J'S Objection To Development Application MCU21 (1)

  •   Operating a meat processing facility in one’s backyard in no way
      contributes positively to the Shire’s economy and employment,
      unless one intends to expand that facility to be a large scale
      production.

  •   It could be expected that the waste materials from a business such
      as this , no matter how “safe” the waste water treatment, will
      encourage (among other pests) feral animals and wild dogs .. so
      harmful to our native wildlife and killing machines to our koalas.

  •   The applicant’s business plan states “a line of ready made meals,
      pastries and sausages to go alongside … wild venison” which
      indicates expansion and an even greater future impact on the
      amenity of the area


As I have stated above, this development application is entirely
inconsistent and incompatible with a Rural Residential Area.
Residents of this area choose to live on larger blocks for enhanced
lifestyle and rural amenity, without the distress of odours, noise,
increased traffic and environmental damage.

I’m sure when Noosa Council proposed “support for home based
businesses “they did not envisage a business such as a meat works in the
middle of houses with families, native wildlife (in particular our
endangered koalas), and quiet rural environments.
Part of the proposer’s business argument is “to kill wild deer which are
pests and threaten our native animals”. I would argue that a facility such
as this, in the midst of a Council Zoned Environmental Protected
area, will be far more a threat to native wildlife than wild deer.


I expect Noosa Council Officers to have sense to refuse this
application as I believe the intent of the Noosa Plan 2020 to
support home based businesses would NEVER have been to
support industrial activities within a residential area.

If this application is successful, it may well set an unwanted
precedent for “home based business” in the whole of the Noosa
Shire and have unintended consequences for the Council and
residents alike.


Jeannette Ince
6 Wallaby Lane
Tinbeerwah



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