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Planning and Property portfolio chair Cr Terry Fleischfresser<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

August 21, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

Concerns a new piggery project might lower the value of nearby properties have failed to block an artificial breeding centre in Greenview.<\/p>\n

At Wednesday’s monthly meeting, the South Burnett Regional Council approved a material change of use application for a property owned by Andrew and Patricia Morris at 252 Hansen’s Road.<\/p>\n

The couple’s piggery project aims to collect and store semen from 100 boars.<\/p>\n

Councillors heard the 82ha rural site, located 1.6km north of Tingoora and 1.5km south-west of Wondai, would not be used for meat production.<\/p>\n

At present, the site has a detached dwelling along with a number of sheds and several bores, and is used for grazing.<\/p>\n

Councillors were told the project would be built in three stages over the coming six years.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The first stage would see a 490sq m piggery shed built, along with a 36sq m demountable laboratory and an 18sq m storage building.<\/p>\n

In the second stage, another 490sq m piggery shed, incorporating an amenities room, a staff room and a laboratory, would be added.<\/p>\n

These would be joined by a 324sq m storage shed in the final stage, accompanied by the removal of the demountable laboratory and smaller storage building.<\/p>\n

When fully operational, the piggery will have a maximum carrying capacity of 160 Standard Pig Units.<\/p>\n

The piggery sheds will have extraction fans and curtained sides with electronically controlled blinds to assist with ventilation and temperature control.<\/p>\n

Animal waste will be regularly flushed and collected in enclosed aerobic and anaerobic tanks.<\/p>\n

These tanks, along with probiotic treatments applied to the floor of the piggeries, would reduce odours.<\/p>\n

In addition, six 5000 gallon tanks and an overflow tank will collect effluent for treatment, and a 10-week pump cycle will distribute the sludge into ground broken up by ripping.<\/p>\n

Because the site will not be used for meat production, onsite activities would be much different to a traditional piggery and there would be far less heavy vehicle movements, odour and noise emissions.<\/p>\n

Officers recommended Council approve the development subject to a range of conditions, which included planting a 20m wide native vegetation screen along 100m of the property fronting Hansen’s Road.<\/p>\n

Mayor Keith Campbell said he supported the proposal because of the big role the pig industry played in the region’s economy, and the project’s potential to create jobs.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cr Terry Fleischfresser agreed.<\/p>\n

“This is a significant project to add to the South Burnett’s pork industry,” he said.<\/p>\n

Cr Ros Heit said approving the project was “a bit of a balancing act” because few people wanted to live near a piggery.<\/p>\n

“We always want new businesses in our area and boar semen collection is new to our area,” she said.<\/p>\n

However, Cr Heit said she believed the new business would have few negative effects, and the vegetation barrier would help minimise disruptions to neighbours.<\/p>\n

“I’m confident this will be a benefit to the economy of our region,” she said.<\/p>\n

Deputy Mayor Kathy Duff said she was aware of the concerns of nearby residents, but the Council didn’t have any sound planning reasons to reject the proposal.<\/p>\n

“We’ve done everything we can to minimise the impact on neighbouring residents,” she said.<\/p>\n

The motion to accept the officers’ recommendations was moved by Cr Fleischfresser, seconded by Cr Heit and carried unanimously.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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