Council Minutes 21 January 2008 - Waratah-Wynyard Council

Planning Authority Reports
Application Assessment
The site is zoned Residential under the Waratah-Wynyard Planning Scheme
2000 and the proposal is for a residential subdivision. The proposed
development required a Section 57 planning application under the Land Use
Planning and Approvals Act 1993 (LUPAA). Section 57(1) (b) of LUPAA
allows Council to relax or waive the provisions of its Planning Scheme under a
discretionary status.
The Waratah-Wynyard Planning Scheme 2000 has specific requirements for
the development of subdivisions in the Residential Zone as stipulated in Part 6
- Residential Zone provisions and in Part 11 – Residential Development
Schedule.
The Scheme articulates the following in relation to the Residential Zone:
6.0 Residential Zone
6.1 Values of the zone
6.1.1 This zone incorporates predominantly residential and
associated use or development of the following areas:
Wynyard and Somerset, the hinterland settlements of Yolla and
Waratah and the coastal holiday settlements of Boat Harbour
Beach and Sisters Beach. The zone also includes land suitable
for residential and associated use or development.
6.1.2 The values associated with those areas zoned residential are
specified in Part 2 of the planning scheme.
6.2 Intent of the zone
(a)
(b)
To protect and enhance residential amenity; and
To allow for compatible uses that do not adversely impact upon
residential amenity.
The development of a residential subdivision is consistent with the values of
the Residential Zone. Indeed, infill development is to be encouraged within
the municipal area. Part 2.3.1 (a) of the Planning Scheme Strategies, states
‘new urban development should be confined to the towns of Wynyard and
Somerset, the hinterland townships of Yolla and Waratah and coastal
settlements of Boat Harbour Beach and Sisters Beach’.
The application is assessed as follows against Scheme criteria specific to the
application:
Waratah-Wynyard Council – Ordinary Meeting Minutes – 21 January 2008 Page 50