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PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA 16 September 2014
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PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA 16 September 2014
ATTACHMENT 1
SITE DETAILS
Background/Site History
There are no existing development approvals over the site. The owner of the farm indicates avocados
have been grown on the site for the last 20 years.
A prelodgement meeting was held in December 2011 regarding the current proposal. Advice was given
about the numerous detailed reports required for council to assess the impacts of the proposal. The
applicant then approached the Department of Natural Resources and Mines, to remove the site from the
Queensland Strategic Cropping mapped area.
The application was made on 21 November 2012, with a subsequent information request issued on 10
December 2012. Further detailed information was asked of the applicant regarding visual amenity,
stormwater management, site stability, traffic generation and movement. A response to the request was
given on 8 May 2013. The application then commenced advertising for 15 business days, which was
finalised on 12 June 2013.
Following a further site meeting with the applicant to clarify a number of aspects of the proposal, which
were not satisfactorily addressed within the information response, council issued a further outstanding
issues request on the 28 June 2013. The applicant responded with the revisions to the proposal on 12 and
24 September 2013.
Site Description
The subject site is 105ha in size and is located at 136 Top Forestry Road, Ridgewood. The site is
characterised as having relatively steep sloping terraces, planted out with avocado orchards connected by
farm access roads extending along the ndgelines. There is an existing farm shed located on the ndgeline
within the middle of the site, housing much of the farm equipment associated with the avocado
cropping. There are 7 dams on the site located at the bottom of each of the hillsides, which are used to
imigate the existing avocado orchard.
A 120m wide easement extends along the site's westem boundary. This easement includes Powerlink’s
electricity stanchions.
There is an existing farm house located close to the existing access to Top Forestry Road in the south
eastem portion of the site. The existing access to the site is via an unsealed driveway, while Top Forestry
Road is unsealed for 1.3km from the intersection with Old Ceylon Road.
Surrounding Land Uses
The site is located adjacent to 1,150ha of State Forest to the west. The other adjoining properties to the
subject site are included on the locality plan below, with a summary of each of the adjoining properties
detailed in the corresponding table.
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