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

3.14 However the Policy does state that development which is associated with either
extraction or processing of the extractive resource is consistent with the Policy and
that development for extracting or processing the extractive resource in certain
specified Key Resource Areas 3 should avoid or mitigate potential adverse impacts on
areas having state or regional biodiversity significance 4 .
3.15 Other matters outside the scope of the Policy include:
(a) the extraction of riverine quarry materials in non-tidal watercourses 5 ;
(b) the dredging of material from the bed of tidal waters under the Coastal Protection
and Management Act 1995;
(c) minerals and mining under the Mineral Resources Act 1989. Minerals include metal
ores, coal, clay for ceramic purposes, foundry sand, limestone and silica sand mined
and used for their chemical properties, and rock mined in block or slab form for
building or monumental purposes; and
(d) Key Resource Areas applied solely to mineral resources as identified by the
Department of Mines and Energy.
4. MAKING OR AMENDING A PLANNING SCHEME
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Appropriately reflecting the Policy in a planning scheme
4.1 Local governments listed in Annex 2 of the Policy, when making or amending their
planning scheme, must appropriately reflect the Policy. This is to ensure the State’s
interests are interpreted in the local context when planning for future development,
and during the assessment of development applications under the planning scheme.
The Policy outcome must be balanced and integrated with other State, regional and
local interests.
4.2 The planning scheme should reflect the Policy to an extent that satisfies the Minister
for Local Government, Planning and Sport. The Minister 6 will advise a local
government if the Policy is appropriately reflected in the planning scheme, having
considered whether or not the State’s interests would be adversely affected.
Identifying Key Resource Areas
4.3 Planning scheme map(s) should identify each element of the Key Resource Area
shown in Annex 2 of the Policy on a cadastral map at a scale sufficient to identify
individual lots. The maps should show the following:
(a) the extent of the resource/processing area;
(b) the extent of the separation area; and
(c) the transport route and where possible the transport route’s separation area.
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See Annex 4 of the Policy for a list of the Key Resource Areas affected by this section.
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State biodiversity values are set out in the Policy Guideline under Appendix 3: Key Resource Area Information regarding each of the
resource/processing areas.
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Licences and approvals specifically for the extraction of riverine quarry materials are administered under the Water Act 2000. The Department of
Natural Resources and Water should be consulted in relation to resource allocation prior to the submission of a formal development application under the
Integrated Planning Act 1997.
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Acting for the State Government on the advice of the Department of Mines and Energy and the Department of Local Government, Planning, Sport and
Recreation.
State Planning Policy 2/07 Guideline