New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

LAKE MACQUARIE LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN 2014 - REG Zone

Zone RU2 Rural Landscape

1 Objectives of zone

• To encourage sustainable primary industry production by maintaining and enhancing the natural resource base.

• To maintain the rural landscape character of the land.

• To provide for a range of compatible land uses, including extensive agriculture.

• To maintain and enhance the natural amenity and the ecological values of the land.

• To provide for sustainable land management and forestry practices.

2 Permitted without consent Extensive agriculture; Home occupations; Horticulture

3 Permitted with consent Air transport facilities; Airstrips; Animal boarding or training establishments; Aquaculture; Bed and breakfast accommodation; Boat sheds; Building identification signs; Business identification signs; Camping grounds; Cellar door premises; Cemeteries; Community facilities; Crematoria; Dual occupancies (attached); Dwelling houses; Eco-tourist facilities; Environmental facilities; Environmental protection works; Extractive industries; Farm buildings; Farm stay accommodation; Flood mitigation works; Forestry; Freight transport facilities; Funeral homes; Garden centres; Health consulting rooms; Helipads; Home-based child care; Home businesses; Home industries; Industrial training facilities; Information and education facilities; Intensive livestock agriculture; Intensive plant agriculture; Landscaping material supplies; Mortuaries; Passenger transport facilities; Plant nurseries; Recreation areas; Recreation facilities (outdoor); Resource recovery facilities; Roads; Roadside stalls; Rural industries; Rural supplies; Veterinary hospitals; Water recreation structures; Water supply systems

4 Prohibited Any development not specified in item 2 or 3