Penrith Local Environmental Plan No 258—Consent for Dwelling Houses and Other Development
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Penrith Local Environmental Plan No 258—Consent for Dwelling Houses and Other Development
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2 Aims of plan
This plan aims to—
(a) require development consent for dwelling houses on residentially zoned land within the City of Penrith, and
(b) require development consent for dwelling houses on land within the Non-urban zone under the Penrith Planning Scheme Ordinance and on land within the Special Business zone under Penrith Local Environmental Plan 1997 (Penrith City Centre), and
(c) require development consent for dwelling houses attached to and used in conjunction with shops on land within the Neighbourhood Business zone under the Penrith Planning Scheme Ordinance, and
(d) require development consent for the following—
(i) the erection of a building or structure ordinarily associated with a dwelling house,
(ii) a change of building use,
Note—
At the commencement of this plan, a change of building use meant a change of use of a building from a use that the Building Code of Australia recognises as appropriate to one class of building to a use that the Building Code of Australia recognises as appropriate to a different class of building.
(iii) demolition of a building or structure,
(iv) carrying out structural alterations to a building, internal alterations to a building, or external building work in association with business premises, a bed and breakfast establishment, office premises, commercial premises or take away food shops,
(v) the subdivision of land,
to the extent to which such development does not already require development consent because of another environmental planning instrument in order to be carried out.