This policy applies to all land located in special water supply catchments listed in Schedule 5 of the Catchment and Land Protection Act (1994) in the Moorabool Shire. The Objectives are to ensure that all water authorities in the Moorabool Shire adopt a consistent approach to the assessment of planning applications referred by the Council. To provide clear guidance to landowners interested in developing their land. To ensure that land use and development is assessed according to the Precautionary Principle. To enhance water quality in a Special Water Supply Catchment. To protect the quality of water supplies so as to ensure the future expansion and development of local and regional communities. To adopt a risk management approach to the assessment of planning permit applications. To minimize the cost of treating water. To protect public infrastructure and investment. To ensure that the density of septic tanks and wastewater treatment plants does not create an unreasonable risk to water quality. To manage human activity in catchments to minimise risks to water quality. To ensure that an increase in dwelling density does not reduce the productivity or sustainability of rural land. To encourage a range of agricultural and non-urban land uses, which protect and improve water quality. To discourage intensive animal husbandry where there is an unreasonable risk of contamination to water supplies. To encourage development on land that is not prone to erosion. To reduce turbidity and nutrient inputs to waterways through management of both wastewater and stormwater and to ensure that new unsewered lots are capable of containing effluent on site.

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