Sustainable Building Design Code

Performance outcomes                                Acceptable outcomes                                Applicants Response

                                                    is captured and used on-site for non-potable
                                                    purposes and incorporated into a stormwater
                                                    management plan for the development.

                                                    Editor’s note—The Queensland Development
                                                    Code includes provisions for the installation of
                                                    rain water tanks and the reuse of stormwater.

PO3                                                 AO3.1                                          The subject site is designed to ensure each
Development reduces stormwater run-off by           Development incorporates water sensitive urban developable lot directs stormwater from the lot to
minimising impervious areas and                     design measures to manage stormwater.          the parent lot bio-retention basin location north
maximising site vegetation to absorb water                                                         of the site. In addition pavement surfaces are
on site.                                            AO3.2                                          design to manage flows of stormwater into
                                                    Development incorporates porous pavements on drainage pits, landscaping is targeted to the
                                                    low trafficked areas such as footpaths and car permitter of the site to ensure not all the site is
                                                    parks.                                         impervious.

                                                    Note: Porous pavements are not considered
                                                    landscaping and do not form part of the
                                                    minimum landscape requirements.

PO4                                                                                                    The development has worked with the sites
Development limits changes and disturbances to      No acceptable outcome provided                     natural topography within reason to ensure
the site topography to preserve existing drainage                                                      existing drainage channels are either preserved or
channels as much as possible.                                                                          enhanced and utilized.

Landscaping Table 9.4.6.3 Criteria for assessment (part)