MCU14/0028 - PM Submission Object Audrey & Keith Johnson

                                          and channeling in the Noosa Hills Estate and the upgrading of
                                          Lawnville and Belli Creek Roads.
                                       2. The area is a major tourism draw card. Weekends will find
                                          many different groups - bicyclists. car clubs, marathon
                                          runners, motor cycle enthusiasts all enjoying the beauty and
                                          views of the Noosa Hinterland. During the week it is a major
                                          exercise area for our local cyclists. Often they stop at the top
                                          and look to the views, the lakes and ocean in the north and Mt
                                          Cooroy in the East. I often thought that Council would make
                                          the corner of Lawnville and Belli Creek Roads into a proper
                                          lookout for people to stop and enjoy.
                                       3. Chook framing by its very nature is a farming business that has
                                          many reasons to look at its impact on the area seriously. Our
                                          concerns are:
                                          i)    Rodents and vermin - At the moment there is no
                                                problem with rats, cockroaches, and flies. Introducing
                                                intensive chicken farming into the area will bring
                                                unwanted vermin into the area. There already is a
                                                problem of wild dogs, which generally, with occasional
                                                baiting is under control. This intensive farming will
                                                bring into the area these dogs, as well as more chicken
                                                hawks for the easy pickings, which will be a threat to the
                                                local pets and lifestyle chooks that are in the area.
                                          ii)   Noise - The area is a natural ampitheatre. Noise travels
                                                easily in this area. The cackling of 1000 chooks, all day
                                                long would be very invasive. These chooks are gathered
                                                in a very small space, not scattered over the hectares.
                                                They are on the door step of several beautiful family
                                                homes.
                                          iii) The water run off from the droppings of the chooks
                                                would have an impact downstream, introducing a real
                                                risk of algal blooms and degrading of the habitats
                                                downstream.
                                          iv) Land slippage - this property is all lands lip. Having
                                                intensive farming on a slope, as the intent, will degrade
                                                the slope with the chook activity and the water runoff
                                                from the tractor/trailers will exasperate the natural lay
                                                of the land and make it more prone to slippage.
                                          v)    Visually the owners of 317 Lawnville Road intend to put
                                                in old caravans to house the chooks, not what they
                                                pictorially show in their submission to council. What an
                                                eyesore on a hill that is viewed by many, not only



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