2017-06-06 - P&E Agenda Attachment 1 to Item 6 Draft Alignment Amendments Part 1 (Pages 1-907)

                                                                Division 10— Natural Resources Overlay Code
            Including amendments to 3 July 2017




                                                  13.40    Natural Resources Overlay Code
The Noosa Plan




                                                           The provisions in this division comprise the Natural Resources Overlay Code. They
                                                           are—

                                                               compliance with the Natural Resources Overlay Code (section 13.41);

                                                               overall outcomes for the Natural Resources Overlay Code (section 13.42);

                                                               specific outcomes for the Natural Resources Overlay Code (sections 13.43—13.48);
                                                  13.41    Compliance with the Natural Resources Overlay Code
                                                           Development that is consistent with the specific outcomes in sections 13.42—13.48
                                                           complies with the Natural Resources Overlay Code.

                                                  13.42    Overall outcomes for the Natural Resources Overlay Code

                                                  13.42.1 The overall outcomes are the purpose of the Natural Resources Overlay Code.

                                                  13.42.2 The overall outcomes sought for the Natural Resources Overlay Code are—

                                                           a)    for agricultural land conservation areas—
                                                                 i      agricultural land in the rural zone is protected from fragmentation, alienation
                                                                        or diminished agricultural productivity

                                                                 ii     good quality agricultural land in the rural zone is protected for agricultural
                                                                        uses;

                                                                 iii    the use of good quality agricultural land for agriculture is not adversely
                                                                        affected by other forms of development; and

                                                                 iv     uses that are able to be located elsewhere do not locate within agricultural
                                                                        land conservation areas;

                                                           b)    for extractive resource areas—
                                                                 i      development ensures that resource/processing areas and transport routes
                                                                        are protected from encroaching development that is not a compatible
                                                                        extractive industry use of the extractive resource area.

                                                                 ii     development for a sensitive or incompatible use maintains an effective
                                                                        separation from a key resource area and does not encroach within a key
                                                                        resource area’s separation area and its transport route separation area.

                                                                 iii    development, other than for an extractive industry, is buffered from and is
                                                                        able to mitigate impacts likely to occur as a result of an extraction of
                                                                        resources from a extractive resource area.

                                                                 iv     a high level of amenity for residents and land uses in the vicinity of extractive
                                                                        resources, extractive industry operations and transportation routes is
                                                                        maintained;

                                                           c)    for water supply catchment areas—
                                                                 i      Lake Macdonald and Cedar Pocket dam water supplies are not adversely
                                                                        affected by development or the effects of development

                                                                 ii     the Mary River drinking water intake is not adversely affected by
                                                                        development or the effects of development;


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