Appendix F - Amended Solid Waste Management Plan

1. Introduction
Burchills Engineering Solutions (BES) was engaged by Palm Lake Works Pty Ltd to prepare a Solid
Waste Management Plan to accompany a Material Change of Use (MCU) Development Application
(DA) for the proposed Retirement Village / Aged Care Facility at Trading Post Road, Cooroy properly
described as Lots 1 & 4 on RP215922 and Lots 1 & 2 on RP165418.

The application proposes the establishment of an Aged Care Community consisting of six (6)
separate stages, including 230 independent dwellings, community facilities (clubhouse, aquatic
facilities, bowling green, workshop and golf room), Caretaker’s facility and a 120 bed Aged Care
facility. Access to the subject site is gained from Caloundra Road. The Preliminary Layout Plan
prepared by Palm Lake Works for the proposed development is included in Appendix A.

This version of the Solid Waste Management Plan has been prepared in response to a Request for
Further Information issued by the Noosa Shire Council on 13 December 2017. The RFI relates
specifically to the proposed Stage 6 extension, which shall result in the construction of ten (10)
additional lots.

Item 10 of the issued RFI relates specifically to the servicing of the Stage 6 extension by a waste
service vehicle. Item 10 is as follows:

Issue:
Waste Management
Information Required
    11. Provide updated waste management plan for Palm Lake site that includes the added site of
        the proposed 10 Units. The waste management plan must demonstrate that all internal roads
        are adequate for the manoeuvring of Council’s Refuse trucks to collect garbage from the
        individual units or from allocated collection points within the site. The plan must show the
        paths of travel of the Refuse Truck within the site and the entry and exit points into the
        Council’s road network.
1.1. Purpose and Scope
The purpose of this SWMP is to outline the waste management provisions included within the
development to demonstrate the efficient, safe and sustainable management of waste during the
operational phase of the development. The report has been prepared to address the requirements
of The Noosa Plan, in particular Division 19 – Waste Management Code and its supporting
documents, Planning Scheme Policy 9 – Waste Management (PSP09 – Waste Management) and
Noosa Planning Scheme Policy 11 – Waste Management Plans (PSP11 – Waste Management
Plans).

As identified in The Noosa Plan: Division 19 – Waste Management Code, the outcomes sought by
the waste management code are:

    a) The storage, disposal and management of solid and liquid waste are conducted in a safe and
       ecologically sustainable manner and without environmental nuisance;




Client:    Palm Lake Works Pty Ltd
Doc No.: BE150106-RP-SWMP-01
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