Farm structures on agricultural land · Storage, tools and machinery
Cold store
Not listed separately in the regulation
In short: A cold store is not a separate type; if it is for your own crops, it most likely falls under the farm storage building rule.
This structure is not listed separately in the regulation, so no figures are given. How it is assessed depends on the Ministry's discretion or on it being treated like another structure type.
Conditions
- Cold rooms are provided for in sapling facilities and in greenhouse administrative buildings.
Permit route
First, the Ministry must accept this as a structure for farming purposes (art. 4(3)); if it does, the route below applies.
- Outside a large plain protection area: the provincial directorate of agriculture and forestry reviews the application and the governor's office grants permission; the land class does not matter, no alternative site is required and the Soil Conservation Board is not involved.
- In a large plain protection area: the Ministry grants permission provided there is no alternative site and the Board gives a favourable opinion; an alternative site is looked for first on your land outside the protection area and in specialised agricultural organised industrial zones (OIZs) in the district.
Zoning rules
- In areas without a zoning plan: FAR 0.4 for all buildings on the parcel, height 7.5 m and 2 storeys; setbacks of 10 m from the road and 5 m from the parcel boundary (Zoning Regulation for Unplanned Areas, art. 63).
- It is assumed that this structure will be treated as one of the farm structures listed in that article.
- If the parcel is covered by an approved environmental plan or zoning plan, the plan's provisions apply first.
Select your parcel on the map and open "Building on agricultural land › Building types" to calculate this structure's limits with your parcel's data.
Legal basis: Annex 1 Art. 3.1, 4.2, 7 · Regulation on the Protection and Use of Agricultural Land (RG 04.04.2026/33214). The criteria in Annex 1 of the Regulation can also be updated by the General Directorate of Agrarian Reform outside the Official Gazette; confirm the current criteria with the provincial directorate of agriculture and forestry before applying.