New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

BYRON LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN 2014 - REG 4.2B

4.2B Maximum number of dwelling houses or dual occupancies on multiple occupancy or rural landsharing community developments

(1) The objectives of this clause are as follows--

(a) to permit--

(i) people to collectively own a single lot of land and use it as their principal place of residence, and

(ii) the erection of multiple dwellings on the lot and the sharing of facilities and resources, and

(iii) the collective environmental repair and management of the lot, and

(iv) the pooling of resources to economically develop a wide range of communal rural living opportunities,

(b) to facilitate closer rural settlement in a clustered style in a manner that--

(i) protects the environment, and

(ii) does not create any unreasonable demand for the provision of services or any unreasonable demand for the uneconomic provision of services.

(2) This clause applies to land outlined by a thick green line on the Multiple Occupancy and Community Title Map .

(3) Development may be carried out with consent for the erection of more than one dwelling house or dual occupancy (attached) on such a lot provided that--

(a) if there is a number shown for that lot on the Multiple Occupancy and Community Title Map --the total number of dwellings on the lot will not exceed the number marked for that lot on that Map, or

(b) if there is no number shown for that lot on that Map--there will not be less than 3 dwellings, and not more than 1 dwelling for every 3 hectares, up to a maximum of 15 dwellings, on the lot.

(4) Development consent must not be granted under subclause (3) unless the consent authority is satisfied that--

(a) there will be appropriate management measures in place that will ensure the protection of the landscape, biodiversity and rural setting of the land, and

(b) the development is complementary to the rural and environmental attributes of the land and its surrounds.