Town Planning Report and Appendices - Cooroibah

Performance outcomes                             Acceptable outcomes                                             Response     Comment
through for example fishing access and
linkages between commercial fisheries
and infrastructure, services and facilities.
PO3 Development that has the potential           AO3.1 Affected fisheries and the impacts on those               N/A          Refer to Response AO2.1.
to impact on the operations and                  fisheries are identified.
productivity of commercial or recreational       And
fisheries mitigates any adverse impacts
due to adjustment of fisheries.                  AO3.2 Fair and reasonable compensation to commercial            N/A          Refer to Response AO2.1.
Editor’s note: The Guideline on fisheries        fishers is determined.
adjustment provides advice for proponents on     And
relevant fisheries adjustment processes and is
available by request from the Department of      AO3.3 The impact of the development on commercial               N/A          Refer to Response AO2.1.
Agriculture and Fisheries.                       fisheries and recreational fishers is mitigated.
PO4 When the purpose of a waterway               AO4.1 At the end of the viable operation of the                 N/A          The proposed works will be permanent.
barrier is no longer relevant, or the            development, the waterway barrier (and where
design life of the structure is complete         appropriate any fish way) will be removed from the
and the structure is not intended to be re-      waterway and fish habitats and fish passage will be
lifed, the waterway barrier will be              reinstated to previous or better levels.
removed.                                         Or
                                                 AO4.2 If the barrier remains in place, fish passage                         The proposed works involve the replacement of an existing
                                                 provision in accordance with the approved design and                         culvert. The proposed works will not create a barrier to fish
                                                 operation is maintained as long as the barrier remains.                      movement and therefore the provision of fish passage is not
                                                                                                                              required.

PO5 Development demonstrates                     AO5.1 The development is supported by a statutory                           There is an overriding public need for the development. The
appropriate rights and an overriding             instrument (for example, regional plans made under the                       public benefits of access to fast internet have been widely
public need for the development,                 Act, Shoreline Erosion Management Plan (SEMP),                               acknowledged for many years. Reliable internet access is
including consideration of any impacts           coordinated project approval under the State                                 now more than ever an integral component of daily life, so
beyond the footprint of the constructed          Development and Public Works Organisation Act 1971),                         much so that its absence is considered a social
development.                                     and the impact on fish habitats have been properly                           disadvantage.
Editor’s note: For example, dams and weirs       considered.
affect fish habitats up and downstream from      And
the structure by pooling and restricting water                                                                                     •    There are many potential educational benefits
flows.                                                                                                                                  justifying the implementation of nbn™. Curriculum
                                                                                                                                        and data sharing, increased availability and
                                                                                                                                        accessibility of research materials, and virtual
                                                                                                                                        classroom environments are good examples. Such
                                                                                                                                        elements are particularly beneficial within a tertiary
                                                                                                                                        education context.
                                                                                                                                   •    Businesses can, through internet usage, increase
                                                                                                                                        efficiency through time, resource and monetary
                                                                                                                                        savings. Improved internet services effectively

State development assessment provisions                                         Module 5 — Fisheries resources          5.2 Constructing or raising waterway barrier works in fish habitats state code
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