2017-02-13 General Committee Meeting Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA   13 FEBRUARY 2017




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GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                       13 FEBRUARY 2017

              by a regulation or by a Regional Plan. ShapingSEQ proposes to designate all South East
              Queensland a Priority Living Area and parts of the region as Strategic Cropping Areas. Some
              parts of Queensland are separately designated as Strategic Environmental Areas, such as
              Fraser Island.

              ShapingSEQ does not however propose to designate any areas as Strategic Environmental
              Areas. This is a significant concern with the draft plan. There are many areas with important
              biodiversity values outside of the protected areas of National Parks. Environmental areas of
              state significance are already identified on the Queensland government’s on-line mapping
              system and as represented on Sustain Map 4a. Current initiatives to protect koala habitat is
              an example of important natural values being put at risk.

              RURAL PROSPERITY IN THE NORTHERN SUB-REGION
              The section titled Rural Prosperity at Page 102 outlines the existing and potential
              enterprises on rural land. The third and fourth paragraphs list_a specific range of new
              opportunities and Council considers these could be better described with reference to
              currently emerging activities. Alternative wording is offered below.

              “Opportunity exists to further grow and diversify the regional food system which has seen a
              range of direct marketing and value adding options emerge for small to mid-scale primary
              producers and food processors. Adaptation of traditional industries and the entry of new
              players has seen the region become the centre of locally branded and artisanal food
              production. Local farmers markets, restaurants and consumers are increasing the demand
              for the range of locally produced higher value dairy products, grass fed and free range
              meats, subtropical fruits, vegetables, nuts and niche products that now augment the well-
              established exports of processed ginger and herbs.

              “The sub-region’s hinterland areas support the growth of creative and boutique industries.
              Rural diversification includes value-adding, distribution centres, farm-, adventure- and
              nature-based tourism and recreation as well as clean energy initiatives. These activities will
              be encouraged where they can be managed to preserve the agricultural land resource,
              conservation assets and the surrounding character and scenic amenity.”

              AGRICULTURAL LAND MAPPING — CHAPTER 5
              Chapter 5 mapping of agricultural land (Map 7) relies on outdated Strategic Cropping
              mapping to define Priority Agricultural Areas. The SPP Interactive Mapping System for Plan
              Making shows Important Agricultural Areas and Agricultural Land Classifications Class A and
              Class B. This mapping is understood to be the correct source of mapping for agricultural land
              for planning purposes and has been used for Prosper Map 2 and Sustain Map 4c.

              LAND AT COOROY OWNED BY CSR BUILDING PRODUCTS LIMITED (CSR)
              Council received correspondence from CSR regarding land the company owns at Lake
              Macdonald Drive, Cooroy. The land has previously been used for extraction of clay under
              current mining leases but with closure of the local brickworks CSR is now seeking to develop
              the land for some 180 residential allotments. However the site is situated outside the Urban
              Footprint of the SEQ Regional Plan. CSR has consequently requested Council to support a
              change of the Urban Footprint under ShapingSEQ.
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