2015-07-21 Planning & Organisation Committee Agenda

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Action: It is recognised that although council has not mapped ALC Class | considerably more properties and may not accurately
                                   A and B land as shown in the SPP, it has been demonstrated how | denote         land  most  suitable and   preferable for
                                   agricultural land is protected through the provisions of the scheme | agriculture. This matter will be addressed in detail in
                                   amendment. When a new scheme is developed it will need to show this | a planning study already underway.
                                   ALC Class A and B land.
                                                                                                          There are no references to Strategic Cropping Land
                                   Council should also clarify terms used to describe agricultural land.  in the scheme.
                                   Remove references to “strategic cropping land" from the agricultural uses | The only references to “good quality agricultural land”
                                   code and remove references to “good quality agricultural land" where it is | are now qualified as being those lands mapped as
                                   not explicitly linked to the mapped Agricultural Land Conservation Area. Agricultural Land Conservation Area (ALCA).

                                   Reason: The SPP is clear that with regards to soil resources underpinning
                                   agricultural production, ALC Class A and B land is the resource that
                                   requires protection in a Planning Scheme. Council should demonstrate
                                   how the changes proposed reflect the requirements of the SPP.

                                   The scheme refers to GQAL, Strategic Cropping Land, agricultural land
                                   and Agricultural Land Conservation Area (ALCA), yet only ALCA ts
                                   mapped and defined.   This makes the Scheme unclear, at least in the
                                   terms of the natural resources overlay code, ambiguous in terms of what
                                   overall outcomes are sought

 Table 3—Planning for the environment and heritage
 Biodiversity
[Number Poley Elements                  [Requrement =| Counc Stat Comment
            Considering the        Planning Scheme Reference: Part 3 DEOs, 3.1.1 (g) Open space, | It is not proposed to identify all MLES at this point in
            protection of matters  environment & conservation functions, (v) environmental offsets; Part | time but rather just clarify within the scheme where an
            of local environmental | 13 Overlays, biodiversity overlay code, Table 13.2; Part 14 Assessment | environmental offset could be imposed.
            significance, which    criteria, Division 3 Business uses code, Table 14-16 Industral business
             ay involve            extractive), O90                                                    Within the Biodiversity Overlay Code, references to the

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