Hawksbury Local Environmental Plan 2012 (Amendment No. 1) - Rezoning of 46 Mulgrave Road, Mulgrave (0 dwellings)

THE PLANNING PROPOSALThe planning proposal (TAG A) seeks to rezone Lot 12 DP 1138749, 46 Mulgrave Road, Mulgrave from Rural Living under Hawkesbury Local Environmental Plan 1989 to RU1 Primary Production under draft Hawkesbury Local Environmental Plan 2012. Hawkesbury City Council has advised that the planning proposal is to facilitate a "truck depot" on the eastern part of the land, between Mulgrave Road and 'Hawkesbury Valley Way flood evacuation road'. The proposed RU1 zoning will allow agricultural production and related industries on the land. The current and proposed zoning extracts are at TAG B. It should be noted that the land is proposed to be rezoned from Rural Living under LEP 1989 to RU4 Primary Production Small Lots under draft Hawkesbury LEP 2012. THE SUBJECT LANDThe land is 26.42 hectares in area and has a frontage to Mulgrave Road of 308.8m to Mulgrave Road. It is dissected by the 'Hawkesbury Valley Way flood evacuation road', which is elevated some metres above the ground. The land is surrounded by the Windsor Sewage Treatment Plant (north), Elf Farms mushroom substrate production facility (south) and, a high school and various industrial activities (east). A location map and an aerial photo are at TAG C.There is no constructed access to the 'flood evacuation road' from the land and there is no easement or right of way in favour of the subject land. A minor watercourse runs through the property and incorporates three dams. The land is below the 1-in-100 year flood level (17.3m AHD). It is gently undulating and ranges in height from approximately 5m AHD at the top of the bank of South Creek, to 16.5m AHD near the northern boundary. A dwelling house, a large farm building and a farm office are located on the higher parts of the land.The Council's biodiversity map identifies a riparian corridor to the west of the site, along South Creek as "Connectivity Between Significant Vegetation". An extract from the Council's Acid Sulfate Map shows that the property is part Class 4 and Part Class 5. Current zoning map is at TAG D and relevant draft LEP maps are at TAG E.