Nandroya Planning Report

leddy sergiacomi &
associates pty. itd.
LSA Ref: 45-021

 

has demonstrated that treatment systems proposed for the site can satisfy the Brisbane City
Council water quality objectives. In this regard, the proposed development is considered to be

consistent with Objective 3.1.1 of the Strategic Plan.

Objective 13.3.2 of the Plan is to ensure that the use of the land with a Rural Conservation
designation within the Water Supply Catchment does not adversely impact on water quality in
Lake Macdonald. To achieve this objective, Section 13.3.2.2 of the Plan indicates that Council
will encourage the continual upgrading of the management of existing industrial development
that provides an important contribution to the Shire’s economy. The proposed development will
involve the establishment of a number of new industries on existing industrial land. These new

industries will not only provide an opportunity for the land to make an even greater contribution

to the Shire’s economy compared to the existing and previous industrial use, but will also
incorporate improved stormwater drainage and other environmental protection measures (eg.
vegetation buffers) to achieve a higher standard of environmental performance and water quality
protection than has occurred on the site previously. The proposal is therefore consistent with

Objective 13.3.2 of the Strategic Plan.

Protection of environmental vales is to be achieved through Objective 13.3.3 of the Plan which
seeks to protect the environmental values of land in the Rural Conservation designation and
ensure those values are not adversely impacted as a consequence of development in or adjacent
to that land. Environmental assessments undertaken across the site confirm that the property

holds limited environmental significance as a result of previous and ongoing land use activities,

which have resulted in almost all vegetation across the majority of the site being cleared and
replaced with gravel pavement, grasses and weeds. The most significant areas on site include
some regrowth and planting of native vegetation that has occurred around the boundaries of the
site, with these areas to be enhanced as part of the development through further planting of

native vegetation to create an environmental buffer around the perimeter of the property.

The northern extent of the site is visible from the Bruce Highway, with the existing Boral site
office and the large milling sheds partially visible, particularly to northbound traffic. The
redevelopment of the site will include significant landscaping and grading so as to maintain and

possibly enhance existing levels of amenity in the locality as viewed by passing motorists. The

 

14 November 2005 Department of State Development, Trade and Innovation Page: 42
Planning Report