Table Of Contents

Queanbeyan Local Environmental Plan 2012

Part 1 Preliminary
1.1   Name of Plan
This Plan is Queanbeyan Local Environmental Plan 2012.
1.1AA   Commencement
This Plan commences on the day on which it is published on the NSW legislation website.
1.2   Aims of Plan
(1)  This Plan aims to make local environmental planning provisions for land in that part of Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional local government area to which this Plan applies (in this Plan referred to as Queanbeyan) in accordance with the relevant standard environmental planning instrument under section 33A of the Act.
(2)  The particular aims of this Plan are as follows:
(a)  to facilitate the orderly and economic use and development of land in Queanbeyan based on ecological sustainability principles,
(b)  to provide for a diversity of housing throughout Queanbeyan,
(c)  to provide for a hierarchy of retail, commercial and industrial land uses that encourage economic and business development catering for the retail, commercial and service needs of the community,
(d)  to recognise and protect Queanbeyan’s natural, cultural and built heritage including environmentally sensitive areas such as Queanbeyan’s native grasslands, the Queanbeyan River and Jerrabomberra Creek,
(e)  to protect the scenic quality, views and vistas from main roads and other vantage points within Queanbeyan of the escarpment and Mount Jerrabomberra,
(f)  to maintain the unique identity and country character of Queanbeyan,
(g)  to facilitate the orderly growth of the urban release area in Googong in a staged manner that promotes a high level of residential amenity and the timely provision of physical and social infrastructure through appropriate phasing of the development of land.
cl 1.2: Am 2017 (73), cl 4 (1).
1.3   Land to which Plan applies
(1)  This Plan applies to the land identified on the Land Application Map.
(1A)  Despite subclause (1), this Plan does not apply to the land identified on the Land Application Map as “Deferred matter”.
1.4   Definitions
The Dictionary at the end of this Plan defines words and expressions for the purposes of this Plan.
1.5   Notes
Notes in this Plan are provided for guidance and do not form part of this Plan.
1.6   Consent authority
The consent authority for the purposes of this Plan is (subject to the Act) the Council.
1.7   Maps
(1)  A reference in this Plan to a named map adopted by this Plan is a reference to a map by that name:
(a)  approved by the local plan-making authority when the map is adopted, and
(b)  as amended or replaced from time to time by maps declared by environmental planning instruments to amend or replace that map, and approved by the local plan-making authority when the instruments are made.
(1AA)    (Repealed)
(2)  Any 2 or more named maps may be combined into a single map. In that case, a reference in this Plan to any such named map is a reference to the relevant part or aspect of the single map.
(3)  Any such maps are to be kept and made available for public access in accordance with arrangements approved by the Minister.
(4)  For the purposes of this Plan, a map may be in, and may be kept and made available in, electronic or paper form, or both.
Note—
The maps adopted by this Plan are to be made available on the official NSW legislation website in connection with this Plan. Requirements relating to the maps are set out in the documents entitled Standard technical requirements for LEP maps and Standard requirements for LEP GIS data which are available on the website of the Department of Planning and Environment.
1.8   Repeal of planning instruments applying to land
(1)  All local environmental plans and deemed environmental planning instruments applying only to the land to which this Plan applies are repealed.
Note—
The following local environmental plans are repealed under this provision:
(2)  All local environmental plans and deemed environmental planning instruments applying to the land to which this Plan applies and to other land cease to apply to the land to which this Plan applies.
1.8A   Savings provision relating to development applications
If a development application has been made before the commencement of this Plan in relation to land to which this Plan applies and the application has not been finally determined before that commencement, the application must be determined as if this Plan had not commenced.
Note—
However, under Division 4B of Part 3 of the Act, a development application may be made for consent to carry out development that may only be carried out if the environmental planning instrument applying to the relevant development is appropriately amended or if a new instrument, including an appropriate principal environmental planning instrument, is made, and the consent authority may consider the application. The Division requires public notice of the development application and the draft environmental planning instrument allowing the development at the same time, or as closely together as is practicable.
1.9   Application of SEPPs
(1)  This Plan is subject to the provisions of any State environmental planning policy that prevails over this Plan as provided by section 36 of the Act.
(2)  The following State environmental planning policies (or provisions) do not apply to the land to which this Plan applies:
1.9A   Suspension of covenants, agreements and instruments
(1)  For the purpose of enabling development on land in any zone to be carried out in accordance with this Plan or with a consent granted under the Act, any agreement, covenant or other similar instrument that restricts the carrying out of that development does not apply to the extent necessary to serve that purpose.
(2)  This clause does not apply:
(a)  to a covenant imposed by the Council or that the Council requires to be imposed, or
(b)  to any prescribed instrument within the meaning of section 183A of the Crown Lands Act 1989, or
(c)  to any conservation agreement within the meaning of the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974, or
(d)  to any Trust agreement within the meaning of the Nature Conservation Trust Act 2001, or
(e)  to any property vegetation plan within the meaning of the Native Vegetation Act 2003, or
(f)  to any biobanking agreement within the meaning of Part 7A of the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995, or
(g)  to any planning agreement within the meaning of Division 6 of Part 4 of the Act.
(3)  This clause does not affect the rights or interests of any public authority under any registered instrument.
(4)  Under section 28 of the Act, the Governor, before the making of this clause, approved of subclauses (1)–(3).
Part 2 Permitted or prohibited development
2.1   Land use zones
The land use zones under this Plan are as follows:
Rural Zones
RU2 Rural Landscape
Residential Zones
R1 General Residential
R2 Low Density Residential
R3 Medium Density Residential
R4 High Density Residential
R5 Large Lot Residential
Business Zones
B1 Neighbourhood Centre
B2 Local Centre
B3 Commercial Core
B4 Mixed Use
B5 Business Development
Industrial Zones
IN1 General Industrial
IN2 Light Industrial
Special Purpose Zones
SP1 Special Activities
SP2 Infrastructure
Recreation Zones
RE1 Public Recreation
RE2 Private Recreation
Environment Protection Zones
E1 National Parks and Nature Reserves
E2 Environmental Conservation
E3 Environmental Management
E4 Environmental Living
Waterway Zones
W1 Natural Waterways
2.2   Zoning of land to which Plan applies
For the purposes of this Plan, land is within the zones shown on the Land Zoning Map.
2.3   Zone objectives and Land Use Table
(1)  The Land Use Table at the end of this Part specifies for each zone:
(a)  the objectives for development, and
(b)  development that may be carried out without development consent, and
(c)  development that may be carried out only with development consent, and
(d)  development that is prohibited.
(2)  The consent authority must have regard to the objectives for development in a zone when determining a development application in respect of land within the zone.
(3)  In the Land Use Table at the end of this Part:
(a)  a reference to a type of building or other thing is a reference to development for the purposes of that type of building or other thing, and
(b)  a reference to a type of building or other thing does not include (despite any definition in this Plan) a reference to a type of building or other thing referred to separately in the Land Use Table in relation to the same zone.
(4)  This clause is subject to the other provisions of this Plan.
Notes—
1   
Schedule 1 sets out additional permitted uses for particular land.
2   
Schedule 2 sets out exempt development (which is generally exempt from both Parts 4 and 5 of the Act). Development in the land use table that may be carried out without consent is nevertheless subject to the environmental assessment and approval requirements of Part 5 of the Act or, if applicable, Part 3A of the Act.
3   
Schedule 3 sets out complying development (for which a complying development certificate may be issued as an alternative to obtaining development consent).
4   
Clause 2.6 requires consent for subdivision of land.
5   
Part 5 contains other provisions which require consent for particular development.
2.4   Unzoned land
(1)  Development may be carried out on unzoned land only with development consent.
(2)  In deciding whether to grant development consent, the consent authority:
(a)  must consider whether the development will impact on adjoining zoned land and, if so, consider the objectives for development in the zones of the adjoining land, and
(b)  must be satisfied that the development is appropriate and is compatible with permissible land uses in any such adjoining land.
2.5   Additional permitted uses for particular land
(1)  Development on particular land that is described or referred to in Schedule 1 may be carried out:
(a)  with development consent, or
(b)  if the Schedule so provides—without development consent,
in accordance with the conditions (if any) specified in that Schedule in relation to that development.
(2)  This clause has effect despite anything to the contrary in the Land Use Table or other provision of this Plan.
2.6   Subdivision—consent requirements
(1)  Land to which this Plan applies may be subdivided, but only with development consent.
Notes—
1   
If a subdivision is specified as exempt development in an applicable environmental planning instrument, such as this Plan or State Environmental Planning Policy (Exempt and Complying Development Codes) 2008, the Act enables it to be carried out without development consent.
2   
Part 6 of State Environmental Planning Policy (Exempt and Complying Development Codes) 2008 provides that the strata subdivision of a building in certain circumstances is complying development.
(2)  Development consent must not be granted for the subdivision of land on which a secondary dwelling is situated if the subdivision would result in the principal dwelling and the secondary dwelling being situated on separate lots, unless the resulting lots are not less than the minimum size shown on the Lot Size Map in relation to that land.
Note—
The definition of secondary dwelling in the Dictionary requires the dwelling to be on the same lot of land as the principal dwelling.
2.7   Demolition requires development consent
The demolition of a building or work may be carried out only with development consent.
Note—
If the demolition of a building or work is identified in an applicable environmental planning instrument, such as this Plan or State Environmental Planning Policy (Exempt and Complying Development Codes) 2008, as exempt development, the Act enables it to be carried out without development consent.
2.8   Temporary use of land
(1)  The objective of this clause is to provide for the temporary use of land if the use does not compromise future development of the land, or have detrimental economic, social, amenity or environmental effects on the land.
(2)  Despite any other provision of this Plan, development consent may be granted for development on land in any zone for a temporary use for a maximum period of 52 days (whether or not consecutive days) in any period of 12 months.
(3)  Development consent must not be granted unless the consent authority is satisfied that:
(a)  the temporary use will not prejudice the subsequent carrying out of development on the land in accordance with this Plan and any other applicable environmental planning instrument, and
(b)  the temporary use will not adversely impact on any adjoining land or the amenity of the neighbourhood, and
(c)  the temporary use and location of any structures related to the use will not adversely impact on environmental attributes or features of the land, or increase the risk of natural hazards that may affect the land, and
(d)  at the end of the temporary use period the land will, as far as is practicable, be restored to the condition in which it was before the commencement of the use.
(4)  Despite subclause (2), the temporary use of a dwelling as a sales office for a new release area or a new housing estate may exceed the maximum number of days specified in that subclause.
(5)  Subclause (3) (d) does not apply to the temporary use of a dwelling as a sales office mentioned in subclause (4).
Land Use Table
Note—
A type of development referred to in the Land Use Table is a reference to that type of development only to the extent it is not regulated by an applicable State environmental planning policy. The following State environmental planning policies in particular may be relevant to development on land to which this Plan applies:
State Environmental Planning Policy (Affordable Rental Housing) 2009 (including provision for secondary dwellings)
State Environmental Planning Policy (Infrastructure) 2007—relating to infrastructure facilities such as those that comprise, or are for, air transport, correction, education, electricity generating works and solar energy systems, health services, ports, railways, roads, waste management and water supply systems
Land Use tbl: Am 2014 (245), Sch 1 [1] [2]; 2015 (152), Sch 1 [1]; 2017 (493), Sch 1.1 [1] [2]; 2018 (488), Sch 1.1 [1].
Zone RU2   Rural Landscape
1   Objectives of zone
•  To encourage sustainable primary industry production by maintaining and enhancing the natural resource base.
•  To maintain the rural landscape character of the land.
•  To provide for a range of compatible land uses, including extensive agriculture.
2   Permitted without consent
Environmental protection works; Extensive agriculture; Home-based child care; Home occupations
3   Permitted with consent
Agriculture; Airstrips; Animal boarding or training establishments; Bed and breakfast accommodation; Building identification signs; Business identification signs; Cellar door premises; Cemeteries; Community facilities; Crematoria; Dwelling houses; Entertainment facilities; Environmental facilities; Farm buildings; Farm stay accommodation; Flood mitigation works; Function centres; Helipads; Home businesses; Home industries; Information and education facilities; Landscaping material supplies; Markets; Plant nurseries; Recreation areas; Recreation facilities (indoor); Recreation facilities (major); Recreation facilities (outdoor); Roads; Roadside stalls; Rural industries; Rural supplies; Secondary dwellings; Transport depots; Veterinary hospitals; Water supply systems
4   Prohibited
Any development not specified in item 2 or 3
Zone R1   General Residential
1   Objectives of zone
•  To provide for the housing needs of the community.
•  To provide for a variety of housing types and densities.
•  To enable other land uses that provide facilities or services to meet the day to day needs of residents.
•  To ensure that buildings with non-residential uses have a bulk and scale that is compatible with the zone’s predominantly residential character.
•  To promote walkable neighbourhoods and a sense of community.
•  To ensure that where possible, development maintains existing bushland.
•  To encourage medium to high density housing located in close proximity to the town and village centres.
2   Permitted without consent
Environmental protection works; Home occupations
3   Permitted with consent
Attached dwellings; Bed and breakfast accommodation; Boarding houses; Centre-based child care facilities; Community facilities; Dual occupancies; Dwelling houses; Environmental facilities; Exhibition homes; Exhibition villages; Flood mitigation works; Group homes; Home businesses; Home industries; Hostels; Information and education facilities; Multi dwelling housing; Neighbourhood shops; Places of public worship; Public administration buildings; Recreation areas; Recreation facilities (indoor); Recreation facilities (outdoor); Registered clubs; Residential flat buildings; Respite day care centres; Roads; Secondary dwellings; Semi-detached dwellings; Seniors housing; Serviced apartments; Shop top housing; Veterinary hospitals; Waste or resource management facilities
4   Prohibited
Any development not specified in item 2 or 3
Zone R2   Low Density Residential
1   Objectives of zone
•  To provide for the housing needs of the community within a low density residential environment.
•  To enable other land uses that provide facilities or services to meet the day to day needs of residents.
•  To encourage development that considers the low density amenity of existing and future residents.
•  To encourage development that is designed to recognise the bushland character of the locality where appropriate and to minimize the impact of urban development, particularly on the edge of the urban area.
2   Permitted without consent
Home occupations
3   Permitted with consent
Bed and breakfast accommodation; Boarding houses; Boat sheds; Building identification signs; Business identification signs; Caravan parks; Centre-based child care facilities; Community facilities; Dwelling houses; Environmental facilities; Environmental protection works; Exhibition homes; Exhibition villages; Flood mitigation works; Group homes; Health consulting rooms; Home businesses; Home industries; Information and education facilities; Jetties; Moorings; Neighbourhood shops; Places of public worship; Recreation areas; Recreation facilities (indoor); Recreation facilities (outdoor); Respite day care centres; Roads; Secondary dwellings; Seniors housing; Water recreation structures; Water reticulation systems
4   Prohibited
Any development not specified in item 2 or 3
Zone R3   Medium Density Residential
1   Objectives of zone
•  To provide for the housing needs of the community within a medium density residential environment.
•  To provide a variety of housing types within a medium density residential environment.
•  To enable other land uses that provide facilities or services to meet the day to day needs of residents.
•  To encourage development that considers the medium density amenity of existing and future residents.
2   Permitted without consent
Nil
3   Permitted with consent
Attached dwellings; Bed and breakfast accommodation; Boarding houses; Building identification signs; Business identification signs; Caravan parks; Centre-based child care facilities; Community facilities; Dual occupancies; Dwelling houses; Environmental facilities; Environmental protection works; Exhibition homes; Exhibition villages; Flood mitigation works; Group homes; Home businesses; Home industries; Hostels; Information and education facilities; Multi dwelling housing; Neighbourhood shops; Places of public worship; Recreation areas; Recreation facilities (outdoor); Registered clubs; Respite day care centres; Roads; Secondary dwellings; Semi-detached dwellings; Seniors housing; Serviced apartments; Shop top housing; Water reticulation systems
4   Prohibited
Any development not specified in item 2 or 3
Zone R4   High Density Residential
1   Objectives of zone
•  To provide for the housing needs of the community within a high density residential environment.
•  To provide a variety of housing types within a high density residential environment.
•  To enable other land uses that provide facilities or services to meet the day to day needs of residents.
•  To encourage development that considers the high density amenity of existing and future residents.
2   Permitted without consent
Nil
3   Permitted with consent
Attached dwellings; Bed and breakfast accommodation; Boarding houses; Building identification signs; Business identification signs; Caravan parks; Centre-based child care facilities; Community facilities; Dual occupancies; Dwelling houses; Environmental facilities; Environmental protection works; Exhibition homes; Exhibition villages; Flood mitigation works; Function centres; Home businesses; Home industries; Hostels; Information and education facilities; Multi dwelling housing; Neighbourhood shops; Places of public worship; Recreation areas; Recreation facilities (outdoor); Residential flat buildings; Respite day care centres; Roads; Secondary dwellings; Semi-detached dwellings; Seniors housing; Serviced apartments; Shop top housing; Water reticulation systems
4   Prohibited
Any development not specified in item 2 or 3
Zone R5   Large Lot Residential
1   Objectives of zone
•  To provide residential housing in a rural setting while preserving, and minimising impacts on, environmentally sensitive locations and scenic quality.
•  To ensure that large residential lots do not hinder the proper and orderly development of urban areas in the future.
•  To ensure that development in the area does not unreasonably increase the demand for public services or public facilities.
•  To minimise conflict between land uses within this zone and land uses within adjoining zones.
•  To retain existing bushland and natural landscape features to preserve the rural character of the locality.
•  To ensure that rural residential development provides for integrated rural residential communities and its design is innovative and flexible.
2   Permitted without consent
Environmental protection works; Home-based child care; Home occupations
3   Permitted with consent
Bed and breakfast accommodation; Building identification signs; Business identification signs; Community facilities; Dwelling houses; Emergency services facilities; Environmental facilities; Extensive agriculture; Flood mitigation works; Home businesses; Home industries; Landscaping material supplies; Markets; Plant nurseries; Recreation areas; Recreation facilities (outdoor); Roads; Roadside stalls; Secondary dwellings; Water reticulation systems
4   Prohibited
Any development not specified in item 2 or 3
Zone B1   Neighbourhood Centre
1   Objectives of zone
•  To provide a range of small-scale retail, business and community uses that serve the needs of people who live or work in the surrounding neighbourhood.
•  To allow for limited high density residential uses that are compatible with the neighbourhood centre.
•  To provide for active retail, business or other non-residential uses at street level.
2   Permitted without consent
Environmental protection works
3   Permitted with consent
Boarding houses; Business premises; Car parks; Centre-based child care facilities; Community facilities; Flood mitigation works; Garden centres; Group homes; Hardware and building supplies; Health consulting rooms; Hotel or motel accommodation; Information and education facilities; Kiosks; Markets; Medical centres; Neighbourhood shops; Neighbourhood supermarkets; Office premises; Passenger transport facilities; Places of public worship; Plant nurseries; Public administration buildings; Recreation facilities (indoor); Registered clubs; Respite day care centres; Restaurants or cafes; Roads; Seniors housing; Service stations; Serviced apartments; Shop top housing; Shops; Signage; Take away food and drink premises; Veterinary hospitals
4   Prohibited
Any development not specified in item 2 or 3
Zone B2   Local Centre
1   Objectives of zone
•  To provide a range of retail, business, entertainment and community uses that serve the needs of people who live in, work in and visit the local area.
•  To encourage employment opportunities in accessible locations.
•  To maximise public transport patronage and encourage walking and cycling.
•  To encourage some limited high density residential uses to create vitality in town centres.
•  To recognise town centres as important retail centres, which support the Queanbeyan central business district.
2   Permitted without consent
Environmental protection works
3   Permitted with consent
Amusement centres; Boarding houses; Car parks; Centre-based child care facilities; Commercial premises; Community facilities; Educational establishments; Electricity generating works; Entertainment facilities; Flood mitigation works; Function centres; Hostels; Information and education facilities; Medical centres; Mortuaries; Multi dwelling housing; Passenger transport facilities; Places of public worship; Public administration buildings; Recreation areas; Recreation facilities (indoor); Recreation facilities (outdoor); Registered clubs; Residential flat buildings; Respite day care centres; Restricted premises; Roads; Seniors housing; Service stations; Shop top housing; Signage; Tourist and visitor accommodation; Vehicle repair stations; Veterinary hospitals
4   Prohibited
Any development not specified in item 2 or 3
Zone B3   Commercial Core
1   Objectives of zone
•  To provide a wide range of retail, business, office, entertainment, community and other suitable land uses that serve the needs of the local and wider community.
•  To encourage appropriate employment opportunities in accessible locations.
•  To maximise public transport patronage and encourage walking and cycling.
•  To recognise the Queanbeyan central business district as the main commercial and retail centre of Queanbeyan and to reinforce its commercial and retail primacy in Queanbeyan.
•  To encourage some high density residential uses in conjunction with retail or employment uses where appropriate.
2   Permitted without consent
Nil
3   Permitted with consent
Centre-based child care facilities; Commercial premises; Community facilities; Educational establishments; Entertainment facilities; Function centres; Hotel or motel accommodation; Information and education facilities; Medical centres; Passenger transport facilities; Recreation facilities (indoor); Registered clubs; Respite day care centres; Restricted premises; Roads; Any other development not specified in item 2 or 4
4   Prohibited
Agriculture; Air transport facilities; Airstrips; Attached dwellings; Backpackers’ accommodation; Bed and breakfast accommodation; Biosolids treatment facilities; Boat building and repair facilities; Boat launching ramps; Boat sheds; Caravan parks; Cemeteries; Charter and tourism boating facilities; Correctional centres; Crematoria; Depots; Dual occupancies; Dwelling houses; Eco-tourist facilities; Electricity generating works; Environmental facilities; Exhibition homes; Exhibition villages; Extractive industries; Farm buildings; Farm stay accommodation; Forestry; Freight transport facilities; Heavy industrial storage establishments; Helipads; Highway service centres; Home occupations (sex services); Hostels; Industrial retail outlets; Industries; Jetties; Marinas; Mooring pens; Moorings; Mortuaries; Multi dwelling housing; Open cut mining; Recreation areas; Recreation facilities (major); Recreation facilities (outdoor); Research stations; Residential flat buildings; Resource recovery facilities; Rural industries; Rural workers’ dwellings; Secondary dwellings; Semi-detached dwellings; Seniors housing; Service stations; Sewage treatment plants; Sex services premises; Storage premises; Transport depots; Truck depots; Vehicle body repair workshops; Vehicle repair stations; Warehouse or distribution centres; Waste disposal facilities; Water recreation structures; Water recycling facilities; Water supply systems
Zone B4   Mixed Use
1   Objectives of zone
•  To provide a mixture of compatible land uses.
•  To integrate suitable business, office, residential, retail and other development in accessible locations so as to maximise public transport patronage and encourage walking and cycling.
2   Permitted without consent
Environmental protection works
3   Permitted with consent
Backpackers’ accommodation; Boarding houses; Car parks; Centre-based child care facilities; Commercial premises; Community facilities; Educational establishments; Entertainment facilities; Flood mitigation works; Function centres; Hostels; Hotel or motel accommodation; Information and education facilities; Medical centres; Multi dwelling housing; Passenger transport facilities; Places of public worship; Recreation facilities (indoor); Registered clubs; Residential flat buildings; Respite day care centres; Restricted premises; Roads; Seniors housing; Service stations; Serviced apartments; Shop top housing; Signage
4   Prohibited
Any development not specified in item 2 or 3
Zone B5   Business Development
1   Objectives of zone
•  To enable a mix of business and warehouse uses, and specialised retail premises that require a large floor area, in locations that are close to, and that support the viability of, centres.
•  To maintain the economic strength of existing business centres by limiting the retailing of food or clothing.
2   Permitted without consent
Environmental protection works
3   Permitted with consent
Car parks; Centre-based child care facilities; Community facilities; Flood mitigation works; Garden centres; Hardware and building supplies; Hotel or motel accommodation; Landscaping material supplies; Markets; Passenger transport facilities; Recreation facilities (indoor); Respite day care centres; Restaurants or cafes; Roads; Signage; Specialised retail premises; Vehicle sales or hire premises; Warehouse or distribution centres
4   Prohibited
Any development not specified in item 2 or 3
Zone IN1   General Industrial
1   Objectives of zone
•  To provide a wide range of industrial and warehouse land uses.
•  To encourage employment opportunities.
•  To minimise any adverse effect of industry on other land uses.
•  To support and protect industrial land for industrial uses.
•  To enable other land uses that provide facilities or services to meet the day to day needs of workers in the area.
2   Permitted without consent
Environmental protection works
3   Permitted with consent
Agricultural produce industries; Boat building and repair facilities; Car parks; Centre-based child care facilities; Commercial premises; Depots; Flood mitigation works; Freight transport facilities; Function centres; Garden centres; General industries; Hardware and building supplies; Health consulting rooms; Heavy industrial storage establishments; Helipads; Industrial retail outlets; Industrial training facilities; Industries; Information and education facilities; Light industries; Livestock processing industries; Medical centres; Mortuaries; Neighbourhood shops; Passenger transport facilities; Places of public worship; Public administration buildings; Recreation areas; Recreation facilities (indoor); Recreation facilities (major); Recreation facilities (outdoor); Registered clubs; Respite day care centres; Restricted premises; Roads; Sawmill or log processing works; Service stations; Sex services premises; Signage; Storage premises; Transport depots; Truck depots; Vehicle body repair workshops; Vehicle repair stations; Veterinary hospitals; Warehouse or distribution centres; Wholesale supplies
4   Prohibited
Cellar door premises; Office premises; Plant nurseries; Pubs; Roadside stalls; Shops; Timber yards; Any other development not specified in item 2 or 3
Zone IN2   Light Industrial
1   Objectives of zone
•  To provide a wide range of light industrial, warehouse and related land uses.
•  To encourage employment opportunities and to support the viability of centres.
•  To minimise any adverse effect of industry on other land uses.
•  To enable other land uses that provide facilities or services to meet the day to day needs of workers in the area.
•  To support and protect industrial land for industrial uses.
2   Permitted without consent
Environmental protection works
3   Permitted with consent
Boat building and repair facilities; Business premises; Car parks; Centre-based child care facilities; Community facilities; Depots; Flood mitigation works; Function centres; Garden centres; Hardware and building supplies; Health consulting rooms; Industrial retail outlets; Industrial training facilities; Information and education facilities; Kiosks; Light industries; Markets; Medical centres; Mortuaries; Neighbourhood shops; Places of public worship; Public administration buildings; Recreation areas; Recreation facilities (indoor); Recreation facilities (major); Recreation facilities (outdoor); Respite day care centres; Roads; Self-storage units; Signage; Specialised retail premises; Take away food and drink premises; Vehicle repair stations; Vehicle sales or hire premises; Veterinary hospitals; Warehouse or distribution centres
4   Prohibited
Any development not specified in item 2 or 3
Zone SP1   Special Activities
1   Objectives of zone
•  To provide for special land uses that are not provided for in other zones.
•  To provide for sites with special natural characteristics that are not provided for in other zones.
•  To facilitate development that is in keeping with the special characteristics of the site or its existing or intended special use, and that minimises any adverse impacts on surrounding land.
2   Permitted without consent
Environmental protection works
3   Permitted with consent
The purpose shown on the Land Zoning Map, including any development that is ordinarily incidental or ancillary to development for that purpose
4   Prohibited
Any development not specified in item 2 or 3
Zone SP2   Infrastructure
1   Objectives of zone
•  To provide for infrastructure and related uses.
•  To prevent development that is not compatible with or that may detract from the provision of infrastructure.
2   Permitted without consent
Environmental protection works
3   Permitted with consent
Roads; The purpose shown on the Land Zoning Map, including any development that is ordinarily incidental or ancillary to development for that purpose
4   Prohibited
Any development not specified in item 2 or 3
Zone RE1   Public Recreation
1   Objectives of zone
•  To enable land to be used for public open space or recreational purposes.
•  To provide a range of recreational settings and activities and compatible land uses.
•  To protect and enhance the natural environment for recreational purposes.
2   Permitted without consent
Environmental protection works; Flood mitigation works
3   Permitted with consent
Building identification signs; Camping grounds; Car parks; Caravan parks; Cemeteries; Centre-based child care facilities; Community facilities; Environmental facilities; Information and education facilities; Kiosks; Markets; Public administration buildings; Recreation areas; Recreation facilities (indoor); Recreation facilities (major); Recreation facilities (outdoor); Respite day care centres; Restaurants or cafes; Roads; Water recreation structures
4   Prohibited
Any development not specified in item 2 or 3
Zone RE2   Private Recreation
1   Objectives of zone
•  To enable land to be used for private open space or recreational purposes.
•  To provide a range of recreational settings and activities and compatible land uses.
•  To protect and enhance the natural environment for recreational purposes.
2   Permitted without consent
Environmental protection works
3   Permitted with consent
Building identification signs; Business identification signs; Camping grounds; Car parks; Caravan parks; Centre-based child care facilities; Community facilities; Entertainment facilities; Environmental facilities; Flood mitigation works; Information and education facilities; Kiosks; Markets; Recreation areas; Recreation facilities (indoor); Recreation facilities (outdoor); Registered clubs; Respite day care centres; Roads; Water recreation structures
4   Prohibited
Any development not specified in item 2 or 3
Zone E1   National Parks and Nature Reserves
1   Objectives of zone
•  To enable the management and appropriate use of land that is reserved under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 or that is acquired under Part 11 of that Act.
•  To enable uses authorised under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974.
•  To identify land that is to be reserved under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 and to protect the environmental significance of that land.
2   Permitted without consent
Uses authorised under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974
3   Permitted with consent
Nil
4   Prohibited
Any development not specified in item 2 or 3
Zone E2   Environmental Conservation
1   Objectives of zone
•  To protect, manage and restore areas of high ecological, scientific, cultural or aesthetic values.
•  To prevent development that could destroy, damage or otherwise have an adverse effect on those values.
•  To protect threatened species and rivers, creeks and gully ecosystems within Queanbeyan.
•  To identify and protect escarpment areas that enhance the visual amenity of Queanbeyan and possess special aesthetic or conservational value.
•  To protect water quality by preventing inappropriate development within catchment areas.
2   Permitted without consent
Environmental protection works; Extensive agriculture; Home-based child care
3   Permitted with consent
Bed and breakfast accommodation; Environmental facilities; Information and education facilities; Research stations; Roads
4   Prohibited
Business premises; Hotel or motel accommodation; Industries; Multi dwelling housing; Recreation facilities (major); Residential flat buildings; Restricted premises; Retail premises; Seniors housing; Service stations; Warehouse or distribution centres; Any other development not specified in item 2 or 3
Zone E3   Environmental Management
1   Objectives of zone
•  To protect, manage and restore areas with special ecological, scientific, cultural or aesthetic values.
•  To provide for a limited range of development that does not have an adverse effect on those values.
•  To protect water quality by preventing inappropriate development within catchment areas.
•  To ensure that rural residential development provides for integrated rural residential communities and its design is innovative and flexible.
2   Permitted without consent
Environmental protection works; Extensive agriculture; Home-based child care; Home occupations
3   Permitted with consent
Bed and breakfast accommodation; Dwelling houses; Electricity generating works; Emergency services facilities; Environmental facilities; Farm buildings; Flood mitigation works; Home businesses; Home industries; Information and education facilities; Research stations; Roads; Secondary dwellings; Water reticulation systems
4   Prohibited
Industries; Multi dwelling housing; Residential flat buildings; Retail premises; Seniors housing; Service stations; Warehouse or distribution centres; Any other development not specified in item 2 or 3
Zone E4   Environmental Living
1   Objectives of zone
•  To provide for low-impact residential development in areas with special ecological, scientific or aesthetic values.
•  To ensure that residential development does not have an adverse effect on those values.
•  To encourage development that is designed to recognise the bushland character of the locality where appropriate and to minimise the impact of urban development, particularly on the edge of the urban area.
•  To ensure that rural residential development provides for integrated rural residential communities in its design.
2   Permitted without consent
Environmental protection works; Extensive agriculture; Home-based child care; Home occupations
3   Permitted with consent
Bed and breakfast accommodation; Building identification signs; Business identification signs; Community facilities; Dwelling houses; Emergency services facilities; Environmental facilities; Farm buildings; Flood mitigation works; Garden centres; Home businesses; Home industries; Information and education facilities; Landscaping material supplies; Plant nurseries; Research stations; Roads; Secondary dwellings; Water reticulation systems
4   Prohibited
Industries; Service stations; Warehouse or distribution centres; Any other development not specified in item 2 or 3
Zone W1   Natural Waterways
1   Objectives of zone
•  To protect the ecological and scenic values of natural waterways.
•  To prevent development that would have an adverse effect on the natural values of waterways in this zone.
•  To provide for sustainable fishing industries and recreational fishing.
2   Permitted without consent
Environmental protection works
3   Permitted with consent
Environmental facilities; Flood mitigation works; Water recreation structures; Water supply systems
4   Prohibited
Business premises; Hotel or motel accommodation; Industries; Multi dwelling housing; Recreation facilities (major); Residential flat buildings; Restricted premises; Retail premises; Seniors housing; Service stations; Warehouse or distribution centres; Any other development not specified in item 2 or 3
Part 3 Exempt and complying development
3.1   Exempt development
Note—
Under section 76 of the Act, exempt development may be carried out without the need for development consent under Part 4 of the Act or for assessment under Part 5 of the Act.
The section states that exempt development:
(a)  must be of minimal environmental impact, and
(b)  cannot be carried out in a declared area of outstanding biodiversity value under the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 or declared critical habitat under Part 7A of the Fisheries Management Act 1994, and
(c)  cannot be carried out in a wilderness area (identified under the Wilderness Act 1987).
(1)  The objective of this clause is to identify development of minimal environmental impact as exempt development.
(2)  Development specified in Schedule 2 that meets the standards for the development contained in that Schedule and that complies with the requirements of this Part is exempt development.
(3)  To be exempt development, the development:
(a)  must meet the relevant deemed-to-satisfy provisions of the Building Code of Australia or, if there are no such relevant provisions, must be structurally adequate, and
(b)  must not, if it relates to an existing building, cause the building to contravene the Building Code of Australia, and
(c)  must not be designated development, and
(d)  must not be carried out on land that comprises, or on which there is, an item that is listed on the State Heritage Register under the Heritage Act 1977 or that is subject to an interim heritage order under the Heritage Act 1977.
(4)  Development that relates to an existing building that is classified under the Building Code of Australia as class 1b or class 2–9 is exempt development only if:
(a)  the building has a current fire safety certificate or fire safety statement, or
(b)  no fire safety measures are currently implemented, required or proposed for the building.
(5)  To be exempt development, the development must:
(a)  be installed in accordance with the manufacturer’s specifications, if applicable, and
(b)  not involve the removal, pruning or other clearing of vegetation that requires a permit, development consent or other approval unless it is undertaken in accordance with a permit, development consent or other approval.
(6)  A heading to an item in Schedule 2 is part of that Schedule.
3.2   Complying development
(1)  The objective of this clause is to identify development as complying development.
(2)  Development specified in Part 1 of Schedule 3 that is carried out in compliance with:
(a)  the development standards specified in relation to that development, and
(b)  the requirements of this Part,
is complying development.
Note—
See also clause 5.8 (3) which provides that the conversion of fire alarms is complying development in certain circumstances.
(3)  To be complying development, the development must:
(a)  be permissible, with development consent, in the zone in which it is carried out, and
(b)  meet the relevant deemed-to-satisfy provisions of the Building Code of Australia, and
(c)  have an approval, if required by the Local Government Act 1993, from the Council for an on-site effluent disposal system if the development is undertaken on unsewered land.
(4)  A complying development certificate for development specified in Part 1 of Schedule 3 is subject to the conditions (if any) set out or referred to in Part 2 of that Schedule.
(5)  A heading to an item in Schedule 3 is part of that Schedule.
3.3   Environmentally sensitive areas excluded
(1)  Exempt or complying development must not be carried out on any environmentally sensitive area for exempt or complying development.
(2)  For the purposes of this clause:
environmentally sensitive area for exempt or complying development means any of the following:
(a)  the coastal waters of the State,
(b)  a coastal lake,
(c)  land within the coastal wetlands and littoral rainforests area (within the meaning of the Coastal Management Act 2016),
(d)  land reserved as an aquatic reserve under the Fisheries Management Act 1994 or as a marine park under the Marine Parks Act 1997,
(e)  land within a wetland of international significance declared under the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands or within a World heritage area declared under the World Heritage Convention,
(f)  land within 100 metres of land to which paragraph (c), (d) or (e) applies,
(g)  land identified in this or any other environmental planning instrument as being of high Aboriginal cultural significance or high biodiversity significance,
(h)  land reserved under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 or land acquired under Part 11 of that Act,
(i)  land reserved or dedicated under the Crown Lands Act 1989 for the preservation of flora, fauna, geological formations or for other environmental protection purposes,
(j)  land that is a declared area of outstanding biodiversity value under the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 or declared critical habitat under Part 7A of the Fisheries Management Act 1994.
(2A)  Complying development must not be carried out on land identified as “Scenic Protection Area” on the Scenic Protection Map.
Part 4 Principal development standards
4.1   Minimum subdivision lot size
(1)  The objectives of this clause are as follows:
(a)  to ensure subdivision is sensitive to land, heritage and environmental characteristics (including water quality, native flora and fauna and places or items of Aboriginal and European heritage value),
(b)  to ensure subdivision does not adversely impact on the functions and safety of main roads,
(c)  to provide lots with areas and dimensions that enable the appropriate siting and construction of a building and associated works to minimise and avoid the threat of natural hazard (including bush fire, soil instability and flooding) and to protect significant vegetation and prominent or significant landscape qualities,
(d)  to ensure new lots have an adequate water supply and can be provided with an effective means of disposal of domestic waste and adequately serviced,
(e)  to create lots that are compatible with the existing predominant lot pattern or desired future character of the locality and to minimise the likely adverse impact on the amenity of adjoining developments.
(2)  This clause applies to a subdivision of any land shown on the Lot Size Map that requires development consent and that is carried out after the commencement of this Plan.
(3)  The size of any lot resulting from a subdivision of land to which this clause applies is not to be less than the minimum size shown on the Lot Size Map in relation to that land.
(4)  This clause does not apply in relation to the subdivision of any land:
(a)  by the registration of a strata plan or strata plan of subdivision under the Strata Schemes Development Act 2015, or
(b)  by any kind of subdivision under the Community Land Development Act 1989.
4.1AA   Minimum subdivision lot size for community title schemes
(1)  The objectives of this clause are as follows:
(a)  to ensure that land to which this clause applies is not fragmented by subdivisions that would create additional dwelling entitlements,
(b)  to achieve lot sizes that meet community and economic needs, while ensuring that environmental and social values are safeguarded.
(2)  This clause applies to a subdivision (being a subdivision that requires development consent) under the Community Land Development Act 1989 of land in any of the following zones:
(a)  Zone RU2 Rural Landscape,
(b)  Zone R1 General Residential,
(c)  Zone R2 Low Density Residential,
(d)  Zone R5 Large Lot Residential,
(e)  Zone E3 Environmental Management (but only if the land is land to which clause 4.1C does not apply),
(f)  Zone E4 Environmental Living (but only if the land is land to which clause 4.1C does not apply),
but does not apply to a subdivision by the registration of a strata plan.
(3)  The size of any lot resulting from a subdivision of land to which this clause applies (other than any lot comprising association property within the meaning of the Community Land Development Act 1989) is not to be less than the minimum size shown on the Lot Size Map in relation to that land.
(4)  This clause applies despite clause 4.1.
cl 4.1AA: Subst 2015 (152), Sch 1 [2].
4.1A   Exceptions to minimum lot size
(1)  The objective of this clause is to enable the subdivision of land to create lots of a size that is less than the minimum size shown on the Lot Size Map in certain circumstances.
(2)  Despite clause 4.1, land may, with development consent, be subdivided to create a lot of a size that is less than the minimum size shown on the Lot Size Map in relation to that land, where the consent authority is satisfied that the land could have been subdivided under clause 4.1 had it not been affected by any one or more of the following:
(a)  a minor realignment of its boundaries that did not create an additional lot,
(b)  a subdivision creating or widening a public road or public reserve or for another public purpose,
(c)  a consolidation with an adjoining public road or public reserve or for another public purpose.
(3)  Development consent must not be granted for the subdivision of land to which this clause applies unless the number of lots to be created will not exceed the number of lots that could have been created under clause 4.1 had the land not been affected by a matter referred to in subclause (2) (a), (b) or (c).
4.1B   Minimum lot sizes for dual occupancies, multi dwelling housing and residential flat buildings
(1)  The objective of this clause is to achieve planned residential density in certain zones.
(2)  Development consent may be granted for development on a lot in a zone shown in Column 2 of the Table to this clause for a purpose shown in Column 1 of the Table opposite that zone, if the area of the lot is equal to or greater than the area specified for that purpose and shown in Column 3 of the Table.
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Dual occupancies
Zone R3 Medium Density
600 square metres
Dual occupancies
Zone R4 High Density
600 square metres
Multi dwelling housing
Zone R3 Medium Density
750 square metres
Multi dwelling housing
Zone R4 High Density
750 square metres
Residential flat buildings
Zone R4 High Density
1,000 square metres
4.1C   Subdivision using average lot sizes
(1)  The objectives of this clause are to facilitate alternative subdivision controls that:
(a)  facilitate a subdivision design that takes into consideration the values and constraints on the land and achieves the best environmental outcomes possible, and
(b)  limit the subdivision of land in certain circumstances where the lots created are proposed to be used for residential accommodation.
(2)  This clause applies to the land identified as “Lot Averaging” on the Lot Averaging Map.
(3)  Despite clause 4.1, development consent may be granted for the subdivision of land to which this clause applies, other than under the Community Land Development Act 1989, if:
(a)  the average size of all the lots created that have an area of less than 16 hectares will be at least 6 hectares, and
(b)  none of the lots created will have an area of less than 2 hectares.
(4)  Despite clause 4.1, development consent may be granted for the subdivision of land to which this clause applies, under the Community Land Development Act 1989, if:
(a)  the land being subdivided has an area of at least 16 hectares, and
(b)  none of the lots created will have an area of less than 2 hectares, and
(c)  the average area of all lots created will be at least 6 hectares.
(5)  Despite subclauses (3) and (4), land to which this clause applies may, with development consent, be subdivided under this clause, where the consent authority is satisfied that the land could have been subdivided under this clause had it not been affected by any one or more of the following:
(a)  a minor realignment of its boundaries that did not create an additional lot,
(b)  a subdivision creating or widening a public road or public reserve or for another public purpose,
(c)  a consolidation with an adjoining public road or public reserve or for another public purpose.
(6)  Development consent must not be granted for the subdivision of land to which this clause applies unless the number of lots to be created will not exceed the number of lots that could have been created under this clause had the land not been affected by a matter referred to in subclause (5) (a), (b) or (c).
(7)  Development consent must not be granted for the subdivision of a resulting lot unless the consent authority is satisfied that:
(a)  the lots that would be created will not be used for the purposes of residential accommodation, and
(b)  the subdivision will not result in any significant adverse environmental impacts on the land being subdivided.
(8)  In this clause:
resulting lot means a lot:
(a)  created under this clause, or
(b)  on land identified as “Resulting Lots” on the Lot Averaging Map.
4.1D   Variation to minimum lot size
(1)  The objective of this clause is to provide opportunities for affordable medium density housing in appropriate locations.
(2)  This clause applies to the following land:
(a)  land within 200 metres of any land within Zone B2 Local Centre,
(b)  land identified as “Additional Development Area” on the Googong Map.
(3)  Despite clauses 4.1, 4.1AA and 4.1A, development consent may be granted for the subdivision of land to which this clause applies if:
(a)  there will be at least 4 lots resulting from the subdivision, and
(b)  the minimum lot size of each lot resulting from the subdivision is 130 square metres, and
(c)  the development application for the subdivision includes a dwelling design for each lot.
cl 4.1D: Am 2015 (680), Sch 1 [1].
4.2   Rural subdivision
(1)  The objective of this clause is to provide flexibility in the application of standards for subdivision in rural zones to allow land owners a greater chance to achieve the objectives for development in the relevant zone.
(2)  This clause applies to the following rural zones:
(a)  Zone RU1 Primary Production,
(b)  Zone RU2 Rural Landscape,
(c)  Zone RU4 Primary Production Small Lots,
(d)  Zone RU6 Transition.
Note—
When this Plan was made, it did not include land in Zone RU1 Primary Production, Zone RU4 Primary Production Small Lots or Zone RU6 Transition.
(3)  Land in a zone to which this clause applies may, with development consent, be subdivided for the purpose of primary production to create a lot of a size that is less than the minimum size shown on the Lot Size Map in relation to that land.
(4)  However, such a lot cannot be created if an existing dwelling would, as the result of the subdivision, be situated on the lot.
(5)  A dwelling cannot be erected on such a lot.
Note—
A dwelling includes a rural worker’s dwelling (see definition of that term in the Dictionary).
4.2A   Erection of dwelling houses and secondary dwellings on land in certain rural and environmental protection zones
(1)  The objectives of this clause are as follows:
(a)  to minimise unplanned rural residential development,
(b)  to enable the replacement of lawfully erected dwelling houses in rural and environmental protection zones.
(2)  This clause applies to land in the following zones:
(a)  Zone RU2 Rural Landscape,
(b)  Zone R5 Large Lot Residential,
(c)  Zone E3 Environmental Management,
(d)  Zone E4 Environmental Living.
(3)  Development consent must not be granted for the erection of a dwelling house on land to which this clause applies, and on which no dwelling house has been erected, unless the land:
(a)  is a lot that is at least the minimum lot size shown on the Lot Size Map in relation to that land, or
(b)  is a lot created under this Plan (other than under clause 4.2 (3)), or
(c)  is a lot resulting from a subdivision for which development consent (or equivalent) was granted before this Plan commenced and on which the erection of a dwelling house would have been permissible if the plan of subdivision had been registered before that commencement, or
(d)  would have been a lot referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) had it not been affected by:
(i)  a minor realignment of its boundaries that did not create an additional lot, or
(ii)  a subdivision creating or widening a public road or public reserve or for another public purpose.
Note—
A dwelling cannot be erected on a lot created under clause 9 of State Environmental Planning Policy (Rural Lands) 2008 or clause 4.2.
(4)  Development consent must not be granted for the erection of a secondary dwelling on land to which this clause applies unless the land:
(a)  is a lot that is at least the minimum lot size shown on the Lot Size Map in relation to that land, or
(b)  is identified as “Lot Averaging” on the Lot Averaging Map and is a lot with an area of at least 2 hectares.
(5)  Development consent may be granted for the erection of a dwelling house on land to which this clause applies if there is a lawfully erected dwelling house on the land and the dwelling house to be erected is intended only to replace the existing dwelling house.
4.2B   Strata subdivisions in certain residential, rural and environmental zones
(1)  The objective of this clause is to ensure that land to which this clause applies is not fragmented by subdivisions that would create additional dwelling entitlements.
(2)  This clause applies to land in the following zones that is used, or proposed to be used, for residential accommodation or tourist and visitor accommodation:
(a)  Zone RU2 Rural Landscape,
(b)  Zone R5 Large Lot Residential,
(c)  Zone E3 Environmental Management,
(d)  Zone E4 Environmental Living.
(3)  Development consent must not be granted for the subdivision of a lot to which this clause applies for a strata plan that would create lots below the minimum size shown on the Lot Size Map for that land.
Note—
Part 6 of State Environmental Planning Policy (Exempt and Complying Development Codes) 2008 provides that the strata subdivision of a building in certain circumstances is specified complying development.
cl 4.2B: Am 2013 No 47, Sch 2.21 [1].
4.3   Height of buildings
(1)  The objectives of this clause are as follows:
(a)  to ensure that the height of buildings complement the streetscape or the historic character of the area in which the buildings are located,
(b)  to protect the heritage character of Queanbeyan and the significance of heritage buildings and heritage items,
(c)  to nominate heights that will provide a transition in built form between varying land use intensities.
(2)  The height of a building on any land is not to exceed the maximum height shown for the land on the Height of Buildings Map.
4.4   Floor space ratio
(1)  The objectives of this clause are as follows:
(a)  to ensure that the density, bulk and scale of development is appropriate for a site,
(b)  to ensure that the density, bulk and scale of development integrates with the streetscape and character of the area in which the development is located,
(c)  to facilitate development that contributes to the economic growth of the Queanbeyan central business district, Googong town centre and Queanbeyan’s neighbourhood centres.
(2)  The maximum floor space ratio for a building on any land is not to exceed the floor space ratio shown for the land on the Floor Space Ratio Map.
4.5   Calculation of floor space ratio and site area
(1) Objectives The objectives of this clause are as follows:
(a)  to define floor space ratio,
(b)  to set out rules for the calculation of the site area of development for the purpose of applying permitted floor space ratios, including rules to:
(i)  prevent the inclusion in the site area of an area that has no significant development being carried out on it, and
(ii)  prevent the inclusion in the site area of an area that has already been included as part of a site area to maximise floor space area in another building, and
(iii)  require community land and public places to be dealt with separately.
(2) Definition of “floor space ratio” The floor space ratio of buildings on a site is the ratio of the gross floor area of all buildings within the site to the site area.
(3) Site area In determining the site area of proposed development for the purpose of applying a floor space ratio, the site area is taken to be:
(a)  if the proposed development is to be carried out on only one lot, the area of that lot, or
(b)  if the proposed development is to be carried out on 2 or more lots, the area of any lot on which the development is proposed to be carried out that has at least one common boundary with another lot on which the development is being carried out.
In addition, subclauses (4)–(7) apply to the calculation of site area for the purposes of applying a floor space ratio to proposed development.
(4) Exclusions from site area The following land must be excluded from the site area:
(a)  land on which the proposed development is prohibited, whether under this Plan or any other law,
(b)  community land or a public place (except as provided by subclause (7)).
(5) Strata subdivisions The area of a lot that is wholly or partly on top of another or others in a strata subdivision is to be included in the calculation of the site area only to the extent that it does not overlap with another lot already included in the site area calculation.
(6) Only significant development to be included The site area for proposed development must not include a lot additional to a lot or lots on which the development is being carried out unless the proposed development includes significant development on that additional lot.
(7) Certain public land to be separately considered For the purpose of applying a floor space ratio to any proposed development on, above or below community land or a public place, the site area must only include an area that is on, above or below that community land or public place, and is occupied or physically affected by the proposed development, and may not include any other area on which the proposed development is to be carried out.
(8) Existing buildings The gross floor area of any existing or proposed buildings within the vertical projection (above or below ground) of the boundaries of a site is to be included in the calculation of the total floor space for the purposes of applying a floor space ratio, whether or not the proposed development relates to all of the buildings.
(9) Covenants to prevent “double dipping” When development consent is granted to development on a site comprised of 2 or more lots, a condition of the consent may require a covenant to be registered that prevents the creation of floor area on a lot (the restricted lot) if the consent authority is satisfied that an equivalent quantity of floor area will be created on another lot only because the site included the restricted lot.
(10) Covenants affect consolidated sites If:
(a)  a covenant of the kind referred to in subclause (9) applies to any land (affected land), and
(b)  proposed development relates to the affected land and other land that together comprise the site of the proposed development,
the maximum amount of floor area allowed on the other land by the floor space ratio fixed for the site by this Plan is reduced by the quantity of floor space area the covenant prevents being created on the affected land.
(11) Definition In this clause, public place has the same meaning as it has in the Local Government Act 1993.
4.6   Exceptions to development standards
(1)  The objectives of this clause are as follows:
(a)  to provide an appropriate degree of flexibility in applying certain development standards to particular development,
(b)  to achieve better outcomes for and from development by allowing flexibility in particular circumstances.
(2)  Development consent may, subject to this clause, be granted for development even though the development would contravene a development standard imposed by this or any other environmental planning instrument. However, this clause does not apply to a development standard that is expressly excluded from the operation of this clause.
(3)  Development consent must not be granted for development that contravenes a development standard unless the consent authority has considered a written request from the applicant that seeks to justify the contravention of the development standard by demonstrating:
(a)  that compliance with the development standard is unreasonable or unnecessary in the circumstances of the case, and
(b)  that there are sufficient environmental planning grounds to justify contravening the development standard.
(4)  Development consent must not be granted for development that contravenes a development standard unless:
(a)  the consent authority is satisfied that:
(i)  the applicant’s written request has adequately addressed the matters required to be demonstrated by subclause (3), and
(ii)  the proposed development will be in the public interest because it is consistent with the objectives of the particular standard and the objectives for development within the zone in which the development is proposed to be carried out, and
(b)  the concurrence of the Secretary has been obtained.
(5)  In deciding whether to grant concurrence, the Secretary must consider:
(a)  whether contravention of the development standard raises any matter of significance for State or regional environmental planning, and
(b)  the public benefit of maintaining the development standard, and
(c)  any other matters required to be taken into consideration by the Secretary before granting concurrence.
(6)  Development consent must not be granted under this clause for a subdivision of land in Zone RU1 Primary Production, Zone RU2 Rural Landscape, Zone RU3 Forestry, Zone RU4 Primary Production Small Lots, Zone RU6 Transition, Zone R5 Large Lot Residential, Zone E2 Environmental Conservation, Zone E3 Environmental Management or Zone E4 Environmental Living if:
(a)  the subdivision will result in 2 or more lots of less than the minimum area specified for such lots by a development standard, or
(b)  the subdivision will result in at least one lot that is less than 90% of the minimum area specified for such a lot by a development standard.
Note—
When this Plan was made, it did not include Zone RU1 Primary Production, Zone RU3 Forestry, Zone RU4 Primary Production Small Lots or Zone RU6 Transition.
(7)  After determining a development application made pursuant to this clause, the consent authority must keep a record of its assessment of the factors required to be addressed in the applicant’s written request referred to in subclause (3).
(8)  This clause does not allow development consent to be granted for development that would contravene any of the following:
(a)  a development standard for complying development,
(b)  a development standard that arises, under the regulations under the Act, in connection with a commitment set out in a BASIX certificate for a building to which State Environmental Planning Policy (Building Sustainability Index: BASIX) 2004 applies or for the land on which such a building is situated,
(c)  clause 5.4,
(ca)  clause 6.1 or 6.2.
Part 5 Miscellaneous provisions
5.1   Relevant acquisition authority
(1)  The objective of this clause is to identify, for the purposes of section 27 of the Act, the authority of the State that will be the relevant authority to acquire land reserved for certain public purposes if the land is required to be acquired under Division 3 of Part 2 of the Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 (the owner-initiated acquisition provisions).
Note—
If the landholder will suffer hardship if there is any delay in the land being acquired by the relevant authority, section 23 of the Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 requires the authority to acquire the land.
(2)  The authority of the State that will be the relevant authority to acquire land, if the land is required to be acquired under the owner-initiated acquisition provisions, is the authority of the State specified below in relation to the land shown on the Land Reservation Acquisition Map (or, if an authority of the State is not specified in relation to land required to be so acquired, the authority designated or determined under those provisions).
Type of land shown on Map
Authority of the State
Zone RE1 Public Recreation and marked “Local open space”
Council
Zone RE1 Public Recreation and marked “Regional open space”
The corporation constituted under section 8 of the Act
Zone SP2 Infrastructure and marked “Classified road”
Roads and Maritime Services
Zone E1 National Parks and Nature Reserves and marked “National Park”
Minister administering the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974
(3)  Development on land acquired by an authority of the State under the owner-initiated acquisition provisions may, before it is used for the purpose for which it is reserved, be carried out, with development consent, for any purpose.
5.2   Classification and reclassification of public land
(1)  The objective of this clause is to enable the Council to classify or reclassify public land as “operational land” or “community land” in accordance with Part 2 of Chapter 6 of the Local Government Act 1993.
Note—
Under the Local Government Act 1993, “public land” is generally land vested in or under the control of a council (other than roads, Crown reserves and commons). The classification or reclassification of public land may also be made by a resolution of the Council under section 31, 32 or 33 of the Local Government Act 1993. Section 30 of that Act enables this Plan to discharge trusts on which public reserves are held if the land is reclassified under this Plan as operational land.
(2)  The public land described in Part 1 or Part 2 of Schedule 4 is classified, or reclassified, as operational land for the purposes of the Local Government Act 1993.
(3)  The public land described in Part 3 of Schedule 4 is classified, or reclassified, as community land for the purposes of the Local Government Act 1993.
(4)  The public land described in Part 1 of Schedule 4:
(a)  does not cease to be a public reserve to the extent (if any) that it is a public reserve, and
(b)  continues to be affected by any trusts, estates, interests, dedications, conditions, restrictions or covenants that affected the land before its classification, or reclassification, as operational land.
(5)  The public land described in Part 2 of Schedule 4, to the extent (if any) that it is a public reserve, ceases to be a public reserve when the description of the land is inserted into that Part and is discharged from all trusts, estates, interests, dedications, conditions, restrictions and covenants affecting the land or any part of the land, except:
(a)  those (if any) specified for the land in Column 3 of Part 2 of Schedule 4, and
(b)  any reservations that except land out of the Crown grant relating to the land, and
(c)  reservations of minerals (within the meaning of the Crown Lands Act 1989).
Note—
In accordance with section 30 (2) of the Local Government Act 1993, the approval of the Governor to subclause (5) applying to the public land concerned is required before the description of the land is inserted in Part 2 of Schedule 4.
5.3   Development near zone boundaries
(1)  The objective of this clause is to provide flexibility where the investigation of a site and its surroundings reveals that a use allowed on the other side of a zone boundary would enable a more logical and appropriate development of the site and be compatible with the planning objectives and land uses for the adjoining zone.
(2)  This clause applies to so much of any land that is within the relevant distance of a boundary between any 2 zones. The relevant distance is 20 metres.
(3)  This clause does not apply to:
(a)  land in Zone RE1 Public Recreation, Zone E1 National Parks and Nature Reserves, Zone E2 Environmental Conservation, Zone E3 Environmental Management or Zone W1 Natural Waterways, or
(b)  land within the coastal zone, or
(c)  land proposed to be developed for the purpose of sex services or restricted premises.
(4)  Despite the provisions of this Plan relating to the purposes for which development may be carried out, development consent may be granted to development of land to which this clause applies for any purpose that may be carried out in the adjoining zone, but only if the consent authority is satisfied that:
(a)  the development is not inconsistent with the objectives for development in both zones, and
(b)  the carrying out of the development is desirable due to compatible land use planning, infrastructure capacity and other planning principles relating to the efficient and timely development of land.
(5)  This clause does not prescribe a development standard that may be varied under this Plan.
5.4   Controls relating to miscellaneous permissible uses
(1) Bed and breakfast accommodation If development for the purposes of bed and breakfast accommodation is permitted under this Plan, the accommodation that is provided to guests must consist of no more than 3 bedrooms.
Note—
Any such development that provides for a certain number of guests or rooms may involve a change in the class of building under the Building Code of Australia.
(2) Home businesses If development for the purposes of a home business is permitted under this Plan, the carrying on of the business must not involve the use of more than 50 square metres of floor area.
(3) Home industries If development for the purposes of a home industry is permitted under this Plan, the carrying on of the home industry must not involve the use of more than 50 square metres of floor area.
(4) Industrial retail outlets If development for the purposes of an industrial retail outlet is permitted under this Plan, the retail floor area must not exceed:
(a)  30% of the gross floor area of the industry or rural industry located on the same land as the retail outlet, or
(b)  400 square metres,
whichever is the lesser.
(5) Farm stay accommodation If development for the purposes of farm stay accommodation is permitted under this Plan, the accommodation that is provided to guests must consist of no more than 3 bedrooms.
(6) Kiosks If development for the purposes of a kiosk is permitted under this Plan, the gross floor area must not exceed 40 square metres.
(7) Neighbourhood shops If development for the purposes of a neighbourhood shop is permitted under this Plan, the retail floor area must not exceed 100 square metres.
(7AA) Neighbourhood supermarkets If development for the purposes of a neighbourhood supermarket is permitted under this Plan, the gross floor area must not exceed 1,000 square metres.
(8) Roadside stalls If development for the purposes of a roadside stall is permitted under this Plan, the gross floor area must not exceed 8 square metres.
(9) Secondary dwellings If development for the purposes of a secondary dwelling is permitted under this Plan, the total floor area of the dwelling (excluding any area used for parking) must not exceed whichever of the following is the greater:
(a)  60 square metres,
(b)  30% of the total floor area of the principal dwelling.
(10) Artisan food and drink industry exclusion If development for the purposes of an artisan food and drink industry is permitted under this Plan in an industrial or rural zone, the floor area used for retail sales (not including any cafe or restaurant area) must not exceed:
(a)  30% of the gross floor area of the industry, or
(b)  400 square metres,
whichever is the lesser.
cl 5.4: Am 2018 (406), Sch 1.113 [1] [2].
5.5   (Repealed)
5.6   Architectural roof features
[Not adopted]
5.7   Development below mean high water mark
[Not applicable]
5.8   Conversion of fire alarms
(1)  This clause applies to a fire alarm system that can be monitored by Fire and Rescue NSW or by a private service provider.
(2)  The following development may be carried out, but only with development consent:
(a)  converting a fire alarm system from connection with the alarm monitoring system of Fire and Rescue NSW to connection with the alarm monitoring system of a private service provider,
(b)  converting a fire alarm system from connection with the alarm monitoring system of a private service provider to connection with the alarm monitoring system of another private service provider,
(c)  converting a fire alarm system from connection with the alarm monitoring system of a private service provider to connection with a different alarm monitoring system of the same private service provider.
(3)  Development to which subclause (2) applies is complying development if it consists only of:
(a)  internal alterations to a building, or
(b)  internal alterations to a building together with the mounting of an antenna, and any support structure, on an external wall or roof of a building so as to occupy a space of not more than 450mm × 100mm × 100mm.
(4)  A complying development certificate for any such complying development is subject to a condition that any building work may only be carried out between 7.00 am and 6.00 pm on Monday to Friday and between 7.00 am and 5.00 pm on Saturday, and must not be carried out on a Sunday or a public holiday.
(5)  In this clause:
private service provider means a person or body that has entered into an agreement that is in force with Fire and Rescue NSW to monitor fire alarm systems.
5.9, 5.9AA   (Repealed)
5.10   Heritage conservation
Note—
Heritage items (if any) are listed and described in Schedule 5. Heritage conservation areas (if any) are shown on the Heritage Map as well as being described in Schedule 5.
(1) Objectives The objectives of this clause are as follows:
(a)  to conserve the environmental heritage of Queanbeyan,
(b)  to conserve the heritage significance of heritage items and heritage conservation areas, including associated fabric, settings and views,
(c)  to conserve archaeological sites,
(d)  to conserve Aboriginal objects and Aboriginal places of heritage significance.
(2) Requirement for consent Development consent is required for any of the following:
(a)  demolishing or moving any of the following or altering the exterior of any of the following (including, in the case of a building, making changes to its detail, fabric, finish or appearance):
(i)  a heritage item,
(ii)  an Aboriginal object,
(iii)  a building, work, relic or tree within a heritage conservation area,
(b)  altering a heritage item that is a building by making structural changes to its interior or by making changes to anything inside the item that is specified in Schedule 5 in relation to the item,
(c)  disturbing or excavating an archaeological site while knowing, or having reasonable cause to suspect, that the disturbance or excavation will or is likely to result in a relic being discovered, exposed, moved, damaged or destroyed,
(d)  disturbing or excavating an Aboriginal place of heritage significance,
(e)  erecting a building on land:
(i)  on which a heritage item is located or that is within a heritage conservation area, or
(ii)  on which an Aboriginal object is located or that is within an Aboriginal place of heritage significance,
(f)  subdividing land:
(i)  on which a heritage item is located or that is within a heritage conservation area, or
(ii)  on which an Aboriginal object is located or that is within an Aboriginal place of heritage significance.
(3) When consent not required However, development consent under this clause is not required if:
(a)  the applicant has notified the consent authority of the proposed development and the consent authority has advised the applicant in writing before any work is carried out that it is satisfied that the proposed development:
(i)  is of a minor nature or is for the maintenance of the heritage item, Aboriginal object, Aboriginal place of heritage significance or archaeological site or a building, work, relic, tree or place within the heritage conservation area, and
(ii)  would not adversely affect the heritage significance of the heritage item, Aboriginal object, Aboriginal place, archaeological site or heritage conservation area, or
(b)  the development is in a cemetery or burial ground and the proposed development:
(i)  is the creation of a new grave or monument, or excavation or disturbance of land for the purpose of conserving or repairing monuments or grave markers, and
(ii)  would not cause disturbance to human remains, relics, Aboriginal objects in the form of grave goods, or to an Aboriginal place of heritage significance, or
(c)  the development is limited to the removal of a tree or other vegetation that the Council is satisfied is a risk to human life or property, or
(d)  the development is exempt development.
(4) Effect of proposed development on heritage significance The consent authority must, before granting consent under this clause in respect of a heritage item or heritage conservation area, consider the effect of the proposed development on the heritage significance of the item or area concerned. This subclause applies regardless of whether a heritage management document is prepared under subclause (5) or a heritage conservation management plan is submitted under subclause (6).
(5) Heritage assessment The consent authority may, before granting consent to any development:
(a)  on land on which a heritage item is located, or
(b)  on land that is within a heritage conservation area, or
(c)  on land that is within the vicinity of land referred to in paragraph (a) or (b),
require a heritage management document to be prepared that assesses the extent to which the carrying out of the proposed development would affect the heritage significance of the heritage item or heritage conservation area concerned.
(6) Heritage conservation management plans The consent authority may require, after considering the heritage significance of a heritage item and the extent of change proposed to it, the submission of a heritage conservation management plan before granting consent under this clause.
(7) Archaeological sites The consent authority must, before granting consent under this clause to the carrying out of development on an archaeological site (other than land listed on the State Heritage Register or to which an interim heritage order under the Heritage Act 1977 applies):
(a)  notify the Heritage Council of its intention to grant consent, and
(b)  take into consideration any response received from the Heritage Council within 28 days after the notice is sent.
(8) Aboriginal places of heritage significance The consent authority must, before granting consent under this clause to the carrying out of development in an Aboriginal place of heritage significance:
(a)  consider the effect of the proposed development on the heritage significance of the place and any Aboriginal object known or reasonably likely to be located at the place by means of an adequate investigation and assessment (which may involve consideration of a heritage impact statement), and
(b)  notify the local Aboriginal communities, in writing or in such other manner as may be appropriate, about the application and take into consideration any response received within 28 days after the notice is sent.
(9) Demolition of nominated State heritage items The consent authority must, before granting consent under this clause for the demolition of a nominated State heritage item:
(a)  notify the Heritage Council about the application, and
(b)  take into consideration any response received from the Heritage Council within 28 days after the notice is sent.
(10) Conservation incentives The consent authority may grant consent to development for any purpose of a building that is a heritage item or of the land on which such a building is erected, or for any purpose on an Aboriginal place of heritage significance, even though development for that purpose would otherwise not be allowed by this Plan, if the consent authority is satisfied that:
(a)  the conservation of the heritage item or Aboriginal place of heritage significance is facilitated by the granting of consent, and
(b)  the proposed development is in accordance with a heritage management document that has been approved by the consent authority, and
(c)  the consent to the proposed development would require that all necessary conservation work identified in the heritage management document is carried out, and
(d)  the proposed development would not adversely affect the heritage significance of the heritage item, including its setting, or the heritage significance of the Aboriginal place of heritage significance, and
(e)  the proposed development would not have any significant adverse effect on the amenity of the surrounding area.
5.11   Bush fire hazard reduction
Bush fire hazard reduction work authorised by the Rural Fires Act 1997 may be carried out on any land without development consent.
Note—
The Rural Fires Act 1997 also makes provision relating to the carrying out of development on bush fire prone land.
5.12   Infrastructure development and use of existing buildings of the Crown
(1)  This Plan does not restrict or prohibit, or enable the restriction or prohibition of, the carrying out of any development, by or on behalf of a public authority, that is permitted to be carried out with or without development consent, or that is exempt development, under State Environmental Planning Policy (Infrastructure) 2007.
(2)  This Plan does not restrict or prohibit, or enable the restriction or prohibition of, the use of existing buildings of the Crown by the Crown.
5.13   Eco-tourist facilities
[Not adopted]
5.14   Siding Spring Observatory—maintaining dark sky
[Not adopted]
5.15   Defence communications facility
[Not adopted]
Part 6 Urban release areas
6.1   Arrangements for designated State and Territory public infrastructure
(1)  The objective of this clause is to require satisfactory arrangements to be made for the provision of designated State and Territory public infrastructure before the subdivision of land in an urban release area to satisfy needs that arise from development on the land, but only if the land is developed intensively for urban purposes.
(2)  Development consent must not be granted for the subdivision of land in an urban release area if the subdivision would create a lot smaller than the minimum lot size permitted on the land immediately before:
(a)  in relation to land shown as “Googong” on the Urban Release Area Map—24 December 2009, or
(b)  in any other case—the land became, or became part of, an urban release area,
unless the Director-General has certified in writing to the consent authority that satisfactory arrangements have been made to contribute to the provision of designated State and Territory public infrastructure in relation to that lot.
(3)  Subclause (2) does not apply to:
(a)  any lot identified in the certificate as a residue lot, or
(b)  any lot to be created by a subdivision of land that was the subject of a previous development consent granted in accordance with this clause, or
(c)  any lot that is proposed in the development application to be reserved or dedicated for public open space, public roads, public utility undertakings, educational facilities or any other public purpose, or
(d)  a subdivision for the purpose only of rectifying an encroachment on any existing lot.
(4)  This clause does not apply to land in an urban release area if all or any part of the land is in a special contributions area (as defined by section 93C of the Act).
6.2   Public utility infrastructure
(1)  Development consent must not be granted for development on land in an urban release area unless the Council is satisfied that any public utility infrastructure that is essential for the proposed development is available or that adequate arrangements have been made to make that infrastructure available when it is required.
(2)  This clause does not apply to development for the purpose of providing, extending, augmenting, maintaining or repairing any public utility infrastructure.
6.3   Development control plan
(1)  The objective of this clause is to ensure that development on land in an urban release area occurs in a logical and cost-effective manner, in accordance with a staging plan and only after a development control plan that includes specific controls has been prepared for the land.
(2)  Development consent must not be granted for development on land in an urban release area unless a development control plan that provides for the matters specified in subclause (3) has been prepared for the land.
(3)  The development control plan must provide for all of the following:
(a)  a staging plan for the timely and efficient release of urban land, making provision for necessary infrastructure and sequencing,
(b)  an overall transport movement hierarchy showing the major circulation routes and connections to achieve a simple and safe movement system for private vehicles, public transport, pedestrians and cyclists,
(c)  an overall landscaping strategy for the protection and enhancement of riparian areas and remnant vegetation, including visually prominent locations, and detailed landscaping requirements for both the public and private domain,
(d)  a network of active and passive recreation areas,
(e)  stormwater and water quality management controls,
(f)  amelioration of natural and environmental hazards, including bush fire, flooding and site contamination and, in relation to natural hazards, the safe occupation of, and the evacuation from, any land so affected,
(g)  detailed urban design controls for significant development sites,
(h)  measures to encourage higher density living around transport, open space and service nodes,
(i)  measures to accommodate and control appropriate neighbourhood commercial and retail uses,
(j)  suitably located public facilities and services, including provision for appropriate traffic management facilities and parking.
(4)  Subclause (2) does not apply to any of the following developments:
(a)  a subdivision for the purpose of a realignment of boundaries that does not create additional lots,
(b)  a subdivision of land if all of the lots proposed to be created are to be reserved or dedicated for public open space, public roads or any other public or environmental protection purpose,
(c)  a subdivision of land in a zone in which the erection of structures is prohibited,
(d)  proposed development on land that is of a minor nature only, if the consent authority is of the opinion that the carrying out of the proposed development would be consistent with the objectives of the zone in which the land is situated.
6.4   Relationship between Part and remainder of Plan
A provision of this Part prevails over any other provision of this Plan to the extent of any inconsistency.
6.5   Development near Googong Dam foreshores
(1)  The objective of this clause is to protect the Googong Dam water supply catchment from inappropriate development that may compromise water supply and quality.
(2)  Development consent must not be granted to the erection of a building on land identified as “Googong Foreshore Buffer Area” on the Googong Map unless the consent authority is satisfied that:
(a)  the building and associated infrastructure envelope identified for each lot will be appropriate, having regard to the land capability and objective of this clause, and
(b)  the development will incorporate an appropriate management regime relating to bush fire control, vegetation clearing, access provision, fencing controls, recreational uses, feral animal and weed control, management of grazing, keeping of animals and landscaping with indigenous species.
6.6   (Repealed)
cl 6.6: Rep 2018 (662), cl 5 (1).
Part 7 Additional local provisions
7.1   Earthworks
(1)  The objective of this clause is to ensure that earthworks for which development consent is required will not have a detrimental impact on environmental functions and processes, neighbouring uses, cultural or heritage items or features of the surrounding land.
(2)  Development consent is required for earthworks unless:
(a)  the earthworks are exempt development under this Plan or another applicable environmental planning instrument, or
(b)  the earthworks are ancillary to development that is permitted without consent under this Plan or to development for which development consent has been given.
(3)  Before granting development consent for earthworks (or for development involving ancillary earthworks), the consent authority must consider the following matters:
(a)  the likely disruption of, or any detrimental effect on, drainage patterns and soil stability in the locality of the development,
(b)  the effect of the development on the likely future use or redevelopment of the land,
(c)  the quality of the fill or the soil to be excavated, or both,
(d)  the effect of the development on the existing and likely amenity of adjoining properties,
(e)  the source of any fill material and the destination of any excavated material,
(f)  the likelihood of disturbing relics,
(g)  the proximity to, and potential for adverse impacts on, any waterway, drinking water catchment or environmentally sensitive area,
(h)  any appropriate measures proposed to avoid, minimise or mitigate the impacts of the development,
(i)  the proximity to and potential for adverse impacts on any heritage item, archaeological site, or heritage conservation area.
Note—
The National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974, particularly section 86, deals with harming Aboriginal objects.
7.2   Flood planning
(1)  The objectives of this clause are as follows:
(a)  to minimise the flood risk to life and property associated with the use of land,
(b)  to allow development on land that is compatible with the land’s flood hazard, taking into account projected changes as a result of climate change,
(c)  to avoid significant adverse impacts on flood behaviour and the environment.
(2)  This clause applies to:
(a)  land identified as “Flood planning area” on the Flood Planning Map, and
(b)  other land at or below the flood planning level.
(3)  Development consent must not be granted to development on land to which this clause applies unless the consent authority is satisfied that the development:
(a)  is compatible with the flood hazard of the land, and
(b)  is not likely to significantly adversely affect flood behaviour resulting in detrimental increases in the potential flood affectation of other development or properties, and
(c)  incorporates appropriate measures to manage risk to life from flood, and
(d)  is not likely to significantly adversely affect the environment or cause avoidable erosion, siltation, destruction of riparian vegetation or a reduction in the stability of river banks or watercourses, and
(e)  is not likely to result in unsustainable social and economic costs to the community as a consequence of flooding.
(4)  A word or expression used in this clause has the same meaning as it has in the Floodplain Development Manual (ISBN 0 7347 5476 0) published by the NSW Government in April 2005, unless it is otherwise defined in this clause.
(5)  In this clause:
flood planning level means the level of a 1:100 ARI (average recurrent interval) flood event plus 0.5 metre freeboard.
7.3   Terrestrial biodiversity
(1)  The objective of this clause is to maintain terrestrial biodiversity by:
(a)  protecting native fauna and flora, and
(b)  protecting the ecological processes necessary for their continued existence, and
(c)  encouraging the conservation and recovery of native fauna and flora and their habitats.
(2)  This clause applies to land identified as “Biodiversity” on the Terrestrial Biodiversity Map.
(3)  Before determining a development application for development on land to which this clause applies, the consent authority must consider:
(a)  whether the development is likely to have:
(i)  any adverse impact on the condition, ecological value and significance of the fauna and flora on the land, and
(ii)  any adverse impact on the importance of the vegetation on the land to the habitat and survival of native fauna, and
(iii)  any potential to fragment, disturb or diminish the biodiversity structure, function and composition of the land, and
(iv)  any adverse impact on the habitat elements providing connectivity on the land, and
(b)  any appropriate measures proposed to avoid, minimise or mitigate the impacts of the development.
(4)  Development consent must not be granted to development on land to which this clause applies unless the consent authority is satisfied that:
(a)  the development is designed, sited and will be managed to avoid any significant adverse environmental impact, or
(b)  if that impact cannot be reasonably avoided by adopting feasible alternatives—the development is designed, sited and will be managed to minimise that impact, or
(c)  if that impact cannot be minimised—the development will be managed to mitigate that impact.
7.4   Riparian land and watercourses
(1)  The objective of this clause is to protect and maintain the following:
(a)  water quality within watercourses,
(b)  the stability of the bed and banks of watercourses,
(c)  aquatic and riparian habitats,
(d)  ecological processes within watercourses and riparian areas.
(2)  This clause applies to all of the following:
(a)  land identified as “Watercourse” on the Riparian Lands and Watercourses Map,
(b)  all land that is within 40 metres of the top of the bank of each watercourse on that land.
(3)  Before determining a development application for development on land to which this clause applies, the consent authority must consider:
(a)  whether or not the development is likely to have any adverse impact on the following:
(i)  the water quality and flows within the watercourse,
(ii)  aquatic and riparian species, habitats and ecosystems of the watercourse,
(iii)  the stability of the bed and banks of the watercourse,
(iv)  the free passage of fish and other aquatic organisms within or along the watercourse,
(v)  any future rehabilitation of the watercourse and riparian areas, and
(b)  whether or not the development is likely to increase water extraction from the watercourse, and
(c)  any appropriate measures proposed to avoid, minimise or mitigate the impacts of the development.
(4)  Development consent must not be granted to development on land to which this clause applies unless the consent authority is satisfied that:
(a)  the development is designed, sited and will be managed to avoid any significant adverse environmental impact, or
(b)  if that impact cannot be reasonably avoided—the development is designed, sited and will be managed to minimise that impact, or
(c)  if that impact cannot be minimised—the development will be managed to mitigate that impact.
7.5   Scenic protection
(1)  The objectives of this clause are as follows:
(a)  to recognise and protect the natural and visual environment of the land to which this clause applies,
(b)  to ensure development on land to which this clause applies is located and designed to minimise its visual impact on those environments.
(2)  This clause applies to land identified as “Scenic Protection Area” on the Scenic Protection Map.
(3)  Development consent must not be granted to any development on land to which this clause applies unless the consent authority is satisfied that:
(a)  measures will be taken, including in relation to the location and design of the proposed development, to minimise the visual impact of the development on the natural and visual environment of the land, and
(b)  the development will incorporate conservation and rehabilitation measures to preserve the scenic qualities of the land.
7.6   Airspace operations
(1)  The objectives of this clause are as follows:
(a)  to provide for the effective and ongoing operation of Canberra Airport by ensuring that such operation is not compromised by proposed development that penetrates the Limitation or Operations Surface for that airport,
(b)  to protect the community from undue risk from that operation.
(2)  If a development application is received and the consent authority is satisfied that the proposed development will penetrate the Limitation or Operations Surface, the consent authority must not grant development consent unless it has consulted with the relevant Commonwealth body about the application.
(3)  The consent authority may grant development consent for the development if the relevant Commonwealth body advises that:
(a)  the development will penetrate the Limitation or Operations Surface but it has no objection to its construction, or
(b)  the development will not penetrate the Limitation or Operations Surface.
(4)  The consent authority must not grant development consent for the development if the relevant Commonwealth body advises that the development will penetrate the Limitation or Operations Surface and should not be constructed.
(5)  In this clause:
Limitation or Operations Surface means the Obstacle Limitation Surface or the Procedures for Air Navigation Services Operations Surface as shown on the Obstacle Limitation Surface Map or the Procedures for Air Navigation Services Operations Surface Map for the Canberra Airport.
relevant Commonwealth body means the body, under Commonwealth legislation, that is responsible for development approvals for development that penetrates the Limitation or Operations Surface for the Canberra Airport.
7.7   Development in areas subject to aircraft noise
(1)  The objectives of this clause are as follows:
(a)  to prevent certain noise sensitive developments from being located near the Canberra Airport and its flight paths,
(b)  to assist in minimising the impact of aircraft noise from that airport and its flight paths by requiring appropriate noise attenuation measures in noise sensitive buildings,
(c)  to ensure that land use and development in the vicinity of that airport do not hinder or have any other adverse impacts on the ongoing safe and efficient operation of that airport.
(2)  This clause applies to development that:
(a)  is on land that:
(i)  is near the Canberra Airport, and
(ii)  is in an ANEF contour of 20 or greater, and
(b)  the consent authority considers is likely to be adversely affected by aircraft noise.
(3)  Before determining a development application for development to which this clause applies, the consent authority:
(a)  must consider whether the development will result in an increase in the number of dwellings or people affected by aircraft noise, and
(b)  must consider the location of the development in relation to the criteria set out in Table 2.1 (Building Site Acceptability Based on ANEF Zones) in AS 2021—2000, and
(c)  must be satisfied the development will meet the indoor design sound levels shown in Table 3.3 (Indoor Design Sound Levels for Determination of Aircraft Noise Reduction) in AS 2021—2000.
(4)  In this clause:
ANEF contour means a noise exposure contour shown as an ANEF contour on the Noise Exposure Forecast Contour Map for the Canberra Airport prepared by the Department of the Commonwealth responsible for airports.
AS 2021—2000 means AS 2021—2000, Acoustics—Aircraft noise intrusion—Building siting and construction.
7.8   Active street frontages
(1)  The objective of this clause is to promote uses that attract pedestrian traffic along certain ground floor street frontages in Zone B3 Commercial Core.
(2)  This clause applies to land identified as “Active street frontage” on the Active Street Frontages Map.
(3)  Development consent must not be granted to the erection of a building, or a change of use of a building, on land to which this clause applies unless the consent authority is satisfied that the building will have an active street frontage after its erection or change of use.
(4)  Despite subclause (3), an active street frontage is not required for any part of a building that is used for any of the following:
(a)  entrances and lobbies (including as part of mixed use development),
(b)  access for fire services,
(c)  vehicular access.
(5)  In this clause, a building has an active street frontage if all premises on the ground floor of the building facing the street are used for the purposes of business premises or retail premises.
7.9   Essential services
Development consent must not be granted to development unless the consent authority is satisfied that any of the following services that are essential for the development are available or that adequate arrangements have been made to make them available when required:
(a)  the supply of water,
(b)  the supply of electricity,
(c)  the disposal and management of sewage,
(d)  stormwater drainage or on-site conservation,
(e)  suitable vehicular access.
7.10   Development near Cooma Road Quarry
(1)  The objective of this clause is to protect the operational environment of the Cooma Road Quarry.
(2)  This clause applies to land identified as “Buffer Area” on the Quarry Buffer Area Map.
(3)  Before granting development consent to development on land to which this clause applies, the consent authority must consider the following:
(a)  the impact of noise, vibration and other emissions from the quarry on the development,
(b)  whether any opportunities exist to carry out the development on other land,
(c)  whether the development will adversely affect the operational environment of the quarry.
7.11   Development near HMAS Harman
(1)  The objective of this clause is to contribute to the protection of the operational environment of HMAS Harman and its role as a national defence facility.
(2)  This clause applies to land within 2 kilometres of HMAS Harman, measured from the intersection of Waller Road and Pharup Place, that is also within Zone IN1 General Industrial or Zone IN2 Light Industrial.
(3)  Development consent may be granted to the erection of a building with a height exceeding 8.5 metres on land to which this clause applies if the consent authority has referred the development application to the Commonwealth Department of Defence and has considered any comments received from that Department within 28 days after the Department was notified.
7.12   Access to Jumping Creek
(1)  The objective of this clause is to ensure that vehicular access to and from Jumping Creek is provided by the Edwin Land Parkway—Ellerton Drive extension.
(2)  This clause applies to Lot 5, DP 1199045, 28 Lonergan Drive, Greenleigh, otherwise known as “Jumping Creek”.
(3)  Development consent must not be granted for development on land to which this clause applies unless the consent authority is satisfied that vehicular access to and from Jumping Creek will be provided by the Edwin Land Parkway—Ellerton Drive extension.
cl 7.12: Ins 2018 (662), cl 5 (2).
Schedule 1 Additional permitted uses
(Clause 2.5)
1   Use of certain land at Carwoola
(1)  This clause applies to the following land at Carwoola:
(a)  149 Wanna Wanna Road, being Lot 16, DP 259432 and Lots 87, 88, 122, 126 and 127, DP 754875,
(b)  352 Wanna Wanna Road, being Lot 89, DP 754875,
(c)  370 Wanna Wanna Road, being Lot 146, DP 48277,
(d)  517 Wanna Wanna Road, being Lot 83, DP 754922.
(2)  Development for the purpose of a dwelling house is permitted on each lot with development consent.
2   Use of certain land at 67 Lorn Road, Crestwood
(1)  This clause applies to land at 67 Lorn Road, Crestwood, being Lots 21 and 22, DP 225012.
(2)  Development for the purpose of an educational establishment is permitted with development consent.
3   Use of certain land at 135 Uriarra Road, Crestwood
(1)  This clause applies to land at 135 Uriarra Road, Crestwood, being Lot 4, DP 1060200.
(2)  Development for the purposes of commercial premises is permitted with development consent.
4   Use of certain land at Googong
(1)  This clause applies to land identified as “Additional Development Area” on the Googong Map.
(2)  Development for the purposes of advertising structures, business identification signs, business premises, food and drink premises, hotel or motel accommodation, kiosks, markets, office premises, service stations and shops is permitted with development consent.
5   Use of certain land at Googong Common, Googong
(1)  This clause applies to land identified as “Googong Common” on the Googong Map.
(2)  Development for the purposes of cellar door premises, depots, entertainment facilities, function centres, garden centres, horticulture, landscaping material supplies, plant nurseries, resource recovery facilities, viticulture, waste or resource transfer stations and water recreation structures is permitted with development consent.
5A   Use of certain land at Googong for studio dwellings
(1)  This clause applies to land to which clause 4.1D applies.
(2)  Development consent may be granted to a single development application for development on land to which this clause applies that is both:
(a)  the subdivision of land in accordance with subclause 4.1D (3), and
(b)  the erection of a studio dwelling on a lot resulting from the subdivision.
(3)  Development consent must not be granted under this clause if:
(a)  the ratio of studio dwellings to lots resulting from the subdivision is greater than 1:3, and
(b)  the dwelling in conjunction with which the studio dwelling is to be established is located on a lot that has an area of less than 225m2.
6   Use of certain land at 36 Googong Road, Googong
(1)  This clause applies to 36 Googong Road, Googong, being Lot 10, DP 754881.
(2)  Development for the purposes of garden centres, horticulture, landscaping material supplies and plant nurseries is permitted with development consent.
7   Use of certain land at 140 Googong Road, Googong
(1)  This clause applies to land at 140 Googong Road, Googong, being Lot 12, DP 1164687.
(2)  Development for the purposes of advertising structures and real estate signs within 10m of the boundary of Old Cooma Road, with a maximum area of 20m2 and a maximum height of 8m from the ground (existing) is permitted with development consent.
8   Use of certain land at 19 Mol Crescent, Googong
(1)  This clause applies to 19 Mol Crescent, Googong, being Lot 2, DP 826105.
(2)  Development for the purposes of a dwelling house is permitted with development consent.
9   Use of certain land at 663 and 1368 Old Cooma Road, Googong
(1)  This clause applies to land at 663 and 1368 Old Cooma Road, Googong, being Lots 8 and 13, DP 219695.
(2)  Development for the purpose of a dwelling house on each lot is permitted with development consent.
10   Use of certain land at 1400 Old Cooma Road, Googong
(1)  This clause applies to land at 1400 Old Cooma Road, Googong, being Lot 3, DP 827344.
(2)  Development for the purposes of a high technology industry is permitted with development consent.
11   Use of certain land at 229 Wickerslack Lane, Googong
(1)  This clause applies to land at 229 Wickerslack Lane, Googong, being Lots 7, 32, 92, 102, 104, 111 and 112, DP 754875 and Lot 2, DP 375866.
(2)  Development for the purposes of farm buildings is permitted with development consent.
12   Use of certain land at 250 Lanyon Drive, Jerrabomberra
(1)  This clause applies to Lots 7328–7332, DP 1153148 and Lot 1, DP 1111489, being Crown Land reserved for a cemetery.
(2)  Development for the purposes of a kiosk is permitted with development consent.
13   Use of certain land at Jerrabomberra
(1)  This clause applies to the following land at Jerrabomberra:
(a)  12 Balcombe Street, being Lot 10, DP 1101885,
(b)  63 Ironbark Circuit, being Lot 118, DP 1007170,
(c)  2 Sweetgum Place, being Lot 179, DP 1007170,
(d)  4 Walter Close, being Lot 1378, DP 1051143,
(e)  127 Waterfall Drive, being Lot 126, DP 1041324.
(2)  Development for the purposes of dual occupancies is permitted with development consent.
14   Use of certain land at Jerrabomberra
(1)  This clause applies to the following land at Jerrabomberra:
(a)  61, 65 and 68 Brudenell Drive, being Lots 65, 66 and 77, DP 775666,
(b)  1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11 Coachwood Avenue, being Lots 759–761 and 763–765, DP 829470,
(c)  13, 15 and 22–26 Coral Drive, being Lots 739–743, 757 and 758, DP 835596,
(d)  3–6, 8, 10, 12, 14 and 20 Laurel Place, being Lots 745–750 and 753–755, DP 835596,
(e)  8 and 32 Walker Crescent, being Lots 39 and 51, DP 775666.
(2)  Development for the purposes of dual occupancies (attached) is permitted with development consent.
15   Use of certain land at 59 Cooma Street, Queanbeyan
(1)  This clause applies to land at 59 Cooma Street, Queanbeyan, being Lot 2, DP 815688.
(2)  Development for the purposes of business premises and office premises is permitted with development consent.
16   Use of certain land at 1 Bungendore Road, Queanbeyan East
(1)  This clause applies to land at 1 Bungendore Road, Queanbeyan East, being Lot 1, DP 835570.
(2)  Development for the purposes of a take away food and drink premises is permitted with development consent.
17   Use of certain land at 1 Buttle Street, Queanbeyan East
(1)  This clause applies to land at 1 Buttle Street, Queanbeyan East, being Lots 1–6, SP 40615.
(2)  Development for the purposes of commercial premises is permitted with development consent.
18   Use of certain land at 53 Tharwa Road, Queanbeyan West
(1)  This clause applies to land at 53 Tharwa Road, Queanbeyan West, being Lot 441, DP 623510.
(2)  Development for the purposes of hotel or motel accommodation is permitted with development consent.
19   Use of certain land at 1738 Old Cooma Road, Royalla
(1)  This clause applies to land at 1738 Old Cooma Road, Royalla, being Lots 1 and 2, DP 555380 and Lot 152, DP 754912.
(2)  Development for the purposes of farm buildings is permitted with development consent.
20   Use of certain land at 1738 Old Cooma Road, Royalla
(1)  This clause applies to land at 1738 Old Cooma Road, Royalla, being Lot, 2 DP 555380.
(2)  Development for the purposes of a dwelling house is permitted with development consent.
21   Use of certain land at 1865A Old Cooma Road, Royalla
(1)  This clause applies to land at 1865A Old Cooma Road, Royalla, being Lot 186, DP 754871.
(2)  Development for the purposes of a dwelling house is permitted with development consent.
22   Use of certain land at 101 Alderson Place, Tralee
(1)  This clause applies to land at 101 Alderson Place, Tralee, being Lots 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11 and 12, DP 17224, Lots 9–11, DP 130626, Lot 100, DP 131036, Lot 171, DP 1200349 and Lot 1, DP 1001136.
(2)  Development for the purposes of farm buildings is permitted with development consent.
(3)  Development for the purposes of a dual occupancy is permitted on Lot 1, DP 1001136 with development consent.
23   Use of certain land at 223A Alderson Place, Tralee
(1)  This clause applies to land at 223A Alderson Place, Tralee, being Lot 2, DP 1039904.
(2)  Development for the purposes of a dwelling house is permitted with development consent.
sch 1: Am 2015 (152), Sch 1 [3]; 2015 (680), Sch 1 [2]; 2018 (44), Sch 1 [1]–[4].
Schedule 2 Exempt development
(Clause 3.1)
Note 1—
State Environmental Planning Policy (Exempt and Complying Development Codes) 2008 specifies exempt development under that Policy. The Policy has State-wide application. This Schedule contains additional exempt development not specified in that Policy.
Note 2—
Exempt development may be carried out without the need for development consent under the Act. Such development is not exempt from any approval, licence, permit or authority that is required under any other Act and adjoining owners’ property rights and the common law still apply.
A-frame signs relating to properties
(1)  Must not obstruct access to any premises or property or to any adjacent premises or property.
(2)  Maximum display area (on each side)—1m × 900mm.
(3)  Must be stable.
(4)  Must be temporary and must be removed at the close of business each day.
(5)  Maximum—1 per premises or property.
(6)  If it relates to the sale, auction or lease of a property—must only contain directions to the location of the property.
Bus shelter advertising
(1)  Must not extend beyond the perimeter of the bus shelter.
(2)  Maximum—1 advertising panel per bus shelter (but the panel may have an advertisement on each side).
(3)  Must not be illuminated.
(4)  Must be erected by or on behalf of a public authority.
Evaporative cooling units (roof mounted)
(1)  Must be for residential uses only.
(2)  Must be located at least 3m from each side boundary.
(3)  Must be not higher than 1.8m above the highest point of the roof of the building on which it is mounted.
(4)  Must be constructed or installed so that any opening created is adequately weather proofed.
(5)  Must not involve work that reduces the structural integrity of the building.
(6)  Must be designed so as not to operate:
(a)  during peak time—at a noise level that is more than 5 dB(A) above the ambient background noise level measured at any property boundary, or
(b)  during off peak time—at a noise level that is audible in habitable rooms of adjoining residences.
(7)  If it is located on bush fire prone land—must be constructed of non-combustible material and be adequately sealed or protected to prevent the entry of embers.
(8)  If it is constructed or installed in a heritage conservation area or a draft heritage conservation area—must be located in the rear yard and must not be visible from a public road.
(9)  Must not be carried out on or in a heritage item.
Property identification signs in rural and environmental zones
(1)  Must be located wholly within the property boundary.
(2)  Maximum size—1.5m2 or 2m high.
(3)  Must not cause interference with local traffic conditions or impede the line of sight for traffic.
(4)  Must be erected adjacent to the property entrance.
(5)  Maximum—1 per property.
Street banners and sails on or over roads
Must be installed by or on behalf of the Council or Roads and Maritime Services.
sch 2: Am 2014 (245), Sch 1 [3]; 2014 No 33, Sch 2.32; 2018 (44), Sch 1 [5].
Schedule 3 Complying development
(Clause 3.2)
Note—
State Environmental Planning Policy (Exempt and Complying Development Codes) 2008 specifies complying development and the complying development conditions for that development under that Policy. The Policy has State-wide application. This Schedule contains additional complying development not specified in that Policy.
Part 1 Types of development
(When this Plan was made this Part was blank)
Part 2 Complying development certificate conditions
Note—
Complying development must comply with the requirements of the Act, the regulations under the Act and this Plan.
General conditions
Any development specified in Part 1 is subject to the same conditions set out in Schedule 6 to State Environmental Planning Policy (Exempt and Complying Development Codes) 2008.
Schedule 4 Classification and reclassification of public land
(Clause 5.2)
Part 1 Land classified, or reclassified, as operational land—no interests changed
Column 1
Column 2
Locality
Description
6655 Kings Highway, Carwoola
Lot 7, DP 270584
500 Trig Lane, Carwoola
Lot 6, DP 270584
4 Gregg Place, Crestwood
Lot 64, DP 1150423
10A Kinkora Place, Crestwood
Lot 169, DP 8874
76 Munro Road, Crestwood
Lot 180, DP 242656
401 Southbar Road, Crestwood
Lot 30, DP 712807
1401 Old Cooma Road, Googong
Lot 5, DP 248184
5 Adina Court, Jerrabomberra
Lot 716, DP 1043164
10 Burgan Grove, Jerrabomberra
Lot 103, DP1004705
5 Callitris Place, Jerrabomberra
Lot 35, DP 1063759
35 Carolyn Jackson Drive, Jerrabomberra
Lot 350, DP 832843
39 Carolyn Jackson Drive, Jerrabomberra
Lot 66, DP 1067568
40 Carolyn Jackson Drive, Jerrabomberra
Lot 67, DP 1067568
53 Carolyn Jackson Drive, Jerrabomberra
Lot 65, DP 1067568
63 Carolyn Jackson Drive, Jerrabomberra
Lot 36, DP 1067568
64 Carolyn Jackson Drive, Jerrabomberra
Lot 64, DP 1067568
12 Coora Place, Jerrabomberra
Lot 572, DP 1033589; Lot 494, DP 1023028; Lot 707, DP 1043164
50 Edwin Land Parkway, Jerrabomberra
Lot 6, DP 842117
97 Edwin Land Parkway, Jerrabomberra
Lot 7, DP 1037309
150 Edwin Land Parkway, Jerrabomberra
Lot 185, DP 1007170
180 Edwin Land Parkway, Jerrabomberra
Lot 196, DP 1015321
24 Esmond Avenue, Jerrabomberra
Lot 189, DP 811146
20 Freestone Crescent, Jerrabomberra
Lot 97, DP 1009982
7 Glenora Court, Jerrabomberra
Lot 184, DP 1012292
84 Halloran Drive, Jerrabomberra
Lot 351, DP 849010
29 Lakeview Gardens, Jerrabomberra
Lot 1, DP 827417
228 Lanyon Drive, Jerrabomberra
Lots 1 and 2, DP 805912
29 Macadamia Close, Jerrabomberra
Lot 197, DP 1015321
7 Numeralia Drive, Jerrabomberra
Lot 489, DP 1023028; Lot 868, DP 1060706; Lot 659, DP 1048574
1A Terrara Close, Jerrabomberra
Lot 407, DP 854142
12 Toolagal Place, Jerrabomberra
Lot 614, DP 1048574
13 Unwin Avenue, Jerrabomberra
Lot 39, DP 1037617
28 Barracks Flat Drive, Karabar
Lot 40, DP 261127
124 Barracks Flat Drive, Karabar
Lot 52, DP 835313
128 Barracks Flat Drive, Karabar
Lot 53, DP 835313
158 Candlebark Road, Karabar
Lot 243, DP 869283
172 Cooma Street, Karabar
Lot 32, DP 807068
181 Cooma Street, Karabar
Lot 1, DP 865848
200 Cooma Street, Karabar
Lot 2, DP 812708
224–238 Cooma Street, Karabar
Lot 49, DP 754907
36A Fairmount Crescent, Karabar
Lot 173, DP 13887
15A Fitzgibbon Place, Karabar
Lot 67, DP 264406
1A Ingleside Road, Karabar
Lot 174, DP 13887
2 Lochiel Street, Karabar
Lot 2, DP 262857224
1 Southbar Road, Karabar
Lot 14, DP 747452; Lots 548 and 549, DP 259942
2 Southbar Road, Karabar
Lot 518, DP 244051
98 Southbar Road, Karabar
Lot 34, DP 816960
113 Southbar Road, Karabar
Lot 111, DP 712548
38A Thornton Road, Karabar
Lot 162, DP 259996
11A Webber Place, Karabar
Lot 141, DP 718941
101–101A Canberra Avenue, Queanbeyan
Lots 1 and 2, DP 1027495
70 Crawford Street, Queanbeyan
Lot 1, DP 615207
262 Crawford Street, Queanbeyan
Lot B, DP 389447
12 Rutledge Street, Queanbeyan
Lot 18, DP 548244
19A Stornaway Road, Queanbeyan
Lot 10, DP 13098
2 Faunce Street, Queanbeyan East
Lot 24, DP 241159
17 Dunn Street, Queanbeyan West
Lot 52, DP 262335
62 Gilmore Place, Queanbeyan West
Lot 3, DP 832553
72 Gilmore Road, Queanbeyan West
Lot 11, DP 700621
74 Gilmore Road, Queanbeyan West
Lot 12, DP 700621
1A Hoover Road, Queanbeyan West
Lot 110, DP 715060
3–23 Hoover Road, Queanbeyan West
Lot 109, DP 715060
1722 Old Cooma Road, Royalla
Lot 11, DP 1043301
Part 2 Land classified, or reclassified, as operational land—interests changed
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Locality
Description
Any trusts etc not discharged
7–9 McKeahnie Street, Queanbeyan
Lots 10 and 11, Section A, DP 8211
Nil
Part 3 Land classified, or reclassified, as community land
Column 1
Column 2
Locality
Description
Nil
 
sch 4: Am 2016 (251), cl 4; 2017 (73), cl 4 (2).
Schedule 5 Environmental heritage
(Clause 5.10)
Part 1 Heritage items
Suburb
Item name
Address
Property description
Significance
Item no
Carwoola
Burbong Homestead
6547 Kings Highway
Lot 1, DP 956848
Local
I2
Carwoola
Homestead
149 Wanna Wanna Road
Lot 16, DP 259432
Local
I1
Googong
McCawley “Sunset” Homestead complex
141 Googong Dam Road
Lot 2, DP 255492
Local
I5
Googong
Shearing shed complex
Old Cooma Road
Part of Lot 9, DP 255493
Local
I178
Googong
Mount Campbell
1260 Old Cooma Road
Lot 18, DP 270301
Local
I3
Googong
St Paul’s Church of England
1290 Old Cooma Road
Lot 1, DP 151940
Local
I4
Jerrabomberra
Mount Jerrabomberra
Jerrabomberra Hill Road
DP 17204; DP 17205; DP 17206; Lots 1, 2 and 4, DP 595527; Lot 536, DP 8708; Lot 177, DP 832788; Lot 186, DP 811146; Lot 357, DP 864750; Lot 872, DP 1060706; Lot 1, DP 1061667
Local
I6
Queanbeyan
House
5 Albert Street
Lots 11 and 12, DP 38054
Local
I7
Queanbeyan
Cottage
2 Alice Street
Lot 29, DP 13806
Local
I8
Queanbeyan
Cottage
4 Alice Street
Lot 30, DP 13806
Local
I28
Queanbeyan
Cottage
6 Alice Street
Lot 31, DP 13806
Local
I44
Queanbeyan
Cottage
9 Alice Street
Lot 44, DP 13806
Local
I9
Queanbeyan
House
12 Alice Street
Lot 2, DP 1095519
Local
I10
Queanbeyan
Cottage
30 Atkinson Street
Lot A, DP 164331
Local
I11
Queanbeyan
Cottage
38 Atkinson Street
Lot B, DP 367816
Local
I12
Queanbeyan
House
57 Atkinson Street
Lot 1, DP 513431
Local
I13
Queanbeyan
“Coroda”
58 Atkinson Street
Lot 3, DP 587190
Local
I14
Queanbeyan
“Sir Murray Tyrrell’s Cottage”
11 Blundell Street
Lot 17, DP 548458
Local
I15
Queanbeyan
“Cantle Cottage”
3 Booth Street
Lot 9, DP 758862
Local
I16
Queanbeyan
“Gabriel’s Cottage”
26 Booth Street
Lot 4, DP 24371
Local
I17
Queanbeyan
Cottage
21 Buttle Street
Lot 1, DP 150744
Local
I18
Queanbeyan
House
49 Cameron Road
Lot 2, DP 215849
Local
I19
Queanbeyan
House
55 Cameron Road
Lot 13, DP 7491
Local
I20
Queanbeyan
Duplex
57–59 Cameron Road
Lots A and B, DP 351079
Local
I21
Queanbeyan
House
61 Cameron Road
Lot 11, DP 7491
Local
I22
Queanbeyan
House known initially as “Mimosa” and now as “Karabar”
71 Cameron Road
Lot 421, DP 553344
Local
I23
Queanbeyan
The Grotto
Riverside Oval, 14–22 Carinya Street
Lot 1, DP 835901
Local
I25
Queanbeyan
House
23 Carinya Street
Lot 1, DP 220459
Local
I26
Queanbeyan
“Byrne’s Mill”
55–57 Collett Street
Lots 11 and 12, DP 815597
State
I27
Queanbeyan
“Hibernia Lodge”
69 Collett Street
Lot 1, DP 349095
State
I29
Queanbeyan
Cottage
72 Collett Street
Lot 1, DP 714734
Local
I30
Queanbeyan
Old Queanbeyan Hospital
87–105 Collett Street
Part Lot 2, DP 226590
State
I31
Queanbeyan
Greek Orthodox Church
120 Collett Street (northeast corner of Campbell and Collett Streets)
Lot 63, DP 754907
Local
I32
Queanbeyan
Remnant house
126 Collett Street
Lot 18, Section A, DP 7255
Local
I33
Queanbeyan
Remnant house
145 Collett Street
Lot 27, Section B, DP 7255
Local
I34
Queanbeyan
Cottage
5 Collins Street
Lot 18, Section A, DP 13427
Local
I35
Queanbeyan
House
22 Collins Street
Lot 3, Section B, DP 13427
Local
I36
Queanbeyan
Remnant house
46 Cooma Street
Lot 49, DP 32640
Local
I37
Queanbeyan
Remnant house
48 Cooma Street
Lot 6, DP 37240
Local
I38
Queanbeyan
Remnant house
58 Cooma Street
Lot 1, DP 37240
Local
I39
Queanbeyan
Cottages
22–24 Crawford Street
Lots 2 and 3, Section A, DP 7255
Local
I40
Queanbeyan
Hotel Queanbeyan
63 Crawford Street
Lots 4 and 5, DP 13869
Local
I41
Queanbeyan
Building
76 Crawford Street
Lot 2, Section C, DP 7255
Local
I42
Queanbeyan
Queanbeyan Recreation and Leisure Centre
121–147 Crawford Street
Lot 1, DP 758862
Local
I43
Queanbeyan
Cottage
182 Crawford Street
Lot 1, DP 556014
Local
I45
Queanbeyan
Wright Building
200 Crawford Street
Lot A, DP 157292
Local
I46
Queanbeyan
Queanbeyan City Council Chambers (former School of Arts building)
251 Crawford Street
Lot 2, DP 735700
Local
I47
Queanbeyan
Masonic Hall
258 Crawford Street
Lot 3, DP 507909
Local
I48
Queanbeyan
House (Baker Deane and Nutt offices)
260 Crawford Street
Lot A, DP 389447
Local
I49
Queanbeyan
Fire station (former)
261 Crawford Street
Lot 2, DP 806157
Local
I50
Queanbeyan
Dutton’s Cottage
263 Crawford Street
Lot 2, DP 806157
Local
I51
Queanbeyan
Weatherboard cottage
274 Crawford Street
Lot B, DP 157512
Local
I52
Queanbeyan
Weatherboard cottage
276 Crawford Street
Lot C, DP 157512
Local
I53
Queanbeyan
Cottage
11–13 Derrima Road
Lots 25 and 26, Section A, DP 7255
Local
I54
Queanbeyan
Cottage
21 Derrima Road
Lot A, DP 37890
Local
I55
Queanbeyan
Cottage
23 Derrima Road
Lot 31, Section A, DP 7255
Local
I56
Queanbeyan
House
25 Derrima Road
Lots 32 and 33, Section A, DP 7255
Local
I57
Queanbeyan
House
35 Derrima Road
Lot A, DP 364414
Local
I58
Queanbeyan
House
82 Derrima Road
Lot 15, DP 12593
Local
I59
Queanbeyan
“Langdene”
17 Donald Road
Lot 2, DP 12658
Local
I60
Queanbeyan
Cottage
25 Donald Road
Lot 5, DP 12658
Local
I61
Queanbeyan
Cottage
36 Donald Road
Lot 23, DP 516114
Local
I62
Queanbeyan
House
38 Donald Road
Lot 1, DP 660144
Local
I63
Queanbeyan
House
41 Donald Road
Lot 13, DP 12658
Local
I64
Queanbeyan
House
43 Donald Road
Lot 14, DP 12658
Local
I65
Queanbeyan
House
12 Early Street
Lot 24, Section H, DP 13427; Lot 5, DP 253405
Local
I66
Queanbeyan
Riverside Cemetery
40 Erin Street
Crown Reserve R 95617; Lots 54–56, DP 754907; Lots 7334 and 7335, DP 1154175; Lot 7303, DP 1137732; Part Lot 1, Section 33, DP 758862
Local
I67
Queanbeyan
Memorial to William James Farrer
Farrer Place
Part of Farrer Place road reserve
Local
I74
Queanbeyan
Tourist Information Centre (former municipal chambers), Lazarus sundial and World War I memorial
1–3 Farrer Place
Lots 1 and 2, DP 758862
Local
I68
Queanbeyan
Queanbeyan and District Historical Society Museum
8 Farrer Place
Part Lot 124, DP 1011230
Local
I69
Queanbeyan
Queanbeyan Showground
19–41 Farrer Place
Lots 1–24, DP 13963; Lot 6, DP 1116082; Lot 4, Section 56, DP 758862
State
I70
Queanbeyan
Remnant house
2 Federal Avenue
Lot 131, DP 832565
Local
I71
Queanbeyan
Homestead
15 Fergus Road
Lot 2, DP 505146
Local
I72
Queanbeyan
Cottage
31 Fergus Road
Lot 37, DP 13295
Local
I73
Queanbeyan
Dwelling, part of complex known as “Kawaree”
18 George Street
Lot 1, DP 774149
State
I24
Queanbeyan
Building
19 Hayes Street
Lot 25, DP 13806
Local
I75
Queanbeyan
Group of cottages
21–25 Hayes Street
Lots 70 and 71, DP 32640
Local
I76
Queanbeyan
Group of houses
34–36 Hayes Street
Lots 62 and 63, DP 32640
Local
I77
Queanbeyan
Bull’s Cottage
24 Henderson Road
Lots 10 and 11, DP 2207
Local
I78
Queanbeyan
Railway worker’s cottage
37 Henderson Road
Lot 1, DP 828793
Local
I79
Queanbeyan
Queanbeyan Railway Station group
43–47 Henderson Road
Lot 2, DP 1002170; Lot 79, Section B, DP 910710
State
I80
Queanbeyan
House
76 Henderson Road
Lot 27, DP 12593
Local
I82
Queanbeyan
House
101 Henderson Road
Lot 2, DP 816124
Local
I83
Queanbeyan
Group of houses
1 and 5 Hirst Avenue
Lots 116 and 118, DP 13963
Local
I84
Queanbeyan
Houses
6–8 Hirst Avenue
Lots 101 and 102, DP 13963
Local
I85
Queanbeyan
Group of houses
26–30 Hirst Avenue
Lots 5 and 6, DP 14068
Local
I86
Queanbeyan
Suspension bridge
Isabella Street
Intersection of Isabella and Collett Streets
Local
I87
Queanbeyan
“Falklands”
5 Isabella Street
Lots 94 and 95, DP 13963
Local
I88
Queanbeyan
House
11 Isabella Street
Lot C, DP 334918; Part Lot 98, DP 1014785; Lot 99, DP 13963
Local
I89
Queanbeyan
Public schoolhouse
35 Isabella Street
Lot 1, DP 758862
Local
I90
Queanbeyan
Former St Benedict’s Convent
39 Isabella Street
Lot 1, DP 801099
Local
I91
Queanbeyan
Trees planted for Avenue of Memory
Isabella Street
Isabella Street road reserve from Crawford to Lowe Streets
Local
I92
Queanbeyan
Houses
4–6 Kathleen Street
Lots 51 and 52, DP 32640
Local
I93
Queanbeyan
Building
17–19 Kathleen Street
Lots 19 and 20, DP 37240
Local
I94
Queanbeyan
Group of dwellings
28–34 Kathleen Street
Lots 113 and 114, DP 32640
Local
I95
Queanbeyan
Boer War memorial
Lowe Street
Lowe Street road reserve
Local
I96
Queanbeyan
Building house, Thai restaurant,
24 Lowe Street
Lots 3 and 4, DP 14686
Local
I97
Queanbeyan
St Raphael’s Roman Catholic Church and St Gregory’s School complex
47–59 Lowe Street
Lot 1, DP 319352; Lots 7 and 8, Section 56, DP 758862
Local
I98
Queanbeyan
Ye Olde Kent Hotel
2 MacQuoid Street
Lot 112, DP 788863
Local
I99
Queanbeyan
Dog and Stile Inn
11–13 MacQuoid Street
Lots A and B, DP 161553
Local
I100
Queanbeyan
St Gregory’s Roman Catholic Church
15 MacQuoid Street
Lot 19 and 20, Section 4, DP 758862
Local
I101
Queanbeyan
Cottage
33–37 MacQuoid Street
Lot 15, SP 78396
Local
I102
Queanbeyan
Lazarus Cottage
38 MacQuoid Street
Lot 1, DP 136856
Local
I103
Queanbeyan
Torpy’s Cottage
51 MacQuoid Street
Lot B, DP 377563
Local
I104
Queanbeyan
Group of houses
70–80 MacQuoid Street
Lots 1–3, DP 735030; Lot 6, DP 792815
Local
I105
Queanbeyan
Glenrock Cottage
26 Malcolm Road
Lot 36, DP 228415
Local
I106
Queanbeyan
House
1 McEwan Avenue
Lot 11, DP 881552
Local
I107
Queanbeyan
Weatherboard cottage
29 McIntosh Street
Lot 49, DP 12658
Local
I108
Queanbeyan
Remnant cottage
3 McKeahnie Street
Lot 13, Section A, DP 8211
Local
I109
Queanbeyan
House
14 McKeahnie Street
Lot C, DP 381891
Local
I110
Queanbeyan
Raine and Horne Real Estate (formerly Temperance Hall)
6–8 Monaro Street
Lot 2, DP 745806
Local
I111
Queanbeyan
Shop
9–11 Monaro Street
Lot 6, DP 239955
Local
I112
Queanbeyan
Shop (Oz Property Services)
27–29 Monaro Street
Lot 4, DP 239955
Local
I113
Queanbeyan
Tourist Hotel
31–43 Monaro Street
Lot 10, DP 530627
Local
I114
Queanbeyan
Black’s Chambers
45–53 Monaro Street
Lot 16, DP 543424
Local
I115
Queanbeyan
Dudley Building
55–59 Monaro Street
Lot 14, DP 816328
Local
I116
Queanbeyan
Royal Hotel
85–93 Monaro Street
Lot 1, DP 624770
Local
I117
Queanbeyan
Fallick’s Building
95–99 Monaro Street
Lot 1, DP 131589
Local
I118
Queanbeyan
Federation free style shops
130–134 Monaro Street
Lot 1A, DP 162360; Lot 2B, DP 162361; Lot 1, DP 778814
Local
I119
Queanbeyan
Spackman Real Estate
138–140 Monaro Street
Lot 3, DP 32660
Local
I120
Queanbeyan
Former Bradbury’s Brewery site
146–154 Monaro Street
Lot A, DP 38752
Local
I121
Queanbeyan
Cottage
8 Moore Street
Lot 9, Section B, DP 7255
Local
I122
Queanbeyan
Cottage
15 Moore Street
Lot 1, Section C, DP 7255
Local
I123
Queanbeyan
St Stephen’s Presbyterian Church and Manse
2 Morisset Street
Lot 2, DP 810937
Local
I124
Queanbeyan
Furlong House
15 Morisset Street
Part Lot 13, DP 758862
Local
I125
Queanbeyan
House
32 Morton Street
Lot 1, DP 834558
Local
I126
Queanbeyan
House
33 Morton Street
Lot 11, DP 14045
Local
I127
Queanbeyan
Mill Thorpe House
7 Mowatt Street
Lot 12, DP 507908
Local
I128
Queanbeyan
Queanbeyan Rail Bridge
Queanbeyan River, east of Queanbeyan Station
 
State
I129
Queanbeyan
Cottage
26 Ross Road
Lot 8, DP 549515
Local
I130
Queanbeyan
House
27 Ross Road
Lot 10, Section 1, DP 8396
Local
I131
Queanbeyan
House
29 Ross Road
Lot A, DP 439589
Local
I132
Queanbeyan
House
66 Ross Road
Lot 24, Section D, DP 13427
Local
I133
Queanbeyan
House
88 Ross Road
Lot 25, Section F, DP 13427
Local
I134
Queanbeyan
House
132 Ross Road
Lot 68, DP 12658
Local
I135
Queanbeyan
House
18 Rutledge Street
Lot 2, DP 710825
Local
I136
Queanbeyan
Parish hall— Anglican Parish of Queanbeyan
19 Rutledge Street
Lots 3–7, DP 37235
Local
I137
Queanbeyan
Hereford House
32 Rutledge Street
Lot 5, DP 551214
Local
I138
Queanbeyan
Christ Church Anglican Church group, including rectory, former school and first extension, church hall and landscape
39 Rutledge Street
Lots 1–3, DP 199191
State
I139
Queanbeyan
House (former Kinkora Private Hospital)
5 Stornaway Road
Lot 2, DP 1091874
Local
I140
Queanbeyan
Houses
17–19 Stornaway Road
Lots 7 and 8, DP 13098
Local
I141
Queanbeyan
House
39 Stornaway Road
Lot 4, Section A, DP 13427
Local
I142
Queanbeyan
Group of houses
41–45 Stornaway Road
Lots 5 and 6, Section A, DP 13427; Lot A, DP 373070
Local
I143
Queanbeyan
Group of houses
51–55 Stornaway Road
Lots 10–12, Section A, DP 13427
Local
I144
Queanbeyan
House
57 Stornaway Road
Lot 13, Section A, DP 13427
Local
I145
Queanbeyan
House
59 Stornaway Road
Lot 1, Section C, DP 13427
Local
I146
Queanbeyan
House
73 Stornaway Road
Lot 8, Section C, DP 13427
Local
I147
Queanbeyan
House
75 Stornaway Road
Lot 9, Section C, DP 13427
Local
I148
Queanbeyan
House
91 Stornaway Road
Lot 3, DP 13427
Local
I149
Queanbeyan
House
95 Stornaway Road
Lot 5, Section E, DP 13427
Local
I150
Queanbeyan
House
97 Stornaway Road
Lot 6, Section E, DP 13427
Local
I151
Queanbeyan
House
99 Stornaway Road
Lot 7, Section C, DP 13427
Local
I152
Queanbeyan
House
105 Stornaway Road
Lot 2, Section G, DP 13427
Local
I153
Queanbeyan
House
31 Surveyor Street
Lot 17, Section C, DP 13427
Local
I154
Queanbeyan
Houses
1–3 Symonds Street
Lots 112 and 113, DP 13963
Local
I155
Queanbeyan
Houses
5–7 Symonds Street
Lots 114 and 115, DP 13963
Local
I156
Queanbeyan
House
1 The Crescent
Lot 1, Section D, DP 13427
Local
I157
Queanbeyan
House
9 The Crescent
Lot 6, Section E, DP 13427
Local
I158
Queanbeyan
House
19 The Crescent
Lot 8, Section D, DP 13427
Local
I159
Queanbeyan
House
43 The Crescent
Lot 6, Section F, DP 13427
Local
I160
Queanbeyan
O’Neill’s Cottage
6 Trinculo Place
Lot 6, DP 1099164; Part Lot 1, DP 597143; Lot 2, DP 749033
Local
I161
Queanbeyan
House
24 Uriarra Road
Part Lot 37, DP 8874
Local
I162
Queanbeyan
House
44 Uriarra Road
Lot 44, DP 8874
Local
I163
Queanbeyan
Houses
57–59 Uriarra Road
Lots C and D, DP 383194
Local
I164
Queanbeyan
House
96 Uriarra Road
Lot 132, DP 8874
Local
I165
Queanbeyan
House
17 White Avenue
Lot 128, DP 13963
Local
I166
Queanbeyan
House
27 White Avenue
Lot 33, DP 14068
Local
I167
Queanbeyan
Group of houses
36–38 White Avenue
Lots 39 and 40, DP 14068
Local
I168
Queanbeyan
Group of houses
37–41 White Avenue
Lots 26–28, DP 14068
Local
I169
Queanbeyan
House
42 White Avenue
Lot 42, DP 14068
Local
I170
Queanbeyan
House
47 White Avenue
Lot 24, DP 14068; Lot B, DP 393952
Local
I171
Queanbeyan
House
48 White Avenue
Lot 45, DP 14068
Local
I172
Queanbeyan
House
10 Young Street
Lot 22, DP 505796
Local
I173
Queanbeyan
House
14 Young Street
Lot 11, Section A, DP 332819
Local
I174
Queanbeyan
Aboriginal item— scarred tree site
Gale Precinct
Part Lot 100, DP 727522
Local
I176
Queanbeyan
Aboriginal item— artefact scattering
Gale Precinct
Part Lot 60, DP 754907
Local
I177
Royalla
Shepherds Ruin
1291 Old Cooma Road
Part Lot 1, DP 613054
Local
I179
Royalla
Green Gables Homestead
1866 Old Cooma Road
Part of Lot 22, DP 556417
Local
I175
Part 2 Heritage conservation areas
Name of heritage conservation area
Identification on Heritage Map
Significance
Queanbeyan Conservation Area
Shown by a red outline with red hatching and labelled “C1”
Local
Part 3 Archaeological sites
Suburb
Item name
Address
Property description
Significance
Item No
Carwoola
Mason Brothers’ Brickworks
1.8km from turn off from Kings Highway (in road reserve to the left of Captains Flat Road)
Adjacent to Lot 4, DP 821756
Local
A1
Greenleigh
Marchiori’s Lime Kiln and quarry
South east corner of Jumping Creek
Part of Lot 1, DP 711905
Local
A2
Googong
Moses Morley’s Lime Kiln
Quarry, 501 Cooma Road
Part of Lots 103 and 104, DP 754881
Local
A3
Queanbeyan
White Rocks Limestone Kilns
On the Queanbeyan River, Gale, 300 Cooma Street
Part of Lot 86, DP 45240
Local
A4
sch 5: Am 2013 No 47, Sch 2.21 [2]; 2015 (152), Sch 1 [4]–[9]; 2018 (44), Sch 1 [6] [7].
Dictionary
(Clause 1.4)
Note—
The Act and the Interpretation Act 1987 contain definitions and other provisions that affect the interpretation and application of this Plan.
Aboriginal object means any deposit, object or other material evidence (not being a handicraft made for sale) relating to the Aboriginal habitation of an area of New South Wales, being habitation before or concurrent with (or both) the occupation of that area by persons of non-Aboriginal extraction, and includes Aboriginal remains.
Aboriginal place of heritage significance means an area of land, the general location of which is identified in an Aboriginal heritage study adopted by the Council after public exhibition and that may be shown on the Heritage Map, that is:
(a)  the site of one or more Aboriginal objects or a place that has the physical remains of pre-European occupation by, or is of contemporary significance to, the Aboriginal people. It may (but need not) include items and remnants of the occupation of the land by Aboriginal people, such as burial places, engraving sites, rock art, midden deposits, scarred and sacred trees and sharpening grooves, or
(b)  a natural Aboriginal sacred site or other sacred feature. It includes natural features such as creeks or mountains of long-standing cultural significance, as well as initiation, ceremonial or story places or areas of more contemporary cultural significance.
Note—
The term may include (but is not limited to) places that are declared under section 84 of the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 to be Aboriginal places for the purposes of that Act.
acid sulfate soils means naturally occurring sediments and soils containing iron sulfides (principally pyrite) or their precursors or oxidation products, whose exposure to oxygen leads to the generation of sulfuric acid (for example, by drainage or excavation).
Acid Sulfate Soils Manual means the manual by that name published by the Acid Sulfate Soils Management Advisory Committee and made publicly available.
Active Street Frontages Map means the Queanbeyan Local Environmental Plan 2012 Active Street Frontages Map.
advertisement has the same meaning as in the Act.
Note—
The term is defined as a sign, notice, device or representation in the nature of an advertisement visible from any public place or public reserve or from any navigable water.
advertising structure has the same meaning as in the Act.
Note—
The term is defined as a structure used or to be used principally for the display of an advertisement.
Advertising structures are a type of signage—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
affordable housing has the same meaning as in the Act.
Note—
The term is defined as housing for very low income households, low income households or moderate income households, being such households as are prescribed by the regulations or as are provided for in an environmental planning instrument.
agricultural produce industry means a building or place used for the handling, treating, processing or packing, for commercial purposes, of produce from agriculture (including dairy products, seeds, fruit, vegetables or other plant material), and includes wineries, flour mills, cotton seed oil plants, cotton gins, feed mills, cheese and butter factories, and juicing or canning plants, but does not include a livestock processing industry.
Note—
Agricultural produce industries are a type of rural industry—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
agriculture means any of the following:
(a)  aquaculture,
(b)  extensive agriculture,
(c)  intensive livestock agriculture,
(d)  intensive plant agriculture.
Note—
Part 6 of the Plantations and Reafforestation Act 1999 provides that exempt farm forestry within the meaning of that Act is not subject to the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979.
air transport facility means an airport or a heliport that is not part of an airport, and includes associated communication and air traffic control facilities or structures.
airport means a place that is used for the landing, taking off, parking, maintenance or repair of aeroplanes, and includes associated buildings, installations, facilities and movement areas and any heliport that is part of the airport.
Note—
Airports are a type of air transport facility—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
airstrip means a single runway for the landing, taking off or parking of aeroplanes for private aviation only, but does not include an airport, heliport or helipad.
amusement centre means a building or place (not being part of a pub or registered club) used principally for playing:
(a)  billiards, pool or other like games, or
(b)  electronic or mechanical amusement devices, such as pinball machines, computer or video games and the like.
animal boarding or training establishment means a building or place used for the breeding, boarding, training, keeping or caring of animals for commercial purposes (other than for the agistment of horses), and includes any associated riding school or ancillary veterinary hospital.
aquaculture has the same meaning as in the Fisheries Management Act 1994.
Note—
Aquaculture is a type of agriculture—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
archaeological site means a place that contains one or more relics.
artisan food and drink industry means a building or place the principal purpose of which is the making or manufacture of boutique, artisan or craft food or drink products only. It must also include at least one of the following:
(a)  a retail area for the sale of the products,
(b)  a restaurant or cafe,
(c)  facilities for holding tastings, tours or workshops.
Note—
See clause 5.4 for controls in industrial or rural zones relating to the retail floor area of an artisan food and drink industry.
Artisan food and drink industries are a type of light industry—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
attached dwelling means a building containing 3 or more dwellings, where:
(a)  each dwelling is attached to another dwelling by a common wall, and
(b)  each of the dwellings is on its own lot of land, and
(c)  none of the dwellings is located above any part of another dwelling.
Note—
Attached dwellings are a type of residential accommodation—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
attic means any habitable space, but not a separate dwelling, contained wholly within a roof above the ceiling line of the storey immediately below, except for minor elements such as dormer windows and the like.
backpackers’ accommodation means a building or place that:
(a)  provides temporary or short-term accommodation on a commercial basis, and
(b)  has shared facilities, such as a communal bathroom, kitchen or laundry, and
(c)  provides accommodation on a bed or dormitory-style basis (rather than by room).
Note—
Backpackers’ accommodation is a type of tourist and visitor accommodation—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
basement means the space of a building where the floor level of that space is predominantly below ground level (existing) and where the floor level of the storey immediately above is less than 1 metre above ground level (existing).
bed and breakfast accommodation means an existing dwelling in which temporary or short-term accommodation is provided on a commercial basis by the permanent residents of the dwelling and where:
(a)  meals are provided for guests only, and
(b)  cooking facilities for the preparation of meals are not provided within guests’ rooms, and
(c)  dormitory-style accommodation is not provided.
Note—
See clause 5.4 for controls relating to the number of bedrooms for bed and breakfast accommodation.
Bed and breakfast accommodation is a type of tourist and visitor accommodation—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
bee keeping means a building or place used for the keeping and breeding of bees for commercial purposes.
Note—
Bee keeping is a type of extensive agriculture—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
biodiversity or biological diversity means the variety of living animal and plant life from all sources, and includes diversity within and between species and diversity of ecosystems.
biosolids treatment facility means a building or place used as a facility for the treatment of biosolids from a sewage treatment plant or from a water recycling facility.
Note—
Biosolids treatment facilities are a type of sewerage system—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
boarding house means a building that:
(a)  is wholly or partly let in lodgings, and
(b)  provides lodgers with a principal place of residence for 3 months or more, and
(c)  may have shared facilities, such as a communal living room, bathroom, kitchen or laundry, and
(d)  has rooms, some or all of which may have private kitchen and bathroom facilities, that accommodate one or more lodgers,
but does not include backpackers’ accommodation, a group home, hotel or motel accommodation, seniors housing or a serviced apartment.
Note—
Boarding houses are a type of residential accommodation—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
boat building and repair facility means any facility (including a building or other structure) used primarily for the construction, maintenance or repair of boats, whether or not including the storage, sale or hire of boats, but does not include a marina or boat shed.
boat launching ramp means a structure designed primarily for the launching of trailer borne recreational vessels, and includes associated car parking facilities.
boat shed means a building or other structure used for the storage and routine maintenance of a boat or boats and that is associated with a private dwelling or non-profit organisation, and includes any skid used in connection with the building or other structure.
brothel has the same meaning as in the Act.
Note—
This definition is relevant to the definitions of home occupation (sex services) and sex services premises in this Dictionary.
building has the same meaning as in the Act.
Note—
The term is defined to include part of a building and any structure or part of a structure, but not including a manufactured home, a moveable dwelling or associated structure (or part of a manufactured home, moveable dwelling or associated structure).
building height (or height of building) means:
(a)  in relation to the height of a building in metres—the vertical distance from ground level (existing) to the highest point of the building, or
(b)  in relation to the RL of a building—the vertical distance from the Australian Height Datum to the highest point of the building,
including plant and lift overruns, but excluding communication devices, antennae, satellite dishes, masts, flagpoles, chimneys, flues and the like.
building identification sign means a sign that identifies or names a building and that may include the name of a building, the street name and number of a building, and a logo or other symbol but does not include general advertising of products, goods or services.
Note—
Building identification signs are a type of signage—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
building line or setback means the horizontal distance between the property boundary or other stated boundary (measured at 90 degrees from the boundary) and:
(a)  a building wall, or
(b)  the outside face of any balcony, deck or the like, or
(c)  the supporting posts of a carport or verandah roof,
whichever distance is the shortest.
bush fire hazard reduction work has the same meaning as in the Rural Fires Act 1997.
Note—
The term is defined as follows:
bush fire hazard reduction work means:
(a)  the establishment or maintenance of fire breaks on land, and
(b)  the controlled application of appropriate fire regimes or other means for the reduction or modification of available fuels within a predetermined area to mitigate against the spread of a bush fire,
but does not include construction of a track, trail or road.
bush fire prone land has the same meaning as in the Act.
Note—
The term is defined, in relation to an area, as land recorded for the time being as bush fire prone land on a map for the area certified as referred to in section 146 (2) of the Act.
bush fire risk management plan means a plan prepared under Division 4 of Part 3 of the Rural Fires Act 1997 for the purpose referred to in section 54 of that Act.
business identification sign means a sign:
(a)  that indicates:
(i)  the name of the person or business, and
(ii)  the nature of the business carried on by the person at the premises or place at which the sign is displayed, and
(b)  that may include the address of the premises or place and a logo or other symbol that identifies the business,
but that does not contain any advertising relating to a person who does not carry on business at the premises or place.
Note—
Business identification signs are a type of signage—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
business premises means a building or place at or on which:
(a)  an occupation, profession or trade (other than an industry) is carried on for the provision of services directly to members of the public on a regular basis, or
(b)  a service is provided directly to members of the public on a regular basis,
and includes a funeral home and, without limitation, premises such as banks, post offices, hairdressers, dry cleaners, travel agencies, internet access facilities, betting agencies and the like, but does not include an entertainment facility, home business, home occupation, home occupation (sex services), medical centre, restricted premises, sex services premises or veterinary hospital.
Note—
Business premises are a type of commercial premises—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
camping ground means an area of land that has access to communal amenities and on which campervans or tents, annexes or other similar portable and lightweight temporary shelters are, or are to be, installed, erected or placed for short term use, but does not include a caravan park.
canal estate development means development that incorporates wholly or in part a constructed canal, or other waterway or waterbody, that is inundated by or drains to a natural waterway or natural waterbody by surface water or groundwater movement (not being works of drainage, or for the supply or treatment of water, that are constructed by or with the authority of a person or body responsible for those functions and that are limited to the minimal reasonable size and capacity to meet a demonstrated need for the works), and that either:
(a)  includes the construction of dwellings (which may include tourist and visitor accommodation) of a kind other than, or in addition to:
(i)  dwellings that are permitted on rural land, and
(ii)  dwellings that are used for caretaker or staff purposes, or
(b)  requires the use of a sufficient depth of fill material to raise the level of all or part of that land on which the dwellings are (or are proposed to be) located in order to comply with requirements relating to residential development on flood prone land.
car park means a building or place primarily used for the purpose of parking motor vehicles, including any manoeuvring space and access thereto, whether operated for gain or not.
caravan park means land (including a camping ground) on which caravans (or caravans and other moveable dwellings) are, or are to be, installed or placed.
catchment action plan has the same meaning as in the Catchment Management Authorities Act 2003.
Note—
The term is defined as a catchment action plan of an authority that has been approved by the Minister under Part 4 of the Catchment Management Authorities Act 2003.
cellar door premises means a building or place that is used to sell wine by retail and that is situated on land on which there is a commercial vineyard, and where most of the wine offered for sale is produced in a winery situated on that land or is produced predominantly from grapes grown in the surrounding area.
Note—
Cellar door premises are a type of retail premises—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
cemetery means a building or place used primarily for the interment of deceased persons or pets or their ashes, whether or not it contains an associated building for conducting memorial services.
centre-based child care facility means:
(a)  a building or place used for the education and care of children that provides any one or more of the following:
(i)  long day care,
(ii)  occasional child care,
(iii)  out-of-school-hours care (including vacation care),
(iv)  preschool care, or
(b)  an approved family day care venue (within the meaning of the Children (Education and Care Services) National Law (NSW)),
Note—
An approved family day care venue is a place, other than a residence, where an approved family day care service (within the meaning of the Children (Education and Care Services) National Law (NSW)) is provided.
but does not include:
(c)  a building or place used for home-based child care or school-based child care, or
(d)  an office of a family day care service (within the meanings of the Children (Education and Care Services) National Law (NSW)), or
(e)  a babysitting, playgroup or child-minding service that is organised informally by the parents of the children concerned, or
(f)  a child-minding service that is provided in connection with a recreational or commercial facility (such as a gymnasium) to care for children while the children’s parents are using the facility, or
(g)  a service that is concerned primarily with providing lessons or coaching in, or providing for participation in, a cultural, recreational, religious or sporting activity, or providing private tutoring, or
(h)  a child-minding service that is provided by or in a health services facility, but only if the service is established, registered or licensed as part of the institution operating in the facility.
charter and tourism boating facility means any facility (including a building or other structure) used for charter boating or tourism boating purposes, being a facility that is used only by the operators of the facility and that has a direct structural connection between the foreshore and the waterway, but does not include a marina.
classified road has the same meaning as in the Roads Act 1993.
Note—
The term is defined as follows:
classified road means any of the following:
(a)  a main road,
(b)  a highway,
(c)  a freeway,
(d)  a controlled access road,
(e)  a secondary road,
(f)  a tourist road,
(g)  a tollway,
(h)  a transitway,
(i)  a State work.
(See Roads Act 1993 for meanings of these terms.)
clearing native vegetation has the same meaning as in Part 5A of the Local Land Services Act 2013.
clearing vegetation has the same meaning as in State Environmental Planning Policy (Vegetation in Non-Rural Areas) 2017.
coastal hazard has the same meaning as in the Coastal Management Act 2016.
coastal lake means a body of water identified in Schedule 1 to State Environmental Planning Policy (Coastal Management) 2018.
coastal protection works has the same meaning as in the Coastal Management Act 2016.
coastal waters of the State—see section 58 of the Interpretation Act 1987.
coastal zone has the same meaning as in the Coastal Management Act 2016.
commercial premises means any of the following:
(a)  business premises,
(b)  office premises,
(c)  retail premises.
community facility means a building or place:
(a)  owned or controlled by a public authority or non-profit community organisation, and
(b)  used for the physical, social, cultural or intellectual development or welfare of the community,
but does not include an educational establishment, hospital, retail premises, place of public worship or residential accommodation.
community land has the same meaning as in the Local Government Act 1993.
correctional centre means:
(a)  any premises declared to be a correctional centre by a proclamation in force under section 225 of the Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999, including any juvenile correctional centre or periodic detention centre, and
(b)  any premises declared to be a detention centre by an order in force under section 5 (1) of the Children (Detention Centres) Act 1987,
but does not include any police station or court cell complex in which a person is held in custody in accordance with any Act.
Council means the Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council.
crematorium means a building in which deceased persons or pets are cremated, whether or not it contains an associated building for conducting memorial services.
Crown reserve means:
(a)  a reserve within the meaning of Part 5 of the Crown Lands Act 1989, or
(b)  a common within the meaning of the Commons Management Act 1989, or
(c)  lands within the meaning of the Trustees of Schools of Arts Enabling Act 1902,
but does not include land that forms any part of a reserve under Part 5 of the Crown Lands Act 1989 provided for accommodation.
curtilage, in relation to a heritage item or conservation area, means the area of land (including land covered by water) surrounding a heritage item, a heritage conservation area, or building, work or place within a heritage conservation area, that contributes to its heritage significance.
dairy (pasture-based) means a dairy that is conducted on a commercial basis where the only restriction facilities present are milking sheds and holding yards and where cattle are constrained for no more than 10 hours in any 24 hour period (excluding during any period of drought or similar emergency relief).
Note—
Dairies (pasture-based) are a type of extensive agriculture—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
dairy (restricted) means a dairy that is conducted on a commercial basis where restriction facilities (in addition to milking sheds and holding yards) are present and where cattle have access to grazing for less than 10 hours in any 24 hour period (excluding during any period of drought or similar emergency relief). It may comprise the whole or part of a restriction facility.
Note—
Dairies (restricted) are a type of intensive livestock agriculture—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
demolish, in relation to a heritage item or an Aboriginal object, or a building, work, relic or tree within a heritage conservation area, means wholly or partly destroy, dismantle or deface the heritage item, Aboriginal object or building, work, relic or tree.
depot means a building or place used for the storage (but not sale or hire) of plant, machinery or other goods (that support the operations of an existing undertaking) when not required for use, but does not include a farm building.
designated State and Territory public infrastructure means public facilities or services that are provided or financed by the State or Territory (or if provided or financed by the private sector, to the extent of any financial or in-kind contribution by the State or Territory) of the following kinds:
(a)  State, Territory and regional roads,
(b)  bus interchanges and bus lanes,
(c)  land required for regional open space,
(d)  land required for social infrastructure and facilities (such as land for schools, hospitals, emergency services and justice purposes).
drainage means any activity that intentionally alters the hydrological regime of any locality by facilitating the removal of surface or ground water. It may include the construction, deepening, extending, opening, installation or laying of any canal, drain or pipe, either on the land or in such a manner as to encourage drainage of adjoining land.
dual occupancy means a dual occupancy (attached) or a dual occupancy (detached).
Note—
Dual occupancies are a type of residential accommodation—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
dual occupancy (attached) means 2 dwellings on one lot of land that are attached to each other, but does not include a secondary dwelling.
Note—
Dual occupancies (attached) are a type of dual occupancy—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
dual occupancy (detached) means 2 detached dwellings on one lot of land, but does not include a secondary dwelling.
Note—
Dual occupancies (detached) are a type of dual occupancy—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
dwelling means a room or suite of rooms occupied or used or so constructed or adapted as to be capable of being occupied or used as a separate domicile.
dwelling house means a building containing only one dwelling.
Note—
Dwelling houses are a type of residential accommodation—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
early education and care facility means a building or place used for the education and care of children, and includes any of the following:
(a)  a centre-based child care facility,
(b)  home-based child care,
(c)  school-based child care.
earthworks means excavation or filling.
ecologically sustainable development has the same meaning as in the Act.
eco-tourist facility means a building or place that:
(a)  provides temporary or short-term accommodation to visitors on a commercial basis, and
(b)  is located in or adjacent to an area with special ecological or cultural features, and
(c)  is sensitively designed and located so as to minimise bulk, scale and overall physical footprint and any ecological or visual impact.
It may include facilities that are used to provide information or education to visitors and to exhibit or display items.
Note—
See clause 5.13 for requirements in relation to the granting of development consent for eco-tourist facilities.
Eco-tourist facilities are not a type of tourist and visitor accommodation—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
educational establishment means a building or place used for education (including teaching), being:
(a)  a school, or
(b)  a tertiary institution, including a university or a TAFE establishment, that provides formal education and is constituted by or under an Act.
electricity generating works means a building or place used for the purpose of making or generating electricity.
emergency services facility means a building or place (including a helipad) used in connection with the provision of emergency services by an emergency services organisation.
emergency services organisation means any of the following:
(a)  Ambulance Service of New South Wales,
(b)  Fire and Rescue NSW,
(c)  NSW Rural Fire Service,
(d)  NSW Police Force,
(e)  State Emergency Service,
(f)  New South Wales Volunteer Rescue Association Incorporated,
(g)  New South Wales Mines Rescue Brigade established under the Coal Industry Act 2001,
(h)  an accredited rescue unit within the meaning of the State Emergency and Rescue Management Act 1989.
entertainment facility means a theatre, cinema, music hall, concert hall, dance hall and the like, but does not include a pub or registered club.
environmental facility means a building or place that provides for the recreational use or scientific study of natural systems, and includes walking tracks, seating, shelters, board walks, observation decks, bird hides or the like, and associated display structures.
environmental protection works means works associated with the rehabilitation of land towards its natural state or any work to protect land from environmental degradation, and includes bush regeneration works, wetland protection works, erosion protection works, dune restoration works and the like, but does not include coastal protection works.
estuary has the same meaning as in the Water Management Act 2000.
Note—
The term is defined as follows:
estuary means:
(a)  any part of a river whose level is periodically or intermittently affected by coastal tides, or
(b)  any lake or other partially enclosed body of water that is periodically or intermittently open to the sea, or
(c)  anything declared by the regulations (under the Water Management Act 2000) to be an estuary,
but does not include anything declared by the regulations (under the Water Management Act 2000) not to be an estuary.
excavation means the removal of soil or rock, whether moved to another part of the same site or to another site, but does not include garden landscaping that does not significantly alter the shape, natural form or drainage of the land.
exhibition home means a dwelling built for the purposes of the public exhibition and marketing of new dwellings, whether or not it is intended to be sold as a private dwelling after its use for those purposes is completed, and includes any associated sales or home finance office or place used for displays.
exhibition village means 2 or more exhibition homes and associated buildings and places used for house and land sales, site offices, advisory services, car parking, food and drink sales and other associated purposes.
extensive agriculture means any of the following:
(a)  the production of crops or fodder (including irrigated pasture and fodder crops) for commercial purposes,
(b)  the grazing of livestock for commercial purposes,
(c)  bee keeping,
(d)  a dairy (pasture-based).
Note—
Extensive agriculture is a type of agriculture—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
extractive industry means the winning or removal of extractive materials (otherwise than from a mine) by methods such as excavating, dredging, tunnelling or quarrying, including the storing, stockpiling or processing of extractive materials by methods such as recycling, washing, crushing, sawing or separating, but does not include turf farming.
Note—
Extractive industries are not a type of industry—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
extractive material means sand, soil, gravel, rock or similar substances that are not minerals within the meaning of the Mining Act 1992.
farm building means a structure the use of which is ancillary to an agricultural use of the landholding on which it is situated and includes a hay shed, stock holding yard, machinery shed, shearing shed, silo, storage tank, outbuilding or the like, but does not include a dwelling.
farm stay accommodation means a building or place that provides temporary or short-term accommodation to paying guests on a working farm as a secondary business to primary production.
Note—
See clause 5.4 for controls relating to the number of bedrooms.
Farm stay accommodation is a type of tourist and visitor accommodation—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
feedlot means a confined or restricted area that is operated on a commercial basis to rear and fatten cattle, sheep or other animals, fed (wholly or substantially) on prepared and manufactured feed, for the purpose of meat production or fibre products, but does not include a poultry farm, dairy or piggery.
Note—
Feedlots are a type of intensive livestock agriculture—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
fill means the depositing of soil, rock or other similar extractive material obtained from the same or another site, but does not include:
(a)  the depositing of topsoil or feature rock imported to the site that is intended for use in garden landscaping, turf or garden bed establishment or top dressing of lawns and that does not significantly alter the shape, natural form or drainage of the land, or
(b)  the use of land as a waste disposal facility.
filming means recording images (whether on film or video tape or electronically or by other means) for exhibition or broadcast (such as by cinema, television or the internet or by other means), but does not include:
(a)  still photography, or
(b)  recording images of a wedding ceremony or other private celebration or event principally for the purpose of making a record for the participants in the ceremony, celebration or event, or
(c)  recording images as a visitor or tourist for non-commercial purposes, or
(d)  recording for the immediate purposes of a television program that provides information by way of current affairs or daily news.
fish has the same meaning as in the Fisheries Management Act 1994.
Note—
The term is defined as follows:
Definition of “fish”
(1)  
Fish means marine, estuarine or freshwater fish or other aquatic animal life at any stage of their life history (whether alive or dead).
(2)  
Fish includes:
(a)  oysters and other aquatic molluscs, and
(b)  crustaceans, and
(c)  echinoderms, and
(d)  beachworms and other aquatic polychaetes.
(3)  
Fish also includes any part of a fish.
(4)  
However, fish does not include whales, mammals, reptiles, birds, amphibians or other things excluded from the definition by the regulations under the Fisheries Management Act 1994.
flood mitigation work means work designed and constructed for the express purpose of mitigating flood impacts. It involves changing the characteristics of flood behaviour to alter the level, location, volume, speed or timing of flood waters to mitigate flood impacts. Types of works may include excavation, construction or enlargement of any fill, wall, or levee that will alter riverine flood behaviour, local overland flooding, or tidal action so as to mitigate flood impacts.
Flood Planning Map means the Queanbeyan Local Environmental Plan 2012 Flood Planning Map.
floor space ratio—see clause 4.5.
Floor Space Ratio Map means the Queanbeyan Local Environmental Plan 2012 Floor Space Ratio Map.
food and drink premises means premises that are used for the preparation and retail sale of food or drink (or both) for immediate consumption on or off the premises, and includes any of the following:
(a)  a restaurant or cafe,
(b)  take away food and drink premises,
(c)  a pub,
(d)  a small bar.
Note—
Food and drink premises are a type of retail premises—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
forestry means forestry operations within the meaning of the Forestry Act 2012 or Part 5B of the Local Land Services Act 2013.
freight transport facility means a facility used principally for the bulk handling of goods for transport by road, rail, air or sea, including any facility for the loading and unloading of vehicles, aircraft, vessels or containers used to transport those goods and for the parking, holding, servicing or repair of those vehicles, aircraft or vessels or for the engines or carriages involved.
function centre means a building or place used for the holding of events, functions, conferences and the like, and includes convention centres, exhibition centres and reception centres, but does not include an entertainment facility.
funeral home means premises that are used to arrange, conduct and cater for funerals and memorial services, whether or not the premises include facilities for the short-term storage, dressing and viewing of bodies of deceased persons.
Note—
Funeral homes are a type of business premises—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
garden centre means a building or place the principal purpose of which is the retail sale of plants and landscaping and gardening supplies and equipment. It may include a restaurant or cafe and the sale of any of the following:
(a)  outdoor furniture and furnishings, barbecues, shading and awnings, pools, spas and associated supplies, and items associated with the construction and maintenance of outdoor areas,
(b)  pets and pet supplies,
(c)  fresh produce.
Note—
Garden centres are a type of retail premises—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
general industry means a building or place (other than a heavy industry or light industry) that is used to carry out an industrial activity.
Note—
General industries are a type of industry—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
Googong Map means Queanbeyan Local Environmental Plan 2012 Googong Map.
gross floor area means the sum of the floor area of each floor of a building measured from the internal face of external walls, or from the internal face of walls separating the building from any other building, measured at a height of 1.4 metres above the floor, and includes:
(a)  the area of a mezzanine, and
(b)  habitable rooms in a basement or an attic, and
(c)  any shop, auditorium, cinema, and the like, in a basement or attic,
but excludes:
(d)  any area for common vertical circulation, such as lifts and stairs, and
(e)  any basement:
(i)  storage, and
(ii)  vehicular access, loading areas, garbage and services, and
(f)  plant rooms, lift towers and other areas used exclusively for mechanical services or ducting, and
(g)  car parking to meet any requirements of the consent authority (including access to that car parking), and
(h)  any space used for the loading or unloading of goods (including access to it), and
(i)  terraces and balconies with outer walls less than 1.4 metres high, and
(j)  voids above a floor at the level of a storey or storey above.
ground level (existing) means the existing level of a site at any point.
ground level (finished) means, for any point on a site, the ground surface after completion of any earthworks (excluding any excavation for a basement, footings or the like) for which consent has been granted or that is exempt development.
ground level (mean) means, for any site on which a building is situated or proposed, one half of the sum of the highest and lowest levels at ground level (finished) of the outer surface of the external walls of the building.
group home means a permanent group home or a transitional group home.
Note—
Group homes are a type of residential accommodation—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
group home (permanent) or permanent group home means a dwelling:
(a)  that is occupied by persons as a single household with or without paid supervision or care and whether or not those persons are related or payment for board and lodging is required, and
(b)  that is used to provide permanent household accommodation for people with a disability or people who are socially disadvantaged,
but does not include development to which State Environmental Planning Policy (Housing for Seniors or People with a Disability) 2004 applies.
Note—
Permanent group homes are a type of group home—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
group home (transitional) or transitional group home means a dwelling:
(a)  that is occupied by persons as a single household with or without paid supervision or care and whether or not those persons are related or payment for board and lodging is required, and
(b)  that is used to provide temporary accommodation for the relief or rehabilitation of people with a disability or for drug or alcohol rehabilitation purposes, or that is used to provide half-way accommodation for persons formerly living in institutions or temporary accommodation comprising refuges for men, women or young people,
but does not include development to which State Environmental Planning Policy (Housing for Seniors or People with a Disability) 2004 applies.
Note—
Transitional group homes are a type of group home—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
hardware and building supplies means a building or place the principal purpose of which is the sale or hire of goods or materials, such as household fixtures, timber, tools, paint, wallpaper, plumbing supplies and the like, that are used in the construction and maintenance of buildings and adjacent outdoor areas.
Note—
Hardware and building supplies are a type of retail premises—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
hazardous industry means a building or place used to carry out an industrial activity that would, when carried out and when all measures proposed to reduce or minimise its impact on the locality have been employed (including, for example, measures to isolate the activity from existing or likely future development on other land in the locality), pose a significant risk in the locality:
(a)  to human health, life or property, or
(b)  to the biophysical environment.
Note—
Hazardous industries are a type of heavy industry—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
hazardous storage establishment means a building or place that is used for the storage of goods, materials or products and that would, when in operation and when all measures proposed to reduce or minimise its impact on the locality have been employed (including, for example, measures to isolate the building or place from existing or likely future development on other land in the locality), pose a significant risk in the locality:
(a)  to human health, life or property, or
(b)  to the biophysical environment.
Note—
Hazardous storage establishments are a type of heavy industrial storage establishment—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
headland includes a promontory extending from the general line of the coastline into a large body of water, such as a sea, coastal lake or bay.
health care professional means any person registered under an Act for the purpose of providing health care.
health consulting rooms means premises comprising one or more rooms within (or within the curtilage of) a dwelling house used by not more than 3 health care professionals at any one time.
Note—
Health consulting rooms are a type of health services facility—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
health services facility means a building or place used to provide medical or other services relating to the maintenance or improvement of the health, or the restoration to health, of persons or the prevention of disease in or treatment of injury to persons, and includes any of the following:
(a)  a medical centre,
(b)  community health service facilities,
(c)  health consulting rooms,
(d)  patient transport facilities, including helipads and ambulance facilities,
(e)  hospital.
heavy industrial storage establishment means a building or place used for the storage of goods, materials, plant or machinery for commercial purposes and that requires separation from other development because of the nature of the processes involved, or the goods, materials, plant or machinery stored, and includes any of the following:
(a)  a hazardous storage establishment,
(b)  a liquid fuel depot,
(c)  an offensive storage establishment.
heavy industry means a building or place used to carry out an industrial activity that requires separation from other development because of the nature of the processes involved, or the materials used, stored or produced, and includes:
(a)  hazardous industry, or
(b)  offensive industry.
It may also involve the use of a hazardous storage establishment or offensive storage establishment.
Note—
Heavy industries are a type of industry—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
Height of Buildings Map means the Queanbeyan Local Environmental Plan 2012 Height of Buildings Map.
helipad means a place not open to the public used for the taking off and landing of helicopters.
heliport means a place open to the public that is used for the taking off and landing of helicopters, whether or not it includes:
(a)  a terminal building, or
(b)  facilities for the parking, storage or repair of helicopters.
Note—
Heliports are a type of air transport facility—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
heritage conservation area means an area of land of heritage significance:
(a)  shown on the Heritage Map as a heritage conservation area, and
(b)  the location and nature of which is described in Schedule 5,
and includes any heritage items situated on or within that area.
heritage conservation management plan means a document prepared in accordance with guidelines prepared by the Public Service agency responsible to the Minister administering the Heritage Act 1977 that documents the heritage significance of an item, place or heritage conservation area and identifies conservation policies and management mechanisms that are appropriate to enable that significance to be retained.
heritage impact statement means a document consisting of:
(a)  a statement demonstrating the heritage significance of a heritage item or heritage conservation area, and
(b)  an assessment of the impact that proposed development will have on that significance, and
(c)  proposals for measures to minimise that impact.
heritage item means a building, work, place, relic, tree, object or archaeological site the location and nature of which is described in Schedule 5.
Note—
An inventory of heritage items is also available at the office of the Council.
heritage management document means:
(a)  a heritage conservation management plan, or
(b)  a heritage impact statement, or
(c)  any other document that provides guidelines for the ongoing management and conservation of a heritage item, Aboriginal object, Aboriginal place of heritage significance or heritage conservation area.
Heritage Map means the Queanbeyan Local Environmental Plan 2012 Heritage Map.
heritage significance means historical, scientific, cultural, social, archaeological, architectural, natural or aesthetic value.
high technology industry means a building or place predominantly used to carry out an industrial activity that involves any of the following:
(a)  electronic or micro-electronic systems, goods or components,
(b)  information technology (such as computer software or hardware),
(c)  instrumentation or instruments of a scientific, industrial, technological, medical or similar nature,
(d)  biological, pharmaceutical, medical or paramedical systems, goods or components,
(e)  film, television or multi-media technologies, including any post production systems, goods or components,
(f)  telecommunications systems, goods or components,
(g)  sustainable energy technologies,
(h)  any other goods, systems or components intended for use in a science or technology related field,
but does not include a building or place used to carry out an industrial activity that presents a hazard or potential hazard to the neighbourhood or that, because of the scale and nature of the processes involved, interferes with the amenity of the neighbourhood.
Note—
High technology industries are a type of light industry—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
highway service centre means a building or place used to provide refreshments and vehicle services to highway users. It may include any one or more of the following:
(a)  a restaurant or cafe,
(b)  take away food and drink premises,
(c)  service stations and facilities for emergency vehicle towing and repairs,
(d)  parking for vehicles,
(e)  rest areas and public amenities.
home-based child care means:
(a)  a family day care residence (within the meaning of the Children (Education and Care Services) National Law (NSW)), or
Note—
A family day care residence is a residence at which a family day care educator educates and cares for children as part of a family day care service—see the Children (Education and Care Services) National Law (NSW)).
(b)  a dwelling used for the purposes of a home based education and care service (within the meaning of the Children (Education and Care Services) Supplementary Provisions Act 2011),
at which the education and care service is provided at any one time to no more than 7 children (including any child of the person providing the service) all of whom are under the age of 13 years and no more than 4 of whom are children who do not ordinarily attend school.
home business means a business that is carried on in a dwelling, or in a building ancillary to a dwelling, by one or more permanent residents of the dwelling and that does not involve:
(a)  the employment of more than 2 persons other than those residents, or
(b)  interference with the amenity of the neighbourhood by reason of the emission of noise, vibration, smell, fumes, smoke, vapour, steam, soot, ash, dust, waste water, waste products, grit or oil, traffic generation or otherwise, or
(c)  the exposure to view, from any adjacent premises or from any public place, of any unsightly matter, or
(d)  the exhibition of any signage (other than a business identification sign), or
(e)  the sale of items (whether goods or materials), or the exposure or offer for sale of items, by retail, except for goods produced at the dwelling or building,
but does not include bed and breakfast accommodation, home occupation (sex services) or sex services premises.
Note—
See clause 5.4 for controls relating to the floor area used for a home business.
home industry means a dwelling (or a building ancillary to a dwelling) used by one or more permanent residents of the dwelling to carry out an industrial activity that does not involve any of the following:
(a)  the employment of more than 2 persons other than those residents,
(b)  interference with the amenity of the neighbourhood by reason of the emission of noise, vibration, smell, fumes, smoke, vapour, steam, soot, ash, dust, waste water, waste products, grit or oil, traffic generation or otherwise,
(c)  the exposure to view, from any adjacent premises or from any public place, of any unsightly matter,
(d)  the exhibition of any signage (other than a business identification sign),
(e)  the sale of items (whether goods or materials), or the exposure or offer for sale of items, by retail, except for goods produced at the dwelling or building,
but does not include bed and breakfast accommodation or sex services premises.
Note—
See clause 5.4 for controls relating to the floor area used for a home industry.
Home industries are a type of light industry—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
home occupation means an occupation that is carried on in a dwelling, or in a building ancillary to a dwelling, by one or more permanent residents of the dwelling and that does not involve:
(a)  the employment of persons other than those residents, or
(b)  interference with the amenity of the neighbourhood by reason of the emission of noise, vibration, smell, fumes, smoke, vapour, steam, soot, ash, dust, waste water, waste products, grit or oil, traffic generation or otherwise, or
(c)  the display of goods, whether in a window or otherwise, or
(d)  the exhibition of any signage (other than a business identification sign), or
(e)  the sale of items (whether goods or materials), or the exposure or offer for sale of items, by retail,
but does not include bed and breakfast accommodation, home occupation (sex services) or sex services premises.
home occupation (sex services) means the provision of sex services in a dwelling that is a brothel, or in a building that is a brothel and is ancillary to such a dwelling, by no more than 2 permanent residents of the dwelling and that does not involve:
(a)  the employment of persons other than those residents, or
(b)  interference with the amenity of the neighbourhood by reason of the emission of noise, traffic generation or otherwise, or
(c)  the exhibition of any signage, or
(d)  the sale of items (whether goods or materials), or the exposure or offer for sale of items, by retail,
but does not include a home business or sex services premises.
horticulture means the cultivation of fruits, vegetables, mushrooms, nuts, cut flowers and foliage and nursery products for commercial purposes, but does not include a plant nursery, turf farming or viticulture.
Note—
Horticulture is a type of intensive plant agriculture—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
hospital means a building or place used for the purpose of providing professional health care services (such as preventative or convalescent care, diagnosis, medical or surgical treatment, psychiatric care or care for people with disabilities, or counselling services provided by health care professionals) to people admitted as in-patients (whether or not out-patients are also cared for or treated there), and includes ancillary facilities for (or that consist of) any of the following:
(a)  day surgery, day procedures or health consulting rooms,
(b)  accommodation for nurses or other health care workers,
(c)  accommodation for persons receiving health care or for their visitors,
(d)  shops, kiosks, restaurants or cafes or take away food and drink premises,
(e)  patient transport facilities, including helipads, ambulance facilities and car parking,
(f)  educational purposes or any other health-related use,
(g)  research purposes (whether or not carried out by hospital staff or health care workers or for commercial purposes),
(h)  chapels,
(i)  hospices,
(j)  mortuaries.
Note—
Hospitals are a type of health services facility—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
hostel means premises that are generally staffed by social workers or support providers and at which:
(a)  residential accommodation is provided in dormitories, or on a single or shared basis, or by a combination of them, and
(b)  cooking, dining, laundering, cleaning and other facilities are provided on a shared basis.
Note—
Hostels are a type of residential accommodation—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
hotel or motel accommodation means a building or place (whether or not licensed premises under the Liquor Act 2007) that provides temporary or short-term accommodation on a commercial basis and that:
(a)  comprises rooms or self-contained suites, and
(b)  may provide meals to guests or the general public and facilities for the parking of guests’ vehicles,
but does not include backpackers’ accommodation, a boarding house, bed and breakfast accommodation or farm stay accommodation.
Note—
Hotel or motel accommodation is a type of tourist and visitor accommodation—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
industrial activity means the manufacturing, production, assembling, altering, formulating, repairing, renovating, ornamenting, finishing, cleaning, washing, dismantling, transforming, processing, recycling, adapting or servicing of, or the research and development of, any goods, substances, food, products or articles for commercial purposes, and includes any storage or transportation associated with any such activity.
industrial retail outlet means a building or place that:
(a)  is used in conjunction with an industry (other than an artisan food and drink industry) or rural industry, and
(b)  is situated on the land on which the industry or rural industry is located, and
(c)  is used for the display or sale (whether by retail or wholesale) of only those goods that have been manufactured on the land on which the industry or rural industry is located,
but does not include a warehouse or distribution centre.
Note—
See clause 5.4 for controls relating to the retail floor area of an industrial retail outlet.
industrial training facility means a building or place used in connection with vocational training in an activity (such as forklift or truck driving, welding or carpentry) that is associated with an industry, rural industry, extractive industry or mining, but does not include an educational establishment, business premises or retail premises.
industry means any of the following:
(a)  general industry,
(b)  heavy industry,
(c)  light industry,
but does not include:
(d)  rural industry, or
(e)  extractive industry, or
(f)  mining.
information and education facility means a building or place used for providing information or education to visitors, and the exhibition or display of items, and includes an art gallery, museum, library, visitor information centre and the like.
intensive livestock agriculture means the keeping or breeding, for commercial purposes, of cattle, poultry, pigs, goats, horses or other livestock that are fed wholly or substantially on externally-sourced feed, and includes any of the following:
(a)  dairies (restricted),
(b)  feedlots,
(c)  piggeries,
(d)  poultry farms,
but does not include extensive agriculture, aquaculture or the operation of facilities for drought or similar emergency relief.
Note—
Intensive livestock agriculture is a type of agriculture—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
intensive plant agriculture means any of the following:
(a)  the cultivation of irrigated crops for commercial purposes (other than irrigated pasture or fodder crops),
(b)  horticulture,
(c)  turf farming,
(d)  viticulture.
Note—
Intensive plant agriculture is a type of agriculture—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
jetty means a horizontal decked walkway providing access from the shore to the waterway and is generally constructed on a piered or piled foundation.
kiosk means premises that are used for the purposes of selling food, light refreshments and other small convenience items such as newspapers, films and the like.
Note—
See clause 5.4 for controls relating to the gross floor area of a kiosk.
Kiosks are a type of retail premises—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
Land Application Map means the Queanbeyan Local Environmental Plan 2012 Land Application Map.
Land Reservation Acquisition Map means the Queanbeyan Local Environmental Plan 2012 Land Reservation Acquisition Map.
Land Zoning Map means the Queanbeyan Local Environmental Plan 2012 Land Zoning Map.
landscaped area means a part of a site used for growing plants, grasses and trees, but does not include any building, structure or hard paved area.
landscaping material supplies means a building or place used for the storage and sale of landscaping supplies such as soil, gravel, potting mix, mulch, sand, railway sleepers, screenings, rock and the like.
Note—
Landscaping material supplies are a type of retail premises—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
light industry means a building or place used to carry out an industrial activity that does not interfere with the amenity of the neighbourhood by reason of noise, vibration, smell, fumes, smoke, vapour, steam, soot, ash, dust, waste water, waste products, grit or oil, or otherwise, and includes any of the following:
(a)  high technology industry,
(b)  home industry,
(c)  artisan food and drink industry.
Note—
Light industries are a type of industry—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
liquid fuel depot means premises used for the bulk storage of petrol, oil, petroleum or other inflammable liquid for wholesale distribution and at which no retail trade is conducted.
Note—
Liquid fuel depots are a type of heavy industrial storage establishment—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
livestock processing industry means a building or place used for the commercial production of products derived from the slaughter of animals (including poultry) or the processing of skins or wool of animals and includes abattoirs, knackeries, tanneries, woolscours and rendering plants.
Note—
Livestock processing industries are a type of rural industry—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
local distribution premises means a building or place used for the storage or handling of items (whether goods or materials) pending their delivery to people and businesses in the local area, but from which no retail sales are made.
Note—
Local distribution premises are a type of warehouse or distribution centre—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
Lot Averaging Map means the Queanbeyan Local Environmental Plan 2012 Lot Averaging Map.
Lot Size Map means the Queanbeyan Local Environmental Plan 2012 Lot Size Map.
maintenance, in relation to a heritage item, Aboriginal object or Aboriginal place of heritage significance, or a building, work, archaeological site, tree or place within a heritage conservation area, means ongoing protective care, but does not include the removal or disturbance of existing fabric, alterations (such as carrying out extensions or additions) or the introduction of new materials or technology.
marina means a permanent boat storage facility (whether located wholly on land, wholly on a waterway or partly on land and partly on a waterway), and includes any of the following associated facilities:
(a)  any facility for the construction, repair, maintenance, storage, sale or hire of boats,
(b)  any facility for providing fuelling, sewage pump-out or other services for boats,
(c)  any facility for launching or landing boats, such as slipways or hoists,
(d)  any car parking or commercial, tourist or recreational or club facility that is ancillary to the boat storage facility,
(e)  any berthing or mooring facilities.
market means an open-air area, or an existing building, that is used for the purpose of selling, exposing or offering goods, merchandise or materials for sale by independent stall holders, and includes temporary structures and existing permanent structures used for that purpose on an intermittent or occasional basis.
Note—
Markets are a type of retail premises—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
mean high water mark means the position where the plane of the mean high water level of all ordinary local high tides intersects the foreshore, being 1.44m above the zero of Fort Denison Tide Gauge and 0.515m Australian Height Datum.
medical centre means premises that are used for the purpose of providing health services (including preventative care, diagnosis, medical or surgical treatment, counselling or alternative therapies) to out-patients only, where such services are principally provided by health care professionals. It may include the ancillary provision of other health services.
Note—
Medical centres are a type of health services facility—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
mezzanine means an intermediate floor within a room.
mine means any place (including any excavation) where an operation is carried on for mining of any mineral by any method and any place on which any mining related work is carried out, but does not include a place used only for extractive industry.
mine subsidence district means a mine subsidence district proclaimed under section 15 of the Mine Subsidence Compensation Act 1961.
mining means mining carried out under the Mining Act 1992 or the recovery of minerals under the Offshore Minerals Act 1999, and includes:
(a)  the construction, operation and decommissioning of associated works, and
(b)  the rehabilitation of land affected by mining.
Note—
Mining is not a type of industry—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
mixed use development means a building or place comprising 2 or more different land uses.
mooring means a detached or freestanding apparatus located on or in a waterway and that is capable of securing a vessel, but does not include a mooring pen.
mooring pen means an arrangement of freestanding piles or other restraining devices designed or used for the purpose of berthing a vessel.
mortuary means premises that are used, or intended to be used, for the receiving, preparation, embalming and storage of bodies of deceased persons pending their interment or cremation.
moveable dwelling has the same meaning as in the Local Government Act 1993.
Note—
The term is defined as follows:
moveable dwelling means:
(a)  any tent, or any caravan or other van or other portable device (whether on wheels or not), used for human habitation, or
(b)  a manufactured home, or
(c)  any conveyance, structure or thing of a class or description prescribed by the regulations (under the Local Government Act 1993) for the purposes of this definition.
multi dwelling housing means 3 or more dwellings (whether attached or detached) on one lot of land, each with access at ground level, but does not include a residential flat building.
Note—
Multi dwelling housing is a type of residential accommodation—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
native fauna means any animal-life that is indigenous to New South Wales or is known to periodically or occasionally migrate to New South Wales, whether vertebrate (including fish) or invertebrate and in any stage of biological development, but does not include humans.
native flora means any plant-life that is indigenous to New South Wales, whether vascular or non-vascular and in any stage of biological development, and includes fungi and lichens, and marine vegetation within the meaning of Part 7A of the Fisheries Management Act 1994.
native vegetation has the same meaning as in Part 5A of the Local Land Services Act 2013.
navigable waterway means any waterway that is from time to time capable of navigation and is open to or used by the public for navigation, but does not include flood waters that have temporarily flowed over the established bank of a watercourse.
neighbourhood shop means premises used for the purposes of selling general merchandise such as foodstuffs, personal care products, newspapers and the like to provide for the day-to-day needs of people who live or work in the local area, and may include ancillary services such as a post office, bank or dry cleaning, but does not include neighbourhood supermarkets or restricted premises.
Note—
See clause 5.4 for controls relating to the retail floor area of neighbourhood shops.
Neighbourhood shops are a type of shop—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
neighbourhood supermarket means premises the principal purpose of which is the sale of groceries and foodstuffs to provide for the needs of people who live or work in the local area.
Note—
See clause 5.4 for controls relating to the gross floor area of neighbourhood supermarkets.
Neighbourhood supermarkets are a type of shop—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
nominated State heritage item means a heritage item that:
(a)  has been identified as an item of State significance in a publicly exhibited heritage study adopted by the Council, and
(b)  the Council has, by notice in writing to the Heritage Council, nominated as an item of potential State significance.
non-potable water means water that does not meet the standards or values for drinking water recommended from time to time by the National Health and Medical Research Council.
offensive industry means a building or place used to carry out an industrial activity that would, when carried out and when all measures proposed to reduce or minimise its impact on the locality have been employed (including, for example, measures to isolate the activity from existing or likely future development on other land in the locality), emit a polluting discharge (including, for example, noise) in a manner that would have a significant adverse impact in the locality or on existing or likely future development on other land in the locality.
Note—
Offensive industries are a type of heavy industry—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
offensive storage establishment means a building or place that is used for the storage of goods, materials or products and that would, when all measures proposed to reduce or minimise its impact on the locality have been employed (including, for example, measures to isolate the building or place from existing or likely future development on other land in the locality), emit a polluting discharge (including, for example, noise) in a manner that would have a significant adverse impact in the locality or on existing or likely future development on other land in the locality.
Note—
Offensive storage establishments are a type of heavy industrial storage establishment—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
office premises means a building or place used for the purpose of administrative, clerical, technical, professional or similar activities that do not include dealing with members of the public at the building or place on a direct and regular basis, except where such dealing is a minor activity (by appointment) that is ancillary to the main purpose for which the building or place is used.
Note—
Office premises are a type of commercial premises—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
open cut mining means mining carried out on, and by excavating, the earth’s surface, but does not include underground mining.
operational land has the same meaning as in the Local Government Act 1993.
parking space means a space dedicated for the parking of a motor vehicle, including any manoeuvring space and access to it, but does not include a car park.
passenger transport facility means a building or place used for the assembly or dispersal of passengers by any form of transport, including facilities required for parking, manoeuvring, storage or routine servicing of any vehicle that uses the building or place.
people who are socially disadvantaged means:
(a)  people who are disadvantaged because of their alcohol or drug dependence, extreme poverty, psychological disorder or other similar disadvantage, or
(b)  people who require protection because of domestic violence or upheaval.
people with a disability means people of any age who, as a result of having an intellectual, psychiatric, sensory, physical or similar impairment, or a combination of such impairments, either permanently or for an extended period, have substantially limited opportunities to enjoy full and active lives.
place of public worship means a building or place used for the purpose of religious worship by a congregation or religious group, whether or not the building or place is also used for counselling, social events, instruction or religious training.
plant nursery means a building or place the principal purpose of which is the retail sale of plants that are grown or propagated on site or on an adjacent site. It may include the on-site sale of any such plants by wholesale and, if ancillary to the principal purpose for which the building or place is used, the sale of landscape and gardening supplies and equipment and the storage of these items.
Note—
Plant nurseries are a type of retail premises—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
port facilities means any of the following facilities at or in the vicinity of a designated port within the meaning of section 47 of the Ports and Maritime Administration Act 1995:
(a)  facilities for the embarkation or disembarkation of passengers onto or from any vessels, including public ferry wharves,
(b)  facilities for the loading or unloading of freight onto or from vessels and associated receival, land transport and storage facilities,
(c)  wharves for commercial fishing operations,
(d)  refuelling, launching, berthing, mooring, storage or maintenance facilities for any vessel,
(e)  sea walls or training walls,
(f)  administration buildings, communication, security and power supply facilities, roads, rail lines, pipelines, fencing, lighting or car parks.
potable water means water that meets the standards or values for drinking water recommended from time to time by the National Health and Medical Research Council.
private open space means an area external to a building (including an area of land, terrace, balcony or deck) that is used for private outdoor purposes ancillary to the use of the building.
property vegetation plan mean a property vegetation plan approved under Part 4 of the Native Vegetation Act 2003 before the repeal of that Act (as continued in force by the regulations under the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016).
pub means licensed premises under the Liquor Act 2007 the principal purpose of which is the retail sale of liquor for consumption on the premises, whether or not the premises include hotel or motel accommodation and whether or not food is sold or entertainment is provided on the premises.
Note—
Pubs are a type of food and drink premises—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
public administration building means a building used as offices or for administrative or other like purposes by the Crown, a statutory body, a council or an organisation established for public purposes, and includes a courthouse or a police station.
public authority has the same meaning as in the Act.
public land has the same meaning as in the Local Government Act 1993.
Note—
The term is defined as follows:
public land means any land (including a public reserve) vested in or under the control of the council, but does not include:
(a)  a public road, or
(b)  land to which the Crown Lands Act 1989 applies, or
(c)  a common, or
(d)  land subject to the Trustees of Schools of Arts Enabling Act 1902, or
(e)  a regional park under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974.
public reserve has the same meaning as in the Local Government Act 1993.
public utility infrastructure, in relation to an urban release area, includes infrastructure for any of the following:
(a)  the supply of water,
(b)  the supply of electricity,
(c)  the disposal and management of sewage.
public utility undertaking means any of the following undertakings carried on or permitted to be carried on by or by authority of any Public Service agency or under the authority of or in pursuance of any Commonwealth or State Act:
(a)  railway, road transport, water transport, air transport, wharf or river undertakings,
(b)  undertakings for the supply of water, hydraulic power, electricity or gas or the provision of sewerage or drainage services,
and a reference to a person carrying on a public utility undertaking includes a reference to a council, electricity supply authority, Public Service agency, corporation, firm or authority carrying on the undertaking.
Quarry Buffer Area Map means the Queanbeyan Local Environmental Plan 2012 Quarry Buffer Area Map.
rainwater tank means a tank designed for the storage of rainwater gathered on the land on which the tank is situated.
recreation area means a place used for outdoor recreation that is normally open to the public, and includes:
(a)  a children’s playground, or
(b)  an area used for community sporting activities, or
(c)  a public park, reserve or garden or the like,
and any ancillary buildings, but does not include a recreation facility (indoor), recreation facility (major) or recreation facility (outdoor).
recreation facility (indoor) means a building or place used predominantly for indoor recreation, whether or not operated for the purposes of gain, including a squash court, indoor swimming pool, gymnasium, table tennis centre, health studio, bowling alley, ice rink or any other building or place of a like character used for indoor recreation, but does not include an entertainment facility, a recreation facility (major) or a registered club.
recreation facility (major) means a building or place used for large-scale sporting or recreation activities that are attended by large numbers of people whether regularly or periodically, and includes theme parks, sports stadiums, showgrounds, racecourses and motor racing tracks.
recreation facility (outdoor) means a building or place (other than a recreation area) used predominantly for outdoor recreation, whether or not operated for the purposes of gain, including a golf course, golf driving range, mini-golf centre, tennis court, paint-ball centre, lawn bowling green, outdoor swimming pool, equestrian centre, skate board ramp, go-kart track, rifle range, water-ski centre or any other building or place of a like character used for outdoor recreation (including any ancillary buildings), but does not include an entertainment facility or a recreation facility (major).
Reduced Level (RL) means height above the Australian Height Datum, being the datum surface approximating mean sea level that was adopted by the National Mapping Council of Australia in May 1971.
registered club means a club that holds a club licence under the Liquor Act 2007.
relic has the same meaning as in the Heritage Act 1977.
Note—
The term is defined as follows:
relic means any deposit, artefact, object or material evidence that:
(a)  relates to the settlement of the area that comprises New South Wales, not being Aboriginal settlement, and
(b)  is of State or local heritage significance.
research station means a building or place operated by a public authority for the principal purpose of agricultural, environmental, fisheries, forestry, minerals or soil conservation research, and includes any associated facility for education, training, administration or accommodation.
residential accommodation means a building or place used predominantly as a place of residence, and includes any of the following:
(a)  attached dwellings,
(b)  boarding houses,
(c)  dual occupancies,
(d)  dwelling houses,
(e)  group homes,
(f)  hostels,
(g)  multi dwelling housing,
(h)  residential flat buildings,
(i)  rural workers’ dwellings,
(j)  secondary dwellings,
(k)  semi-detached dwellings,
(l)  seniors housing,
(m)  shop top housing,
but does not include tourist and visitor accommodation or caravan parks.
residential care facility means accommodation for seniors or people with a disability that includes:
(a)  meals and cleaning services, and
(b)  personal care or nursing care, or both, and
(c)  appropriate staffing, furniture, furnishings and equipment for the provision of that accommodation and care,
but does not include a dwelling, hostel, hospital or psychiatric facility.
Note—
Residential care facilities are a type of seniors housing—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
residential flat building means a building containing 3 or more dwellings, but does not include an attached dwelling or multi dwelling housing.
Note—
Residential flat buildings are a type of residential accommodation—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
resource recovery facility means a building or place used for the recovery of resources from waste, including works or activities such as separating and sorting, processing or treating the waste, composting, temporary storage, transfer or sale of recovered resources, energy generation from gases and water treatment, but not including re-manufacture or disposal of the material by landfill or incineration.
Note—
Resource recovery facilities are a type of waste or resource management facility—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
respite day care centre means a building or place that is used for the care of seniors or people who have a disability and that does not provide overnight accommodation for people other than those related to the owner or operator of the centre.
restaurant or cafe means a building or place the principal purpose of which is the preparation and serving, on a retail basis, of food and drink to people for consumption on the premises, whether or not liquor, take away meals and drinks or entertainment are also provided.
Note—
Restaurants or cafes are a type of food and drink premises—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
restricted premises means premises that, due to their nature, restrict access to patrons or customers over 18 years of age, and includes sex shops and similar premises, but does not include a pub, hotel or motel accommodation, home occupation (sex services) or sex services premises.
restriction facilities means facilities where animals are constrained for management purposes, including milking sheds, pads, feed stalls, holding yards and paddocks where the number of livestock exceeds the ability of vegetation to recover from the effects of grazing in a normal growing season, but does not include facilities for drought or similar emergency relief.
retail premises means a building or place used for the purpose of selling items by retail, or hiring or displaying items for the purpose of selling them or hiring them out, whether the items are goods or materials (or whether also sold by wholesale), and includes any of the following:
(a)    (Repealed)
(b)  cellar door premises,
(c)  food and drink premises,
(d)  garden centres,
(e)  hardware and building supplies,
(f)  kiosks,
(g)  landscaping material supplies,
(h)  markets,
(i)  plant nurseries,
(j)  roadside stalls,
(k)  rural supplies,
(l)  shops,
(la)  specialised retail premises,
(m)  timber yards,
(n)  vehicle sales or hire premises,
but does not include highway service centres, service stations, industrial retail outlets or restricted premises.
Note—
Retail premises are a type of commercial premises—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
Riparian Lands and Watercourses Map means the Queanbeyan Local Environmental Plan 2012 Riparian Lands and Watercourses Map.
road means a public road or a private road within the meaning of the Roads Act 1993, and includes a classified road.
roadside stall means a place or temporary structure used for the retail sale of agricultural produce or hand crafted goods (or both) produced from the property on which the stall is situated or from an adjacent property.
Note—
See clause 5.4 for controls relating to the gross floor area of roadside stalls.
Roadside stalls are a type of retail premises—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
rural industry means the handling, treating, production, processing, storage or packing of animal or plant agricultural products for commercial purposes, and includes any of the following:
(a)  agricultural produce industries,
(b)  livestock processing industries,
(c)  composting facilities and works (including the production of mushroom substrate),
(d)  sawmill or log processing works,
(e)  stock and sale yards,
(f)  the regular servicing or repairing of plant or equipment used for the purposes of a rural enterprise.
Note—
Rural industries are not a type of industry—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
rural supplies means a building or place used for the display, sale or hire of stockfeeds, grains, seed, fertilizers, veterinary supplies and other goods or materials used in farming and primary industry production.
Note—
Rural supplies are a type of retail premises—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
rural worker’s dwelling means a building or place that is additional to a dwelling house on the same lot and that is used predominantly as a place of residence by persons employed, whether on a long-term or short-term basis, for the purpose of agriculture or a rural industry on that land.
Note—
Rural workers’ dwellings are a type of residential accommodation—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
sawmill or log processing works means a building or place used for handling, cutting, chipping, pulping or otherwise processing logs, baulks, branches or stumps, principally derived from surrounding districts, into timber or other products derived from wood.
Note—
Sawmill or log processing works are a type of rural industry—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
Scenic Protection Map means the Queanbeyan Local Environmental Plan 2012 Scenic Protection Map.
school means a government school or non-government school within the meaning of the Education Act 1990.
Note—
Schools are a type of educational establishment—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
school-based child care means a building or place within a school that is used to provide out-of-school-hours care (including vacation care) for school children only.
Note—
Accordingly, a building or place within a school that is used to provide out-of-school-hours care for both school children and pre-school children is not school-based child care.
secondary dwelling means a self-contained dwelling that:
(a)  is established in conjunction with another dwelling (the principal dwelling), and
(b)  is on the same lot of land as the principal dwelling, and
(c)  is located within, or is attached to, or is separate from, the principal dwelling.
Note—
See clause 5.4 for controls relating to the total floor area of secondary dwellings.
Secondary dwellings are a type of residential accommodation—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
self-storage units means premises that consist of individual enclosed compartments for storing goods or materials (other than hazardous or offensive goods or materials).
Note—
Self-storage units are a type of storage premises—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
semi-detached dwelling means a dwelling that is on its own lot of land and is attached to only one other dwelling.
Note—
Semi-detached dwellings are a type of residential accommodation—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
seniors housing means a building or place that is:
(a)  a residential care facility, or
(c)  a group of self-contained dwellings, or
(d)  a combination of any of the buildings or places referred to in paragraphs (a)–(c),
and that is, or is intended to be, used permanently for:
(e)  seniors or people who have a disability, or
(f)  people who live in the same household with seniors or people who have a disability, or
(g)  staff employed to assist in the administration of the building or place or in the provision of services to persons living in the building or place,
but does not include a hospital.
Note—
Seniors housing is a type of residential accommodation—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
service station means a building or place used for the sale by retail of fuels and lubricants for motor vehicles, whether or not the building or place is also used for any one or more of the following:
(a)  the ancillary sale by retail of spare parts and accessories for motor vehicles,
(b)  the cleaning of motor vehicles,
(c)  installation of accessories,
(d)  inspecting, repairing and servicing of motor vehicles (other than body building, panel beating, spray painting, or chassis restoration),
(e)  the ancillary retail selling or hiring of general merchandise or services or both.
serviced apartment means a building (or part of a building) providing self-contained accommodation to tourists or visitors on a commercial basis and that is regularly serviced or cleaned by the owner or manager of the building or part of the building or the owner’s or manager’s agents.
Note—
Serviced apartments are a type of tourist and visitor accommodation—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
sewage reticulation system means a building or place used for the collection and transfer of sewage to a sewage treatment plant or water recycling facility for treatment, or transfer of the treated waste for use or disposal, including associated:
(a)  pipelines and tunnels, and
(b)  pumping stations, and
(c)  dosing facilities, and
(d)  odour control works, and
(e)  sewage overflow structures, and
(f)  vent stacks.
Note—
Sewage reticulation systems are a type of sewerage system—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
sewage treatment plant means a building or place used for the treatment and disposal of sewage, whether or not the facility supplies recycled water for use as an alternative water supply.
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Sewage treatment plants are a type of sewerage system—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
sewerage system means any of the following:
(a)  biosolids treatment facility,
(b)  sewage reticulation system,
(c)  sewage treatment plant,
(d)  water recycling facility,
(e)  a building or place that is a combination of any of the things referred to in paragraphs (a)–(d).
sex services means sexual acts or sexual services in exchange for payment.
sex services premises means a brothel, but does not include home occupation (sex services).
shop means premises that sell merchandise such as groceries, personal care products, clothing, music, homewares, stationery, electrical goods or the like or that hire any such merchandise, and includes a neighbourhood shop and neighbourhood supermarket, but does not include food and drink premises or restricted premises.
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Shops are a type of retail premises—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
shop top housing means one or more dwellings located above ground floor retail premises or business premises.
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Shop top housing is a type of residential accommodation—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
signage means any sign, notice, device, representation or advertisement that advertises or promotes any goods, services or events and any structure or vessel that is principally designed for, or that is used for, the display of signage, and includes any of the following:
(a)  an advertising structure,
(b)  a building identification sign,
(c)  a business identification sign,
but does not include a traffic sign or traffic control facilities.
site area means the area of any land on which development is or is to be carried out. The land may include the whole or part of one lot, or more than one lot if they are contiguous to each other, but does not include the area of any land on which development is not permitted to be carried out under this Plan.
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The effect of this definition is varied by clause 4.5 for the purpose of the determination of permitted floor space area for proposed development.
site coverage means the proportion of a site area covered by buildings. However, the following are not included for the purpose of calculating site coverage:
(a)  any basement,
(b)  any part of an awning that is outside the outer walls of a building and that adjoins the street frontage or other site boundary,
(c)  any eaves,
(d)  unenclosed balconies, decks, pergolas and the like.
small bar means a small bar within the meaning of the Liquor Act 2007.
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Small bars are a type of food and drink premises—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
spa pool has the same meaning as in the Swimming Pools Act 1992.
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The term is defined to include any excavation, structure or vessel in the nature of a spa pool, flotation tank, tub or the like.
specialised retail premises means a building or place the principal purpose of which is the sale, hire or display of goods that are of a size, weight or quantity, that requires:
(a)  a large area for handling, display or storage, or
(b)  direct vehicular access to the site of the building or place by members of the public for the purpose of loading or unloading such goods into or from their vehicles after purchase or hire,
but does not include a building or place used for the sale of foodstuffs or clothing unless their sale is ancillary to the sale, hire or display of other goods referred to in this definition.
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Examples of goods that may be sold at specialised retail premises include automotive parts and accessories, household appliances and fittings, furniture, homewares, office equipment, outdoor and recreation equipment, pet supplies and party supplies.
Specialised retail premises are a type of retail premises—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
stock and sale yard means a building or place that is used on a commercial basis for the purpose of offering livestock or poultry for sale and that may be used for the short-term storage and watering of stock.
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Stock and sale yards are a type of rural industry—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
storage premises means a building or place used for the storage of goods, materials, plant or machinery for commercial purposes and where the storage is not ancillary to any industry, business premises or retail premises on the same parcel of land, and includes self-storage units, but does not include a heavy industrial storage establishment or a warehouse or distribution centre.
storey means a space within a building that is situated between one floor level and the floor level next above, or if there is no floor above, the ceiling or roof above, but does not include:
(a)  a space that contains only a lift shaft, stairway or meter room, or
(b)  a mezzanine, or
(c)  an attic.
studio dwelling means a dwelling that:
(a)  is established in conjunction with another dwelling (the principal dwelling), and
(b)  is on its own lot of land, and
(c)  is erected above a garage that is on the same lot of land as the principal dwelling, whether the garage is attached to, or is separate from, the principal dwelling,
but does not include a semi-detached dwelling.
swimming pool has the same meaning as in the Swimming Pools Act 1992.
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The term is defined as follows:
swimming pool means an excavation, structure or vessel:
(a)  that is capable of being filled with water to a depth of 300 millimetres or more, and
(b)  that is solely or principally used, or that is designed, manufactured or adapted to be solely or principally used, for the purpose of swimming, wading, paddling or any other human aquatic activity,
and includes a spa pool, but does not include a spa bath, anything that is situated within a bathroom or anything declared by the regulations made under the Swimming Pools Act 1992 not to be a swimming pool for the purposes of that Act.
take away food and drink premises means premises that are predominantly used for the preparation and retail sale of food or drink (or both) for immediate consumption away from the premises.
Note—
Take away food and drink premises are a type of food and drink premises—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
telecommunications facility means:
(a)  any part of the infrastructure of a telecommunications network, or
(b)  any line, cable, optical fibre, fibre access node, interconnect point equipment, apparatus, tower, mast, antenna, dish, tunnel, duct, hole, pit, pole or other structure in connection with a telecommunications network, or
(c)  any other thing used in or in connection with a telecommunications network.
telecommunications network means a system, or series of systems, that carries, or is capable of carrying, communications by means of guided or unguided electromagnetic energy, or both.
temporary structure has the same meaning as in the Act.
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The term is defined as follows:
temporary structure includes a booth, tent or other temporary enclosure (whether or not part of the booth, tent or enclosure is permanent), and also includes a mobile structure.
Terrestrial Biodiversity Map means the Queanbeyan Local Environmental Plan 2012 Terrestrial Biodiversity Map.
the Act means the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979.
timber yard means a building or place the principal purpose of which is the sale of sawn, dressed or treated timber, wood fibre boards or similar timber products. It may include the cutting of such timber, boards or products to order and the sale of hardware, paint, tools and materials used in conjunction with the use and treatment of timber.
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Timber yards are a type of retail premises—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
tourist and visitor accommodation means a building or place that provides temporary or short-term accommodation on a commercial basis, and includes any of the following:
(a)  backpackers’ accommodation,
(b)  bed and breakfast accommodation,
(c)  farm stay accommodation,
(d)  hotel or motel accommodation,
(e)  serviced apartments,
but does not include:
(f)  camping grounds, or
(g)  caravan parks, or
(h)  eco-tourist facilities.
transport depot means a building or place used for the parking or servicing of motor powered or motor drawn vehicles used in connection with a business, industry, shop or passenger or freight transport undertaking.
truck depot means a building or place used for the servicing and parking of trucks, earthmoving machinery and the like.
turf farming means the commercial cultivation of turf for sale and the removal of turf for that purpose.
Note—
Turf farming is a type of intensive plant agriculture—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
underground mining means:
(a)  mining carried out beneath the earth’s surface, including bord and pillar mining, longwall mining, top-level caving, sub-level caving and auger mining, and
(b)  shafts, drill holes, gas and water drainage works, surface rehabilitation works and access pits associated with that mining (whether carried out on or beneath the earth’s surface),
but does not include open cut mining.
urban release area means the area of land shown as “Urban Release Area” on the Urban Release Area Map.
Urban Release Area Map means the Queanbeyan Local Environmental Plan 2012 Urban Release Area Map.
vehicle body repair workshop means a building or place used for the repair of vehicles or agricultural machinery, involving body building, panel building, panel beating, spray painting or chassis restoration.
vehicle repair station means a building or place used for the purpose of carrying out repairs to, or the selling and fitting of accessories to, vehicles or agricultural machinery, but does not include a vehicle body repair workshop or vehicle sales or hire premises.
vehicle sales or hire premises means a building or place used for the display, sale or hire of motor vehicles, caravans, boats, trailers, agricultural machinery and the like, whether or not accessories are sold or displayed there.
Note—
Vehicle sales or hire premises are a type of retail premises—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
veterinary hospital means a building or place used for diagnosing or surgically or medically treating animals, whether or not animals are kept on the premises for the purpose of treatment.
viticulture means the cultivation of grapes for use in the commercial production of fresh or dried fruit or wine.
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Viticulture is a type of intensive plant agriculture—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
warehouse or distribution centre means a building or place used mainly or exclusively for storing or handling items (whether goods or materials) pending their sale, but from which no retail sales are made, and includes local distribution premises.
waste disposal facility means a building or place used for the disposal of waste by landfill, incineration or other means, including such works or activities as recycling, resource recovery and other resource management activities, energy generation from gases, leachate management, odour control and the winning of extractive material to generate a void for disposal of waste or to cover waste after its disposal.
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Waste disposal facilities are a type of waste or resource management facility—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
waste or resource management facility means any of the following:
(a)  a resource recovery facility,
(b)  a waste disposal facility,
(c)  a waste or resource transfer station,
(d)  a building or place that is a combination of any of the things referred to in paragraphs (a)–(c).
waste or resource transfer station means a building or place used for the collection and transfer of waste material or resources, including the receipt, sorting, compacting, temporary storage and distribution of waste or resources and the loading or unloading of waste or resources onto or from road or rail transport.
Note—
Waste or resource transfer stations are a type of waste or resource management facility—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
water recreation structure means a structure used primarily for recreational purposes that has a direct structural connection between the shore and the waterway, and may include a pier, wharf, jetty or boat launching ramp.
water recycling facility means a building or place used for the treatment of sewage effluent, stormwater or waste water for use as an alternative supply to mains water, groundwater or river water (including, in particular, sewer mining works), whether the facility stands alone or is associated with other development, and includes associated:
(a)  retention structures, and
(b)  treatment works, and
(c)  irrigation schemes.
Note—
Water recycling facilities are a type of sewerage system—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
water reticulation system means a building or place used for the transport of water, including pipes, tunnels, canals, pumping stations, related electricity infrastructure, dosing facilities and water supply reservoirs.
Note—
Water reticulation systems are a type of water supply system—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
water storage facility means a dam, weir or reservoir for the collection and storage of water, and includes associated monitoring or gauging equipment.
Note—
Water storage facilities are a type of water supply system—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
water supply system means any of the following:
(a)  a water reticulation system,
(b)  a water storage facility,
(c)  a water treatment facility,
(d)  a building or place that is a combination of any of the things referred to in paragraphs (a)–(c).
water treatment facility means a building or place used for the treatment of water (such as a desalination plant or a recycled or reclaimed water plant) whether the water produced is potable or not, and includes residuals treatment, storage and disposal facilities, but does not include a water recycling facility.
Note—
Water treatment facilities are a type of water supply system—see the definition of that term in this Dictionary.
waterbody means a waterbody (artificial) or waterbody (natural).
waterbody (artificial) or artificial waterbody means an artificial body of water, including any constructed waterway, canal, inlet, bay, channel, dam, pond, lake or artificial wetland, but does not include a dry detention basin or other stormwater management construction that is only intended to hold water intermittently.
waterbody (natural) or natural waterbody means a natural body of water, whether perennial or intermittent, fresh, brackish or saline, the course of which may have been artificially modified or diverted onto a new course, and includes a river, creek, stream, lake, lagoon, natural wetland, estuary, bay, inlet or tidal waters (including the sea).
watercourse means any river, creek, stream or chain of ponds, whether artificially modified or not, in which water usually flows, either continuously or intermittently, in a defined bed or channel, but does not include a waterbody (artificial).
waterway means the whole or any part of a watercourse, wetland, waterbody (artificial) or waterbody (natural).
wetland means:
(a)  natural wetland, including marshes, mangroves, backwaters, billabongs, swamps, sedgelands, wet meadows or wet heathlands that form a shallow waterbody (up to 2 metres in depth) when inundated cyclically, intermittently or permanently with fresh, brackish or salt water, and where the inundation determines the type and productivity of the soils and the plant and animal communities, or
(b)  artificial wetland, including marshes, swamps, wet meadows, sedgelands or wet heathlands that form a shallow waterbody (up to 2 metres in depth) when inundated cyclically, intermittently or permanently with water, and are constructed and vegetated with wetland plant communities.
wharf or boating facilities means a wharf or any of the following facilities associated with a wharf or boating that are not port facilities:
(a)  facilities for the embarkation or disembarkation of passengers onto or from any vessels, including public ferry wharves,
(b)  facilities for the loading or unloading of freight onto or from vessels and associated receival, land transport and storage facilities,
(c)  wharves for commercial fishing operations,
(d)  refuelling, launching, berthing, mooring, storage or maintenance facilities for any vessel,
(e)  sea walls or training walls,
(f)  administration buildings, communication, security and power supply facilities, roads, rail lines, pipelines, fencing, lighting or car parks.
wholesale supplies means a building or place used for the display, sale or hire of goods or materials by wholesale only to businesses that have an Australian Business Number registered under the A New Tax System (Australian Business Number) Act 1999 of the Commonwealth.
Dictionary: Am 2015 (680), Sch 1 [5]; 2017 (73), cl 4 (3).
Maps: Am 2014 (475), cl 4; 2015 (152), cl 4; 2015 (653), cl 4; 2015 (680), cl 4; 2018 (44), cl 4; 2018 (662), cl 4.