General Amendments Planning Proposal - PP-2025-1660

Ballina Council resolved at its August 28 meeting to initiate a series of minor amendments and corrections to its Local Environmental Plan (LEP). The General Amendments Planning Proposal 2025 (PP-2025-1660) seeks to make the following amendments:

1. Cumbalum

Remove historical dwelling entitlement from map in an area where residential subdivision has occurred.

2. Lennox Head heritage items

More precisely locate heritage items within a new residential area and remove items that are contained within land that is deferred from the 2012 LEP.

3. Wollongbar, change of zone

Change of zone from R2 Low Density Residential to R3 Medium Density Residential at 5 Smiths Lane.

4. Exhibition Homes (Shire Wide)

Add a new clause that will allow an approved dwelling or dual occupancy to be used as an ‘exhibition home’ as Exempt Development.

5. Lennox Head and Alstonville change to height of building controls

Increase the maximum height of building controls from 9m to 10m at Alstonville and 11m at Lennox Head within areas zoned as E1 Local Centre.

6. Alstonville, Tuckumbil Quarry

Add ‘camping grounds’ as another form of permissible on-site accommodation and add ‘recreation facilities (outdoor)’ as a use that can be associated with on-site accommodation options.

7. Dual Occupancy, Rural Zones

Add a new subclause that requires impact on scenic amenity to be considered.

8. Rural Workers Dwellings, Rural Zones

Remove ‘rural workers dwellings’ as a permissible form of housing in zones RU1 and RU2 where detached dual occupancy is permitted.

9. Ballina airport

Change the categorization of two closed roads from Community to Operation land.

10. Shire wide, dual occupancy in R2 zone

Add dual occupancy as permitted with consent with the R2 Low Density Residential zone and remove existing clauses that would become redundant.

Council is now seeking feedback on the proposal.

Persons making a submission may need to disclose political donations/gifts provided to a Councillor or Council employee. Significant penalties apply for non-disclosure. For further information visit the NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure website planning.nsw.gov.au

Any person may make a submission in writing to Council. Where a submission is by way of objection the grounds of objection must be specified in the submission. All submissions, including any personal information contained therein, will become publicly available documents and will be made available to the applicant and any other interested members of the public. They may also be included in Council’s business paper. If you do not wish your submission to be publicly available you must provide Council with written reasons for this. Alternatively, you may wish to provide an anonymous submission. However, anonymous submissions may be given less (or no) weight in the overall consideration of the proposal.

The planning proposal and a report of submissions received will be reported back to Council prior to finalisation of any LEP amendments. Ballina Council is authorised to exercise its function as the Local Plan Making Authority.

Have Your Say

• Online - please use the submission form below
• Email: council@ballina.nsw.gov.au
• In writing addressed to; Ballina Shire Council, PO Box 450, Ballina NSW 2478.

Submissions close 5 November.