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Cr Heath Sander … proposed expansion “will be good for the region”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

March 18, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

A development application to double the size of an existing piggery at Windera – which Council has been mulling over since 2022 – finally received a green light at Wednesday’s South Burnett Regional Council meeting.<\/p>\n

Four years ago, councillors voted to “lay the matter on the table” after being inundated with objections to the proposed expansion.<\/p>\n

The Development Application seeks to expand an existing piggery at 536 and 592 Morgans Road from 28,500 SPU to 57,000 SPU, as well as to construct 12 sheds, a workshop, staff amenities, effluent management earthworks and an internal access road.<\/p>\n

Council officers compiled a number of conditions for approval including relevant permits, lighting, wastewater management, bushfire management, sludge collection and odour management.<\/p>\n

Cr Heath Sander told Wednesday’s meeting he thought the proposed expansion would be good for the region.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“So long as the conditions are met … people shouldn’t have anything to complain about,” he said.<\/p>\n

He said it was situated “in the right area” for such a development, where there was already a piggery operating.<\/p>\n

The expanded piggery would be located in a rural zone, surrounded by grazing and cropping land and a feedlot.<\/p>\n

Cr Jane Erkens said the developer had met previous conditions which had been placed on the piggery, and Council’s team had drafted all the necessary conditions for this expansion.<\/strong><\/p>\n

She also reminded people that objections to developments had to be based on planning matters.<\/p>\n

“Objections coming in from China are not really relevant,” Cr Erkens said.<\/p>\n

Cr Danita Potter said councillors had been getting a lot of emails about the expansion “and a lot weren’t even from Australia”.<\/p>\n

Mayor Kathy Duff said the local objections which had been received were based mainly on roads and traffic.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The conditions drafted by Council include a specified transport route: Kratzmanns Road from the Murgon-Gayndah Road to Morgans Road as well as limited use of a section of Mcantee Road. No part of the route can be used by B-Doubles unless prior approval is obtained from the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator.<\/p>\n

The motion to approve the Development Application was passed unanimously.<\/p>\n

The developer now has six years for work to begin on the expansion.<\/p>\n

Footnote: Standard Pig Units (SPU) are used to define piggery capacity based on the amount of waste created. One SPU is equivalent to one “grower pig” ie. ranging from 20-30kg to 50-70kg live weight. SPUs do not equate to the actual number of pigs, as a suckling pig, for example, creates much less waste than a sow.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n