MCU24/0084 Material Change Of Use - Function Facility – 658 Louis Bazzo Drive, Ringtail Creek · Attachment 2 - (MCU24 0084) - Planning Officer'S Report

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING REPORT                               10 DECEMBER 2024


Bushfire Management
The site contains areas, including the access that are mapped either for High Potential Bushfire
Intensity or Potential Impact Buffer. To address this constraint a Bushfire Hazard Assessment and
Management Plan has been submitted to Council. A Bushfire Emergency Response Plan (BERP)
has also been prepared to assist management to protect life and property in the event of a bushfire
or a pending bushfire on the site.
The bushfire hazard assessment has provided a detailed assessment generally in accordance with
the methodologies detailed in the State interest guidance material and supporting QFES Bushfire
Resilient Communities (October 2019) technical reference guide.
Further, an assessment has been undertaken against the Bushfire Hazard Overlay Code. The
development is consistent with and can comply with the relevant Acceptable Outcomes,
Performance Outcomes and the Overall Outcomes sought by the Bushfire Hazard Overlay Code.
The conditioned upgrades to the driveway provide a suitable means of evacuation. A condition is
proposed that requires a suitably qualified RPEQ, as part of a future operational works, to design
all evacuation routes and waterway crossings to cater for the types of vehicles expected to access
the site (i.e. 2WD, MRV, passenger bus, etc).
A minor amount of vegetation clearing/delimbing may be required to facilitate the vehicular access
recommendations about the waterway crossings for the emergency alternative access route to
achieve a minimum 3.5m width and 4.8m vertical clearance. All vegetation clearing required to
facilitate the vehicular access recommendations can likely be carried out as exempt clearing under
the routine management.
Geotechnical
The marquee is located on land affected by the moderate landslide hazard overlay mapping.
Confirmation of this hazard will be provided as part of a geotechnical investigation report. In the
event the site is affected by a landslide hazard, appropriate design and construction measures will
be adopted in accordance with the recommendations of a geotechnical engineer at the detailed
design phase of the development and prior to approval being given for building works.
Stormwater Management
A Stormwater Management Plan has been submitted with the application to assess the impact of
the quantity and quality of stormwater resulting from the proposed development.
The submitted Stormwater Management Plan states:
The plan demonstrates that the development does not increase the peak flow discharge or worsen
the stormwater quality. Roofwater is to be collected and discharged via pipe and outlet directly into
the dam. The remaining hardstand and other impervious areas are to match predevelopment flow
(i.e., sheet flow).
Council’s Senior Development Engineer has reviewed and agrees with the submitted Stormwater
Management Plan, the plan recommends that appropriate sediment and erosion control fencing
will also be utilised during construction/earthworks.
Proposed landscaping of the development footprint utilises native flora species found in the local
regional ecosystems to stabilise the site.
4.    CONSULTATION
4.1. Referral Agencies
The application was referred to the following Referral Agencies:
•     Department of State Development, Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning (SARA)
The Department is a referral agency for Development in a State-controlled Road environment, as
identified in Section 1.6 and section 5.1.3 of this report, and in accordance with Schedule 10 of the
Planning Regulation 2017.