MCU14/0067 Town Planning Report

    PERFORMANCE OUTCOMES                         ACCEPTABLE OUTCOMES                                 COMMENT
                                               coastal waters to the extent
                                               practicable,         unless        the
                                               development is within ports or
                                               airports, or is marine development
                                           (2) maintaining or enhancing the
                                               connectivity of ecosystems in
                                               consideration of the cumulative
                                               effect of the development in
                                               addition to existing developed
                                               areas
                                           (3) retaining       coastal     wetlands,
                                               seagrass beds and other locally
                                               important feeding, nesting or
                                               breeding sites for native wildlife.
                                           AND
                                           AO7.6 Measures are incorporated as           Not Applicable
                                           part of siting and design of the             The proposal is not for private marine
                                           development to maintain or enhance           development.
                                           water     quality    to    achieve  the
                                           environmental values and water quality
                                           objectives outlined in the Environmental
                                           Protection (Water) Policy 2009.
                                           AND
                                           AO7.7      Development      avoids    the    Not Applicable
                                           disturbance of acid sulphate soils, or       The proposal is not for private marine
                                           where it is demonstrated that this is not    development.
                                           possible, the disturbance of acid
                                           sulphate soils is carefully managed to
                                           minimise and mitigate the adverse
                                           effects of the disturbance on coastal
                                           resources.
PO8 Coastal protection work is             AO8.1 Coastal protection work is only        Not Applicable
undertaken only as a last resort where     undertaken     to   protect  existing        The proposal is     not   for   Coastal
erosion presents an imminent threat to     permanent structures from imminent           protection work.
public safety or permanent structures.     adverse coastal erosion impacts, and
Editor’s note: Applications for coastal    the structures cannot reasonably be
protection work must be supported by a     relocated or abandoned.
report certified by an RPEQ that           AND
demonstrates how the engineering           AO8.2 Coastal protection work to             Not Applicable
solution sought by the work will be        protect private structures is undertaken     The proposal is     not   for   Coastal
achieved.                                  on private land to the maximum extent        protection work.
                                           reasonable.
                                           AND
                                           AO8.3 Coastal protection work does not       Not Applicable
                                           increase the coastal hazard risk for         The proposal is     not   for   Coastal
                                           adjacent areas or properties.                protection work.

PO9 Development avoids adverse             AO9.1 Development:                           Complies
impacts     on    matters     of   state   (1) is set back from matters of state        The proposal will not result in any
environmental significance, or where           environmental significance               adverse impacts on matters of state
this is not reasonably possible, impacts   (2) avoids interrupting, interfering or      environmental significance.
are minimised and an environmental             otherwise adversely impacting
offset is provided for any significant         underlying     natural    ecosystem
residual impacts to matters of state           components or processes and
environmental significance that are            interactions that affect or maintain
prescribed environmental matters.              the matters of state environmental
                                               significance, such as water quality,
                                               hydrology, geomorphology and
                                               biological processes, or
                                           (3) incorporates measures as part of
                                               its location and design to protect
                                               and retain matters of state
                                               environmental significance and
                                               underlying ecosystem processes
                                               within and adjacent to the
                                               development site to the greatest
                                               extent practicable.