2014-07-22 Planning & Organisation Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                             22 JULY 2014



    There are no other intensive agricultural      The Noosa Plan identifies that intensive animal
    uses in the area. This approval sets the       husbandry uses are consistent within the Rural zone,
    precedent for others intensive agriculture     subject to impact assessment. Each individual
    businesses to establish.                       application must be assessed on its own merits.

    Are the buffer distances to neighbouring       The separation distances are consistent with The
    properties appropriate?                        Noosa Plan and the current State Planning Policy
                                                   Guidelines for Agriculture for poultry farms not
                                                   triggering an Environmentally Relevant Activity
                                                   application (<1,000 birds). All chicken caravans,
                                                   mobile tractors and composting areas are
                                                   recommended to be setback more than 100m from
                                                   any property boundary.

    Traffic Impacts as a result of increased       Due to the small scale of the operations, Council’s
    trucks to the property.                        development engineer does not consider the
                                                   proposed traffic movements will cause any significant
                                                   traffic impacts on the surrounding road network.

    Planning to build a house on the adjoining     It is recommended that the separation buffer
    property at 642 Belli Creek Rd which will be   distances be applied from property boundaries and
    within the proposed buffer.                    not existing houses.

5.       CONCLUSION
The proposed development is for a 1,000 bird poultry farm on an existing 60ha cattle farm
situated at 317 Lawnville Road, Cooroy. While the majority of neighbours to the existing farm
have included submissions objecting to the proposed chicken farm, the assessment finds
that the proposal will not have any significant impacts on neighbouring amenity, given the
proposal is of a small scale.

The proposed style of chicken farming is able to meet the recommended separation buffer
distances recommended by The Noosa Plan and the current State Planning Policy
Guidelines for Agriculture for poultry farms of less than 1,000 birds. Reasonable conditions
can be imposed to manage the potential impacts of the farm.

The application is therefore recommended for approval, subject to conditions.

Departments/Sections Consulted:

x     Community Services                           x   Planning & Infrastructure
      Disaster Management & Public Order               Building & Plumbing Services
x     Waste & Environmental Health                 x   DA Planning
      Community Facilities                             Strategic Land Use Planning
      Cultural Facilities                              Asset Design & Investigations
                                                       Asset Planning
                                                       Civil Operations
                                                       Environment
                                                   x
      Executive Office                                 Corporate Services
      Community Engagement                             Finance
      Customer Service                                 ICT
      Executive Support                                Procurement & Fleet
      Governance                                       Property & Facilities
      Human Resources                                  Revenue Services




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