Singleton Council will consider a proposal to have a map that shows where building entitlements exist.
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The proposal will be debated at the next Council meeting on Monday night and the Mayor Sue Moore would like to hear from anyone impacted by the loss of an entitlement.
The Singleton Argus published a story on Cameron and Miranda Hipwell on July 12, whose property at Sunnyside Lane had an entitlement at the time of purchase but it came with a sunset clause which meant they only had 12 months to be a granted building approval.
Unaware of the sunset clause the family did not obtain a building approval in the 12 months and are now left with a six acres block of land where they cannot build their home.
At its Meeting on July 16, 2018, the Mayor Moore moved that:
“a report be provided which clarifies how many properties are potentially affected; provides advice to clarify the point at which dwelling entitlement is lost when a lawfully established dwelling is demolished; and discusses the strategic planning implications and process should we seek to reintroduce the dwelling entitlement provisions into the Singleton LEP 2013”.
In the report it is recommended Council adopt the following proposals:
- The NSW Department of Planning and Environment be consulted regarding the process to prepare a Planning Proposal to seek to reintroduce the existing holding provisions via a Dwelling Entitlements Map.
- A further report be provided as a result of discussions with the NSW Department of Planning and Environment and integration in to the Strategic Planning Statement will be provided to Council in February 2019.
As identified in 2010, approximately 2790 properties were zoned less than the minimum lot size at the making of the SLEP2013. Council included sunset provisions in SLEP2013 which have now expired.
Whilst reintroduction of dwelling entitlement provisions can be further explored, it is considered that a better alternative would be the introduction of a Dwelling Entitlements Map.
The benefit of such a map would be the simplicity of determining dwelling entitlement status of certain rural and environmentally zoned properties.
Council staff will further investigate this option and provide a report to Council in February 2019.