JIM FAGAN
Long-time West Cooroy farmer David Milligan has asked Noosa Council for time to supply additional information about his application to establish a poultry farm on his avocado property at Top Forestry Road, Ridgewood.
Last December Sunshine Coast Council decided to defer a decision on the application to Noosa Council for consideration and, in response to this, Mr Milligan and Cooroy surveyor, Max Waterson, met Kerri Coyle, Co-ordinator of Planning and Assessment, and other council officers last Friday. While Mr Milligan declined to make any comment to Noosa Today, it is understood he has asked for up to three months to submit a new infrastructure proposal and further odour modelling. The broiler farm application calls for eight large sheds (100m to 130m long and 16m wide) to house 250,000 chicks which after six to nine weeks are then processed for chicken meat off site. After two week cleaning up period the cycle starts again. The application has created considerable controversy with protest public meetings in Cooroy last year. According to No Broiler Farm Cooroy spokesperson Rod Ritchie, “It appears Council planning staff are being lenient with time limits on this application since it has straddled two Council jurisdictions.” “If this application gets moving again, we will start planning a fresh campaign to ensure it is rejected by Council.”
