2017-05-09 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                         9 MAY 2017


2.    All equipment and structures associated with the works must be located in accordance with
      the approved plans.
3.    Safe access in the vicinity of the works must be maintained at all times.
4.    Any construction and post construction activity is not to impact on the condition of the
      waterway, and is to be conducted so as not to breach the Environmental Protection Act (EPA)
      1994 and the Environmental Protection (Water) Policy 2009.
5.    Certification by a Registered Professional Engineer of Queensland must be submitted to
      Council at the completion of the works. The certification must state that the works have been
      constructed in accordance with best practice methods, are in accordance with Coastal
      Protection and Management Act 1995.

REPORT
1.    PROPOSAL
The application seeks approval for a Development Permit for Operational Works for Prescribed
Tidal Works. Specifically, approval is sought for the installation of oyster reef restoration units at
15 sites throughout the Noosa River. The locations for the 15 sites are all within the intertidal zone
of the Noosa River and each unit is proposed to be sited marginally above the lowest astronomical
tide at each of the 15 sites. The land identified as the property (Noosa Woods Park & Public Toilets
Claude Batten Drive, Noosa Heads) is for record keeping purposes only.
Each oyster reef restoration unit will occupy 12m2 at the 15 sites which equates to a total area of
180m2. Each unit is intended to be located within a 90m2 resource area at all 15 sites equating to
a total area of 1,350m2. A locality plan is provided below in Figures 1 and 2 which depict the
approximate location of each of the sites. Figures 3 and 4 illustrate the layout of each unit and
associated resource area and buffer.




                               Figure 1 – Locality Plan of Sites 1 to 12

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