Wagga Wagga Local Environmental Plan 2010 (Amendment No 3) - Estella; and Amendment No 13 Cartwrights Hll

Council (Wagga Wagga Interim Joint Planning Panel) has submitted a Planning Proposal (PP) to rezone two sites that were deferred from the Wagga Wagga LEP 2010.SITE 1 - CARTWRIGHTS HILLLocated north of Wagga Wagga and west of the Bomen industrial area. The land is bounded by the Olympic Highway to the north west.The PP seeks to rezone the land to R5 Large Lot Residential Zone with a 1ha minimum lot size (MLS), RU6 Transition Zone with a 200 ha MLS, SP2 Infrastructure Zone and IN1 General Industrial Zone with no MLS. The land is currently zoned 1 Rural, 2 Residential, 3 Business, 5 Special Uses (Community Building) and 6 Open Space. About 70 ha (source WWCC) of land currently zoned Residential 2 is proposed to be rezoned to R5 Large Lot Residential under the PP. The majority of the Residential 2 land is undeveloped.The main planning issue with this deferred matter is the proximity of the existing residential land to the Bomen industrial area and the existing Cargill Abattoir to the east. The current 2 Residential Zone (no MLS) under Wagga Wagga LEP 1985 was proposed to be zoned RU6 Transition Zone (200 ha MLS) under the exhibited draft Wagga Wagga LEP 2008 based on an odour study and submission from the then Department of Environment and Climate Change (DECC). Both the study and DECC raised concerns that future urban development would result in an increase in complaints about industrial odour impacts if residential zoned land was permitted to develop to its full potential.The proposed RU6 Transition Zone and 200 ha minimum lot size under draft Wagga Wagga LEP 2008 would have prevented any further residential subdivision in the current 2 Residential Zone. The Wagga Wagga City Council Planning Panel deferred the matter in February 2010 to enable Council to undertake further investigations into the proposed zones in response to objections to the RU6 Transition zone by landholders.The R5 Large Lot Residential Zone replaces the majority of the proposed RU6 Transition zone. The intent of the R5 Large Lot Residential Zone (1 ha MLS) is to reduce land use conflict by reducing the future housing potential in the current 2 Residential Zone from approximately 750 lots to 100 lots (WWCC). A smaller area of RU6 Transition Zone has been retained to act as a buffer between the R5 Large Lot Residential Zone/RU1 General Rural Zone and the Bomen industrial area.SITE 2 - ESTELLAApproximately 6-7 ha of land north west of Wagga Wagga in the suburb of Estella currently zoned 1 Rural Zone under Wagga Wagga LEP 1985. This area was deferred from the Wagga Wagga LEP 2010 because of its proximity to a local heritage item, Estella homestead, and concerns with possible adverse impacts of the encroachment of residential development on the heritage item, e.g. visual impacts. The land was proposed to be zoned R1 General Residential Zone and R5 Large Lot Residential Zone (no MLS) under the exhibited draft Wagga Wagga LEP 2008.The PP seeks to rezone this land to R5 Large Lot Residential Zone (1,000m2 MLS). The zone and lot size are intended to protect and maintain view corridors to Estella Homestead.