State Planning Policy 2/07 Guideline - Queensland Mining and Safety

4.4 The most appropriate way of presenting the mapped information will depend on the
structure of the particular planning scheme. Key Resource Areas can be included as
one or more zones or overlays 7 to which specific development assessment provisions
apply.
4.5 A local government may review the extent of a Key Resource Area with regard to
local circumstances. This review will be undertaken as part of the planning scheme
preparation and amendment process 8 , in full consultation with the community, the
Department of Mines and Energy and all other relevant stakeholders.
4.6 The scope of the review will vary depending on the availability of information, and
the existing or potential pressures arising from the encroachment of incompatible
development on the extractive resource. The Key Resource Area, for example, may
be revised if an extractive resource is exhausted or if new information is made
available regarding the extent of the extractive resource.
Ensuring that development in Key Resource Areas is compatible with achieving
the purpose of the Policy
4.7 The planning scheme’s land use strategies should give preference to future land uses
that would achieve the Policy’s development outcome as outlined in section 7 of the
Policy. The development to which the Policy applies also needs to be considered
when allocating land uses. Appendix 2 provides information on the type of
development which might be compatible in each element of a Key Resource Area.
4.8 In general, land use strategies that do not increase the numbers of people in the Key
Resource Area would achieve the Policy outcome. In particular, the land use strategy
should focus on not increasing the number of people living in the separation area for
the resource/processing area and the separation area for the transport route. The
strategies should also seek to minimise the potential adverse effects from existing or
future extractive industries on people working or congregating in the separation area.
The land use strategies should also seek to address concerns about the safe and
efficient transportation of extractive resources along the identified transport route.
4.9 The planning strategies should also seek to ensure that extractive industry
development should not compromise the function of the separation area in providing a
buffer between extractive/processing operations and any incompatible uses outside the
separation area.
Development to be made assessable or self-assessable
4.10 The planning scheme should ensure that the development to which the Policy applies
should be made assessable or self-assessable. Whether development is made
assessable or self-assessable depends on whether it is possible to identify all relevant
assessment criteria in a precise way that does not require any interpretation/discretion.
If that is possible, self-assessable is the appropriate assessment category.
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For further information about this suggested approach for planning schemes, refer to the IPA Plan Making Guideline 1/02 published by the Department
of Local Government and Planning.
8
See Schedule 1 of the Integrated Planning Act 1997.
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