Planning Report · MCU18/0084

PROJECT URBAN – 18135                                                                                  May 2018

 and visitor accommodation;                                   purposes.

 viii adopting water and energy efficient practices;

 ix providing opportunities for value added
 industries before agricultural produce leaves the
 farm gate;

 x maintaining an economically viable and
 environmentally sustainable agricultural sector by
 responding to changes to traditional markets and
 the emergence of new markets such as farm
 forestry, macadamias, small scale specialised crops
 and agricultural tourism;

 xi ensuring genetically modified crops employ farm
 management practices for the planting and raising
 of crops to avoid adverse impact on adjacent crops
 or those downwind or downstream;

 xii ensuring new uses that are sensitive to
 chemicals, dust or noise are not located in rural
 areas close to farms or agricultural lands; and

 xiii recognising agriculture as a significant lifestyle
 contributor with part time small scale, often high
 value, operations as an attraction to rural areas.

 Natural Resources

 Renewable natural resources are used sustainably             Comment: The Site and Soil Evaluation
 and non-renewal natural resources are used                   recommends appropriate locations for effluent
 prudently, including water, fisheries and forest             disposal areas to ensure that the proposed
 resources, coastal resources, soil resources and             development will not affect the water quality of
 extractive and mining resources by                           surrounding watercourses.

 i. ensuring the use of natural resources do not
 have a significant adverse impact upon other land
 uses;

 ii. protecting water quality in the Noosa River
 system, Lake Macdonald and other watercourses
 from the effects of development through the
 protection of headwaters, maintenance of regular
 water flow, adequate riparian vegetation,
 monitoring of stormwater and pollutant loads, the
 ecological sustainability of commercial and
 recreational fishing and the control of urban and
 rural land uses;

 vi. ensuring development does not diminish the
 quality of water in groundwater systems,
 watercourses or along the coast or does not alter


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Material Change of Use (Visitor Accommodation Type 3 Rural)
340 Pomona Kin Kin Road Pinbarren
Lot 26 on M37911