2015-10-13 Planning & Organisation Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                          13 OCTOBER 2015


2.   SITE DETAILS
2.1. Background
On 5 July 2015, the Department of Natural Resources & Mines (DNRM) created the 300m 2
lands lease over the subject development site.
2.2. Site Description
The proposed tower is located 65m east of the formed/bitumen section of Davis Road and
120m south of Cootharaba Road. The site is adjacent to existing electricity infrastructure and
accessible via an existing access track. The proposed facility will utilise existing access and
power infrastructure, in conjunction with mature vegetation screening that will surround the
facility to the east, south and west (see Figure 2).




Figure 2 – Location of proposed facility (red arrow) looking south east from the Davis Road
reserve.
2.3. Surrounding Land Uses
Surrounding the site are large rural residential and agricultural grazing properties. The
closest houses to the tower are located 150m to the north east (640 Cootharaba Rd), 270m
to the south east (23 Davis Rd), and 170m to the west (612 Cootharaba Rd). The
Cootharaba Rural Fire Service Station is also located approximately 100m to the west of the
site.
2.4. Instruments for Statutory Assessment
Under the Sustainable Planning Act 2009 the application must be assessed against each of
the following statutory planning instruments to the extent they are relevant to the
development:
   State Planning Policies;
   the South East Queensland Regional Plan;
   State Planning Regulatory Provisions; and
   the Planning Scheme for the local government area.


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