6875 Huon Highway

6875 Huon Highway

Dover, Tasmania

Rural residential land in the Huon Valley with an approved Development Application for a two-bedroom house with workshop, and driveway. Grid power, mains water and NBN are connected, and there's a ready-built roadside stall hut.

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The property at a glance

The block slopes gently from the Huon Highway down to a drainage channel and the Dover Rivulet. It's mostly open pasture dotted with trees, and it was a market garden once upon a time.

Address
6875 Huon Highway, Dover, Tasmania 7117
Title
Certificate of Title 105749/2 (property ID 3463094)
Zone
Rural Living Zone C, Tasmanian Planning Scheme (Huon Valley)
Planning overlays
Bushfire-prone areas, scenic protection, and waterway and coastal protection. Part of the site is in a mapped flood hazard area.
Services
Grid power, mains water (meter at the front gate) and NBN are all connected.
Land and soil
The block was a market garden at one point, and the soil is great for gardening.
Trees and orchard
A stand of hazelnut trees, apple trees along the creekline through the middle of the block, and apple and cherry trees planted in 2025 on the south side. The hut is bordered by native trees and by roses transplanted from a historic garden in Dover.
Water on the land
The top dam is fed all year round by a natural spring, and mains water is connected too, with the meter at the front gate.
Close to town
Dover District School is roughly 700 m away, and the IGA (Southgate Shopping Centre) and the Dover Post Office are each roughly 1 km away. Distances are approximate, measured from the address.
Cows
Liffy, Bo and Berry, three friendly miniature Galloways, can go with the property. They keep the grass down with no mowing needed.
Approvals
House and driveway: DA-3/2026, granted 11 June 2026.
Roadside stall: DA-379/2021, approved 17 March 2022.

On the block

Come for a wander with us: the front gate, the paddocks, the dam, the bush edge and the hut.

An arched iron gateway with a sign over a gravel entry, and a small timber hut with a green roof in the paddock beyond
The front entry on the Huon Highway, with the hut just inside the gate
Green paddock sloping away below a gravel bank toward a tree line, with a small shelter in the middle distance and forested hills behind
From the stall loop landing, looking toward the house site (north-north-east)
Inside the hut: timber-lined walls and a vaulted timber ceiling with exposed beams, a servery opening to a smaller room, and a vinyl plank floor
Inside the hut
Open green paddock in morning sun with a line of trees and forested hills on the far side
The house site, facing north
A wide green paddock under a soft sky, looking toward trees and distant hills
Looking across the paddock
A small dam reflecting trees, with a muddy track and green grass around it
The top dam, fed year-round by a natural spring
Red and white roses in tall grass in front of an open pasture and a row of eucalypts
Roses looking over the pasture
Bare-branched hazelnut trees growing in a green paddock with tall trees behind
A stand of hazelnut trees
A bumblebee feeding on a purple thistle flower in long grass
A visitor on a thistle flower
A hand holding a branch heavy with bright red hawthorn berries
Hawthorn berries on the block
A row of tall trees along the far edge of a green paddock under a cloudy sky, with a post-and-wire fence in the foreground
From the stall loop landing, facing north
Grassy slope rising toward a hillside under a blue sky, with a large tree in the foreground
From the centre of the property, facing north-north-west
Long pasture grass in front of a belt of bush and tall eucalypts
From the south-east side of the house site, facing north-north-east
Two people standing in the middle of a green paddock at the house site, seen from behind, with tall gum trees beyond
Standing on the house site
A person far off in the middle of a meadow of tall seeding grass and yellow wildflowers, with eucalypts behind
Out in the long grass
A person crouching beside a fence post under a large fallen willow, with lush green grass in the foreground
The fallen willow in the north-north-east corner

Liffy, Bo and Berry

Lithium (Liffy), Boron (Bo) and Beryllium (Berry) are three miniature Galloways. Liffy is all black, Bo has the biggest white stripe and Berry has a smaller one. They're very friendly and keep the grass down with no mowing needed, and they can go with the property to the right purchaser, who will love them.

Three young miniature Galloway cows with their heads over a steel gate, the middle one all black and the others with white stripes
Berry, Liffy and Bo, left to right
Three miniature Galloway cows grazing in tall grass dotted with yellow flowers: one all black, one with a medium white stripe and one with a wide white stripe
Liffy, Bo and Berry grazing in the long grass
Three miniature Galloway cows standing close together under a fallen willow tree
Liffy, Bo and Berry by the fallen willow
A black miniature Galloway cow sniffing a shopping bag hanging from a willow branch, with a small white dog riding inside
Liffy meets Mei, who is riding in a shopping bag

Approved to build

Huon Valley Council has approved our Development Application for a house and driveway on this block. The permit is valid until 11 June 2028, and can be extended.

  1. Application lodged
  2. Planning permit granted
  3. Permit valid until this date, and can be extended

Two-bedroom house

Planning permit DA-3/2026

A two-bedroom house with an 18 m² deck and a big attached workshop. The plans label that space as storage and a future home office, so use it however suits you. The site plan lists 160 m² of house area.

  • Designed to BAL-19, with a Colorbond roof and metal or bushfire-resistant timber cladding
  • 20 kW solar array on the plans
  • 25,000 L rainwater tank, plus a separate 10,000 L fire-fighting tank
  • Septic and soakage area marked on the plans

170 m driveway

Planning permit DA-3/2026

The driveway leaves the Huon Highway at the existing entry, crosses the paddock and the drainage channel on a culvert, and finishes in a turning area at the house site.

It's designed as a 4 m wide gravel road that takes 20-tonne emergency vehicles. The engineering drawings for the access, the culvert crossing and erosion control are part of the endorsed plans.

Roadside stall

Planning permit DA-379/2021

The hut is finished and ready to use: fully built, insulated and powered, with a sealed driveway joining the Huon Highway.

Huon Valley Council has approved a roadside stall here, trading between 9 am and 5 pm. It's a ready-made spot for a roadside stall business.

The hut is bordered by native trees and by roses transplanted from a historic garden in Dover.

The plans

Here's how the house, the driveway and the water fit onto the land. These are crops from the endorsed plans for DA-3/2026. Click any plan to see it full size.

Site plan with 0.25 m contours showing the Huon Highway, the proposed driveway, house site, Dover Rivulet, waterway protection areas and the flood hazard bands H1 to H5
Site layout and flood hazard. The proposed house site, the driveway and the drainage crossing, with the waterway protection areas and the flood hazard bands (H1 is the lowest hazard, H5 the highest) for a 1% annual-chance flood. Plan by Poortenaar Consulting.
Site plan showing the existing entrance and hut on the Huon Highway, the proposed access driveway, culvert crossing, house site, tanks and indicative septic area
Driveway and house site. The existing entrance and hut, the proposed access, the culvert crossing, the water tanks and the indicative septic and soakage area. Plan by Poortenaar Consulting.
Floor plan of the house: two bedrooms, living and kitchen, a bathroom, an 18 square metre deck and a large attached storage and future home office space
Floor plan. Two bedrooms, living and kitchen, a bathroom and the big attached workshop, labelled on the plan as storage and future home office. Plan by Ernest Cutler Constructions.

Flood and bushfire

Two questions every buyer asks, so here's what the reports say.

Flood

The Flood Hazard Report (Poortenaar Consulting, March 2026) puts the house site in the H2 hazard band for a 1% annual-chance flood, at a depth of about 0.26 m. Council reviewed it and found it sufficient for the flood code. With the raised floor level in the design, the house sits at a tolerable level of flood risk and doesn't add to the risk on neighbouring land. The report works from the council's flood mapping, and notes that vehicle access can be cut off in a major flood.

Bushfire

The block is in a bushfire-prone area. The Bushfire Hazard Report (BushfireWise, December 2025) assesses the house site at BAL-19 and comes with a certified Bushfire Hazard Management Plan.

The house plans carry the matching design notes: metal or bushfire-resistant timber cladding, screened vents and a metal water supply pipe above ground. The design includes a 10,000 L static water tank for firefighting and a turning area for fire appliances. The report also requires the area around the house to be kept clear of fuel, for example grass under 100 mm.

See it from above

We built a map and a 3D model from drone photos of the block, so you can look around the land from your couch. Drag and zoom the map, then try the 3D model and the flythrough video. The 3D preview is a low-resolution model of the northern half of the property, and a higher-resolution version is available on request. They're a guide to the lie of the land rather than a survey.

Drone map looking straight down on the Huon Highway, the paddocks, tree lines and nearby houses
Drone map of the property and its surroundings, with the Huon Highway running diagonally through it. Use the + and − buttons, scroll or pinch to zoom, and drag to move around.

Documents

Everything you'll want to pass on to a builder, engineer or conveyancer. If something is marked "Available on request", just ask and we'll send it over.

    Location

    The property fronts the Huon Highway at Dover, in the Huon Valley in southern Tasmania. The Dover Rivulet forms part of the property's boundary at the bottom of the paddock.

    Dover District School is roughly 700 m along the highway, and the IGA and the Dover Post Office are each roughly 1 km away.

    Open LISTmap for the property boundaries, planning zones and overlays. Search for "6875 Huon Highway Dover" or property ID 3463094, then switch on the layers you want from the Layers tab.

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    Enquire or arrange an inspection

    Want to walk the block, meet Liffy, Bo and Berry, or see any of the documents? Email us and we'll set up a time.