MCU21_0154 Objection letter

Transference of carcasses in an open vehicle

Other concerns which again question the compatibility of this busines include transference of
carcasses via an open vehicle (as is depicted in the application) through a residential street and are
unloaded from a vehicle within 50m of a neighbouring property. With this open transport
arrangement there has to be smell impacts as well as the visual impact of seeing deer carcasses in a
residential area. This type of impact is again more compatible with properties zoned ‘rural’ for
agriculture and would be a more tolerated activity from neighbours who are use to farming practices
and dead animals for consumption being moved around a property. One does not expect in a
residential area on reasonably small lots to accommodate meat processing activities and be subject
to possible exposure to the movement of meat carcasses and their waste and smell. It is still not
deemed an acceptable impact even if the carcasses are transferred under the ‘cover of darkness’ to
minimise impacts on neighbouring residents. It clearly shows that the applicant is conscious that
people may take offence to the transfer of carcasses and seeks to ‘hide’ the activity. It again raises
the question of the ‘fit’ of the activity on the land parcel and its impact on neighbouring properties.



Lack of consultation / advice of existing business operation without proper Council approval prior
to operation of business

It is understood that the applicant has set-up and has been operating the business without required
authority from Council and is only now consulting with the local community and is seeking
retrospective approval from Council in order to lawfully operate. We respectfully ask as to how the
applicant has been allowed to modify an existing outdoor dwelling so extensively and place
industrial grade equipment for processing and storage of food without prior assessment and
approval from Council? It appears that Council has been placed in a difficult position to
retrospectively approve a building modification and land-use change, after the work has been
completed and the business is operating. We recently had to go through an extensive approval
process for renovations with Council and could not start any modification works with our accredited
builder before approval was granted and then had to complete our certification paperwork.

In a review of the application it appears that the applicant has invested heavily in engineering
advice, building modifications etc prior to formal approval of the business knowing full well the
extent of the meat industry approvals that have to be met to operate safely. If correct the
establishment of a business in this way is strongly objectionable and shows either a disregard for
current planning laws. However, the applicants have gone to the extent of extensive research and a
fit out, one questions why the delay in only now seeking planning approval once the ‘horse has
bolted’. We would hope that any planning authority take a strong position on this type of conduct
despite the efforts of the applicant to now retrospectively go through the proper business approval
process with Council to lawfully operate.