15Zone 5 Special Uses

15 Zone 5 Special Uses

15 Zone 5 Special Uses

(1) The objectives of Zone 5 Special Uses are as follows—

(a) to provide utility services that are essential to the community’s needs in a manner that is in sympathy with the World Heritage values of the natural environment of the Island,

(b) to maintain efficient services (such as education, health and transport services and the administration of the Island) and associated infrastructure.

(2) Except as otherwise provided by this Plan, development for the purposes of vegetation restoration may be carried out on land within Zone 5 Special Uses without the consent of the consent authority.

(3) Except as otherwise provided by this Plan, demolition and development for the purposes of any of the following may be carried out on land within Zone 5 Special Uses only with the consent of the consent authority—

(a) accommodation for seniors or people with a disability,

(b) airports,

(c) cemeteries,

(c1) centre-based child care facilities,

(d) depots,

(e) dwellings, erected by or on behalf of the Board, for the accommodation of staff of the Board,

(f) education facilities,

(g) fuel storage depots,

(h) hospitals,

(i) places of assembly,

(j) premises of a public authority,

(k) public utility installations,

(l) public utility undertakings,

(m) roads,

(n) telecommunications facilities,

(o) wastewater management systems.

(4) Except as otherwise provided by this Plan, development is prohibited on land within Zone 5 Special Uses unless it may be carried out under subclause (2) or (3).

cl 15: Am 2015 (292), Sch 1 [2]; 2022 (29), Sch 1[4].