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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     The department is an advice agency for matters associated with the Eerwah Vale Transmission Line
     Cormdor. The department responded by letter dated 20 December 2012 stating that all buildings shall not
     extend into their electricity easement area, also the proposed gravel road within the easement shall
     maintain a minimum 20m separation from the edge of Powerlink’s structure footings.
     Third Party Advice
     Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
    The department does not have any formal role in the assessment of this application. At the time the
     application was made (21/11/12) the application involved prescribed ERA 4 Poultry Farming in which the
     administration and enforcement is devolved to Local Govemment under the Environmental Protection
     Regulation 2008.
     On 31 March 2013, the State Govemment introduced the Greentape Reduction Act 2012 which resulted in
     changes to the prescnbed Environmentally Relevant Activity (ERA) in the Environmental Protection
     Regulation 2008. The administration and enforcement of this ERA is now devolved to the Department of
    Agriculture, Fishenes and Forestry. This means council will no longer be responsible for enforcement of
    the farm if it became operational.
     The department's Senior Environmental Scientist, responsible for poultry farms, provided advice to council
    as a third party advice agency. The advice is of a general nature and provided links to the department's
     guidelines relating to avocado growing and using poultry litter on pastures, which is incorporated into this
     report.
     Other Referrals
     Internal
     The application was forwarded to the following internal council specialists and their assessment forms part
     of this report:
        e2_loDevelopment Engineer, Engineering and Environment Assessment Branch
        ellOoHydraulics and Water Quality Specialist, Engineering and Environment Assessment Branch
        eD_CoLandscape Officer, Engineering and Environment Assessment Branch
        e2—OoEnvironment Officer, Engineering and Environment Assessment Branch
        e2_7oUrban Designer, Planning Assessment Branch and
        eD_OoTraffic Engineering, Engineering and Environment Assessment Branch.
     Public Notification
    The application was publicly notified for 15 business days in accordance with the requirements of
    the Sustainable Planning Act 2009. 12 properly made submissions and 118 not properly made (late)
    submissions were received. Of the 130 total submissions, 101 are objecting and 29 supporting the
     application. A map of the nearby submitters is provided below:

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