A small NDIS respite day care centre has been proposed for a rural residential property at Myocum, with the applicant seeking approval to regularise unauthorised building works and allow the ongoing use of an existing building to support people living with disability.
The development application relates to Building 4 at 257 McAuleys Lane, where owner Kylie Lyne is seeking consent to operate a respite day care centre from an existing 110-square-metre building.
According to the Statement of Environmental Effects, the facility would be operated by a registered NDIS provider and provide support services for people with physical or mental health disabilities, including NDIS participants. It would not provide overnight accommodation.
Long history
Planning documents describe the proposal as a small-scale facility comprising a main activity room, office, storage area, bathroom and covered deck on the 3.65-hectare rural residential property.
The application follows a complicated planning history for the site.
A previous deferred commencement consent granted in 2022 lapsed after its conditions were not satisfied within the required timeframe. Subsequent approvals and building information certificates regularised other structures on the property, but Building 4 remained excluded from those consents, prompting the current application.
The planning report argues the proposed use is permissible within the site’s R5 Large Lot Residential zoning and is consistent with Byron Shire’s planning controls. It concludes the proposal has been assessed against relevant environmental planning instruments and development control plans and requests that Council grant development consent.
The application is currently on public exhibition, with Byron Shire Council yet to determine the proposal.
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