2016-07-12 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                            12 JULY 2016


4.    Recommendations for the new Planning Scheme
The Planning Study makes the following recommendations for the new Planning Scheme to
address state interests and local planning matters relating to extractive resources and mining in
Noosa Shire.

State interests
1.    Identify KRA 56 and 57 in the strategic framework and mapping, including strategic and
      specific outcomes for the protection of KRAs from encroachment of sensitive land uses and
      incompatible development.
2.    Ensure the zoning of the KRA is consistent with protecting the KRA from sterilisation by
      sensitive or incompatible landuses.
3.    Include KRA 56 and 57 in an Extractive Resources and Mining overlay with code outcomes
      that ensure development is compatible with the use of resource / processing area of the
      KRA. Sensitive landuses and incompatible development are assessed against overlay
      code provisions relating to its compatibility with the use of the KRA as an extractive
      industry.
4.    Discuss with the Department of Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning the best
      approach for dealing with mining resources. Discuss the option of referring to mining
      leases, mining claims and mineral development licences on the State’s Mines Online
      Mapping (MOM), rather than identifying mining leases in the new Planning Scheme. This
      allows for changing circumstances and mining lease approvals to be up to date without
      amending the planning scheme.

Local matters
5.    Make clear statements in the Strategic Framework regarding extractive industry and mining
      in Noosa Shire. Make specific reference to the use, extent and transport routes for
      resources.
6.    Identify local resource areas, including separation areas and transport routes in the
      Extractive Resources and Mining Overlay code with relevant local provisions.
7.    Include the following sites as mining lease1 and local resource areas in the Extractive
      Resource and Mining Overlay:
       Nandroya (subject to current lease renewal approval)
       Glenwood (subject to current lease renewal approval)
       McGilchrist’s Pits (300 Kennedy’s Road only – review boundaries)
       White Pit (subject to review of future use of the site)
8.    Exclude the following sites as local resource areas from the Extractive Resource and
      Mining Overlay:
       Ringtail Creek
       Kin Kin Creek sand
       McGilchrist’s Pits (309 Kennedy’s Road)
9.    Exclude the following mining lease designations from the Extractive Resource and Mining
      Overlay:
       McGilchrist’s Pits (309 Kennedys Road)
       Brogden’s Pit
10.   Include measures in the planning scheme to avoid conflicts between mining resource
      development and haulage routes with other land uses, such as identification of local
      resource areas and buffers. Consideration should also be given to demand for the resource
      and other competing landuses for the site.
1
  Designation as mining lease is subject to further discussion with the State regarding the potential use of
the Mines Online Mapping site as the mining overlay.

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