2015-11-10 Planning & Organisation Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                              10 NOVEMBER 2015


4.    CONSULTATION
4.1. IDAS Referral Agencies
The application was referred to the following IDAS Referral Agencies:
Concurrence
Department of Transport and Main Roads

The Department is a concurrence agency, as the proposal exceeds the threshold for
development impacting on State transport infrastructure (>200,000 poultry). The Department
responded by letter dated 13 December 2012 stating it has no requirements.
Advice
Powerlink

Powerlink is an advice agency for matters associated with the Eerwah Vale Transmission Line
Corridor. It provided advice on the 20 December 2012 stating that all buildings shall not extend
into their electricity easement area, and the proposed gravel road within the easement shall
maintain a minimum 20m separation from the edge of Powerlink’s structure footings.
Third Party Advice
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

The Department does not have any formal role in the assessment of this application. At the time
the application was made in 2012, it involved prescribed Environmentally Relevant Activity 4 -
Poultry Farming (ERA), for which the administration and enforcement was devolved to Council.

On the 31 March 2013, the State Government introduced the Greentape Reduction Act 2012,
resulting in the administration and enforcement of this ERA being devolved to the Department of
Agriculture and Forestry (DAF). This means Council will no longer be responsible for
enforcement of the ERA if it becomes operational.

The Department was asked to provide comment on the development and draft ERA conditions
for approval. The Manager for Environmental Regulations for Animal Industries visited the site
and undertook a general assessment of the risks.

The Department responded on the 16 October 2015, with general comments on the proposed
ERA conditions of approval. General conclusions were also made that the overall risk of
environmental harm from air, water and waste were considered to be low, while noise impacts
associated with chicken pick-ups considered potentially high.
4.2. Public Notification
The application was publicly notified for 15 business days in May 2013. 12 properly made
submissions were received at the time. A further 214 not properly made submissions were
received after the advertising period, including four petitions.

Two of the petitions are in support of the proposal totalling 198 petitioners, including 53 that live
near the haul route. The other two petitions object to the proposal, totalling 723 petitioners,
including 220 that live near the haul route.

The following table provides a summary and assessment of the issues in the most recent
submissions raised since the last Council report in September 2014.




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