Appendix E - Noosa Plan 2020 Assessment

Performance Outcomes                   Acceptable Outcomes                Response

                                       AO11.5
                                       Plants with thorns, fruit or
                                       berries are avoided in car
                                       parks.

                                       Editor's note— Refer to Figure
                                       AP3-5B

Services, utilities and                AO12.1                             Complies
infrastructure                         Vegetation planted within the
PO12                                   easement of an overhead            The development has ensured
                                       powerline or, where there is no    that vegetation planted near
Vegetation does not pose a                                                the overhead powerline is low
                                       easement, the area of
risk to the safety or reliability of                                      shrubs to avoid influence on
                                       influence of a powerline, has a
services, utilities or                                                    infrastructure.
                                       mature height of no more than
infrastructure including
                                       3.5 metres.
substations, overhead
powerlines, power poles and            AO12.2                             Not Applicable
transformers, street lamps,            Vegetation planted within an
stormwater catchment pits, and         underground powerline              The development is not located
underground services and               easement does not have a           within an underground
utilities.                             mature root system in excess       powerline easement.
                                       of 150 millimetres in depth and
                                       is not located directly over the
                                       powerline.

                                       AO12.3                             Not Applicable
                                       Regardless of the width of the
                                       easement, vegetation adjoining     The development is not located
                                       easements must be separated        within an easement.
                                       from the power pole or other
                                       infrastructure by a distance at
                                       least equal to the maximum
                                       mature height of the
                                       vegetation.

                                       AO12.4                             Complies
                                       For power lines that connect to
                                       a premises, the height of plant    The development has ensured
                                       species at maturity provides for   that vegetation planted near
                                       a 2 metre clearance below the      the overhead powerline is low
                                       power line.                        shrubs which at maturity will be
                                                                          below a 2m clearance of the
                                                                          power line.

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