Gosford Local Environmental Plan No 22 (1981 EPI 24)



Part 1 Preliminary
1   Name of plan
This plan may be cited as Gosford Local Environmental Plan No 22.
2   Land to which plan applies
Subject to clause 2A, this plan applies to the land situated in the City of Gosford, as shown edged heavy black on the maps marked “Gosford Local Environmental Plan No 22” and “Gosford Local Environmental Plan No 169” deposited in the office of the Council.
cl 2: Am 4.11.1983. Subst 19.9.1986.
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This plan does not apply to the land to which the following instruments apply:
Gosford Local Environmental Plan No 94
cl 2A: Ins 4.11.1983.
3   Relationship to other environmental planning instruments
This plan varies the provisions of Interim Development Order No 122—Gosford, by excluding the land to which this plan applies from the operation of that Order.
4   Arrangement
This plan is divided as follows:
(a)  PART 1—PRELIMINARY—cll 1–7.
(b)  PART 2—GENERAL DEVELOPMENT CONTROL—cl 8.
(c)  PART 3—SPECIAL PROVISIONS—cll 9–21.
(d)  SCHEDULES.
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(1)  In this plan, except in so far as the context or subject-matter otherwise indicates or requires:
appointed day means the day upon which this plan is published in the Gazette.
car repair station means a building or place used for the purpose of carrying out repairs to motor vehicles or agricultural machinery.
clearing means any one or more of the following:
(a)  cutting down, felling, thinning, logging or removing native vegetation,
(b)  killing, destroying, poisoning, ringbarking, uprooting or burning native vegetation,
(c)  severing, topping or lopping branches, limbs, stems or trunks of native vegetation,
(d)  substantially damaging or injuring native vegetation in any other way.
Council means the Council of the City of Gosford.
community building means a senior citizens centre, youth centre, rest centre, community centre, library, scout hall, guide hall or any other building of a like character used for community purposes, but does not include a club or recreation facility.
gross floor area, in relation to a building, means the sum of the areas of all floors of the building where the area of each floor is taken to be the area within the outer face of the external enclosing walls as measured at a height of 1 400 millimetres above that floor level, excluding:
(a)  columns, fin walls, sun-controlled devices and any elements, projections or works outside the general line of the outer face of the external walls,
(b)  lift towers, cooling towers, machinery and plant rooms, ancillary storage space and vertical air conditioning ducts,
(c)  parking spaces needed to meet any requirements of the council and any internal access thereto,
(d)  space for the loading and unloading of goods, and
(e)  any pedestrian mall or precinct.
heavy equipment and plant depot means a building or place used for the servicing, repair and garaging of earth-moving, construction or agricultural equipment.
height, in relation to a building, means the vertical distance between the topmost point of that building and the ground level immediately below that point.
landscaped, in relation to the area of an allotment of land, being an allotment on which development has been carried out, means:
(a)  planted predominantly with gardens, lawns, shrubs or trees, and
(b)  available for the use and enjoyment by persons using the allotment on which the development has been carried out,
and not occupied by driveways, parking spaces or storage areas.
motor showroom means a building or place used for the display or sale (or both) of cars (including accessories) and after-sales service of cars.
native vegetation has the same meaning as in the Native Vegetation Conservation Act 1997.
parking station means a building or place used for the temporary parking of motor vehicles for the purposes of gain but does not include a motor showroom.
plant hire depot means a building or place used for the parking or servicing of moveable plant which is hired out for profit.
reception establishment means a building or place used wholly or principally for the purpose of wedding receptions, birthday parties and the like.
the map means the map marked “Gosford Local Environmental Plan No 22”, copies of which are deposited in the office of the council and of the Department.
timber yard means a building or place used for the purpose of:
(a)  the milling, cutting or processing of timber from logs or baulks,
(b)  a joinery operation, or
(c)  the wholesaling or retailing of timber or joinery products.
zone means land shown on the map by distinctive colouring, edging or lettering for the purpose of indicating the restrictions imposed by this plan on development.
(2)  A reference in this clause to a building or place used for a purpose includes a reference to a building or place intended to be used for that purpose.
cl 5: Am 20.10.2000; 2.11.2001.
6   Adoption of Model Provisions
The Environmental Planning and Assessment Model Provisions 1980, other than the definitions of car repair station, gross floor area and motor showroom in clause 4 (1), are adopted, for the purposes of this plan.
cl 6: Am 2.11.2001.
7   Consent authority
The council shall be the consent authority and shall be charged with the functions of carrying into effect and enforcing the provisions of this plan.
Part 2 General development control
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(1)  Subject to clause 6 and Part 3, the purposes for which development may be carried out only with the consent of the council on land within each of the zones specified in Column 1 of the Table to this clause are respectively shown opposite thereto in Column 2 of that Table.
(1A)  The Council must not grant consent for development unless it has taken into consideration the character of the development site and the surrounding area, where, for the purpose of this provision, character means the qualities that distinguish each area and the individual properties located within that area.
(2)  Except as provided in subclause (1), development is prohibited on the land to which this plan applies.
Column 1
Column 2
Zone and colour or indication on the map
Purposes for which development may be carried out only with the consent of the Council
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BUSINESS:
 
 
(a2)  Business “A2”.
Light blue and lettered 3 (a2).
Advertisements; airline terminals; bulk stores; bus depots; bus stations; car repair stations; child care centres; clearing; clubs; commercial premises; community buildings; drainage; dwellings used in conjunction with any other purpose included in this part of this Column; educational establishments; home industries; home occupations; hotels; industries referred to in Schedule 1; motels; motor showrooms; parks and gardens; parking spaces; parking stations; places of assembly; places of public worship; public buildings; reception establishments; recreation facilities; refreshment rooms; roads; service stations; shops; utility installations (other than gas holders and generating works); warehouses.
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INDUSTRIAL:
 
 
(a1)  General Industrial.
Purple and lettered 4 (a1).
Advertisements; bulk stores; bus depots; bus stations; car repair stations; clearing; commercial premises used in conjunction with any other purpose included in this part of this Column; drainage; dwellings used in conjunction with any other purpose included in this part of this Column; heavy equipment depots, plant depots or plant hire depots; industries (other than extractive industries and offensive or hazardous industries); junk yards; liquid fuel depots; parks and gardens; parking spaces; parking stations; public buildings; roads; road transport terminals; shops which satisfy the requirements of clause 16; timber yards; utility installations; warehouses.
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SPECIAL USES:
 
 
(a)  Special Uses “A”.
Yellow and lettered 5 (a).
The particular purpose indicated by the lettering on the map; advertisements; drainage; parks and gardens; roads; utility installations (other than gas holders and generating works).
 
(b)  Special Uses “B” (Roads).
Grey and lettered 5 (b).
Any purpose authorized by Part 9 of the Local Government Act 1919; advertisements; drainage; utility installations (other than gas holders and generating works).
 
(c)  Special Uses “C” (Proposed Arterial Road).
A broken red band between black lines.
Roads.
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OPEN SPACE:
 
 
(b)  Proposed Recreation.
Light green and lettered 6 (b).
Agriculture; any purpose authorized by Division 2 or 3 of Part 13 of the Local Government Act 1919; advertisements; drainage; roads; utility installations (other than gas holders and generating works).
cl 8: Am 17.5.2002.
cl 8, table: Am 20.10.2000.
Part 3 Special provisions
Division 1 Land within Zone No 3 (a2)
9   Floor area ratio
A person shall not erect a building on land within Zone No 3 (a2) unless the ratio of the gross floor area of the building to the area of the land does not exceed 1:1.
10   Setback
A person shall not carry out development other than for the purposes of landscaping or the provision of access on an allotment of land within Zone No 3 (a2) to a depth of 10 metres along the front alignment of the allotment to a public road.
11   Landscaping
A person shall not carry out development on an allotment of land within Zone No 3 (a2), unless the allotment is landscaped to the satisfaction of the Council to a depth of 10 metres along the front alignment of the allotment to a public road.
11A   Demolition
(1)  Demolition may be carried out on land to which this plan applies, but only with development consent.
(2)  This clause is subject to any other provision of this plan that:
(a)  expressly allows demolition to be carried out without development consent (whether or not subject to conditions or restrictions), or
(b)  expressly allows demolition to be carried out with development consent subject to conditions or restrictions, or
(c)  expressly prohibits demolition.
(3)  For the purposes of this clause, demolition in a particular zone is not expressly prohibited just because development generally in that zone is prohibited unless it may be carried out with or without development consent.
(4)    (Repealed)
cl 11A: Ins 20.12.2002. Am 12.12.2003.
Division 2 Land within Zone No 4 (a1)
12   Subdivision
(1)  In this clause, existing holding means:
(a)  except as provided in paragraph (b), the area of an allotment, portion or parcel of land as it was as at the appointed day, or
(b)  where, as at the appointed day, a person owned 2 or more adjoining or adjacent allotments, portions or parcels of land, the aggregation of the areas of those allotments, portions or parcels as they were as at the appointed day.
(2)  Land within Zone No 4 (a1) shall not be subdivided unless each allotment created by the subdivision has an area of not less than:
(a)  in the case of an allotment which has a frontage to Wisemans Ferry Road—2 hectares, or
(b)  in the case of any other allotment—4 000 square metres.
(3)  Notwithstanding subclause (2) but subject to subclause (4), an allotment referred to in subclause (2) (b) which has an area of less than 4 000 square metres but not less than 2 500 square metres may be created in a subdivision of land within Zone No 4 (a1).
(4)  The total area of all allotments created in accordance with subclause (3) shall not exceed 10 per cent of the area of the existing holding.
(5)  An allotment shall not be created by a subdivision of land within Zone No 4 (a1) unless:
(a)  where the allotment has a frontage to Wisemans Ferry Road, the width of the allotment on a line drawn 20 metres from that frontage is not less than 70 metres, or
(b)  where the allotment has a frontage to any other public road, the width of the allotment on a line drawn 10 metres from that frontage is not less than:
(i)  in the case of an allotment created in accordance with subclause (3)—24 metres, or
(ii)  in any other case—36 metres.
13   Size of certain allotments transferred or dedicated to the Council
Where land is to be transferred or dedicated to the council pursuant to clause 5.6 of a Service Agreement made pursuant to the Principal Agreement dated 25 July 1980, between New South Wales Planning and Environment Commission of the first part, the Council of the City of Gosford of the second part and the Honourable Eric Bedford of the third part (which Agreement is held by the Department), the Council may consent to the creation of an allotment with an area less than that required under clause 12 (2) where the allotment would result from that transfer or dedication and that allotment shall be lawfully created under this plan.
14   Distance from boundaries
A person shall not carry out development for any purpose other than landscaping or the provision of access on an allotment of land within Zone No 4 (a1) unless:
(a)  the development does not occupy more than 75 per cent of the allotment,
(b)  where the allotment has a frontage to only one public road, being Wisemans Ferry Road, the development is not carried out within 20 metres of that frontage or within 5 metres of any 2 other boundaries of the allotment, one of which does not connect with that frontage,
(c)  where the allotment has a frontage to only one public road, not being Wisemans Ferry Road, the development is not carried out within 10 metres of that frontage or within 5 metres of any 2 other boundaries of the allotment, one of which does not connect with that frontage,
(d)  where the allotment has a frontage to more than one public road, one of which is Wisemans Ferry Road, the development is not carried out within 20 metres of the frontage to Wisemans Ferry Road, within 5 metres of any other frontage or within 5 metres of one boundary of the allotment which is not a frontage to a public road,
(e)  where the allotment has a frontage to more than one public road, none of which is Wisemans Ferry Road, the development is not carried out within 10 metres of one of those frontages, within 5 metres of any other of those frontages or within 5 metres of one boundary of the allotment which is not a frontage to a public road, or
(f)  where the allotment adjoins or abuts land outside the boundaries of the land to which this plan applies the development is not carried out within 5 metres of the boundary of the allotment adjoining or abutting that land.
15   Landscaping
(1)  A person shall not carry out development on an allotment of land within Zone No 4 (a1), unless:
(a)  in the case of an allotment referred to in clause 14 (b), the area of the allotment which is within 20 metres of the road frontage of the allotment,
(b)  in the case of an allotment referred to in clause 14 (c), the area of the allotment which is within 10 metres of the road frontage of the allotment,
(c)  in the case of an allotment referred to in clause 14 (d), the area of the allotment which is within 20 metres of the frontage of the allotment to Wisemans Ferry Road or within 5 metres of any other road frontage, or
(d)  in the case of an allotment referred to in clause 14 (e), an area of the allotment that is within 10 metres of one road frontage of the allotment or within 5 metres of any other road frontage of the allotment,
is landscaped to the satisfaction of the council.
16   Floor area of certain retail shops
(1)  In this clause:
gross floor area in relation to a building, includes any space in the building for the loading and unloading of goods.
(2)  A person may, with the consent of the council, commence to use a building on an allotment of land within Zone No 4 (a1) or part of an allotment of land within that zone for the purpose of a shop which retails only goods manufactured or assembled on the allotment or any spare parts related to those goods, if the floor area of the building, or the area of the part of the allotment used for that purpose does not exceed:
(a)  10 per cent of the gross floor area of all buildings on the allotment, and the area of any part of the allotment, used in the manufacture or assembly of goods, or
(b)  500 square metres,
whichever is the lesser.
Division 3 Miscellaneous
17   Nature of certain external surfaces
(1)  In this clause:
external surfaces, in relation to a building on an allotment of land, means the external surface of:
(a)  any external wall of the building and any cladding on that wall,
(b)  any external door in the building,
(c)  any external door frame or external window frame in the building (but not a window pane),
(d)  any external column in the building,
(e)  the roof of the building,
(f)  any fence erected on the allotment,
and any other surface of the building visible from the exterior of the building.
prescribed materials means dark toned or dark coloured materials of low reflective quality or materials which are painted or similarly treated with dark toned or dark coloured paint or pigment of low reflective quality.
(2)  A person shall not, on any land to which this plan applies, erect a building, or carry out a work, any part of which is visible from any point at natural ground level within the precinct of the area known as Old Sydney Town, unless that part has external surfaces of prescribed materials which, in the opinion of the Council, blend with the landscape of the land and its surroundings.
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(1)  The Council shall not, without the concurrence of the Director, provide, or permit the opening of, a new road connecting with Wisemans Ferry Road.
(2)  The Director, in deciding whether concurrence should be granted to an application under subclause (1), shall take into consideration the effect that the road may have on traffic congestion on Wisemans Ferry Road and whether satisfactory provision has been made for limiting traffic congestion on Wisemans Ferry Road.
19   Subdivision—proposed new roads
Where land is zoned for the purpose of a proposed new road, the council shall not consent to a subdivision of land of which the proposed road forms part, unless the subdivision makes provision for the opening of a road in reasonable conformity with the proposed road.
20   Excavation of certain land
Where, immediately before the appointed day, any land to which this plan applies was used for the purpose of winning extractive materials, no excavation for that purpose shall be made, opened or extended within 15 metres of adjoining land which was not, immediately prior to the appointed day, in the same ownership.
21   Effect of development on surface water
Where the Council is satisfied that any development will affect the level or flow of surface water on any land, it may, where it grants consent, as a condition of its consent, require the provision of temporary or permanent settlement ponds to avoid the downstream siltation of water courses.
22   Development of land at Kangoo Road, Somersby
(1)  This clause applies to Lots 1–3, DP 1013986, Kangoo Road, Somersby (near the corner with the Pacific Highway), as shown edged heavy black on the map marked “Gosford Local Environmental Plan No 413” deposited in the office of the Council.
(2)  Subject to subclause (3), nothing in this plan prevents a person, with the consent of the Council, from carrying out development on the land for the purpose of one motor showroom.
(3)  The Council must not grant consent to development referred to in subclause (2) after the expiration of two years from the day on which Gosford Local Environmental Plan No 413 took effect (unless a development application was lodged with the Council before that date), or such later date as the Minister may, before the expiration of that period, notify by order published in the Gazette.
(4)  Nothing in subclause (3) prevents the Council from granting consent to the carrying out of alterations or extensions to, or the rebuilding of, a building or place being used for a purpose for which consent has been granted in accordance with this clause.
cl 22: Ins 2.11.2001.
Schedule 1
(Clause 8)
Boot and shoe repairing.
Bread, cake and pastry manufacture.
Dressmaking.
Dry cleaning.
Self service laundry.
Tailoring.
Radio and television repairs.