Development Application part 2 OF 2 All of CD, Information in notes - MCU12/0216

Planning Assessment Report                                                                                              Page 17
300 Kennedys Road, Lake Macdonald QLD 4563 – Extractive Industry




The impacts on the environment will be limited as all activities will be within existing disturbed areas with no extension
outside of the existing mining lease operational area.

The development does not involve institutional uses whereby the evacuation of people from the Site will be difficult. It is
anticipated that the development will not generate a significant increase in the number of people to live or work in the area.

The proposed development doesn’t involve the manufacture or storage of hazardous materials in bulk.

In addition, in the event of a bushfire hazard occurring on the Site, the Site has sufficient access to water (to be used for
fire fighting purposes) from nearby water sources in the surrounding area (such as Lake Macdonald and Six Mile Creek).

The proposed development will be guided by a Site Based Management Plan (“SBMP”) prepared for the Site. The SBMP
provides a framework for environmental management on the Site and is a practical guide at the operational level to contain
impacts. The SBMP has been prepared to assist in the management and protection of surrounding environmental values
and describes how the operator proposes to manage potential environmental impacts which may be caused by carrying
out extractive industry activities (refer ATTACHMENT 8 – SITE BASED MANAGEMENT PLAN).

SPP 1/12 Protecting Queensland’s Strategic Cropping Land

State Planning Policy 1/12 Protecting Queensland’s Strategic Cropping Land (SPP1/12) took effect on 30 January 2012.
SPP1/12 is part of the State Government’s planning policy and development assessment framework for protecting
strategic cropping land. Its general aim is to protect strategic cropping land from development that leads to its permanent
alienation or diminished productivity.

In accordance with Section 2.6 of the SP1/12, the policy applies to the following areas:

      (a) land that is recorded in the decision register under the Strategic Cropping Land Act 2011 as being SCL.
      (b) land shown on the SCL trigger map as being potential SCL.

A review of historical aerial photography obtained for the Site demonstrates that there is no sign of cropping history to have
occurred on the land and that the Site is not suitable for cropping. As a result, an application was lodged to the Department
of Natural Resources and Mines (“DNRM”) to register the Site as “non-SCL”. On 27 November 2012, correspondence from
the DNRM identified that the property failed to meet the requirements to be considered strategic cropping land. As such,
the Site is identified as having no history of cropping and was decided to be non-SCL (refer ATTACHMENT 9 –
STRATEGIC CROPPING LAND DETERMINATION).

Temporary State Planning Policy 2/12 Planning for Prosperity

Temporary State Planning Policy 2/12 (SPP2/12) took effect on 24 August 2012 and sets out the Queensland
Government’s commitment to the growth of the Queensland economy. The State’s interests in economic growth include
promoting agriculture, tourism, mineral and extractive resource industries, and construction activities.

The purpose of SPP2/12 is, “to ensure that economic growth:

      is facilitated by local and state plans; and
      is not adversely impacted by planning processes.”

Section 1.3 of SPP2/12 notes that the policies apply to a range of circumstances set out in SPA, including a referral
agency’s assessment of a development application, but not an assessment manager’s assessment of a development.
Therefore it is understood that the SPP2/12 is provided to give guidance to the State when there may be competing or
conflicting outcomes that must be considered by the State. Whilst it is apparent that implementation by a Local
Government as Assessment Manager is not intended for SPP2/12, weight may still be given by Local Government to the
policies of the SPP, in recognition of the stated intention that future planning instruments be prepared to appropriately
reflect the policies of the SPP.




December 2012 / file ref. 1271_DA1_310_001                                                                   GROUNDWORK p l u s