24A   Exhibition gardens—restrictions

(1)  In determining an application for consent to the carrying out of development for the purpose of an exhibition garden the Council must take into account whether adequate provision has been made for:

(a)  all car and coach parking associated with the development, and

(b)  its operation between the hours of 8.00 am and 6.00 pm only, and

(c)  a limitation on the number of visitors to the exhibition garden in consideration of the impact of the development on the amenity of the neighbourhood, and

(d)  the capture and the treatment or reuse (or both) of all effluent water and stormwater runoff without any risk of contamination to any watercourse or ground water resource and in such a way as to ensure that there is no overall adverse impact on the quality of surface water or ground water, and

(e)  in the case of an exhibition garden on land zoned, or partly zoned, 1 (a), 1 (b), 1 (c), 5 (c), 7 (a) or 7 (b), the retention of existing, significant vegetation on that land.

(2)  Consent must not be granted for the carrying out of development for the purpose of an exhibition garden unless the Council places a condition on the consent that prohibits making available:

(a)  any foodstuffs (whether for sale or free of charge), and

(b)  any beverages for sale, and

(c)  in the case of an exhibition garden on land zoned 5 (c), any beverages free of charge,

      in connection with a public inspection of the exhibition garden, from the site of the exhibition garden or its associated dwelling-house.

(3)  Any off-site signage in relation to an exhibition garden may be erected only with development consent granted in accordance with the Council’s Tourism Signage Policy (available for inspection at the office of the Council).