MCU14/0067 Town Planning Report

    PERFORMANCE OUTCOMES                         ACCEPTABLE OUTCOMES                                   COMMENT
                                           AO5.4 Development that is coastal             Not Applicable
                                           protection work involves:                     The development       is   not   coastal
                                           (1) beach nourishment undertaken in           protection work.
                                                accordance with a program of
                                                beach nourishment works that
                                                source sediment of a suitable
                                                quality and type from outside the
                                                active beach system, or
                                           (2) the construction of an erosion
                                                control structure, where it is
                                                demonstrated that installing an
                                                erosion control structure is the only
                                                feasible option for protecting
                                                permanent structures from coastal
                                                erosion and those structures
                                                cannot be abandoned or relocated
                                                in the event of coastal erosion
                                                occurring.
                                           Editor’s note: Applications for coastal
                                           protection work should be supported by
                                           a report certified by a Registered
                                           Professional Engineer of Queensland
                                           (RPEQ) that demonstrates how the
                                           engineering solution sought by the work
                                           will be achieved.

                                           Editor’s note: Applications for erosion
                                           control structures should demonstrate
                                           the consideration of beach nourishment
                                           techniques, and include a statement of
                                           why nourishment (in whole or part) has
                                           not been adopted as the preferred
                                           means of controlling the erosion risk.

                                           AND
                                           AO5.5        Development          involving   Not Applicable
                                           reclamation:                                  The development does not involve
                                           (1) does not alter, or otherwise              reclamation.
                                                minimises impacts on, the physical
                                                characteristics of a waterway or
                                                the seabed near the reclamation,
                                                including        flow        regimes,
                                                hydrodynamic forces, tidal water
                                                and riverbank stability
                                           (2) is located outside the active
                                                sediment transport area, or
                                                otherwise     maintains     sediment
                                                transport processes as close as
                                                possible to their natural state
                                           (3) ensures activities associated with
                                                the operation of the development
                                                maintain     the     structure    and
                                                condition        of        vegetation
                                                communities and avoid wind and
                                                water run-off erosion.
                                           Editor’s   note:    Applications  for
                                           reclamation should be supported by a
                                           report certified by an RPEQ that
                                           demonstrates how the engineering
                                           solutions sought by the work will be
                                           achieved

PO6 Erosion prone areas in a coastal       AO6.1 Development locates built               Not Applicable
management district are maintained as      structures outside the part of the            The site is not located within an erosion
development free buffers, or where         coastal management district that is the       prone area.
permanent buildings or structures exist,   erosion   prone     area   unless   the
coastal erosion risks are avoided or       development is listed under AO1.1 (1) –
mitigated.                                 (5).