Lake Macquarie Local Environmental Plan 2014

The objective of this clause is to ensure that service stations on land other than land in an employment or mixed use zone do not detract from the trading performance of commercial centres.

This clause applies to land other than land in the following zones—

Zone E1 Local Centre,

Zone E2 Commercial Centre,

Zone E3 Productivity Support,

Zone MU1 Mixed Use.

Development consent must not be granted to development for the purpose of a service station on land to which this clause applies unless—

the gross floor area of the building (excluding parking, refuelling areas, vehicle access areas and any ancillary car wash areas) comprises no more than 30% of the site area, and

any floor area used for the ancillary retail selling of general merchandise comprises no more than 50% of the gross floor area of the building.