Living on the Coast Cradle Coast Regional Land Use Planning Framework
Cradle Coast Agricultural Land – (Norton 2009
Notwithstanding, viability of agricultural land as a single resource unit to support sustainable agriculture remains strong. State Government Policy for Protection of Agricultural Land reflects a community concern to protect and conserve the productive capacity of natural resources. It recognises all agricultural land is a valuable commodity as a growth medium. The Policy seeks to prevent unnecessary and permanent exclusion of agricultural land and to minimise unreasonable risk for constraint on agricultural use by other land use, including urban expansion, industry, rural lifestyle living, and infrastructure development. The Region’s mild and stable climate, bio-security, established agricultural skills, processing, storage and transport infrastructure support potential for controlled environment and other intensive agricultural activity. These activities are generally not dependent on the soil as a growth medium; and may have particular infrastructure, amenity and waste management requirements. The primary consideration for the Framework is to protect and conserve agricultural land as a resource by indicating agriculture to be the priority use on land significant for agriculture,
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