2019-12-11 SM Agenda - Item 1 - Attachment 7 - Final New Noosa Plan - Part 8-10 Schedule Appendix - Clean version

PO4                                                                     AO4
Development adjoining substations are located and designed to           For development adjoining substations, noise emissions do not
avoid noise nuisance from infrastructure.                               exceed 5db(A) above background noise level at the sensitive
                                                                        receptor of a building associated with a sensitive land use,
                                                                        measured in accordance with AS1055.
PO5                                                                     AO5
Wherever practicable new lots and buildings are orientated to           Buildings are orientated so that the majority of outdoor living areas
avoid direct overlooking of electricity infrastructure.                 and windows of habitable rooms face away from towers or other
                                                                        major electricity infrastructure.
PO6                                                                     AO6
For sensitive land uses, there is sufficient space within the site to   A minimum 3 metres wide densely planted landscaped buffer is
establish landscaping which substantively screens and softens           provided along the boundary adjoining the electricity infrastructure,
poles, towers, or other structures and equipment associated with        including provision for advanced trees and shrubs that will grow to
major electricity infrastructure and substations.                       a minimum height of 10 metres.

                                                                        Editor's note­ Applicants may find guidance in Powerlink
                                                                        Queensland's brochure "Using Vegetation to screen transmission
                                                                        lines". Applicants should also note that vegetation will need to
                                                                        maintain statutory clearances.
PO7                                                                     AO7.1
Vegetation does not pose a risk to the safety or reliability of         Vegetation planted within the easement of an overhead powerline
electricity infrastructure.                                             or, where there is no easement, the area of influence of a
                                                                        powerline, has a mature height of no more than 3.5 metres.

                                                                        AO7.2
                                                                        Vegetation planted within an underground powerline easement
                                                                        does not have a mature root system in excess of 150 millimetres
                                                                        in depth and is not located directly over the powerline.

                                                                        AO7.3
                                                                        Regardless of the width of the easement, vegetation adjoining
                                                                        easements must be separated from the power pole or other
                                                                        infrastructure by a distance at least equal to the maximum mature
                                                                        height of the vegetation.
PO8                                                                     AO8.1
Any earthworks are undertaken in a way which:                           For overhead distribution infrastructure, no earthworks are
(a)   ensures stability of the land on or adjoining the electricity     undertaken within 10 metres of a tower, pole or stay.
      infrastructure;
                                                                     AO8.2
(b)   does not otherwise impact on the safety and reliability of the
                                                                     For overhead transmission infrastructure, no earthworks are
      electricity infrastructure; and
                                                                     undertaken within 20 metres of a tower, pole or stay.
(c)   does not restrict the placement or use of the electricity
      infrastructure provider's equipment.




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