,

(b) to ensure that any development is only permitted in locations where, in the consent authority’s opinion—

(i) the development will not involve unacceptable infrastructure costs for the Board or the community of the Island, and

(ii) there is an adequate area available for the treatment or disposal of any effluent arising from the proposed development by an appropriate effluent treatment or disposal system, and

(iii) the land is capable of supporting the proposed development and is suitable in terms of the land’s physical constraints (such as vulnerability to erosion, slip or flooding), and

(iv) the development (including any effluent treatment or disposal system referred to in subparagraph (ii)) will not adversely affect groundwater quality,

(c) to avoid or minimise environmental damage and protect areas that—

(i) comprise significant habitat for species of animals that are native to the Island, or

(ii) have significant native vegetation.

(2) Except as otherwise provided by this Plan, development for the purposes of home businesses or vegetation restoration may be carried out on land within Zone 2 Settlement without the consent of the consent authority.

(3) Except as otherwise provided by this Plan, any other development, including development for the purposes of home-based child care, may be carried out on land within Zone 2 Settlement only with the consent of the consent authority.

cl 14: Am 2022 (29), Sch 1[3].