2016-07-12 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                                12 JULY 2016


13                       EXTRACTIVE RESOURCES AND MINERALS PLANNING STUDY 2016
DOCUMENT INFORM AT ION




Author                              Strategic Planner, Anita Lakeland
                                    Planning & Infrastructure Department

Index                               ECM / Subject / Extractive Industry
                                    ECM / Project / Planning Scheme Review 2016 – Planning Studies

Attachments                         1.     Draft Extractive Resources and Minerals Planning Study 2016
                                           (45 page attachment supplied separately to this report. 2 hard copies available in
                                           the Councillors’ Room)



EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Not Applicable.


RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Strategic Planner to the Planning & Environment Committee
Meeting dated 12 July 2016 and endorse the “Draft Extractive Resources and Minerals Planning
Study 2016” provided at Attachment 1 for the purpose of informing the new Planning Scheme.


REPORT
Noosa Shire contains a number of natural resources, including deposits of clay, shale, quarry
rock and sand that have been identified and / or exploited over the years. These deposits have
largely supplied raw material for the construction industry. In particular, large deposits of clay
supplied the Cooroy Brickworks up until its closure in 2010.
Two (2) state significant key resource areas (KRAs), seven (7) locally significant resources and
eleven (11) mining leases are currently identified in The Noosa Plan 2006.
Demand for resources for the purpose of local processing for construction materials is reducing
in Noosa, demonstrated by the closure of the Cooroy Brickworks. Future demand for clay and
sand is unlikely to increase with projected growth in Noosa over the next 20 years being low.
Significant sand resources south of Noosa Shire are also available. It is likely there will be
continued demand for quarry rock to meet local road construction and maintenance
requirements.
A background study entitled Extractive Resources and Minerals Planning Study 2016 (Planning
Study) has been prepared and makes a number of specific recommendations for the new
Planning Scheme. The Planning Study undertook:
 a review of past background studies;
 a review of state interest and legislative requirements; and
 an assessment of the existing extractive resource and mining areas identified in The Noosa
     Plan 2006.

1.                       State interests
Mining and extractive resources are identified as a matter of state interest for landuse planning
and development under the State Planning Policy 2014. The State Planning Policy Guideline
outlines how the policy is to be integrated into the new Planning Scheme. It seeks to ensure plan
making and development assessment decisions protect important extractive resource deposits
from encroachment by sensitive land uses and other potentially incompatible land uses. It also
seeks to ensure planning schemes give due consideration to the presence and potential impacts
of mining and resource development in their areas.

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