34Land adjoining Zone 7 or 8

34 Land adjoining Zone 7 or 8

34 Land adjoining Zone 7 or 8

(1) Despite anything to the contrary in Part 2 or the other provisions of this Part, development consent is required for development that is proposed to be carried out—

(a) within 10 metres of land within Zone 7 Environment Protection, or

(b) within 20 metres of land within Zone 8 Permanent Park Preserve.

(2) In determining a development application for development referred to in subclause (1), the consent authority must take into consideration any of the following matters that are of relevance to the proposed development—

(a) the desirability of restoring the land on which it is proposed that the development be carried out, as far as is possible, to its original natural state,

(b) the need to encourage the growth of only plants that are native to the Island on the land on which it is proposed that the development be carried out,

(c) the need to prevent plants that are not native to the Island spreading to Zone 8 Permanent Park Preserve,

(d) the Lord Howe Island Board Vegetation Rehabilitation Plan, as adopted by the Board in March 2003 and amended from time to time.