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Planning Authority
22.2 USE OR DEVELOPMENT
22.2.1 (a) Any development in compliance with Section 3 of this Schedule is
deemed to be exempt and does not require planning approval.
(b) All other development requires planning approval and is required
to demonstrate compliance with the objectives as specified in
Appendix 1 of this Schedule and to which the provisions of Section
57 of the Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993 apply.
22.5. APPENDICES
22.5.1 Appendix 1
OBJECTIVES PERFORMANCE CRITERIA ASSESSMENT
Visual amenity
To minimise any detrimental impact
upon the visual amenity of a locality
The location of infrastructure is
within existing utility corridors and
Complies - There were no suitable
co-location facilities within the area
by reducing prominence of sites and uses existing within which the tower needs to be
telecommunications infrastructure infrastructure, unless a need to do
otherwise is demonstrated.
sited. Given the purpose of the
facility is to provide broadband
services to the rural area, their
location need to meet a number of
criteria to ensure good coverage of
the service. The need to located the
tower at the subject site has been
adequately addressed in the report
accompanying the application.
Aerial telecommunication lines or
additional supporting structures are
erected and operated in residential
and commercial areas only where
overhead cables operated by other
utilities are in existence.
N/A the site is not located in a
residential or commercial area.
Best practice methods are used to
reduce the visual impact of
infrastructure or to conceal
infrastructure within the
surrounding natural or built
environment.
Complies – A description of the
visual impact of the proposal has
been outlined in the assessment of
the proposal against the Zone
provisions. The key features in
terms of minimising the facility’s
visual impact is its 400m setback
from Bourke Road, the existing
vegetative screening and the
elevated positioning of the base of
the facility from surrounding roads.
It is also located in excess of 1.5
kilometres from Murchison Highway
and the Yolla township.
Waratah-Wynyard Council – Minutes Ordinary Meeting – 19 November 2012 – Page 301