OPW052025 Report - Part 2

Performance Outcomes                                                Acceptable Outcomes                                                                             Response

                                                                    AO10.7
                                                                    For Intensive animal industry livestock density does not exceed
                                                                    2,500 birds per hectare of pasture with at least 8m2 of overhead
                                                                    shade per 1,000 birds, provided that any property with 1,000 birds
                                                                    or more is at least 20 hectares in area

                                                                    Editor’s Note—The appropriate stocking rate (number of livestock
                                                                    on a paddock or a whole farm) can be calculated for each type of
                                                                    animal using tools published by Meat & Livestock Australia.
                                                                    "Grazing land types of the Gympie district" by Adam Logan,
                                                                    Graeme Elphinstone and Brad Wedlock, published by the
                                                                    Queensland Government in 2010 may also be of local relevance.

PO11                                                                AO11                                                                  Small scale cattle grazing is proposed therefore no sensitive
Sufficient separation distance is provided between Animal           Irrespective of boundary setbacks for the relevant zone, area used    land use setbacks are required.
husbandry and Intensive animal industry and sensitive land uses     to contain livestock intensively, whether temporarily or
on other premises.                                                  permanently, or waste and by-product disposal areas are located
                                                                    no less than—
                                                                    (a)   50 metres from a road reserve;
                                                                    (b)   250 metres from land in a residential zone or the Rural
                                                                          Residential zone;
                                                                    (c)   40 metres from another property boundary; and
                                                                    (d)   150 metres from a sensitive land use.
                                                                    provided that a mobile poultry shed housing no more than 200
                                                                    birds can be as close as 40 metres to any property boundary
                                                                    provided it is within the setbacks specified above for no more than
                                                                    2 days during any given week.


PO12                                                                AO12.1                                                             Existing vegetation will prevent animals from entering the
Sufficient separation distance is provided between livestock and    Buildings used to house animals, temporary holding yards, areas of biodiversity, Waterways and Wetlands overlay map areas.
ecologically important areas including national parks, waterways,   waste or by-product disposal are not within 100 metres of