2014-08-19 Planning & Organisation Committee Agenda - Pages 1-101

PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                      19 AUGUST 2014


Animal Husbandry:
Lot Size for Animal Husbandry
Outcome 1: The lot is of sufficient area to enable       Solution 1 The minimum area of the lot is—
establishment of the use and associated uses.            a)   for grazing of poultry—4ha
                                                         b)   for breeding or boarding kennels or
                                                              pounds—4ha;
                                                         c)   for intensive poultry farms, piggeries or
                                                              stockyards—20ha;
                                                         d)   for cattle feedlots—40ha
                                                         e)   for aquaculture with a combined surface
                                                              area of all ponds or tanks of less than
                                                              200m2—1ha;
                                                         f)   for other aquaculture—5 ha.
                                                         g)   for all other animal husbandry—2ha

Noise & Nuisance
Outcome 2: Noise from the operation of the animal        Solution 2.1 Access points and roads are
husbandry use does not cause unlawful environmental      located to minimise noise and dust impacts on
nuisance.                                                neighbouring sensitive land uses; and

                                                         Solution 2.2 The design and siting of all
                                                         mechanical      equipment,      including     fans,
                                                         pneumatic feed systems and other equipment,
                                                         minimises the generation of mechanical noise,
                                                         odour and the likelihood of off-site vibration.

                                                         Solution 2.3 For breeding or boarding
                                                         kennels—the kennels are constructed of brick,
                                                         concrete or masonry.
Runoff
Outcome 3: The design and operation of the animal        Solution 3.1 Buildings used to house animals,
use incorporates integrated water management             as well as waste storage areas, are located on
elements such that                                       land that is not subject to flooding by the 100
a)   stormwater is prevented from entering sheds and     year ARI event;
     waste storage areas;                                AND
b)   stormwater peak discharges and run-off volumes      Solution 3.2 The base of all sheds is elevated
     are not increased; and                              above natural ground level to ensure that
c)   natural drainage lines and hydrological regimes     stormwater run-off does not enter the sheds;
     are maintained as far as practicable.               AND
                                                         Solution 3.3 All waste water, including water
                                                         used to clean animal sheds, is managed so that
                                                         contaminants will not reach nearby waterways.
Aquaculture
Outcome 4: Water is managed on site such that it will    Solution 4.1 & S5.1: Aquaculture occurs in
not reach Queensland waters via overland or              tanks or ponds where water is fully reticulated
stormwater flows.                                        within the facility with no discharge property or
                                                         waterways.
AND
                                                         Solution 5.2 & S5.2: Tanks or ponds used to
Outcome 5: Development is located and designed to        cultivate aquaculture fisheries resources or for
avoid, or otherwise minimise, impacts to areas host to   treatment or settlement of water are constructed
fisheries resources.                                     with the lowest point of the top of wall at least
                                                         the height of the Q50 flood level.
AND
                                                         Solution 6.1: Ponds are designed and
Outcome 6: Tanks or ponds are designed to avoid          constructed in accordance with Department of
leakage.                                                 Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry's policy
                                                         Guidelines for Constructing and Maintaining
                                                         Aquaculture Containment Structures.



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