28General controls for development in the 7 (n) Nature Conservation Zone

28 General controls for development in the 7 (n) Nature Conservation Zone

28 General controls for development in the 7 (n) Nature Conservation Zone

(1) Objectives of the zone The primary objectives of the zone are—

(a) to protect and enhance native vegetation, riparian and wildlife corridors or links for the conservation of native wildlife, and

(b) to encourage habitat restoration on cleared land in the zone and rehabilitation activities that enhance the biodiversity values of the escarpment, foothills, riparian corridors, wetlands and wildlife corridors or links, and

(c) to minimise the impact of development on the ecological and scenic attributes of land in the zone, including—

(i) water quality of receiving streams, and

(ii) Aboriginal cultural values and places of importance to the Aboriginal peoples of the Illawarra, and

(iii) the ecological and biodiversity values of the land, and

(d) to minimise the visual impact of development on landscape character, and

(e) to minimise clearing of native vegetation for bush fire hazard reduction.

The secondary objectives of the zone are—

(a) to allow for the development of uses that are ancillary to and directly related to nature conservation, scenic amenity and Aboriginal cultural heritage, and

(b) to ensure that relevant natural and human-induced hazards, including bush fire hazard, are considered and adequately addressed in the use and management of the land.

(2) Allowed without development consent Exempt development and development for the purpose of the following may be carried out without development consent—

approved bush fire hazard reduction; removal of environmental weeds.

(3) Allowed only with development consent Subdivision to create lots 40 hectares or greater in size and development for the purpose of the following may be carried out only with development consent—

agriculture; attached dual occupancies; bed and breakfast accommodation; bush food plantations; clearing of land; drainage of land; eco-tourism facilities; farm dams; farm sheds; farm stay establishments; filling; home businesses; home occupations; houses on lots with an area of 40 hectares or more; identification signs; local roads; public utility undertakings; sanctuaries; telecommunications facilities; telecommunications networks; tourist cabins.