26Development in Zone 7 (d) Environmental Protection (Scenic/Escarpment)

26 Development in Zone 7 (d) Environmental Protection (Scenic/Escarpment)

26 Development in Zone 7 (d) Environmental Protection (Scenic/Escarpment)

(1) Objective

• to ensure that the development of land within Zone 7 (d) minimises soil erosion and will preserve or enhance the scenic quality of the land and the locality.

(2) Unless it is exempt development, a person must not clear vegetation from, excavate or erect a building on land within Zone 7 (d) except with development consent.

(3) Consent must not be granted to the erection of a building on land within Zone 7 (d) unless the consent authority is satisfied that—

(a) the scale, height and location of the building, and

(b) the colour, type and reflectivity of materials to be used,

will preserve or enhance the scenic quality of the land and the locality.