› Characterisation of use — real and substantial purpose
Planning and Environment
› Land Use
› Depot — innominate use — common activities
Planning and Environment
› Land Use
› Warehouse — storage of goods — prohibited use
Planning and Environment
› Zones
› Low Density Residential Zone — section 2 uses — conditions
Quick Take
1Where a proposed use includes storage of goods in a large dedicated shed (approximately 500 sqm, 20 bays, potentially long-term storage for a fee), the real and substantial purpose of the use may be characterised as a 'warehouse' rather than an innominate 'depot', even though the proposal also includes common depot activities such as truck parking, staff assembly and administrative tasks.
2An innominate characterisation should be approached cautiously where a defined land use term is 'suitable' and the proposal 'commonly or obviously' falls within that defined term; the storage component here was not ancillary to depot activities but was a substantial purpose in its own right.
3An application that is unresolved — including through deficient operational management plans with non-mandatory language, undefined terms, and unspecified works — cannot be assessed on its planning merits and fails as a threshold issue.
