10Subdivision controls generally

10 Subdivision controls generally

10 Subdivision controls generally

(1) The objectives of this clause are to prescribe minimum lot areas and minimum lot widths for land within a residential or rural-residential zone that will—

(a) provide for development that promotes housing choice,

(b) encourage lot dimensions and lot areas appropriate for development permissible in each zone,

(c) maintain the prevailing settlement patterns in each of the residential and rural-residential zones, and

(d) permit “strata” subdivision of dual occupancy and multi-unit housing development.

(2) This clause does not apply to common property or lots (within the meaning of the Strata Schemes (Freehold Development) Act 1973), or community property, neighbourhood property or precinct property (within the meaning of the Community Land Development Act 1989).

(3) A person shall not subdivide land (whether or not occupied by buildings) or open a road without the consent of the council.

(4) For the purposes of this clause, the area of a lot does not include the area of any access corridor or right-of-carriageway.

(5) The council must not grant consent to subdivision of land within Zone No 2 (a1), 2 (a), 2 (b), 2 (c), 2 (d) or 2 (e) unless the area and width of each of the resultant lots will be in accordance with the controls for the zone set out in Table 1 below—

Table 1 General Subdivision Controls

| | Standard lot | Internal lot | | Zone No | minimum area | minimum width | minimum area | minimum width | | 2 (a1) | 600 m2 | 20 m | 700 m2 | 20 m | | 2 (a) | 600 m2 | 15 m | 700 m2 | 20 m | | 2 (b) | 550 m2 | 15 m | 650 m2 | 15 m | | 2 (c) | 475 m2 | 12 m | 525 m2 | 15 m | | 2 (d) | 400 m2 | 12 m | 450 m2 | 15 m | | 2 (e) | 400 m2 | 10 m | 450 m2 | 12 m |

(6) Despite the provisions of subclause (5), the council may consent to development that involves a subdivision of land in Zone No 2 (c), 2 (d) or 2 (e) that creates lots with smaller areas or narrower widths than the minimum areas or widths specified in Table 1, but only if—

(a) the development proposed includes the erection of at least one dwelling on each lot in the site area, or