2014-09-16 Planning & Organisation Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA   16 September 2014




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PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                 16 September 2014

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           proposed road improvements are not sufficient to provide the necessary safe environment
    4,    traffic generated by the development proposed will have significant adverse impacts on the
           amenity of residents, given Top Forestry Road is unsealed and bird collection is likely to be
           through the night and
    5.     the proposed sheds and earthworks necessary for shed construction is likely to adversely
           impact on the scenic amenity of the area, as the applicant has not demonstrated that they
           will integrate satisfactorily with the landform and landscape.

    FINANCE AND RESOURCING
    If council were to approve this development, the applicant would be required to pay infrastructure charges
    for trunk infrastructure.
    Council's Infrastructure Policy Branch has provided the following estimate of the infrastructure charges
    required by this development (which excludes infrastructure charges to Unitywater):
     isStatuSheceaket Mosse cheroe © ew) noun Paya
     Allocation  of  adopted   infrastructure charge   to  trunk
                                                                         $156 672 |
    Public Parks & Land for       Community Facilities        | ___s27.64a |
     Stormwater (applicable to Non-Residential    development  |     __ $500,000 |
     TOTAL (June 2013 index) =                                           $684,320 |
    PROPOSAL
    The application seeks approval for a Material Change of Use for Animal Husbandry Type 2 — Intensive
    (Poultry Farm) and Environmentally Relevant Activity (ERA 4 - Poultry Farming), situated at 136 Top
    Forestry Rd, Ridgewood.
    The development involves the construction of 8 x 100m to 130m long x 16m wide sheds along the ndgeline
    of the site, with each shed containing 30,000 to 38,500 chickens. On this basis, the site has the potential to
    carry in the order of 250,000 birds at any one time. The applicant indicates the process involves the
    rearing day old chicks to chickens for a period of 6-9 weeks, before being removed from the site for chicken
    meat production (batch cycle).
    Feed for the birds is brought onto the site throughout the batch cycle by 19m B-doubles, with an increase in
    frequency associated with the birds’ mass. The applicant provided details for the feed requirements for an
    8 shed farm, with 4 delivers in the first week, increasing to 24 delivenes dunng week 7 of the 9 week
    cycle. The grown chickens are then removed from the site by truck in weeks 6, 7 and 9, most likely at night
    when the bids are less active.
    The applicant also proposes that, upon the completion of the bird growing cycle, the sheds are cleaned out
    and prepared for the next batch cycle over a 2 week penod. Spent litter from the sheds is proposed to be
    stockpiled within 2 bunded areas for a period of 4 to 5 weeks, before being spread onto the existing
    avocado orchard. The bunded areas have a total lineal distance of 300m x 20m wide and are located
    adjacent to the proposed sheds.
    A Preliminary Operational Management Plan has been prepared by the applicant to address the operation
    of the proposed poultry farm and the existing avocado farm.
    The proposal plans are included as Attachment 1.

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