2016-04-19 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                  19 APRIL 2016




                           Figure 7 – Separation Distances to School
A review of available planning guidelines for buffer distances to service stations did not reveal
any statutory material applicable to the development, with environmental controls under the
Environmental Protection Act requiring air quality limits to be met on site.
A 2010 study by the University of Murcia, Spain suggests provision of a minimum buffer of 50m,
with 100m preferable to sensitive receivers such as schools (citation: Isabel M. Morales Terrés,
Marta Doval Miñarro, Enrique González Ferradas, Antonia Baeza Caracena, Jonathan Barberá
Rico. Assessing the impact of petrol stations on their immediate surroundings. Journal of
Environmental Management, 2010; 91 (12): 2754), though there is uncertainty to what extent the
study applies to Australian conditions or reflects the environmental controls applied to service
stations under Queensland’s Environmental Protection Act.
The most contemporary Queensland Local Government planning scheme dealing with the issue
is the Brisbane City Plan 2014. Its Service Station Code, Outcome O7, prescribes air quality and
odour criteria and allows an air quality impact report to be undertaken in accordance with an
associated Planning Scheme Policy to demonstrate compliance.
The issue of airborne hazards was initially raised with the applicant in Council’s Further
Information Request, to which the applicant responded:




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