MCU14/0028 Appendix 3 chicken-meat-guidelines

                                                        Torres Strait Islander Cultural Heritage
                                                         Act 2003
                                                        Environment Protection and Biodiversity
                                                         Conservation Act 1999
                                                        Environment Protection and Biodiversity
                                                         Conservation Act 1999
                                                        Nature Conservation Act 1992 and
                                                         regulations
                                                        Nature Conservation (Koala)
                                                         Conservation Plan 2006

                                                    A7
                                                    The development of the meat chicken farm
                                                    complies with:
                                                     State Planning Policy 1/92 Development
                                                       and the Conservation of Agricultural
                                                       Land
                                                     Strategic Cropping Land Act 2011 and
                                                       regulation
                                                     State Planning Policy 1/12 Protection of
                                                       Queensland’s Strategic Cropping Land


4.2         Natural environment
Meat chicken farms must be developed and managed so that the potential for significant impacts
on the natural environment are minimised. This is achieved by avoiding removal of significant
vegetation and by ensuring appropriate separation distances to surface water.

    Performance criteria                                Acceptable outcomes
    P1                                                  A1
    Buildings, sheds, other structures, and waste       Buildings (excluding residential or
    disposal areas must be sited, constructed           administrative buildings), sheds, other
    and managed so that operation of the meat           structures and waste disposal areas must be
    chicken farm does not cause unlawful                set back from surface water, and declared
    environmental harm.                                 fish habitat areas in accordance with the
                                                        distances set out in Appendix 1.
    P2
    The development of the meat chicken farm            A2
    does not cause the loss of biodiversity at          Any vegetation clearing associated with the
    state, regional or levels or interfere with         development of the meat chicken farm
    ecological processes.                               complies with the Vegetation Management
                                                        Act 1999, the Vegetation Management
    P3                                                  Regulation 2000, the State Policy for
    Meat chicken farms do not cause the loss or         Vegetation Management – version 2, SPP
    degradation of surface waters, marine parks         2/10 Koala Conservation in South East
    or declared fish habitats.                          Queensland, and the Regional Vegetation
                                                        Management Code for South East
                                                        Queensland Bioregion – version 2 and
                                                        vegetation clearing requirements contained
                                                        within the relevant local government
                                                        planning scheme.



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