MCU14/0028 Vision Statement

Environmental Code of Practice for Agriculture (Queensland Farmers Federation);
Environmental Code of Practice for Australian Prawn Farmers (Australian Prawn Farmers Association);
Environmental Code of Practice for Queensland Piggeries (Queensland Pork Producers and Department of Primary
Industries); and
Queensland Dairy Farming Environmental Code of Practice (Queensland Dairy Farmers Organisation and Department of
Primary Industries).

Environmental Code of Practice for Agriculture (Queensland Farmers Federation); I have contacted The Queensland Farmers Federation
and they advised that their code of practice is not current, it expired in 2008.
^Queensland Guidelines Meat Chicken Farms (Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) is what I have used as a
guideline here, starting on page 24. (see 3 chicken-meat-guidelines)

Table 14-4 Minimum Separation Distance for Animal Husbandry

      Minimum separation from -                                Column 3                                     Melsted Park
                                                             Poultry Farms
Frontage                                      100m                                           See map on Page 5
Side and rear boundary                        100m                                           See map on Page 5
Land included in residential zone other       1000m                                          No residential zone, rural settlement
than the Rural Settlement Zone,                                                              zone, commercial zone or open space
commercial zones or Open Space                                                               recreation zone – see Appendix 4
Recreation zone                                                                              3.0_Zone_CooroyLakeMac
Land included in the Rural Settlement         500m                                           No rural settlement zone – see Appendix
Zone                                                                                         4 3.0_Zone_CooroyLakeMac
Any Dwelling unit on other premises           60m                                            See map on Page 5
Watercourses                                  60m                                            See map on Page 5
                                                                                             Map 3.5 shows that we are not
                                                                                             considered to be water catchment – see
                                                                                             Appendix 6
                                                                                             3.5_NaturalResources_CooroyLakeMac




Part 3 – DESIRED ENVIRONMENTAL OUTCOMES (page3-1)

3.1 Desired environmental outcomes

3.1.3 The desired environmental outcomes for Noosa are as follows –

         a) AGRICULTURAL USES

                  Agricultural industry is maintained by –

                  i.        Conserving land for economically viable and environmentally sustainable agricultural purposes;
                  ii.       Preventing the fragmentation of good quality agricultural land;
                  iii.      Facilitating the growth of non-traditional, though high value crops which have minimal impact on the
                            natural environment or adjacent crops;
                  iv.       Facilitating the growth of non-traditional animal husbandry practices such as aquaculture where it
                            does not alienate good quality agricultural land or have a detrimental impact upon the environment;
                  v.        Protecting agricultural pursuits from incompatible uses;
                  vi.       Facilitating the growth of farm forestry practices;
                  vii.      Value adding to farm produce to enhance economic viability; and
                  viii.     Adopting water and energy efficient practices.




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