GLENELG PLANNING SCHEME AMENDMENT C12 CAPE NELSON LIVESTOCK ASSEMBLY DEPOTS PANEL REPORT September 2004 CAPE NELSON LIVESTOCK ASSEMBLY DEPOTS GLENELG PLANNING SCHEME AMENDMENT C12 PANEL REPORT CHRIS HARTY, CHAIR ALAN THATCHER, MEMBER September 2004 Page i TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. SUMMARY.................................................................................................................1 2. THE PANEL PROCESS ............................................................................................4 2.1 THE PANEL ...........................................................................................................................................4 2.2 HEARINGS, DIRECTIONS AND INSPECTIONS ..................................................................................5 2.3 SUBMISSIONS ......................................................................................................................................6 3. WHAT IS PROPOSED?.............................................................................................9 3.1 THE SUBJECT SITE AND SURROUNDS.............................................................................................9 3.2 THE AMENDMENT..............................................................................................................................12 3.3 NATURE OF THE PROPOSAL ...........................................................................................................14 4. ISSUES....................................................................................................................17 4.1 NATURE OF SUBMISSIONS ..............................................................................................................17 4.1.1 THE PLANNING AUTHORITY ................................................................................................17 4.1.2 THE PROPONENT..................................................................................................................17 4.1.3 KEY AUTHORITIES ................................................................................................................18 4.1.4 COMMUNITY SUBMITTORS..................................................................................................20 4.2 ISSUES IDENTIFIED BY THE PANEL ................................................................................................20 4.3 APPROACH ADOPTED BY THE PANEL............................................................................................21 5. STRATEGIC CONTEXT ..........................................................................................22 5.1 STRATEGIC PLANNING FRAMEWORK ............................................................................................22 5.2 STATE PLANNING POLICY FRAMEWORK (SPPF) ..........................................................................22 5.3 LOCAL PLANNING POLICY FRAMEWORK (LPPF)...........................................................................24 5.3.1 MUNICIPAL STRATEGIC STATEMENT.................................................................................24 5.3.2 LOCAL PLANNING POLICIES................................................................................................25 5.4 ZONES AND OVERLAYS....................................................................................................................26 5.4.1 ENVIRONMENTAL RURAL ZONE..........................................................................................26 5.4.2 ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNIFICANCE OVERLAY 1 – COASTAL AREAS ................................27 5.4.3 NEW RURAL ZONES..............................................................................................................28 5.5 PARTICULAR PROVISIONS...............................................................................................................28 5.6 OTHER DOCUMENTS ........................................................................................................................29 5.6.1 VICTORIAN COASTAL STRATEGY 2002..............................................................................29 5.6.2 GLENELG SHIRE COASTAL ACTION PLAN 2002................................................................30 5.6.3 DISCOVERY BAY PARKS MANAGEMENT PLAN 2004........................................................30 5.6.4 GLENELG HOPKINS REGIONAL CATCHMENT STRATEGY 2003-2007.............................31 5.6.5 STATE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION POLICY - WATERS OF VICTORIA ........................31 5.6.6 STATE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION POLICY - GROUNDWATERS OF VICTORIA ........31 6. FORM OF PLANNING CONTROL ..........................................................................32 6.1 APPROPRIATENESS OF THE INCORPORATED DOCUMENT........................................................32 6.2 DEFINITIONS AND THE VICTORIAN CODE FOR CATTLE FEEDLOTS ..........................................37 7. SUSTAINABILITY....................................................................................................40 7.1 WASTE MANAGEMENT......................................................................................................................40 7.2 AMENITY .............................................................................................................................................48 7.2.1 TRAFFIC .................................................................................................................................48 7.2.2 NOISE, ODOUR, DUST AND FLIES.......................................................................................49 7.3 FLORA AND FAUNA ...........................................................................................................................51 7.4 LANDSCAPE CHARACTER................................................................................................................56 7.5 ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN (EMP) ..................................................................................58 GLENELG PLANNING SCHEME AMENDMENT C12 PANEL REPORT: SEPTEMBER 2004 Page ii 8. GOOLAGAR LAND .................................................................................................61 9. STRATEGIC ASSESSMENT GUIDELINES ............................................................63 9.1 IS AN AMENDMENT REQUIRED?......................................................................................................63 9.2 STRATEGIC JUSTIFICATION.............................................................................................................64 9.3 PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT ACT ..............................................................................................64 9.4 STATE PLANNING POLICY FRAMEWORK .......................................................................................66 9.5 LOCAL PLANNING POLICY FRAMEWORK.......................................................................................69 9.5.1 MUNICIPAL STRATEGIC STATEMENT.................................................................................69 9.5.2 LOCAL PLANNING POLICY ...................................................................................................71 9.6 ZONES, OVERLAYS, PARTICULAR PROVISIONS AND SCHEDULES............................................72 9.7 REFERRAL AUTHORITIES.................................................................................................................72 9.8 OUTCOME OF THE AMENDMENT ....................................................................................................73 10. CONCLUSIONS & RECOMMENDATIONS.............................................................75 10.1 CONCLUSIONS...................................................................................................................................75 10.2 RECOMMENDATIONS........................................................................................................................77 APPENDICES A. LIST OF WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS B. EXHIBITED AMENDMENT C. REVISED INCORPORATED DOCUMENT D. TABLED DOCUMENTS WITH LAND AREAS, REVISED STOCK NUMBERS, WASTE LOADS AND TRAFFIC DATA E. PANEL RECOMMENDED INCORPORATED DOCUMENT F. STRATEGIC ASSESSMENT GUIDELINES GLENELG PLANNING SCHEME AMENDMENT C12 PANEL REPORT: SEPTEMBER 2004 Page iii LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1: Cape Nelson Livestock Assembly Depot Sites and Surrounds ...........................11 Figure 2: View of the D.J. Peddie land showing cleared paddocks used to currently hold cattle.............................................................................................43 Figure 3: View of the Livestock Assembly Depots looking south towards the Cape Nelson Lighthouse...............................................................................56 LIST OF TABLES Table 1: Total Livestock Numbers proposed under Amendment C12.................................4 Table 2: Existing and proposed operating conditions for the Cape Nelson Livestock Assembly Depots. ...............................................................................15 Table 3: Total waste levels comparisons for cattle and sheep per containment period, based on maximum numbers of cattle and sheep proposed at any one time.........................................................................46 Table 4: Total number of projected truck movements .......................................................48 Table 5: Total number of truck movements under existing maximum levels of cattle and sheep allowed.......................................................................49