2015-11-10 Planning & Organisation Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                             10 NOVEMBER 2015


A “Contaminant” can be:
     a.  a gas, liquid or solid; or
     b.  an odour; or
     c.  an organism (whether alive or dead), including a virus; or
     d.  energy, including noise, heat, radioactivity and electromagnetic radiation; or
     e.  a combination of contaminants
“Environment” includes—
     a.  ecosystems and their constituent parts, including people and communities; and
     b.  all natural and physical resources; and
     c.  the qualities and characteristics of locations, places and areas, however large or
         small, that contribute to their biological diversity and integrity, intrinsic or attributed
         scientific value or interest, amenity, harmony and sense of community; and
     d.  the social, economic, aesthetic and cultural conditions that affect, or are affected by,
         things mentioned in paragraphs a to c.
“Environmental harm” is any adverse effect, or potential adverse effect (whether temporary or
     permanent and of whatever magnitude, duration or frequency) on an environmental value,
     and includes environmental nuisance.
“Environmental value” is:
     a.    a quality or physical characteristic of the environment that is conducive to ecological
           health or public amenity or safety; or
     b.    another quality of the environment identified and declared to be an environmental
           value under an environmental protection policy or regulation.
“Environmental nuisance” is unreasonable interference or likely interference with an
    environmental value caused by:
     a.    noise, dust, odour, light; or
     b.    an unhealthy, offensive or unsightly condition because of contamination; or
     c.    another way prescribed by regulation.
‘Noise Sensitive Place’ means any of the following places –
     a.    a dwelling;
     b.    a library, childcare centre, kindergarten, school, college, university or other
           educational institution;
     c.    a hospital, surgery or other medical institution;
     d.    a protected area, or an area identified under a conservation plan as a critical habitat
           or an area of major interest, under the Nature Conservation Act 1992;
     e.    a marine park under the Marine Parks Act 1982; and
     f.    a park or garden that is open to the public (whether or not on payment of money) for
           use other than for sport or organised entertainment.
     g.    a ‘sensitive receptor’ as defined in the Environmental Protection (Noise) Policy 2008.
‘Sensitive Place’ means any of the following places –
     a.    a dwelling, residential allotment, residential open space areas;
     b.    a library, childcare centre, kindergarten, school, college, university or other
           educational institution;
     c.    a hospital, surgery or other medical institution;
     d.    a protected area, or an area identified under a conservation plan as a critical habitat
           or an area of major interest, under the Nature Conservation Act 1992;
     e.    a marine park under the Marine Parks Act 1982; and

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