14Controls for subdivision of land within Zone 1 (a)

14 Controls for subdivision of land within Zone 1 (a)

14 Controls for subdivision of land within Zone 1 (a)

(1) The Council must not consent to a subdivision of land within Zone 1 (a) unless—

(a) each allotment to be created will have an area of not less than 40 hectares or the Council is satisfied that any proposed smaller allotment is not intended to be used for the purpose of agriculture or a dwelling house, but is intended to be used for another lawful purpose, and

(b) where any allotment proposed to be created will have a frontage to a main road, the frontage will be not less than 200 metres, and

(c) the Council has been informed of the purpose for which each proposed allotment to be created by the subdivision is intended to be used and, where the purpose is agriculture, of the form of agriculture for which the allotment is intended to be used.

(2) Despite any other provision of this plan, consent for a subdivision of land within Zone 1 (a) in the “Jamberoo Valley Rural Conservation Area” (which is shown on the map) to create an allotment must not be granted unless—

(a) the consent authority is satisfied that the proposed allotment will not be used for the erection of a dwelling house, and

(b) a condition of the consent prohibits the erection of a dwelling house on each lot to be created by the subdivision.

(3) The Council must not consent to a subdivision of land within Zone 1 (a) in the “Jamberoo Valley Rural Conservation Area” (which is shown on the map) unless it has considered—

(a) the relationship of the proposed allotments to adjacent or adjoining allotments and the practicality of consolidating adjacent or adjoining allotments with land to which the application for consent to the subdivision relates, and

(b) the quality of the land proposed to be subdivided and the potential agricultural productivity of that land if it remains unsubdivided, and

(c) the likely impact of the subdivision on vegetation, soil resources and stability and water resources (including the quality of water courses, ground water storage and riparian rights), and

(d) the size, quality and potential agricultural productivity of each proposed allotment, and