Response to oustanding issues Animal Husbandry MCU12/0184

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                                                                                Callaghan & Toth



SUMMARY

The key points of this investigation are as follows:


    1. The proposed development consists of eight (8)new sheds to be used for meat
       Poultry production and associated infrastructure.
    2. Roof water runoff and dam runoff is to be recycled to provide Potable water for the
       poultry.
    3. Runoff from new access roads, car parks and landscaped areas around the buildings
       and Bunded Composting Areas is to be treated for nutrients and gross pollutants via
       Bioretention Swales, Basins, Swales and Buffers, located alongside the roads. The
         treated runoff will then be released as sheet flow within the site.
    4. The increase in pollutant loads due to the increase in impervious areas is to be
         attenuated.
    5. Waste management practices will be used to ensure there are no impacts to water
         quality of local waterways.
    6.   Fertilising of existing Avocado trees utilising composted poultry litter (i.e. poultry
         manure mixed with bedding material) will replace the use of commercial fertilisers

         and suppression spraying/mulching on the existing Avocado farm.




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1209 Animal Husbandry   Top Forestry Rd, Ridgewood
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September 2013