A DECISION on rezoning land south of O’Connell has been deferred by Oberon Council until an on-site inspection can be organised.
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Council is in receipt of a planning proposal from Belvoir Hill Pastoral Company Pty Ltd for an amendment to the Oberon Local Environmental Plan to rezone land at 2519 O'Connell Road.
The land is south of the township of O'Connell.
The proposal is for the subject site to be rezoned from RU1 Primary Production Zone to R5 Large Lot Residential Zone with a 10-hectare minimum lot size.
The rezoning would allow a potential 17-lot subdivision on the subject site.
Oberon Council officers assessed the planning proposal in August 2017 and identified the following reasons not to recommend support to the planning proposal at that time:
- It does not accord with the Oberon Land Use Strategy criteria in identifying future rural lifestyle living sites as O’Connell is not a primary or secondary service centre.
- The additional lot supply in O’Connell may generate disproportionate demands for services and infrastructure in the village of O’Connell, which is currently not zoned to allow commercial, retail or community facilities.
- There has been no evidence provided within the planning proposal that there is less than 10 years’ supply of rural lifestyle living sites and/or a lack of supply of rural lifestyle living sites in O’Connell or Oberon Council.
- In accordance with Section 117, Direction 1.2, Rural Lands, there is no compelling reason that this agricultural land should be rezoned to lifestyle living lots.
- It is not supported by SEPP (Rural Lands) 2008, as the planning proposal has failed to provide evidence that additional R5 zoned land would contribute to the social and economic welfare of the O’Connell community.
An original recommendation was for council not to support the planning proposal.
An amendment to the proposal was carried to defer any decision on the matter until an on-site inspection can be organised in the new year.
