2014-07-22 Planning & Organisation Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                          22 JULY 2014


Overlay Provisions
The proposed agricultural use does not trigger assessment against any of the overlay codes.
4.    CONSULTATION
4.1. IDAS Referral Agencies
Not Applicable
4.2. Other Referrals
The application was forwarded to the following internal Council specialists:
    Environmental Health Officer; and
    Ecologist; and
    Development Engineer.
Their assessment is included as part of the report.
4.3. Public Notification
The application was publicly notified for 15 business days in accordance with the
Sustainable Planning Act 2009. 22 properly made (including 2 petitions) and 2 not properly
made submissions were received. The majority of the submissions and petitioners objecting
to the proposal live in the locality (see attachment 3). The following table provides a
summary and assessment of the issues raised by submitters.

 Issues                                         Comments

 Support                                        Noted.

 Land is too steep to support the use. This     The Noosa Plan’s landslide Hazard overlay is not
 activity will further degrade the slopes and   triggered for this application, as no permanent
 make it more prone to slips.                   structures are proposed on the ridgelines. Rather the
                                                applicant proposes to use chicken caravans and
                                                mobile tractors, which are moved daily. This is
                                                intended to improve the soil quality by way of
                                                reducing weeds and distributing manure straight onto
                                                the existing pastures.

 Noise impacts of 1,000 birds cackling in the   The 60ha site is large enough to contain the
 morning.                                       chickens in designated areas that have sufficient
                                                separation distances consistent with the current
                                                State Planning Policy Guidelines for Agriculture for
                                                poultry farms not triggering an Environmentally
                                                Relevant Activity application (<1,000 birds). As a
                                                result, the noise impacts are expected to be minimal
                                                for the neighbouring properties.

 Surrounded by lifestyle blocks. Council        The site is located within the Rural zone by The
 should have rezoned this area when it was      Noosa Plan and the Regional Landscape & Rural
 previously subdivided.                         Production Area by the South East Queensland
                                                Regional Plan. The surrounding properties are
                                                unable to be changed to rural settlement zoning,
                                                while the South East Queensland Regional Plan
                                                identifies the area as a Regional Landscape and
                                                Rural Production Area.




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