New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

YASS VALLEY LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN 2013 - REG 4.2C

4.2C Erection of rural workers' dwellings on land in Zone RU1 and Zone RU2

(1) The objectives of this clause are--

(a) to ensure adequate provision for existing agricultural and rural industries that genuinely require accommodation for permanent on-site employees, and

(b) to prevent development for a rural worker's dwelling if the agricultural or rural industry does not have the capacity to support the rural worker's employment.

(2) This clause applies to land in the following zones--

(a) Zone RU1 Primary Production,

(b) Zone RU2 Rural Landscape.

(3) Development consent must not be granted for the erection of a rural workers' dwelling on land to which this clause applies unless the consent authority is satisfied that--

(a) there is a demonstrated economic capacity of the agricultural or rural industry to support the on going employment of rural workers, and

(b) the development is necessary considering the nature of the agricultural or rural industry land use lawfully occurring on the land or as a result of the remote or isolated location of the land, and

(c) the development will not result in more than one rural worker's dwelling being erected on the land comprising the agricultural or rural industry.