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Amended Early Referral Agency Response - Planning RAP23 0011 02 (1) (As Published) · RAP23/0011.02
Stormwater Drainage
14. Stormwater runoff from the development must be disposed of without causing scour or
damage to the subject site or any adjoining property.
Easements
15. Unless otherwise agreed in writing by the relevant service provider, any public or third
party infrastructure located on the subject site must be placed within an easement
registered against the title of the property.
16. All easements must be designed in accordance with the planning scheme and granted
at no cost to the Grantee. Where the Grantee is Council or a service authority, the
easement documentation must be in accordance with the Grantee’s standard easement
terms. Draft easement documentation must be submitted to Council for endorsement.
17. All works must be kept clear of any existing or proposed easements on the subject land,
unless agreed otherwise in writing by the Grantee.
Geotechnical Stability
18. All works must be carried out in accordance with the recommendations contained in
section 7 of the report on Geotechnical Investigation & Slope Stability Assessment For
Residence prepared by PDC Geotechnical, dated 16 February 2026.
Certification must be submitted to the building certifier from a qualified person which
certifies that the completed development has been constructed in accordance with the
recommendations contained in a Geotechnical Report, and that the development has a
minimum factor of safety against landslip of 1.5 in the long term. The certification must
be endorsed as part of the building approval.
Earthworks and Retaining Walls
19. All earthworks and associated retaining structures/batters, both above and below
ground, both temporary and permanent, must be contained entirely within the subject
site unless written permission form the respective landowner(s) is provided to Council.
All earthworks must be undertaken in accordance with the provisions of Australian
Standard AS3798: Guidelines on Earthworks for Commercial and Residential
Developments.
20. Where the development involves excavation or filling over, or adjacent to, drainage,
water supply or sewerage infrastructure, all access chamber surface levels must be
adjusted to provide a freeboard of 100mm above the finished ground surface level.
21. All retaining walls must be designed and constructed in accordance with the planning
scheme and must be certified by an RPEQ where exceeding 1.0m in height. All retaining
walls that are publicly accessible and exceed 1.0m in height must be fitted with a
commercial grade safety fence.
22. Prior to the issue of a Building Permit, the supervising RPEQ must certify that the
earthworks have:
a. been undertaken in accordance with the conditions of Council’s Referral Agency
Response; and
b. have not caused actionable nuisance to neighbouring properties and structures.
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