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

supplementary plantings to minimise visual
impacts of the development footprint.
P5
Driveways are located so as to minimise
adverse impacts on external traffic networks
and sensitive land uses.
P6
Sight distances to and from driveways are
sufficient to ensure safe operation.
P7
Access points and driveways are designed
and constructed to a standard appropriate for
the design traffic type and volumes.
P8
The access and driveway must be designed
to ensure that:
ingress and egress for all vehicles is in a
forward gear
access gates are located so that service
vehicles can be wholly located on site
when accessing the premises.
P9
Any external lighting must be designed so as
to not have an adverse impact on
surrounding sensitive land uses.
P10
A reliable water and electricity supply is
provided.
implemented to control rodents.
A5
Retention of existing trees and other
vegetation where practicable with provision
of supplementary planting to ensure
vegetated buffers are established and
maintained between the meat chicken farm
and sensitive land uses (refer to the
vegetated buffer element design section of
the Planning Guidelines: Separating
Agricultural and Residential Land Uses
1997).
A6
Driveways are located so that they do not
interfere with the function of adjoining roads.
A7
Access points and roads are located to
minimise noise impacts on neighbouring
sensitive land uses.
A8
Sight distances at driveways must comply
with the requirements of the relevant Local
government or Department of Transport and
Main Roads (TMR).
A9
The driveway and access points must be
constructed to the standard required by the
relevant local government or TMR.
A10
A suitable area must be provided so that:
all vehicles can turn around and leave
the property in a forward gear
all service vehicles can park fully on site
while accessing the premises
vehicles can be washed and disinfected
before and after entering the meat
chicken farm complex (production area).
A11
All external lighting is designed and
operated in accordance with the Australian
Standard AS4282: The control of obtrusive
effects of outdoor lighting.
A12
A reliable source of drinking water that
complies with the poultry drinking water
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