Sutherland Local Environmental Plan—Menai Town Centre 1992 (NSW)
This plan may be cited as Sutherland Local Environmental Plan—Menai Town Centre 1992.
The aim of this plan is:
(a) a town centre with shops, offices, community and recreation facilities and industry to serve the 40,000 people who will live in the Menai District by 2010, and
(b) 3,000 people living in the town centre to support the businesses and community facilities in the centre, and
(c) a centre able to expand to meet the long term needs of the Menai District, including the potential additional 10,000 people in south western Menai.
The plan has aims and special requirements for each area. The aims are of prime importance and Council will consider all development in relation to these aims.
This plan applies to the land in the town of Menai which is inside the heavy black line on the map marked “Sutherland Local Environmental Plan—Menai Town Centre 1992”. The Menai Town Centre is divided into areas as identified on the map. This map is kept in the office of the Council of the Sutherland Shire.
However, this plan does not apply to the land shown rezoned under Sutherland Shire Local Environmental Plan 2000 on the maps (or sheets of maps) marked as follows:
• Sutherland Shire Local Environmental Plan 2000—Amendment No 9
This plan supersedes Sutherland Local Environmental Plan No 97: Menai Town Centre.
If any agreement, covenant or instrument restricts development allowed by this plan, then it shall not apply to that development (to the extent necessary to allow that development).
Before making this plan, the Governor approved clause 6, pursuant to section 28 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979.
All development requires consent, except for:
(a) exempt development listed in Schedule 1, that satisfies the requirements of clause 32, and
(b) urban servicing such as the provision of water, sewerage, electricity, gas, telephone, drainage, telecommunications, roadworks and main roads.
Council may consider any development in any area, if it satisfies the aims of the area. The following developments may be allowed by Council:
Development | Residential | Business | Services | Recreation /Community | Road | Arterial Road | ||
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bulk store | ✔ | |||||||
bulky goods sales or showroom | ✔ | |||||||
bus depot | ✔ | |||||||
car repairs | ✔ | |||||||
child care centre | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||
club rooms | ✔ | |||||||
community centre | ✔ | |||||||
convention centre | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||
gallery | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||
general store | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||
health centre | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||
home business | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||
hospital | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||
hotel | ✔ | |||||||
housing | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||
indoor recreation | ✔ | |||||||
light industry | ✔ | |||||||
lecture hall | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||
library | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||
licensed club | ✔ | |||||||
manufacture | ✔ | |||||||
motel | ✔ | |||||||
museum | ✔ | |||||||
nursing home | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||
office | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||
open space | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
parking | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||
place of public worship | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
plant nursery | ✔ | |||||||
playground | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||
roads | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
restaurant | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||
service station | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||
school | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||
signs | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
shopping centre | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||
sports fields | ✔ | |||||||
tertiary college | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||
utilities | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||
warehouse | ✔ |
You must apply to Council for consent for all development. Council will assess an application using any requirements set out in this plan and Section 90 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979.
You must consult the Water Board in regard to adequate provision of water and sewerage services for your development, before Council determines your application.
All applications for attached housing will be advertised.
Council may consider other uses, not stated in the Table, if the use is compatible with the aim of each area. The aim of each area follows.
The aim of the Business “A” area is a business centre:
(a) with shops and offices to serve the people living in the Menai District by 2010, and
(b) with a library, and
(c) which is integrated with the community centre.
In the Business “A” area, the following standards apply:
(a) the business centre may have a range of uses, including shops and offices and community uses,
(b) the maximum floor area allowed will be double the site area. This floor area includes any inside arcades or plazas but does not include car parking and loading areas or any outdoor plazas,
(c) Council will specify:
• the location and size of a library within the centre,
• the location and size of an occassional child care centre within the centre,
• how the community centre must be integrated with the shopping centre,
• the amount and location of car parking,
• pedestrian, car and truck access to the centre, and
• the building design and landscaping.
The aim of the Business “B” area is:
(a) a centre which can expand to meet the long term needs of the Menai District, and
(b) long term office, technical and professional jobs.
In the Business “B” area, the following standards apply:
(a) Council will consider a range of uses in this area including an office park, a convention centre or business training centre. Housing will be considered in association with a business use,
(b) the maximum floor area allowed will be equal to the site area. This floor area includes any inside arcades or plazas but does not include car parking and loading areas or any outdoor plazas,
(c) Council will specify:
• the amount and location of car parking,
• pedestrian, car and truck access to the site, and
• the building design and landscaping.
The aim of the Residential “B” area is:
(a) 2,500 people living in this part of the Town Centre, and
(b) a variety of housing, and
(c) housing areas with good access to parks, bushland and the business and community centre.
In the Residential “B” area, the following standards apply:
(a) the minimum density allowed is 15 dwellings per hectare. You can exceed this density but you cannot provide less,
(b) the floor area of the housing must not exceed half the area of the site,
(c) Council may require the dedication of land for recreation and community uses or a monetary contribution or both,
(d) Council will specify car parking, building design and landscaping,
(e) the dwellings can be any type including detached houses, dual occupancies, villas, townhouses, duplexes, home units or any mixture of these.
The aim of the Residential “C” area is:
(a) 500 people living in this part of the Town Centre, and
(b) a variety of housing, and
(c) housing areas with good access to parks, bushland and the business and community centre.
In the Residential “C” area, the following standards apply:
(a) the minimum density allowed is 45 dwellings per hectare. You can exceed this density but you cannot provide less,
(b) the floor area of the housing must not exceed the area of the site,
(c) Council may require the dedication of land for recreation or community uses or a monetary contribution or both,
(d) Council will specify car parking, building design and landscaping,
(e) the dwellings can be any type including detached houses, dual occupancies, villas, townhouses, duplexes, home units or any mixture of these.
The aim of the Services area is:
(a) a variety of industrial development to serve the Menai District, and
(b) an attractive industrial area with good access to parks, bushland and the business and community centre.
In the Services area, the following standards apply:
(a) Council will consider a variety of uses including a high technology park, manufacturing, distribution centres, bulky goods retailing, offices and retailing associated with industries, computer related industries, car repairs and panel beating, printers and building supplies,
(b) the maximum floor area allowed will be equal to the site area. This floor area does not include car parking and loading areas or any outdoor spaces,
(c) Council will specify the following details:
• the amount and location of landscaping,
• the amount and location of car parking and loading,
• pedestrian, car and truck access to the site,
• the type and size of signs.
The aim of the Recreation and Community Land area is:
(a) a central community centre to serve the Menai District, and
(b) a range of facilities for community arts, recreation and support services, and
(c) footpaths and bicycle ways which link the housing area to parks, bushland and the business and community centre.
In the Recreation and Community Land area, the following standards apply:
(a) the area shown on the plan as Recreation and Community Land will be either dedicated to Council as part of a development, or acquired by Council. Council will develop the land for a variety of uses partly funded from developers contributions. Council will also consider applications from private developers to provide a range of indoor or outdoor recreation activities,
(b) Council will specify the following:
• the location of footpaths, bicycle ways, overbridges and community buildings,
• the amount and location of tree planting and landscaping,
• the location of recreational facilities and buildings,
• the amount and location of car parking.
The aim of the Road area is convenient access to the Town Centre.
Any property which has frontage to the Road area is not permitted direct access to that Road area. If you own land in the Road area you may request Council to acquire your land.
The aim is uninterrupted travel for traffic passing by the Town Centre.
If you own land in the Arterial Road area you may request the Roads and Traffic Authority to acquire your land. The request must be in writing. On receipt of the request, the Authority shall make arrangements for the acquisition of the land.
If the Roads and Traffic Authority advises Council that any part of the Arterial Road area is abandoned, then Council may consent to an application to develop the abandoned part for the same use allowed in this plan as the adjoining land.
For the purposes of this clause:
The objective of this clause is the preservation of valuable trees and bushland vegetation in the Sutherland Shire.
Where it appears to the Council of the Sutherland Shire that it is expedient for the purpose of preserving or securing trees and bushland vegetation in order to ensure the integrity of the natural environment for both residents of and visitors to Sutherland Shire it may make a tree and bushland vegetation preservation order.
A tree and bushland vegetation preservation order may prohibit the ringbarking, cutting down, topping, lopping, pruning, removing, injuring or wilful destruction of any bushland vegetation, tree or trees specified in the order except with development consent or the permission of the Council of the Sutherland Shire.
A tree and bushland vegetation preservation order made in accordance with this clause may apply to any tree or trees, or to any specified class, type or description of trees or to bushland vegetation described in the order.
A tree and bushland vegetation preservation order may exempt any tree or any specified class, type or description of trees or bushland vegetation upon land described in the order.
A tree and bushland vegetation preservation order, and an amendment or repeal of any such order, has effect only when it has been published in the Gazette and in a local newspaper.
A person must not contravene, or cause or permit the contravention of, a tree and bushland vegetation preservation order that is in force.
It is a sufficient defence to a prosecution for an offence under this clause if the accused establishes:
(a) that the tree or bushland vegetation concerned was dying or dead or had become dangerous, or
(b) that taking the action alleged to comprise the offence was reasonably necessary to protect human life, buildings or other property from imminent danger from a bush fire burning in the vicinity of the land on which the tree or bushland vegetation was situated, or
(c) that written notice about proposed action to remove trees or bushland vegetation that pose or poses a fire hazard was given to the Council of Sutherland Shire, and the Council, before the action alleged to comprise the offence was taken, confirmed in writing:
(i) that the tree or bushland vegetation concerned was in a Inner Protection Area within the meaning of the document entitled Planning for Bushfire Protection published in December 2001 by the NSW Rural Fire Service in collaboration with Planning NSW, a copy of which is available for inspection at the office of the Council, or
(ii) that the tree or bushland vegetation concerned was of a species classified by the Council as being likely to present a significant fire hazard, or
(d) that written notice about the proposed action alleged to comprise the offence was given to the Council, a period of not less than 14 days occurred after the notice was given (and before the action was taken) and the Council did not advise the person during that period that it opposed the action being taken.
In this subclause,
The provisions of a tree and bushland vegetation preservation order do not apply to activities lawfully conducted in accordance with the Telecommunications Act 1992 of the Commonwealth, the Roads Act 1993, the Rural Fires Act 1997, the Local Government Act 1993 or the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979.
For the purposes of clauses 32 and 33:
(a) advertising of community events or community uses, or charity events, or
(b) display of health or safety notices, or like notices, or
(c) advertising which is ancillary to the primary legal use of community or recreational land, but is not for the purpose of advertising the sale of a product, or
(d) display of a notice by a public authority.
(a) that use is undertaken by the permanent residents, and
(b) not more than two non-residents are employed in it at any one time, and
(c) the use does not interfere with the amenity of adjoining properties or the locality, whether or not by the generation of vehicular traffic or parking or the emission of noise, vibration, smell or creation of some other nuisance,
but does not include a bed and breakfast establishment.
(a) the space between two floors, or
(b) the space between any floor and its ceiling or roof above, or
(c) foundation areas, garages, workshops, storerooms and the like, where the height between ground level and the top of the floor above is 1.5 metres or more.
A storey which exceeds 4.5 metres is considered as two storeys.
(a) a natural waterbody, including:
(i) a lake or lagoon either naturally formed or artificially modified, or
(ii) a river or stream, whether perennial or intermittent, flowing in a natural channel with an established bed or in a natural channel artificially modifying the course of the stream, or
(iii) tidal waters including any bay, estuary or inlet, or
(b) an artificial waterbody, including any constructed waterway, canal, inlet, bay, channel, dam, pond or lake, but does not include a dry detention basin or other construction that is only intended to hold water intermittently.
Development of minimal environmental impact listed in Schedule 1 is exempt development, subject to subclauses (2) and (3).
Development is exempt development only if:
(a) the development is in accordance with the specified predetermined development standards and other requirements identified for that development in Schedule 1, and
(b) the development is ancillary to an existing legal use of a property and will be contained wholly within the property, and
(c) the development complies with the deemed-to-satisfy provisions of the Building Code of Australia (
the BCA ) and the standards currently prescribed in the Regulation, and(d) the development does not contravene any condition of a development consent applying to the land, and
(e) the development does not result in removal, pruning or lopping of trees or bushland vegetation which would otherwise require consent or the permission of the Council to remove, prune or lop under the Council’s tree and bushland vegetation preservation order, and
(f) the development does not cause interference with the amenity of the neighbourhood because of the emission of noise, vibration, smell, fumes, smoke, vapour, steam, soot, ash, dust, waste water, waste products, grit or oil or otherwise, and
(g) the development is not carried out within the zone of influence of or over an existing or proposed easement or public sewer main or, if over a sewer main, the proposal complies with the
building over sewer requirements of Sydney Water Corporation applying to the land, and(h) if appropriate, any installation involved is carried out to the manufacturer’s specifications and requirements, and
(i) the development does not restrict any vehicular or pedestrian access to or from the site or reduce the number of car spaces on the site below the minimum required by the Council, and
(j) the development does not result in the redirection of surface storm water or run off onto adjoining private property, and
(k) the development does not involve excavation beyond 600 millimetres below natural ground level, and
(l) it does not involve handling, storing, or using hazardous chemicals or materials otherwise than on a domestic scale (except on farms and at a distance of more than 25 metres from any habitable building), and does not release any hazardous chemicals or materials or any pollutants into the environment, and
(m) it is located within a bushfire interface area or bushfire prone area and complies with the Council’s construction standards or relevant building standards for buildings in these areas.
Development is not exempt development if it is carried out on land that:
(a) is listed as, or contains an item listed as, a heritage item in this plan, or
(b) is an Aboriginal place under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974, or
(c) is reserved or dedicated under the Crown Lands Act 1989 for the preservation of flora, fauna or geological formations or for other environmental protection purposes, or
(d) is a location of an endangered ecological community or critical habitat as identified in the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995, or
(e) is within 40 metres of a waterbody where the development requires any excavation.
Development listed in Schedule 2 is complying development, subject to subclauses (2) and (3).
Development is complying development only if:
(a) the development is in accordance with the specified predetermined development standards and other requirements identified for that development in Schedule 2, and
(b) the proposed development does not involve a building or a site in or on which an existing use, as defined in section 106 of the Act, is being carried out, and
(c) it is consistent with any plan of management approved under State Environmental Planning Policy No 44—Koala Habitat Protection, and with any recovery plan or threat abatement plan in force under the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 that may apply to the land, and
(d) it does not contravene any condition of a development consent applying to the land, and
(e) the development complies with the deemed-to-satisfy provisions of the Building Code of Australia (
the BCA ) and the standards currently prescribed in the Regulation, and(f) the development does not restrict any vehicular or pedestrian access to or from the site or reduce the number of car spaces on the site below the minimum required by the Council, and
(g) the development will not result in removal, pruning or lopping of trees or bushland vegetation which would require the consent or permission of the Council to remove, prune or lop under the Council’s tree and bushland vegetation preservation order, and
(h) the development is not carried out within the zone of influence of over an existing or proposed easement or public sewer main or, if over a sewer main, the proposal complies with the building over sewer requirements of Sydney Water Corporation applying to the land, and
(i) the development will not result in the redirection of surface storm water or run off onto adjoining private property, and
(j) the development complies with the provisions of the relevant development control plan for housing in the Residential “B” area for Menai Centre.
Development is not complying development if it is carried out on land that:
(a) is identified by the Council as being:
(i) within a bushfire interface area, or
(ii) subject to flooding, tidal inundation, subsidence or land slip, or
(iii) contaminated land, or
(b) is listed as, or contains an item listed as, a heritage item in this plan, or is on land that abuts a heritage item, or
(c) is an Aboriginal place under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974, or
(d) is reserved or dedicated under the Crown Lands Act 1989 for the preservation of flora, fauna or geological formations or for other environmental protection purposes, or
(e) is a location of an endangered ecological community or critical habitat as identified in the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995, or
(f) has previously been used as a service station, for intensive agriculture, mining or extractive industry, for waste storage or waste treatment, or for the manufacture of chemicals, asbestos or asbestos products and a notice of completion of remediation work for the proposed use has not been given to the Council in accordance with State Environmental Planning Policy No 55—Remediation of Land, or
(g) is within 40 metres of a waterbody where the development requires any excavation, or
(h) is adjacent to an arterial road or arterial road reservation where the development proposes a new, or alters an existing, vehicular accessway to that road or reservation, or
(i) is subject to an interim heritage order under the Heritage Act 1977 or that is listed on the State Heritage Register under that Act.
A complying development certificate issued for any such development is to be subject to the conditions for the development specified in any applying development control plan adopted by the Council, as in force when the certificate is issued.
(Clause 32)
Type of activity—development consisting of erection and use or carrying out of the following: | Development standards and other requirements |
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For Satellite dishes only:
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Work must be carried out consistent with a bush fire management plan made pursuant to section 52 of the Rural Fires Act 1997. | |
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(Different use resulting from change of use of:
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Must not exceed a maximum height of 1.2m above ground level. | |
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(includes such things as playground equipment, public toilet facilities, staircases, recreational, sporting, entertainment and cultural activities, works for the purpose of landscaping, gardening, lighting and night-time activities, traffic management facilities, public transport facilities, street furniture, security equipment or devices, goal posts, sight screens and similar ancillary sporting structures) |
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(includes heat pump hot water heaters and solar water heaters) |
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(Clause 33)
Residential “B” area
Residential “C” area
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(excluding areas where the Australian Noise Exposure Forecast (ANEF) is between 20 and 25) |
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Business “A” area
Business “B” area
Services area
Recreation and Community Land area
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