New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

MID-WESTERN REGIONAL LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN 2012 - REG 5.19

5.19 Pond-based, tank-based and oyster aquaculture

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

(a) to encourage sustainable oyster, pond-based and tank-based aquaculture in the State, namely, aquaculture development that uses, conserves and enhances the community's resources so that the total quality of life now and in the future can be preserved and enhanced,

(b) to set out the minimum site location and operational requirements for permissible pond-based and tank-based aquaculture development.

(2) Pond-based or tank-based aquaculture--matters of which consent authority must be satisfied before granting consent The consent authority must not grant development consent to carry out development for the purpose of pond-based aquaculture or tank-based aquaculture unless the consent authority is satisfied of the following--

(a) that the development complies with the site location and operational requirements set out in Part 1 of Schedule 6 for the development,

(b) in the case of--

(i) pond-based aquaculture in Zone RU5 Village, Zone RU6 Transition, Zone R1 General Residential, Zone R2 Low Density Residential, Zone R3 Medium Density Residential, Zone R4 High Density Residential, Zone R5 Large Lot Residential, Zone E1 Local Centre, Zone E2 Commercial Centre, Zone E3 Productivity Support, Zone E4 General Industrial, Zone E5 Heavy Industrial or Zone MU1 Mixed Use--that the development is for the purpose of small scale aquarium fish production, and

(ii) pond-based aquaculture in Zone C3 Environmental Management or Zone C4 Environmental Living--that the development is for the purpose of extensive aquaculture, and

(iii) tank-based aquaculture in Zone R1 General Residential, Zone R2 Low Density Residential, Zone R3 Medium Density Residential, Zone R4 High Density Residential, Zone R5 Large Lot Residential, Zone C3 Environmental Management or Zone C4 Environmental Living--that the development is for the purpose of small scale aquarium fish production, and

(iv) pond-based aquaculture or tank-based aquaculture in Zone W1 Natural Waterways, Zone W2 Recreational Waterways or Zone W3 Working Waterways--that the development will use waterways to source water.

(3) The requirements set out in Part 1 of Schedule 6 are minimum requirements and do not limit the matters a consent authority is required to take into consideration under the Act or the conditions that it may impose on any development consent.

(4) Extensive pond-based aquaculture permitted without consent in certain zones Development for the purpose of pond-based aquaculture, that is also extensive aquaculture, may be carried out without development consent if--

(a) the development is carried out in Zone RU1 Primary Production, Zone RU2 Rural Landscape, Zone RU3 Forestry, Zone RU4 Primary Production Small Lots or Zone RU6 Transition, and

(b) the development complies with the site location requirements and operational requirements set out in Part 2 of Schedule 6.

(5) Oyster aquaculture--additional matters that consent authority must consider in determining a development application In determining a development application for development for the purpose of oyster aquaculture, the consent authority must consider--

(a) any provisions of any aquaculture industry development plan that are relevant to the subject of the development application, and

(b) the NSW Oyster Industry Sustainable Aquaculture Strategy .

(6) Oyster aquaculture permitted without consent in priority oyster aquaculture areas Development for the purpose of oyster aquaculture may be carried out without development consent--

(a) on land that is wholly within a priority oyster aquaculture area, or

(b) on land that is partly within and partly outside a priority oyster aquaculture area, but only if the land outside the area is no more than 0.1 hectare in area.

(7) Definitions In this clause--

"aquaculture industry development plan" means an aquaculture industry development plan published under Part 6 of the Fisheries Management Act 1994 .

"extensive aquaculture" has the same meaning as in the Fisheries Management (Aquaculture) Regulation 2017 .

"NSW Oyster Industry Sustainable Aquaculture Strategy" means the third edition of the publication of that title, as published in 2016 by the Department of Primary Industries (within the Department of Industry).

"priority oyster aquaculture area" means an area identified as a priority oyster aquaculture area on a map referred to in Chapter 5.3 of the NSW Oyster Industry Sustainable Aquaculture Strategy , being a map a copy of which is held in the head office of the Department of Primary Industries (within the Department of Industry) and published on that Department's website.