21Preliminary planning required for extractive industry

21 Preliminary planning required for extractive industry

21 Preliminary planning required for extractive industry

Before granting consent for development for the purposes of an extractive industry in the 1 (x) Extractive Industry Zone, the consent authority is to have regard to an environmental management and site rehabilitation plan that addresses the following—

(a) best practice guidelines and other current methods for measuring and minimising all associated environmental impacts of the proposed development,

(b) any likely social impacts of the proposed development, including the amenity of nearby residents,

(c) the visual impact of the proposed development on the landscape, including the ability for the development to be seen from public places and nearby houses,

(d) noise, dust and airborne pollution that may arise from the proposed development,

(e) protection and enhancement of areas of native vegetation in the vicinity of the proposed development,

(f) any likely seismic impacts of the proposed development on surrounding buildings,

(g) hydrology impacts and the implications of the proposed development on the water quality and flow rates in the catchment,

(h) if the proposed development involves quarrying operations, whether a buffer area comprised of land owned by the person who will carry out the quarrying operations has or can be established to which any measurable adverse environmental impacts that affect the amenity of any nearby residents will be confined,

(i) if the proposed development involves quarrying operations, access for quarry vehicles and the environmental impacts associated with the transport of extractive materials,

(j) rehabilitation of the site and co-ordination with any proposed or approved site rehabilitation on adjoining land,

(k) staging and co-ordination of extraction to minimise environmental impacts and allow for the orderly rehabilitation of the site.