Development on steep land in the Scenic Hills
7.8 Development on steep land in the Scenic Hills
This clause applies to land identified as “Development on steep land (Scenic Hills)” on the Environmental Constraint Map.
A person must not carry out development on land having a gradient of more than 16% except with development consent.
Subclause (2) does not require a person to obtain development consent for the excavation or filling of land if the level of the land to be excavated or filled will not, when the excavation or filling has been completed, vary by more than 0.5 metre from the natural level of the land.
In deciding whether or not to grant development consent under this clause, the consent authority must consider the following—
the proposed excavation or filling,
the means whereby the stability of the land will be maintained,
the existing vegetation and any proposed plantings in and around the land to be excavated or filled.
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