Town Planning Assessment Report

2. Proposal
This Development Application seeks an approval for a Development Permit for Material Change of Use to
establish Caretaker’s Accommodation.

Our client, Michelle Botwood and Phillip O’Malley are co-owners of the site and recently agreed to purchase
the property from the Maher family. They intend to continue a beef cattle farming operation on the property
that will comprise 20 head of steer. In this regard to the land will be divided into a number of paddocks and
they will use rotational farming practices to increase yield, improve soil health and optimise nutrients. Our
client has also arranged to agist a portion of land over Lot 272 SP321939, which is owned by the Maher’s, to
provided further feed for the livestock where needed. In addition to farming cattle, the client also intends to
undertake cropping activities utlising biodynamic and organic farming practices including growing:
     + local varieties of tea;
     + Gympie lime;
     + cinnamon and other spices;
     + subtropical rose breeding and trialling; and
     + a frangipani plantation.

The abovementioned activities will be very labour intensive and require a permanent caretaker onsite to
manage the farming operation. Further details about the farming operation can be found at Appendix C -
Farm Management Plan.

Michelle Botwood currently resides in Victoria and is unable to manage the property. Michelle intends to move
to the property in the future and establish her own house. However, a permanent farm manager will still be
required given the labour-intensive farming practices that will occurring on the premises.

Phillip is an experienced horticulturalist in both landscaping, plant cultivation and biodynamic farming
practices. His passion is in the collection, breeding, and selecting of plants for our subtropical climate, of which
he has over 20 years experience in this field. Phillip will reside on the property as a Caretaker of the agricultural
activities.

Phillip recently purchased a circa 1911 Queenslander dwelling that is currently positioned at 67 Summit Road,
Pomona. The house was originally from Wilston in Brisbane and was transported to the Summit Road site in
the early 1990s. The building is currently in a dilapidated state and Phillip intends to restore the building to
exemplify its traditional character and utilise it as a caretaker’s residence.

The caretaker’s residence will be single storey and approximately 6.880m in height. It will comprise 3
bedrooms, living area, kitchen, bathroom, laundry, sitting area, wrapping verandah and have a total gross floor
area of 93.9m2. The dwelling will be positioned in the northern portion of the site at the top of a hillside, where
the land has a gentle slope.

Access to the dwelling will be achieved via an existing farm track that gains access to Upper Pinbarren Creek
Road in the western corner of the site.


Please refer to the Figures 1 -2 below and the attached plans for further details.




                                                                                                        Page 4 of 18