OPW15/0044 Concurrence Agency Response dated 5 June 2015

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SDA-0415-019832

Application details

 

Proposed development: Development Permit for Operational Work (Roadworks,
Stormwater Drainage, Landscaping, Clearing Vegetation &

Waterway Barrier Works)

Aspects of development and type of approval being sought

 

Development Permit for Operational Work

Referral triggers

 

The development application was referred to the department under the following
provisions of the Sustainable Planning Regulation 2009:

Referral trigger Schedule 7, Table 2, ltem 29 — Constructing or raising waterway

barrier works

Conditions
Under section 287(1)(a) of the Sustainable Planning Act 2009, the conditions set out in
Attachment 1 must be attached to any development approval.

C)

Reasons for decision to impose conditions
Under section 289(1) of the Sustainable Planning Act 2009, the department must set out the
reasons for the decision to impose conditions. These reasons are set out in Attachment 2.

Approved plans and

specifications

The department requires that the following plans and specifications set out below and in

Attachment 3 must be attached to any development approval.

 

Drawing/Report
Title

Prepared by

Date

Reference
no.

Version/Issue

 

Aspect of developme!

nt: Operational work

 

GREENWOOD
GROVE, COOROY -
EXTERNAL WORKS —
GARNET STREET
EAST — ROAD
LONGITUDINAL
SECTION.

SMEC AUSTRALIA
PTY LTD

1710212015

3340006E-
EW-102

 

GREENWOOD
GROVE, COOROY —
EXTERNAL WORKS —
GARNET STREET
EAST —
STORMWATER
DRAINAGE CULVERT
DETAILS.

SMEC AUSTRALIA
PTY LTD

17/02/2015

3340006E-
EW-105

 

 

GREENWOOD
GROVE, COOROY —
EXTERNAL WORKS —
GARNET STREET
EAST —

SMEC AUSTRALIA
PTY LTD

 

STORMWATER

 

17/02/2015

 

3340006E-
EW-106

 

 

 

Department of Infrastructure, Local

Government and Planning

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DRAINAGE CULVERT
SECTIONS

 

GREENWOOD
GROVE, COOROY —
EXTERNAL WORKS —
GARNET STREET
EAST — GABION &
FISH PASSAGE
DETAILS

SMEC AUSTRALIA
PTY LTD

17/03/2015

3340006E-
EW-111

 

Garnet St. Drainage
Culvert Rehabilitation
Plan (Sheet 1}

Saunders Havill Group

19/03/2015

5833L 1

 

 

Garnet St. Drainage
Culvert Rehabilitation
Plan (Sheet 2)

 

Saunders Havill Group

 

19/03/2015

 

5833 L 2

 

 

A copy of this response has been sent to the applicant for their information.

For further information, please contact Tom Kasauskas, Planning Officer, SARA SEQ North on
5352 9717, or email [email protected] who will be pleased to assist.

Yours sincerely

er

Garth Nolan
Manager (Planning)

ce: WM Projects Pty Ltd C/- KHA Development Managers, [email protected]

enc: Attachment 1—Conditions to be imposed
Attachment 2—Reasons for decision to impose conditions
Attachment 3—Approved Plans and Specifications

Department of Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning

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SARA reference: SDA-0415-019832
Council reference: MLEWIS:OPW15/0044

Attachment 1—Conditions to be imposed

 

 

 

No. Conditions Condition timing

 

Operational works

 

7.2.29 Constructing or raising waterway barrier works - Pursuant to section 255D of the
Sustainable Planning Act 2009, the chief executive administering the Act nominates the Director-
General of the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries to be the assessing authority for the
development to which this development approval relates for the administration and enforcement of
any matter relating to the following conditions:

 

1.
The development must be carried out generally in accordance

with the following plans: At all times

O GREENWOOD GROVE, COOROY — EXTERNAL
WORKS — GARNET STREET EAST — ROAD
LONGITUDINAL SECTION, prepared by SMEC
AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, 17/02/2015, ref. 3340006E-EW-
102, rev. D

OQ GREENWOOD GROVE, COOROY - EXTERNAL
WORKS — GARNET STREET EAST - STORMWATER
DRAINAGE CULVERT DETAILS, prepared by SMEC
AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, 17/02/2015, ref. 3340006E-EW-
105, rev. D

O GREENWOOD GROVE, COOROY — EXTERNAL
WORKS — GARNET STREET EAST —- STORMWATER
DRAINAGE CULVERT SECTIONS, prepared by SMEC
AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, 17/02/2015, ref. 3340006E-EW-
106, rev. D

O GREENWOOD GROVE, COOROY — EXTERNAL
WORKS — GARNET STREET EAST — GABION & FISH
PASSAGE DETAILS, prepared by SMEC AUSTRALIA
PTY LTD, 17/03/2015, ref. 3340006E-EW-111, rev. E

O Garnet St. Drainage Culvert Rehabilitation Plan (Sheet 1),
prepared by Saunders Havill Group, 19/03/2015, ref. 5833
L1, rev.B '

O Garnet St. Drainage Culvert Rehabilitation Plan (Sheet 2),
prepared by Saunders Havill Group, 19/03/2015, ref. 5833
L 2, rev. B

 

 

Development authorised under this approval is limited as follows:

0 the operational works to raise or construct a waterway
barrier works that is a culvert structure within Cooroy
Creek between chainage 640 and 680 and shown in plan
titled Greenwood Grove, Cooroy — External works —
Garnet Street East —- Stormwater Drainage Culvert
Details, SMEC Australia Pty Ltd, Dated 17/02/2015,

At all times

 

 

 

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No. Conditions Condition timing
Reference 3340006E-EW-105, Version D.
Provide written notice to [email protected], when the At least five (5)
development authorised under this approval has started, and business days but
when it has been completed. no greater than
twenty (20)
These notices must state this permit number, the location and business days prior
the condition number under which the notice is being given. to the
commencement of
The notice advising of the completion date must also include a fisheries
report documenting the completed development works, including development works
but not limited to:
0 photographs taken before, during and after the And then, as to the
development works at specific photo-monitoring sites. notice advising of the
QO an evaluation of the actual impacts of the development completion date,
within 15 business
on fish passage. days of the
completion of the
fisheries
development works
4.
Until the works have been completed, permit access to the place | For the duration of
where the works are located by Department of Agriculture and the works the subject
Fisheries officers if requested. of this approval
Up and downsti fish tb ided th
p and downstream fish passage must be provided across the .
waterway barrier. At all times
6.
The fish passage provided must cater for the whole fish At all times
community taking into account species, size classes, life stages
and swimming abilities as well as the seasonal and flow related
biomass of the fish community.
7. . . : : :
The waterway barrier and any associated infrastructure including, At all times
but not limited to intakes, walls, access structures, pipe works, -
spillways and dissipation devices are to be designed, constructed
and maintained to avoid fish injury, mortality and/or entrapment.
8.

 

(a) A monitoring program must be developed and implemented
by a person or entity that is suitably qualified and
experienced in fish passage biology, fish passage design and
construction, to demonstrate the performance of the
waterway barrier works in providing adequate fish passage.

(b) The monitoring program must:

 

a) Prior to the
completion of the
works

b) At all times

 

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No.

Conditions

Condition timing

 

0 involve the provision of monitoring reports to
[email protected] at intervals of 6 months
for a period of 24 months after completion of works;

O include an alert and action component, which will
enable changes to be made to any deficiencies in the
performance of the waterway barrier works promptly
and no later than prior to the commencement of the
following wet season.

The emails attaching the monitoring reports must state this permit
number, the location and name of work and the condition number
under which the report is being given.

 

The effective operation of the fish passage aspects of the
structure must be maintained for the life of the barrier. This
maintenance must include regular, documented inspections of the
structures (fish way, baffles, roughening etc) especially after flood
events, and prompt clearing of debris or rectifying any other
failures, malfunctions, breakdowns or other impediments to fish
movement.

At all times

 

10.

In-stream works are to be completed as quickly as possible and
are avoided during times of elevated flows and
spawning/migration times of native fish species reasonably
expected to require fish passage at the location of the
development.

At all times

 

 

11.

 

The construction, or raising, of the waterway barrier is to be
performed in such a manner as to avoid or minimise direct or
indirect disturbance to the bed and banks adjacent to the
approved footprint of the works as shown on Greenwood Grove,
Cooroy — External works — Garnet Street East — Stormwater
Drainage Culvert Details, SMEC Australia Pty Ltd, Dated
17/02/2015, Reference 3340006E-EW-105, Version D.

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At all times

 

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Council reference: MLEWIS:OPW15/0044

Attachment 2—Reasons for decision to impose conditions

 

The reasons for this decision are:

To ensure the development is carried out generally in accordance with the plans of
development submitted with the application.

To ensure the development is carried out in the location and to the extent specified on
the approved plans of development.

To facilitate the monitoring of the development works for compliance purposes.

To ensure the design of the fish way provides for adequate fish movement.

To ensure the design of the fish way adequately caters for the whole fish community
taking into account species and biomass variations.

To ensure the development does not increase the risk of mortality, disease or injury, or
compromise the health and productivity in fish.

To ensure the fish way remains operational and a feasible and reliable solution
providing adequate fish passage for as long as the waterway barrier is in position.

To ensure the construction of waterway barrier works does not limit the movement or
wellbeing of fish.

To ensure the development does not cause, or minimises direct or indirect disturbance
to the bed and banks adjacent to the approved footprint of works.

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Attachment 3—Approved plans and specifications

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