19Additional requirements for development in the 1 (a) Agriculture and 1 (rl) Rural Landscape Zones

19 Additional requirements for development in the 1 (a) Agriculture and 1 (rl) Rural Landscape Zones

19 Additional requirements for development in the 1 (a) Agriculture and 1 (rl) Rural Landscape Zones

(1) Before granting consent for development of land for the purpose of a house or other building on land in the 1 (a) Agriculture or 1 (rl) Rural Landscape Zone, the consent authority must have regard to the following matters to the extent that they are relevant to the proposed development—

(a) the capability for agricultural uses of the part of the land that will not be the site of the house,

(b) the likely impact of the proposed development on the existing, or potential, agricultural uses of the surrounding land,

(c) vehicular access to the site,

(d) the visual impact of the house or other building and its associated buildings and the way in which services will be provided for the house or other building on the visual landscape character,

(e) the likely impact on the winning of mineral resources from land containing mineral resources of State and regional significance,

(f) the ability to dispose of effluent without adversely impacting on the water quality of nearby streams.

(2) The height of any building erected on land in the 1 (a) Agriculture or 1 (rl) Rural Landscape Zone must not exceed 8 metres above natural ground level when measured vertically between any part of the building and the natural ground level directly below.