2022-12-12 General Committee Meeting Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                12 DECEMBER 2022




                                          Figure 2 – Site Plan

2      BACKGROUND
On 16 December 2021, Council approved a Home-based business (Small Scale Meat Processing)
subject to conditions that included an expiry of the permit on 17 December 2022, unless Council
agrees to an extension, noting that Council would have any regard to complaints from residents in
assessing the extension request.
The original application and approved use was impact assessable as it involves the processing of
food. The minor change request does not introduce any new or additional uses to the site.
As background information for this application:
•     The applicant has indicated that it is expected that the volume of meat processing will be in
      the order of 15 tonnes per annum.
•     The applicant’s consultant indicated: The applicant is working towards transitioning their
      operation off site. This is a staged process. An increase of harvesting and production and
      the small van be allowed one collection / week will enable the applicant to increase his
      presence in the market place and then have confidence to invest significantly to move off site
      and establish within an industrial precinct.
When the application was originally approved, a currency period of 12 months was applied. The
applicant is seeking to delete this condition to provide some certainty for the future of his business,
free of timeframes.
3.    ASSESSMENT
3.1   Complaints Received
Over the last 12 months (up until the minor change application subject to this report was received),
Council has received numerous complaints from one complainant raising concerns. One other

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