OPW11/0335 - Operational Works Delegated Report - PRELIMINARY APPROVAL

DELEGATED ASSESSMENT AND DECISION REPORT

from: 	WORKS ASSESSMENT

Application No:	OPW11/0335	Date:	18 June 2012

Author:	Mark Lewis - Senior Engineering Officer

Project Director:	Brad Carey – Senior Development Engineer

SUMMARY
Applicant:	Scanlon Property Group
Consultant (if applicable):	Tod Consulting Pty Ltd
Proposal:	Development Permit for Operational Work (Engineering Works-Roadworks, Drainage Works, Landscaping, Stormwater, Earthworks, Water infrastructure, Sewerage infrastructure, Clearing vegetation under the planning scheme)

Assessment Type:	Code
Property Address:	215 David Low Way PEREGIAN BEACH  QLD  4573
Property Number:	232329
RP Description:	Lot 77 SP 231615
Land Area:	231200.00 Square Metres
Planning Scheme:	The Noosa Plan (8 August 2011)

ASSESSMENT

Higher Order Approval and Compliance with Conditions
The higher order approval is a Court Order that was issued as part of the Judgement No 4783 of 2011 dated 24 January 2012. The majority of conditions have been addressed or can be addressed by reasonable conditions. There are a number of amendments required to the submitted plans to achieve compliance and these can be addressed by conditions.

The outstanding issue relates to the payment of the compliance bond as described in Condition 29 which reads as follows:

Compliance Bond
Security in the form of a cash bond or trading bank guarantee for the sums of $50,000 must be submitted to secure performance of all conditions of this approval prior to the issue of a Development Permit for Operational Works. The cash bond or trading bank guarantee will be returned on performance of the conditions of approval less any costs incurred by Council in respect of enforcing performance of this permit.

The applicant has Not paid the bond as at 18/6/12. The decision period for the application was extended at the request of the applicant until the 18/6/12 to allow time to prepare revised drawings as required by the draft conditions (provided via email to the applicant prior to the original decision period date) and to pay the applicable bond. As the bond has not been paid by the due date Council has decided that a Preliminary Approval will be issued.
Applicable Codes
The following Codes are applicable to this Application:

Code for Transport, Traffic and Parking;
Operational Works Code;
Code for integrated Water Management;
Code for Landscaping Design

The application has been assessed against each of the above applicable codes and found to be compliant with, or can be conditioned to comply with, each.

Planning Scheme Policies
The following Noosa Plan Planning Scheme Policies are applicable to this Application:

PSP 5 – Engineering Design Standards – Roads, Drainage and Earthworks
PSP 6 – Engineering Design Standards – Water and Sewerage
PSP 3 – Landscaping Plants and Guidelines
CONSULTATION
Internal Referrals
The application was forwarded to the following Internal Council Specialists;

Environment and Landscape Assessment Unit
Hydraulics and Water Quality Unit

Their assessment forms part of this report.
External Referrals
Unitywater
Referral Agencies
Not Applicable

RECOMMENDATION

APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS Application No. OPW11/0335 for a Preliminary Approval for Operational Work (Engineering Works-Roadworks, Drainage Works, Landscaping, Stormwater, Earthworks, Water infrastructure, Sewerage infrastructure, Clearing vegetation under the planning scheme) as identified in the attached details recommended for the Decision Notice.

DELEGATED AUTHORITY FOR APPLICATION NO. OPW11/0335

PROJECT MANAGER

Signature: Mark Lewis	18/06/12

Mark Lewis

Senior Engineering Officer

PROJECT DIRECTOR (if applicable)

Signature: Brad Carey	Date: 18/06/12

BRAD CAREY

SENIOR Development Engineer

DELEGATED AUTHORITY REPORT

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