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Palerang Development Control Plan

Posted by Pete on 26 March 2012
Filed under: Regulations

I have discussed the various planning instruments that apply to development within Palerang in a previous post. As noted therein, the legislation that governs the way development is undertaken within Palerang is largely defined within State Environmental Planning Policies (SEPPs) and the Palerang Local Environmental Plan (PLEP). Further, under Section 74 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act, a local planning authority may also prepare a Development Control Plan (DCP), which is subordinate to both the SEPPs and LEP for the relevant area.

The DCP is a policy (rather than legislative) document, and is generally prepared in conjunction with the relevant LEP, with the express intent of providing more detailed guidelines on how Council intends its LEP to be interpreted for specific types of development.

As an example, Clause 6.5 of the draft PLEP deals with ‘Bush fire prone land’, and simply states: “the consent authority shall consider the potential environmental impacts of measures proposed to avoid or mitigate the threat from bushfire.” Section B4 of the draft PDCP, however, makes specific reference to the Palerang Bush Fire Prone Land Map, indicating how a resident might determine whether or not their land is considered to be prone to bushfire in this context. The DCP also includes details of dwelling design considerations that might provide a level of resistance to bushfire.

There are currently some 20 DCPs in use within Palerang, carry-overs from the amalgamation process, although only one DCP is ever applicable to any specific lot or area. For example, development in the former Yarrowlumla Shire was controlled by separate DCPs for village, rural and environmental zones, as well as individual DCPs for specific matters such as Advertising Signs, Fencing or even Activities in Public Places.

The new Palerang DCP will be a monolithic document, with individual sections covering specific land use zone requirements. As with the new LEP structure, the intention is to make DCPs across the state more consistent.

Council is now in the process of integrating all of the DCPs that applied to different parts of the shire at the time of amalgamation into a single Palerang DCP.

At its March ‘LEP’ meeting, Council considered clauses relating to development in bush fire prone land (see above), the provision of building access for the disabled, erosion and sediment control on development sites and details relating to works on heritage assets for inclusion in the current draft PDCP.

3 Comments

  1. Pete Harrison ~ The Palerang Blog cross-reference
    2 April 2012 @ 10:03

    […] Bungendore Flood Map (click on the map to view it in greater detail) that is part of the current DCP, and can simulate the impact of a range of flood mitigation measures on these […]


  2. Pete Harrison ~ The Palerang Blog cross-reference
    1 July 2012 @ 14:09

    […] not just a simple matter of complying with the PLEP requirements listed above. The relevant DCP (there will soon be a single Paleang DCP—we are still currently operating under some 20 DCPs […]


  3. Pete Harrison ~ The Palerang Blog cross-reference
    30 August 2013 @ 00:25

    […] Sixty three of these are assets in or around Bungendore that are currently identified in the local Development Control Plan (DCP) simply as “buildings that add to the historic and rural character of Bungendore”. The […]


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