Planning Report No. 100418 · RAL22/0006

                              adverse environmental and amenity impacts including the generation of noise,
                              dust or odour are avoided with sensitive land uses buffered from impacts.
                         7. Lot reconfigurations are typically limited to instances of protecting
                              remnant vegetation or riparian corridors or improving the delivery or function of
                              regional infrastructure.
                         8. The establishment of outdoor recreation and small-scale tourism facilities in suitable
                              locations is facilitated in a manner that does not significantly compromise the rural
                              productivity or ecological values of the land.
                         9. Visitor accommodation complements rural uses and promotes the sustainable use of
                              rural land.
                         10. Houses or outbuildings may be available for short term guests where there is no
                              resultant changes to the rural amenity or rural production of the area.
                         11. Nature based tourism adopts exemplary standards of ecologically sustainable
                              design and facilitates appreciation of the natural environment.
                         12. Rural activities provide for appropriate value adding to produce on site where
                              adverse environmental and amenity impacts are avoided.
                         13. Home-based businesses which add to the economic sustainability of the hinterland
                              are established where the nature, scale and intensity of the activity is compatible
                              with the character and amenity of the surrounding locality.
                         14. Development is reflective of, and sensitively responds to, the environmental
                              constraints of the land.
                         15. Natural features such as creeks, gullies, waterways, wetlands and vegetated
                              hillslopes and ridgelines are retained, managed and enhanced where possible.
                         16. Development maintains and enhances the significant scenic and landscape values
                              of the area. The built form of development integrates with and complements the
                              rural character intended for the zone and sensitively responds to the landscape.
                         17. Development does not reduce the vegetated open space and rural landscapes that
                              frame distinct towns and villages.
                         18. Development protects and provides for recreational trails.
                         19. Development does not adversely impact on the continued operation, viability and
                              maintenance of existing infrastructure or compromise the future provision of
                              planned infrastructure.


            Comment:


              As outlined in Section 4.1.1 of this report, it is acknowledged that the Proposed Lots
              do not achieve the minimum lot area for newly created lots in the Rural Zone. PO22
              of the Reconfiguring a Lot Code stipulates: “In the Rural Zone, one lot may be
              divided into two lots less than 100 hectares in area where there is a compliance with
              the South East Queensland Regional Plan and each resultant lot is relatively free of
              physical constraints such that it can accommodate a dwelling house, effluent
              disposal, vehicular access and other improvements and land uses that are consistent
              with the purpose of the Rural Zone.”


              The proposed development complies with the South East Queensland Regional Plan
              as the subdivision:
                a) Divides 1 lot into 2 lots;
                b) The divided lot is severed by a road that was gazetted before 2 March 2006;
                    and
                c) The road forms the whole of the boundary between the lots.


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Planning Report 100418                 Murray & Associates (Qld) Pty Ltd                               March 2022