Not properly made submission (late) M D'Addario & A Kadacik MCU12/0184

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    Please treat residents doing good with due respect, and consider our needs too.


    SUMMARY OF OUR CONCERNS:


     1.     The Proposal to change of material use on farm from low impact rural use to
            intensive broiler chicken farming.
     2.     The request to level ridge tops to construct 8 x 100 metre x 16 metre sheds
            housing 35,000 broiler chickens for a 6 week growing cycle, rearing 1.5 million
            birds annually.
     3.     The establishment of 40 x 50,000 litre water tanks
     4.     Approximately 4-5 semi trailers (including 19 mtre B doubles) per day and other
            associated vehicles travelling on small sealed and unsealed country roads posing
            significant dangers and destruction.
     5.     Birds being secured in the sheds with no access to the outdoors to the end of their
            life.
     6.     BlackFellows creek and its fragile environment and wildlife, such as the endangered
            platypus, bearing the brunt of pOlluted poisonous runoff that will be created
            particularly during peak rainfall times.
     7.     The proposal being completely out of scale with the area and the associated
            burdens it will create for Ridgewood.
     8.     The associated Noise, Odour, Visual and environmental-water pollution that will be
            generated by this proposal.
     9.     The venture is likely to involve fertiliser production and sale yet this is not
            acknowledged in the proposal. Fertiliser Production is not aligned with existing land
            use in the area.
      10. The Proposal is in conflict with existing plans, including the SEQ Regional Plan
            2009-2031
      11.   Poultry operations are typically 24-hour operations light pollution and ventilation
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          noise from the sheds will disturb residents for many kilometres.
      12. Increased virulence in pathogens, especially in high-intensity poultry farming,
          causes health issues that can have impacts on a global scale. (H5Nl,Bird flu). This

          development does not address in any way the impact on the local community of an
          outbreak of such diseases and no disaster management plan is in place.
      13. This proposal is clearly not a win-win. It is a win-lose.
      14. Threat to businesses in the area that support and rely on principles of sustainability
          environmental care and environmental beauty.
      15. Threat to value of properties whose appeal is reliant on the natural beauty and
          sustainability of Ridgewood.
      16. The needs of the majority of residents in Ridgewood who are committed to the
          initiatives of Council environmental care are being overlooked and disregarded.
      17. The very quality of lifestyle is at risk for surrounding Ridgewood residents.


    In Conclusion
    We do not consider the proposal of the applicant to be in keeping with the spirit and
    practice of the majority of Ridgewood residents, or with council planning and so we urge
    council to uphold the existing low impact status of the applicant’s property, in line with
                 properties In                                    In it’s entirety.
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