Cessnock Local Environmental Plan 2011 (Amendment No 17) (2015-401) LW 17 July 2015 (NSW)

New South Wales

Cessnock Local Environmental Plan 2011

(Amendment No 17)

under the

Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979

I, the Minister for Planning, make the following local environmental plan under the

Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979.

STEPHEN GLEN, GENERAL MANAGER, CESSNOCK CITY COUNCIL

As delegate for the Minister for Planning

Cessnock Local Environmental Plan 2011 (Amendment No 17)

under the

Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979

1      Name of Plan

This Plan is Cessnock Local Environmental Plan 2011 (Amendment No 17).

2      Commencement

This Plan commences on the day on which it is published on the NSW legislation website.

3      Land to which Plan applies

This Plan applies to certain land to which Cessnock Local Environmental Plan 2011 applies.

4      Maps

The maps adopted by Cessnock Local Environmental Plan 2011 are amended or replaced, as the case requires, by the maps approved by the Minister on the making of this Plan.

Schedule 1

Amendment of Cessnock Local Environmental

Plan 2011

[1]      Clause 7.13

Insert after clause 7.12:

7.13 Dual occupancies on land in Zone RU2

(1)

The objective of this clause is to preserve the rural character of the area.

(2)

Development consent must not be granted to development for the purpose of dual occupancies on land in Zone RU2 Rural Landscape unless the consent authority is satisfied that:

(a)	the dwellings are designed and sited to give the appearance of being a single development, and
(b)	the dwellings will use shared facilities such as a common driveway, fire breaks and essential services, and
(c)	any ancillary buildings and structures will be situated within close proximity to the dwellings, and
(d)	the dwellings are designed and sited to avoid significant adverse environmental impacts, and
(e)	the dwellings are designed and sited to avoid significant adverse impacts on the agricultural potential and capability of the land.

[2]      Schedule 5 Environmental heritage

Omit “Bellbird Uniting Church” from the matter relating to Item No I22.

Insert instead “Uniting Church in Australia Bellbird Church”.

[3]      Schedule 5, Item No I51

Omit “Methodist Church Wesley Hall”.

Insert instead “Uniting Church in Australia Wesley Hall”.