Planning Statement

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2. THE DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION

The application seeks a Development Permit for a Material Change of Use for a Cultivation Type
2 Intensive for crops within three greenhouses on the site. The following details are considered
relevant to the application:

   •    Three Greenhouses are proposed for the site to be constructed over 2 to 4 years
        dependant on demand and success of venture;

   •    Two Greenhouses of 144 metres x 140 metres are proposed to be located in the centre of
        the site and one Greenhouse of 144 metres x 212 metres in the northern cleared portion.
        Attachment A provides a plan of the proposed Greenhouses.

   •    Greenhouses are to be constructed with a metal frame with concrete foundations and
        covered by Polyethylene plastic for both roof and walls. It is noted that the plastic walls extend
        50 cm into the ground.

   •    Four centrifugal fans are located at each corner of the greenhouses to circulate air throughout
        the greenhouse. Six motors are located across the greenhouses for air circulation throughout.

   •    No vegetation to be removed as the Greenhouses will be located in existing cleared areas;

   •    Packing shed to be located in centre of site near greenhouses;

   •    Packing shed to be used for packing of crops and storage of fertilizer.

   •    Carparking for up to 70 vehicles located in centre of site near greenhouses.




Operations:

    •   The greenhouses will be planted with tomato and cucumber plants. Initial seedlings are delivered
        by a small rigid truck to the greenhouses at an approximate size of 25 centimetres and are in a
        100mm cube. This cube is then planted onto a slab of Rockwool which sits directly on the
        ground.

    •   A fertigation room is located in the existing packing shed on site and is where water is mixed with
        nutrients. The plants are irrigated with the mixed nutrient water via a main irrigation line which
        runs into the greenhouse and then separates to different areas with a dripper going into each
        plant. The Rockwool slab is where the roots of the plant grow, this slab is covered in plastic to
        hold the water however does have a slit in plastic to allow excess water to drain off. The excess
        water runs onto the ground in the Greenhouse and is absorbed into the ground.

    •   Approximately 50,000 litres per day is used to feed the plants in the greenhouses which is made
        up of the following:

                 •    1%        Calcium
                 •    1%        Potassium
                 •    1%        Nitrate