These changes take away the communities current ability to object to function venues, multiple campers and caravans and up to 900 visitors per day visiting farms and on rural zoned land.
Changes like this could change the landscape forever:
- There will be noise and light pollution emanating from these venues – Amplified music, loud voices, unnatural lighting.
- Disruption to neighbouring farms and their normal operations – Loud noises and lighting could have severe negative implications for the reproduction of livestock
- Loss of rural tranquility for local and visitors alike – Visitors and local enjoy the relaxed lifestyle and amenity of rural zoned land, that’s why they visit and live there. People who visit and live in rural zoned areas should not be subjected to recurrent functions or ‘destination weddings’ or camping and the noise pollution, light pollution and the disruption to the rural amenity that they bring.
- Loss of primary production land as investors buy up to profit from function venues, accommodation and experiences
- Risk to biosecurity from introduction of exotic plant and animal disease – By inviting visitors onto farms for functions in numbers the biosecurity of neighbouring farms is also at risk. Vehicles and foot traffic can be vectors for foreign weeds, pests and diseases which could pose a huge threat to farming.
- Disruption to native fauna – By increasing unnatural noise to these regions by allowing any number of functions a year you will likely see native animals change habitats, movement patterns, communications and even breeding patterns.
- Increased traffic on local roads – By allowing functions and events on rural properties you increase traffic on rural roads, increasing the risk of native animals being hit by vehicles
- Multiple venues can operate on Friday and Saturday night on the rural zoned land without regulation
- Increase in house and land prices as more look to profit from the tourism market