cr157429

LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA: Moreton Bay Regional and Brisbane City Councils

LOCATION: The resource is located east of Strathpine-Lawnton and north of Bald Hills between the North Pine River and Gympie Road, Lawnton. It extends south to the Bald Hills flats-along the South Pine River (see map KRA 59).

EXTRACTIVE RESOURCE: Sand and Gravel

EXTRACTIVE RESOURCE DESCRIPTION: The resource comprises fine to coarse sand and gravel up to 15 metres thick beneath 1 to 4 metres of overburden of mainly loam and silty clay. Three areas of resource have been delineated to allow for riparian set-backs along the North and South Pine Rivers and tributaries intersecting the deposit.

SIGNIFICANCE: Resources are sufficient to meet a large proportion of supply requirements in the Pine Shire and north side of Brisbane markets for over 10 years. Their proximity to major growth areas is of regional significance.

SEPARATION AREA: The separation distance surrounding the delineated resource is mostly 200 metres except where the nearest boundary of Urban lots is less than 200 metres from the resource. Such locations are north of Grahams Road and Learmonth Street in the southwestern part of the KRA.

TRANSPORT ROUTE: The transport route is along Lawnton Pocket Road to Gympie Road. Transport for the material in the other parts of the resource, between Four Mile Creek and the South Pine River, and in Brisbane City, has not yet been considered, but would be within the KRA.

SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS: The KRA contains an area with State and regionally significant biodiversity values under the Biodiversity Planning Assessment administered by the Department of Environment and Heritage Protection, including habitat for bird species of significance under the Nature Conservation Act 1992 and the Commonwealth Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 and forms part of a bioregional wildlife corridor identified for raptors. A cultural heritage site of State significance (scarred tree) occurs in the vicinity. A small area of endangered vegetation under the Vegetation Management Act 1999, located near the southern end of the northern section of the resource/processing area, is under a pre-existing extractive industry approval. The resource/processing area is situated adjacent to the North and South Pine Rivers and buffer widths ranging from 40 to 100 metres have been established from the resource/processing area to the river.