Queensland Guidelines: Meat Chicken Farms - Department of ...

4.0 Planning and assessment of development
applications
This section provides information for local government to use in considering the site and design
assessment of development applications for a meat chicken farm.
Proponents should be aware that a development application will be assessed against the local
government's planning scheme.
4.1 Location and site selection
Meat chicken farms must be appropriately located on suitable sites having particular regard to the
scale of the farm, land size and location, topography, potential for environmental impacts and
potential for impact on surrounding sensitive land uses. New farms should be located on land that
is suitably separated from sensitive land uses, yet within proximity to feed suppliers and processing
facilities.
The provision of separation distances between meat chicken farm developments and sensitive
land uses/non-rural zones is a way of achieving a balance between the development of the meat
chicken industry and concerns of the community. Fixed buffer distances are also used to provide
protection to the environment while allowing for ecologically sustainable development.
Meat chicken farms should be located within a rural zone (standard Queensland Planning
Provisions Zone).
Also there should be appropriate separation and buffer distances for meat chicken farms (refer to
Appendixes 1 and 2) from drinking water catchments, declared water catchment and groundwater
recharge areas, and other locational requirements to ensure that rural zones are capable of
accommodating future industry growth.
To reflect the strategic intent of minimising the potential for land use conflicts, farms should be
appropriately separated from non-rural zones.
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