Low impact industry

Use Definition

Low impact industry means the use of premises for an industrial activity-

  • (a) that is the manufacturing, producing, processing, repairing, altering, recycling, storing, distributing, transferring or treating of products; and
  • (b) that a local planning instrument applying to the premises states is low impact industry; and
  • (c) that complies with any thresholds for the activity states in a local planning instrument applying to the premises, including, for example, thresholds relating to the number of products manufactured or the level of emissions produced by the activity. 

Examples:

Repairing motor vehicles, fitting and turning workshop

Excludes:

Panel beating, spray painting or surface coating, tyre recycling, drum re-conditioning, wooden and laminated product manufacturing, service industry, medium impact industry, high impact industry, special industry

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Development Zone

If expanding the total use area of the existing use by less than 50m2 requiring: (a) no building work; or (b) minor building work, accepted subject to requirements:

If expanding the total use area of the existing use by less than 50m2 requiring: (a) no building work; or minor building work, accepted subject to requirements:

Where the GFA does not exceed 8000m2, accepted subject to requirements:

If expanding the total use area of the existing use by less than 50m2 requiring: (a) no building work; or minor building work, accepted subject to requirements:

If expanding the total use area of the existing use requiring: (a) no building work; or (b) building work where the increase in gross floor area is less than 100m2, accepted subject to requirements:

Where for a motor vehicle repair shop, code assessable against:

If for the distribution of local utility services and not involving bulk storage, generation and/or treatment, accepted subject to requirements:

If expanding the total use area of the existing use by less than 50m2 requiring: (a) no building work; or (b) minor building work, accepted subject to requirements:

If expanding the total use area of the existing use by less than 50m2 requiring: (a) no building work; or (b) minor building work, accepted subject to requirements:

If expanding the total use area of the existing use by less than 50m2 requiring: (a) no building work; or minor building work, accepted subject to requirements:

Else, code assessable against:

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