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PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                   25 MARCH 2014


    Condition 4 prohibits above ground infrastructure through areas of high ecological
     significance - the key effects of which will be that the collector road linking precincts 2 and
     3 cannot be constructed (which will prohibit public transport provision) and a number of
     pathway links will be severed.
    Condition 5 requires a minimum 100m setback between the boundary of residential and the
     highest astronomical tide of Lake Weyba.
    Conditions 6 – 9 restrict the nature and extent of works within the buffer to Lake Weyba.
    Conditions 10 - 12 restrict development in erosion areas.
Particular concern is raised by conditions 2 and 4. These are considered fatal to the feasibility
and functionality of the development. The impact of condition 4 on the development is so great
that it would result in a substantially different development and would require a new or changed
application.

The effects of the department’s conditions preclude approval of the application.

Department of Natural Resources & Mines

The department is a concurrence agency for vegetation clearing and strategic cropping land
matters. The department responded by letter dated 23 December 2013 stating that a Strategic
Cropping Land referral trigger no longer applied to the application and, in relation to clearing
vegetation, provided conditions that must attach to any development approval.

Advice Agencies
Energex

Energex is an advice agency for electricity infrastructure matters. It responded by letter dated 19
November 2013 stating they supported the preliminary approval provided all existing easement
conditions are maintained. Energex identified a number of potential conflicts with the levels of
assessment in the supplementary tables of development and confirmed that the easement
conditions remain in effect.

Department of Agriculture Fisheries & Forestry

The department is an advice agency for development adjacent a fish habitat area. The
department responded by letter dated 22 March 2013 stating that it had no objection to the
development as posed, given the development does not involve the disturbance of marine plants.
The department’s response notes the development proposes a 50 metre buffer to Lake Weyba,
where Fisheries Queensland generally requires a 100m buffer and that the buffer should be
maximised where possible.

Third Party Advice Agency

Department of National Parks, Recreation, Sport & Racing

The application was referred to the department for third party advice regarding the proposed
National Park dedication, the benefits and risks posed by the proposal and the applicant’s
assumptions regarding future active recreation infrastructure within and visitation of the new
National Park addition. The department responded by email dated 10 May 2013 as follows:




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