12General controls for development—Zone 1 (c) (the Rural C zone)

12 General controls for development—Zone 1 (c) (the Rural C zone)

12 General controls for development—Zone 1 (c) (the Rural C zone)

(1) Land within the zone Land is within Zone 1 (c) (the Rural C zone) if it is shown coloured pale yellow on the map.

(2) Objectives of the zone

(a) To allow rural residential neighbourhoods to be developed, taking advantage of changing demand for housing and the availability of rural land not suited to agricultural, industrial or urban uses.

(b) To maintain the environmental quality and visual amenity of rural areas.

(c) To reduce the demand for subdivision for residential purposes of agricultural land.

(3) Allowed without development consent Exempt development and development for the purpose of—

home-based child care; home businesses; home occupations (excluding an occupation or industry involving the handling or preparation (or both) of food for sale or the carrying out of skin penetration procedures as defined in the Public Health Act 1991).

(4) Allowed only with development consent Development not included in subclause (3) or (5).

(5) Prohibited in the zone Development for the purpose of—

advertisements not displaying the purpose for which the land is used; amusement parks; animal boarding, breeding or training establishments; aquaculture; backpackers inns; boarding houses; brothels; bus depots; car repair stations; clubs; commercial premises; community facilities; dual occupancies (other than attached dual occupancies); extractive industries; gas holders; general stores; generating works; heavy industries; helipads; heliports; hospitals; hotels; institutions; junk yards; light industries; liquid fuel depots; medium density housing; mineral sand mines; mines; motels; motor showrooms; offensive or hazardous industries; passenger terminals; places of assembly; public buildings; racecourses; recreation establishments; recreation facilities; refreshment rooms; road transport terminals; rural industries; sawmills; service stations; shops; showgrounds; stock and sale yards; timber yards; tourist facilities; warehouses.

cll 12: Am 17.8.2001; 2005 (560), Sch 1 [1].