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2.3       Stormwater
A civil engineering report prepared by STP Consultants (Attachment 7) confirms that the site has adequate on-site
detention to accommodate the development. It is noted by engineers that the development does not result in
increased impervious area. On a site greater than 2,500m2, proposed works that do not result in greater than 25%
of the site area do not require stormwater quality management under the State Planning Policy (SPP).
The site’s lawful point of discharge point is to the eastern boundary, adjacent to the wetlands within the Girraween
Nature Refuge. Stormwater currently discharges into an open drainage culvert. It is proposed to construct a
drainage crossing over the lawful point of discharge to manage the impact of the stormwater discharge upon the
wetland ecology. Please refer to civil engineering drawings (Attachment 6) detailing the drainage crossing.


2.4       Access and Servicing
The existing access arrangement from Cooyar Street is not proposed to change. The number of carparking spaces
is not changing, as there is no proposed increase in the number of beds or staff occurring on-site, albeit some car
parking areas have been reconfigured. The refuse storage and collection area has been moved closer to the
access point to reduce potential conflict with pedestrians and light vehicles within the site. The new refuse area
provides adequate space to undertake manoeuvring to allow the refuse vehicle to enter and exit the site in a
forward gear.
Pursuant to Schedule 1 of the Development Assessment Rules’ definition of ‘substantially different development’,
the proposed changes do not result any impacts to the transport network or an increase in traffic to the site.


2.5       Bushfire Risk
Although the planning scheme and SPP mapping identify parts of the site being subject to bushfire hazard, this
mapping is out of date due to bushfire management clearing that has been undertaken recently pursuant to
approval RM2022/09056 (refer to Attachment 4), refer to Figure 4, Figure 5 and section 1.2 of this letter, which
will be maintained in accordance with the Draft Infrastructure Agreement attached as Attachment 10, involving:
      a) north-eastern boundary: maximum total width of 20m comprising 15m as a Fire Access Trail / Fuel Free
         Zone width and 5m Fuel Reduction Zone width.
      b) south-eastern boundary: maximum total width of 15m comprising a 15m Fuel Free Zone.
These works, together with the construction of access track crossing (refer to Attachment 7), and ongoing
maintenance provides a community benefit for the management of bushfire hazard risk to the local public.
The development does not increase the number of persons on-site exposed to bushfire hazard risk and has /
seeks to implement measures to mitigate bushfire hazard risk in accordance with the bushfire management
clearing that has been undertaken recently and the assessment included within the attached Bushfire Hazard
Assessment & Management Plan (Attachment 5).
The development is in accordance with Performance Outcome PO1 and Acceptable Outcomes AO1.1 and AO1.2
of the Bushfire Hazard Overlay Code of the planning scheme as the proposal does not increase the number of
people living within a medium or high bushfire hazard area, and the proposed building design, siting and mitigation
measures have been proposed to achieve an acceptable level of risk. The development complies with Acceptable
Outcome AO7(c) of the Bushfire Hazard Overlay Code satisfying the BAL 29 setback requirements. An assessment
of the Bushfire Hazard Overlay Code is included within the attached Bushfire Hazard Assessment & Management
Plan.
Furthermore, the development generally complies with the ‘Natural hazards, risk and resilience state interest –
Bushfire Example planning scheme assessment benchmarks’ and ‘Natural hazards, risk and resilience - Bushfire
State Planning Policy – state interest guidance material’, with the resulting separation distance significantly
improving the previous situation (i.e. through recent fire break management).




80 Cooyar Street, Noosa Heads | 216575 DA | 7190526                                                                10