Development Application part 2 Planning Report MCU13/0051

Table of Contents

Document Control Record .......................................................................1

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .............................................................................4

1.0     INTRODUCTION ..............................................................................5

2.0       BACKGROUND ...............................................................................6

  2.1      NBN Co and the National Broadband Network                              ......................................................
                                                                                                                                           6

  2.2      What is Fixed Wireless and how is it different to Mobile Broadband?                                      ...................
                                                                                                                                           6

  2.3      The Fixed Wireless Network                -

                                                         Interdependencies ..................................................6

3.0      SITE SELECTION..............................................................................8

  3.1      Identification of areas requiring Fixed Wireless coverage...................................... 8

  3.2      Site Selection Parameters......................................................................................8

  3.3      Candidate Sites...................................................... ................................................9

4.0      SUBJECT SITE & SURROUNDS.......................................................13

  4.1      Site Details ..........................................................................................................13

  4.2      Site Surrounds       .....................................................................................................
                                                                                                                                         16

5.0     THE PROPOSAL .............................................................................17

  5.1      Facility and Equipment Details                 ............................................................................
                                                                                                                                         17

  5.2      Site Selection.......................................................................................................21


6.0     CURRENT PLANNING CONTROLS ..................................................22

  6.1      Commonwealth Legislation                -
                                                         The Telecommunications Act 1997........................ 22

  6.2      State Legislation       -
                                      Sustainable Planning Act 2009                   ...............................................
                                                                                                                                         22

  6.3      State Legislation       -


                                      Vegetation Management Act 1999......................................... 22

  6.4      State Planning Policy Framework                    ........................................................................
                                                                                                                                         24

  6.5      Draft Coastal Protection State Planning Regulatory Provision.............................. 26

  6.6      Regional Plan.......................................................................................................27
  6.7      Referral Agencies         ................................................................................................
                                                                                                                                         28

  6.8      Local Government Regulatory Framework                           ..........................................................
                                                                                                                                         28

  6.8.1    Planning Scheme use definition                  ...........................................................................
                                                                                                                                         28

7.0      PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS ......................................................32

  7.1      Desired Environmental Outcomes (DEOs)............................................................ 32

  7.2 Applicable Codes .....................................................................................................34




NBN-4TNZ-4INN-5104       -   Cooran                                                                                         Page 2