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               natural surrounds; and ensure buildings and                of the building envelope is situated forward of the
               structures (house site areas) are not visually             neighbouring house and earthworks are only
               obtrusive, particularly from ridgelines, public            required to facilitate the driveway, it is considered
               open spaces, scenic routes and other critical              that the future dwelling will not be visually
               vantage points, outside the site.                          obtrusive and will integrate within the natural
                                                                          surrounds.
               The site-specific geotechnical investigation will          The site-specific geotechnical report has
               also need to consider the stormwater runoff from           considered drainage and effluent disposal as part
               and effluent disposal areas for both the existing          of its assessment and has provided
               dwelling and the proposed building envelope.               recommendations that should be implemented
                                                                          as part of the development. A development
                                                                          approval can be conditioned to ensure
                                                                          compliance          with       the       geotechnical
                                                                          recommendations. Refer to Appendix G –
                                                                          Geotechnical Report for full details.

              Access
               Matter Raised                                              Response
               The existing access is located within an area of           A site-specific geotechnical report has been
               the site mapped as being in a Landslide Hazard             provided as part of the development application
               Area. Any application would need to include a              (refer to Appendix G – Geotechnical Report). The
               site-specific geotechnical investigation that              report has identified that there would be a low risk
               includes specific comment about the access and             of slope instability impacting the proposed
               include recommendations for any works that may             development and that the development should
               be required to ensure the ongoing stability of the         be      undertaken      in     accordance      with
               land and the access.                                       recommendations contained within the report. A
                                                                          development approval can be conditioned to
                                                                          ensure compliance with the geotechnical
                                                                          recommendations.
               The section of the existing access in the road             The development proposes a new driveway and
               reserve does not appear to be in accordance with           crossover that will be sealed and constructed in
               Council’s Standard Drawings and may not be                 accordance with Council’s standard drawings.
               sufficient to cater for the traffic for the proposed       Refer to Appendix D – Engineering Report &
               development. Any application would need to                 Plans for full details.
               include an assessment of the access prepared
               by an RPEQ.
               Council has some concerns with the impacts on              The development proposes a new concrete
               the amenity of the existing dwelling due to the            driveway from Black Mountain Range Road
               passing traffic on the driveway. The assessment            generally over the existing driveway. The
               of the access mentioned above must also include            driveway is shared up until it splits off to Lot 1 and
               comment on the potential impacts on the existing           Lot 2. Where the driveway splits, a new concrete
               dwelling and whether there is a need to seal all           driveway proceeding to the Lot 2 building
               or part of the driveway to address the impacts.            envelope is proposed and a gravel transition is
                                                                          proposed to the existing house on Lot 1. The
                                                                          provision of a new concrete driveway will
                                                                          alleviate potential impacts to the existing dwelling
                                                                          from increased traffic.
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