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

Adverse effects must be minimised
5.12 When development has demonstrated that it is a development commitment or has an
overriding community benefit, the adverse effects of the development on maintaining
the availability of the Key Resource Areas for existing or future extractive industries
should be reduced to the greatest extent practicable. The development should be
designed wherever practicable to minimise the potential for any adverse effects from
an extractive operation on persons or uses. For example, adverse effects may be
reduced by measures such as buffer areas, earth mounding, landscaping, or design and
construction measures including double glazing. Appendix 2, Part B provides
guidance on how to minimise these adverse effects from extractive industry.
Information required for development assessment with regard to the Policy
513 Where further clarification is required about how a proposed development achieves
the Policy outcome, the assessment manager should make an information request to
the applicant and seek advice from the relevant State agencies, in particular the
Department of Mines and Energy.
6. GLOSSARY
6.1 The following terms used in the Policy Guideline and are explained below:
Air blast overpressure
Air blast overpressure results when an explosion in rock produces a pressure wave that
travels through the atmosphere.
Buffer
A “buffer” is a management technique to minimise the adverse effects of the
extractive industry. These techniques may include the use of a separation distance,
natural topography, earth bunds or vegetation zones.
Development commitment
Development commitment means any of the following—
(a) a development with a current development approval; or
(b) a material change of use clearly consistent with the purposes of codes (or
equivalent policy intents) of the relevant zone (or equivalent) in the planning
scheme and, if applicable, the regulatory provisions of the SEQ Regional Plan;
or:
(c) reconfiguring a lot consistent with the purposes of codes (or equivalent policy
intents) of the relevant zone (or equivalent) in the planning scheme and, if
applicable, the regulatory provisions of the SEQ Regional Plan.
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