Rural Land Study Underway
Posted on 7 March, 2013 by Connecting Country
The Mount Alexander Shire Council is currently undertaking a Rural Land Study to ‘find the balances between the planning needs of agriculture, tourism, lifestyle and biodiversity, building on the Shire’s strengths and recognising constraints’. The study will address the following types of issues:
- Should food and fibre be grown closer to urban areas?
- How big should a block of land be to create distance between houses and intensive agriculture like poultry farms and animal feed lots?
- Can haymaking, crop spraying, ploughing and truck movements and tourism co-exist?
- How to conserve biodiversity for future generations?
- Is Rural Land across the shire appropriately zoned?
Information sessions about the Study are being held on the following dates:
Thursday 14 March 2013
11am – 1pm – Baringhup Hall
4pm – 6pm – Metcalfe Hall
Wednesday 20 March 2013
11am – 1pm – Muckleford Community Centre
4pm – 6pm – Newstead Community Centre
You can find more about these sessions and the Study by clicking here. This site also has links to an Issues Paper and a Background Information Paper.
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