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

PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                           19 AUGUST 2014


essential community infrastructure means any one or more of the following—

(a)   emergency services infrastructure;
(b)   emergency shelters;
(c)   police facilities;
(d)   hospitals and associated facilities;
(e)   stores of valuable records or heritage items;
(f)   power stations and substations;
(g)   major switch yards;
(h)   communication facilities;
(i)   sewage treatment plants; and
(j)   water treatment plants.

probable maximum flood means the largest flood that could reasonably occur at a particular
location, resulting from the probable maximum precipitation. The PMF defines the extent of flood-
prone land. Generally, it is not physically or financially possible to provide general protection
against this event.


25.   Natural Resources Overlay Code

As the State Interest Guidelines to support the State Planning Policy have recently become
available, it is proposed to amend the overall outcomes, specific outcomes and probable
solutions for the Natural Resources Code to reflect the outcomes within these guidelines,
specifically in relation to agricultural land, extractive resources and water supply catchments.
These reinforced overall outcomes are proposed to read as follows:

       The overall outcomes sought for the Natural Resources Overlay Code are—
         a)    for agricultural land conservation areas—
                i      agricultural land in the rural zone is protected from fragmentation, alienation or
                       diminished agricultural productivity
                ii     good quality agricultural land in the rural zone is protected for agricultural uses;
                iii    the use of good quality agricultural land for agriculture is not adversely affected by
                       other forms of development; and
                uses that are able to be located elsewhere do not locate within agricultural land
                     conservation areas;
         b)    for extractive resource areas—
                i      development ensures that resource/processing areas and transport routes are
                       protected from encroaching development that is not a compatible extractive industry
                       use of the extractive resource area.
                ii     development for a sensitive or incompatible use maintains an effective separation
                       from a key resource area and does not encroach within a key resource area’s
                       separation area and its transport route separation area.
                iii    development, other than for an extractive industry, is buffered from and is able to
                       mitigate impacts likely to occur as a result of an extraction of resources from a
                       extractive resource area.
                iv     a high level of amenity for residents and land uses in the vicinity of extractive
                       resources, extractive industry operations and transportation routes is maintained;

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