MCU14/0028 Appendix 3 chicken-meat-guidelines

Table 1 – Buffer distances from meat chicken farm complexes and waste utilisation areas to
surface water and water supply storage (based on Seqwater Development Guidelines)

Feature            Surveyed          Surveyed           Water         Upper          Wetlands         Other
                   bank of an        bank of a          supply        flood          and tidal        surface
                   intermittent      permanent          well,         margin         waters           waters (not
                   water             water              bore          level of                        covered by
                   course            course             and/or        an urban                        the other
                                                        dam           water                           categories)
                                                                      supply
                                                                      storage
Separation         50                100                250           800            250              100
distance
(m)

Fixed buffer distances required for a meat chicken farm complex from its property boundary and
public roads are shown in Table 2.


Table 2 – Buffer distances from meat chicken farm complexes to relevant features

         Feature                                                                          Distance (m)
         Non-rural zone (closest boundary)                                                      300
         Property boundary (within a rural zone) *                                              100
         Public road – carrying > 50 vehicles per day                                           200
         Public road – carrying < 50 vehicles per day                                           100
Notes:
1. The measuring point for a public road should be the surveyed boundaries of the road on the same side of the road
    as the meat chicken farm operation.
2. Traffic volume excludes vehicles associated with the meat chicken farm.
3. These are fixed buffer distances.

* The fixed buffer distance to the property boundary applies to new meat chicken farm developments and not
to the expansion of existing meat chicken farms that have previously been approved with a lesser distance to
the property boundary. This fixed buffer distance to the property boundary has been included so that there is
sufficient distance between the meat chicken farm complex and the property boundary for the establishment
of vegetative buffers.

Fixed buffer distances required for spent litter utilisation areas from property boundaries and public
roads are shown in Table 3, depending on the type of utilisation system employed. Spent litter
utilisation areas are not included as part of the meat chicken farm complex because of the often
infrequent application of the spent litter and the diverse spread of application areas on a farm.
These distances are in addition to separation distances for the meat chicken farm complex and are
determined separately. The following categories describe the utilisation method employed, with the
specified buffer distances for each category listed in Table 3.

Category 1:      Spent litter that is spread immediately (i.e. not stockpiled/composted) and remains on the
                 soil surface for more than 24 hours (i.e. not immediately ploughed in).

Category 2:      Mechanical spreaders are used. The spread material remains on the soil surface for less
                 than 24 hours. Spent litter has been stockpiled prior to spreading.




Queensland Guidelines Meat Chicken Farms                                                                    44