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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     neighbouring residents.                    indicates no nuisance to neighbouring
                                                dwellings. However, no modeling has
                                                been undertaken to assess the dust
                                                impacts as a result of the increased truck
                                                movements along Top Forestry Road.
                                                These movements have the potential to
                                                cause a nuisance to neighbours,
                                                especially during the second stages of the
                                                batch cycle, which involves increased
                                                truck movements throughout the day and
                                                night.
     Shed Waste and Fertilizer Application      The potential impacts associated with the
     Waste litter storage area massively increased | reuse of spent poultry litter back on to the
     from 280m? to 5,273m?, an area equivalent to | existing avocado orchard have not been
     3 more broiler sheds.                     satisfied or addressed. The proposal
     Applicant now plans to remove waste litter off | includes reduced composting times
     the property that can't be stockpiled.     compared to DAFF guidelines, and there
     Composting times of 4-5 weeks are less than _| is ambiguity in the nutrient uptake of the
     half that of industry standards for full   avocado orchard from poultry manure.
     composting and therefore no thorough
     treatment of the pathogens.                DAFF guidelines are only available about
     No gradient plan to determine appropriate litter | the reuse of this spent litter on existing
     spreading sites as per Department of Forestry | pastures over large areas and infrequent
     and Fisheries (DAFF) guidelines.           spreading regimes. Furthermore, any
     Revised tree audit fails to account for the spent litter that is not to be used on the
     hundreds of avocado trees to be removed for | site is planned to be removed from the
     the huge new compost litter zones.        site and sold to local farms.
     Revised agronomist's report does not take
     differing ages and conditions of existing trees | The traffic report does not appropriately
     in composted litter application data.      consider this aspect of the proposal,
     No information supplied of similar broiler resulting in additional truck movements
     operations that are using on-site processed from the site.
     litter material on tree crops.
     Traffic                                    The poultry use requires servicing by a
    The roads servicing the site are inappropnate | mix of semi-trailers and truck and dog
    for the use of B double and other heavy     combinations (litter delivery, bird delivery
     vehicles, with no plan to improve the surface of | and collection, dead bird collection) and
     Top Forestry Rd or ameliorate the dust     19m b-doubles for the delivery of feed.
     nuisance to properties along the road.    These types of trucks are small enough
    No traffic plan has been provided for heavy not to require an approved B Double
     vehicles passing through the town of Cooroy, | route.
     heading south to the Bruce Highway.
     ls it a true assessment of how many trucks will | A further revision to the traffic plan was
     be using this road and will it be 7 days a week? | received to council on the 24 September
     (No accounting for the traffic generated by the | 2013, showing truck movements from the
     heavy vehicles removing excess shed litter Highway to Myall St, Crystal St, Maple St,
     from the property and no accounting for any Cooroy Belli Creek Rd, Old Ceylon Rd,
     extra staff movements or dead bird removal in | Top Forestry Rd and then the site.
    the traffic plan).
     A school bus stop is near the site and no The main traffic concem involves the use
     consideration has been given to pedestnans. _| of the currently unsealed and constrained
                                                Top Forestry Road. The proposal
                                                undercounts truck movements to and from
                                               the site and does not account for excess
                                                shed litter. Road improvements will be an
                                                unreasonable cost to improve the safety
                                                for all users of Top Forestry Road.

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