Planning Statement

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            applications of fertilisers, pesticides, fungicides or herbicides each season. The use
            includes wholesale plant supply, sugar cane farming, turf farming. The term does not
            include Forestry Type 2 Plantation as separately defined.

The assessment table for the Rural Zone indicates that a Cultivation Type 2 Intensive use is a
consistent code assessable use and is to be assessed against the Agricultural Uses Code and the
Building Works Code.


Use and Works Codes:

A comparison of the proposal against the relevant provisions of Agricultural Uses Code and the Building
Works Code is detailed below:

Overall Outcome                           Specific Outcome                          Proposal Response
                                          Probable solutions- if code
                                          assessable

Separation distances
O1 Sufficient separation distance is      S1.1 A separation distance of not less
                                                                                    Proposed greenhouses represent the
provided between new Cultivation          than 100m is provided between all
Uses and incompatible uses on other       cultivated                                cultivated area and are over 100 metres
premises to ensure noise, dust or         areas and land in a residential zone;     from land in the rural residential zone to
odour associated with the Agricultural    OR                                        the east.
Use does not have a significant
adverse effect on users of other          S1.2 A vegetated buffer area of not       Complies – 40m to 70m vegetated buffer
premises                                  less than 40m is provided between
                                          cultivated areas and premises in a        provided along Six Mile Creek which
                                          residential zone;                         buffers the adjoining rural residential lots
                                          AND                                       to the east.

                                          S1.3 The vegetated buffer area is         Complies - existing creek vegetation
                                          planted and maintained in accordance
                                          with Section 3 of the Planning            provides vegetated buffer.
                                          Guidelines: Separating Agricultural and
                                          Residential Land Uses using species of
                                          local origin.

Environmentally Sensitive Areas
O2 The use does not have adverse          S2.1 Cultivated areas have a slope of
                                                                                    Complies – site flat.
impacts on environmentally sensitive      less than 1 in 4 (25%); OR
areas including—
a) for sloping sites — impacts of soil    S2.2 For cultivated areas with a slope    Not applicable – site flat.
erosion or landslide; and                 of 1 in 4 (25%) or more —
b) for watercourses, drainage lines and   a) any ploughing or cultivation is
wetlands — impacts of sediments,          parallel to contours; and
nutrients and other chemicals flowing     b) sediment barriers are provided and
into these areas.                         maintained downslope of cultivated
                                          areas to prevent sediment flowing into
                                          watercourses, drainage lines and
                                          wetlands either on or off the property;
                                          or
                                          c) grassed or vegetated buffer areas
                                          are provided and maintained
                                          downslope of cultivated areas to slow
                                          overland flow and prevent sediment
                                          flowing into watercourses, drainage
                                          lines and wetlands either on or off the
                                          property.

Cultivation Type 2
O3 For Cultivation Type 2, the use        S3.1 For Cultivation Type 2, vegetated
                                                                                    Complies – Existing riparian vegetation to
does not have significant adverse         buffer areas are provided and
impacts on environmentally sensitive      maintained between cultivated areas       be maintained to slow and filter any run
areas, including riparian zones,          and any watercourse, drainage line        off. Three bio-retention basins will be
watercourses, drainage lines and          or wetland on the premises or adjacent    proposed near each greenhouse to slow
wetlands.                                 premises, to slow and retain overland     and filter any nutrients or sediment.
                                          flow, filter sediment and nutrients and
                                          contain chemical run- off.
                                                                                    Walls of the greenhouses extend 50cm
                                                                                    below the ground which forms an
                                                                                    effective barrier to the movement of water