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State Environmental Planning Policy (Integration and Repeals) 2016

2   Commencement
This Policy commences 56 days after the day on which it is published on the NSW legislation website.
4   Maps
The maps adopted by the following environmental planning instruments are amended or replaced, as the case requires, by the maps approved by the Minister on the making of this Policy:
cl 4: Am 2016 No 55, Sch 3.33.
schs 2–4: Rep 2016 (310), cl 6 (1).
5   Existing development applications
If a development application is made before the commencement of this Policy and the application has not been finally determined before that commencement, the application must be determined as if this Policy had not been made.
6   Repeal of Policy
(1)  Schedules 2, 3 and 4 to this Policy are repealed on the day following the day on which this Policy commences.
(2)  This Policy is repealed 2 years after the day on which this Policy commences.
(3)  The repeal of this Policy does not, because of the operation of sections 5 (6) and 30 of the Interpretation Act 1987, affect any amendment made by this Policy.
Schedule 1 Rural land sharing communities
2   Aims of Schedule
This Schedule aims to encourage and facilitate the development of rural land sharing communities committed to environmentally sensitive and sustainable land use practices by:
(a)  enabling people who collectively own a single lot to erect multiple dwellings on that lot without dividing the lot (such as by subdivision or by contractual arrangements), and
(b)  enabling the sharing of facilities and resources to allow a wide range of communal rural living opportunities at a lower cost, and
(c)  facilitating development on rural land (preferably in a clustered style) without undue harm to the environment and without creating a demand for the unreasonable or uneconomic provision of public amenities or services, and
(d)  creating opportunities for an increase in rural population in areas that are experiencing population loss.
3   Land to which Schedule applies
This Schedule applies to land in any rural zone but not to the following land:
(a)  land in an environmentally sensitive area for exempt or complying development within the meaning of clause 3.3 of the standard instrument prescribed by the Standard Instrument (Local Environmental Plans) Order 2006,
(b)  land to which a wilderness protection agreement under the Wilderness Act 1987 relates,
(c)  land that is a forestry area within the meaning of the Forestry Act 2012,
(d)  land that is within a special area or a controlled area under the Hunter Water Act 1991, the Sydney Water Act 1994 or the Water NSW Act 2014.
4   Rural land sharing community permitted with consent
(1)  The consent authority may grant development consent to development on land to which this Schedule applies for the purposes of 3 or more dwellings if satisfied of the following:
(a)  the land is a single lot with an area of not less than 10 hectares,
(b)  the height of any building on the land will not be more than 8 metres,
(c)  no more than 25 per cent of the land is prime crop and pasture land and no building containing a dwelling will be on any such land,
(d)  no building will be on land that is a wildlife refuge, wildlife corridor or wildlife management area and the development will not adversely affect any such land,
(e)  the development will not include a camping ground, caravan park, eco-tourist facility or tourist and visitor accommodation, except where otherwise permissible on the land,
(f)  no building will be on land that has a slope in excess of 18 degrees or that is prone to mass movement,
(g)  the development is consistent with the aims of this Schedule.
(2)  In this clause:
prime crop and pasture land means:
(a)  land identified as prime crop and pasture land under State Environmental Planning Policy No 15—Rural Landsharing Communities as in force immediately before the repeal of that Policy, or
(b)  land identified by the Secretary of the Department of Industry, Skills and Regional Development that has been notified in writing to the Council as prime crop and pasture land for the purposes of this Schedule.
5   Matter to be considered
The consent authority must not grant development consent under this Schedule unless it has taken into account the following:
(a)  the arrangements for operating and managing the community,
(b)  the design of the proposed development,
(c)  the physical and heritage characteristics of the proposed site and surrounding land,
(d)  the availability of roads, utilities and other services,
(e)  the impact of the development on the environment and any present or future use of the land,
(f)  any other matter that the consent authority considers to be relevant.
6   Future management
The consent authority must not grant consent to development under this Schedule unless it is satisfied that adequate provision will be made for the following:
(a)  water and waste management,
(b)  prevention, control and management of soil erosion,
(c)  bush fire management,
(d)  flora and fauna management, including the control of noxious weeds and noxious animals,
(e)  provision and maintenance of internal roads, boundary fences, water reticulation, service corridors for telephone and electricity cables and similar matters.
7   Density of development
(1)  The consent authority must not grant consent to development under this Schedule if the development would result in more than the following number of dwellings on the land:
(a)  if the land has an area of 10 hectares or more but not more than 210 hectares—4 dwellings plus 1 additional dwelling for every 4 hectares of land greater than 10 hectares,
(b)  if the land has an area of 210 hectares or more—54 dwellings plus 1 additional dwelling for every 6 hectares of land greater than 210 hectares up to a maximum of 80 dwellings.
(2)  The consent authority must not grant consent to development under this Schedule if the development would result in the number of persons reasonably accommodated in all the dwellings on the land being greater than 4 times the maximum number of dwellings otherwise permitted by this clause.
8   Subdivision prohibited
Subdivision (other than a subdivision permitted under clause 2.75 of State Environmental Planning Policy (Exempt and Complying Development Codes) 2008) of land is prohibited if development has been carried out on the land under this Schedule or under provisions similar to this Schedule.
Note—
For example under the former State Environmental Planning Policy No 15—Rural Landsharing Communities.
There should be no application for a strata certificate under this Schedule as subdivision is prohibited.
9   More than 1 dwelling may be treated as a single dwelling
The consent authority may, for the purposes of this Schedule, treat 2 or more dwellings as a single dwelling if it is satisfied that, having regard to the sharing of any cooking or other facilities and any other relevant matter, the dwellings comprise a single household.
Schedules 2–4 (Repealed)