Davis Rd Cootharaba DA Planning Report

location and design elements of the proposal that support visual compliance with this Code are as
follows:
     • The proposed development has been setback over 1 km from the Boreen Point Village;
     • The facility has been located on a site surrounded by heavily vegetated areas which will
         provide significant screening benefits from all areas of Boreen Point, but in particular the
         residential dwellings to the south east, Lake Cootharaba to the east, Lake Flat Road and
         the Boreen Point township; and
     • The facility has been designed with the minimal required height and as a slim line
         monopole, which can be colour matched to the surrounding vegetation;

The facility has been intentionally located within private land for which there is existing access
available. The site access is considered to be appropriate given the NBN Co facility will not be a
significant generator of traffic and is not anticipated to adversely impact on the surrounding road
network or residential amenity. The proposed facility will also have restrictions aimed at
preventing public access, including a secured compound fence with a locked gate and warning
signs placed around the facility.

It is considered the proposed facility is not inconsistent with the character of the area as it has
been appropriately located in a rural area where similar infrastructure is located, such as
powerlines, as they provide a necessary service.

For these reasons, the proposed development is considered to comply with the purpose and
overall outcomes of the Infrastructure Uses Code. Further Compliance with the Performance
Criteria and Acceptable Solutions of the Infrastructure Uses Code is included in Appendix 5 – Code
Table Assessment.


7.2.3 Earthworks Code

The Overall Outcomes of the Earthworks Code are the following –

    a) To ensure that earthworks do not unreasonably impact on the natural environment or
       other properties with regard to –
           (i) Land stability (including differential settlement or expansion in reactive soils);
           (ii) Contamination of land;
           (iii) Flooding and drainage;
           (iv) Groundwater, watercourses and wetlands;
           (v) Loss of native remnant or regrowth vegetation; and
    b) Earthworks are designed and constructed to be structurally sound.


Compliance
The proposed facility will be located within a lease area of approximately 300 m2. Earthworks
required to construct the facility will be minimal, limited to the extent required to establish
appropriate foundations for the monopole and will not result in any adverse impacts on land
stability, drainage, soil disturbance or existing amenity.

The proposed development will not impact on land stability as the facility has been sited outside
of areas identified as ‘Landslide Hazard Area’ on the Natural Hazard: Landslide & Flooding Overlay.




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