Response to RFI OPW26/0140 rec'd 6-11-26 - 157 Lawnville Road_ Black Mountain - Rural Driveway

Subject: OPW26/0140 - Information Response - 157 Lawnville Road, Black Mountain - Rural Driveway
From: Liam Pinese
Date: 2026-11-06T03:27:50+00:00
To: Mailbox Council Mail

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Dear Murray,




INFORMATION RESPONSE - DEVELOPMENT PERMIT FOR OPERATIONAL WORKS FOR A RURAL VEHICLE CROSSOVER AT 157 LAWNVILLE ROAD, BLACK MOUNTAIN (LOT 83 MCH3546)


Further to Council’s Information Request issued on 26 October 2026, we now respond in full to each of the items raised. 


In support of this response, please find attached:




*	Site plan mark up and street view images.

*	2020 streetview image of historic access to cattle yards. 


Please find below the response to each of the items raised by Council: 


Item 1


Provide a site plan that identifies the location of the two (x2) existing vehicle crossovers servicing the property and the proposed additional vehicle crossover (Evans Lane) subject of this operational works application.


Comment: Site plan mark up and street view images attached.


Item 2


Provide an engineering design for the vehicle crossover and driveway. The design must be prepared by a Registered Professional Engineer of Queensland (RPEQ) and include but limited to:


a. A design that is generally in accordance with Council’s standard drawings RS-056 and RS-056.1.

b. A longitudinal section extending from the centreline of the road formation in Evans Road to the property boundary.

c. The extent of cut and fills in the road reserve and grades of associated batters to neatly tie into the existing surface of the road reserve.


Comment: The proposed access is from an unsealed section of Evans Road. To keep costs down for the applicant without engaging engineers for a standard rural access driveway, the driveway access will comply with Council's standard drawing for rural access and any minor work will tie into the existing road surface as per Council's advisory note below. Council can condition any further surface changes as required. 


Item 3


Provide confirmation to Council that the works undertaken in the Lawnville Road Reserve will be reinstated (i.e., turf, planting) and that access to the property from this location will be decommissioned.


Comment: The Noosa Council Compliance team had questioned this access and determined that it was an existing driveway with existing use rights servicing an existing set of cattle yards which pre-dated current Noosa Council regulations governing driveway crossovers. Refer to the attached street view images from 2020. Street viewe images going back to 2008 show this as an existing access to cattle yards with a clear driveway and culvert crossing from the road to the subject site.


Advisory Note


Council acknowledges that the proposed crossover is located along an unsealed section of Evans Road. As such the pavement seal component of RS-056 and RS-056.1 is not relevant. Council suggests that a pavement consistent with RS-056 is appropriate (i.e., 125mm of compacted Type 2.1 road base).


Comment: A suitable rural use pavement, such as 125mm of compacted Type 2.1 road base or similar, is intended and we welcome a condition accordingly. 


We thank Council on behalf of the applicant for assessing the attached additional application material. 


Based on the information provided in this application we respectfully request that Council proceed to issue an approval.


Should you have any questions with respect to the above, please do not hesitate to contact the undersigned.


Kind Regards,



Liam Pinese 
Managing Director  
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