OPW16/0021- Operational Works Application 2 of 4

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1 Introduction!
AquaIntel! has! been! commissioned! by! TOD! Consulting! Engineers! on! behalf! of!
Universal! Property! Company! Establishment! to! update! a! previously! prepared!
Stormwater! Management! Plan! (SWMP)! to! support! the! Operational! Works!
application!for!the!residential!development!at!71!Seaview!Terrace,!Sunshine!Beach!
(Lot! 1! RP197117).! ! This! document! supersedes! the! Stormwater! Management! Plan!
(SWMP)!prepared!by!AquaIntel!(2014)!in!support!of!the!MCU!application!for!the!site.!
The!development!will!be!required!to!comply!with!the!Division!20!–!Water!Sensitive!
Urban!Design!Code!of!the!Noosa!Shire!Council’s!(NSC)!“The!Noosa!Plan”.!!From!this,!
the! load! based! Water! Quality! Objectives! (WQO’s)! stipulated! in! the! State! Planning!
Policy!July!2014!for!the!South!East!Queensland!region!will!be!adopted!for!the!site.!!In!
addition! the! development! has! received! development! conditions! based! on! the!
Material!Change!of!Use!planning!application!for!the!site.!!
The!purpose!of!this!SWMP!is!to!identify!the!stormwater!quality,!detention!and!water!
reZuse!options!that!could!be!implemented!within!the!site!to!achieve!elements!of!the!
code! and! address! Development! Conditions! 28a! and! 28b.! ! The! objectives! of! this!
SWMP!are!to:!!
    •    Ensure!the!proposed!development!maintains!or!improves!the!environmental!
         values!of!the!receiving!waters!within!the!receiving!catchment!throughout!the!
         operational!phase;!!
    •    Consider! suitable! Stormwater! Quality! Improvement! Devices! (SQID’s)! based!
         on!Water!Sensitive!Urban!Design!(WSUD)!principles;!
    •    Recommend!an!appropriate!stormwater!treatment!strategy!for!the!proposed!
         development! that! complies! with! Noosa! Shire! Council! (NSC)! water! quality!
         objectives;!and!
    •    Ensure! the! development! achieves! nonZworsening! of! stormwater! flows!
         downstream!of!the!site.!
    •    Show!compliance!with!the!MCU!approval!conditions!(Specifically!No.!28)!
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1.1 Site!Characteristics!
The! location! of! the! site! is! shown! in! Figure! 1.! ! ! The! total! site! area! is! approximately!
9,942m2.!The!site!is!currently!well!vegetated!with!no!structures!or!buildings!on!the!
site.!The!site!is!adjacent!to!Noosa!National!Park!to!the!north,!two!residential!lots!to!
the!west,!a!single!residential!lot!to!the!south!and!Sunshine!Beach!to!the!east.!
The!site!grades!from!the!west!to!the!east,!with!elevations!ranging!from!51!m!AHD!to!
7! m! AHD,! and! discharges! to! the! beach.! ! There! is! a! 2856! m2! of! external! catchment!
located!along!the!western!boundary!(existing!residential!lots!on!McAnally!Drive).!!
The! site! is! located! on! the! frontal! beach! dunes! and! the! area! of! proposed!
development!is!not!influenced!by!regional!or!local!flooding!or!storm!tide.!!!
It!is!proposed!that!a!single!residential!building!be!constructed!on!approximately!one!
third!of!the!site!and!it!is!to!consist!of!a!collection!of!curved!shell!like!structures!with!
living!‘green’!roofs.!The!development!layout!is!provided!in!Figure!2.!
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