Appendix F. Civil Engineering Report Part 1

Noosa Shire Council – The Noosa Plan
Building Works Code
Performance Criteria and Acceptable Solutions




 PERFORMANCE OUTCOMES                                          ACCEPTABLE OUTCOMES                                          COMMENTS
  Flooding, drainage and earthworks                             S2.1                                                        N/A
  O2                                                            For new buildings or additions of more than 50m 2
  Buildings and other works are designed and sited to—          gross floor area to an existing building, floor levels of   Site not affected by flooding
  a)    provide flood free access to premises and flood free    habitable rooms are—
        habitable areas;                                        a) for areas where minimum floor levels are available,
  b)    allow only minor, short term and infrequent flooding          not less than the specified level;
        of non-habitable areas;                                 b) for areas where flood modelling is available, a
  c)    ensure drainage does not adversely impact                     minimum of 300mm above the modelled flood
        upon other premises; and                                      level; and
  d)    ensure filling, excavation or retaining strctures do    c) for areas where flood modelling is not available, a
        not adversely impact upon other premises by—                  minimum of 300mm above the highest known flood
         i.    causing ponding of water on the                        level;
                      site or nearby land; and                  S2.2                                                        Refer to architectural plans
         ii.   increasing flooding, which adversely affects     For additions of not more than 50m 2 gross floor area to
               the safety or use of any land upstream and       an existing building—floor levels of habitable rooms are    prepared by Nettleton Tribe for
               downstream;                                      not less than the level of other habitable rooms in the     details.
         iii.  adversely affecting the flow of water in         building;
               any overland flow path; and
                                                               S2.3                                                         N/A
 adversely affecting the privacy or visual amenity of
 surrounding.                                                   Filling, other than for accessways, does not extend more    Site not affected by flooding
                                                               than 1m beyond the footprint of any building, measured
                                                               from outer walls of the building;
  O3                                                            S3.1                                                                          ✓
  Finished surface levels ensure land is free draining.         No solution provided

                                                                                                                            To be complied with at detailed
                                                                                                                            design / OPW approval /
                                                                                                                            construction stages.



 Solution:     ✓     =   Acceptable Solution
               A/S   =   Alternative Solution
               N/A   =   Not applicable to this proposal


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