Approval for OPW

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                      a.      Supervising landscape works and preparing a landscape plans and certification, is
                              considered to be a landscape architect, landscape designer or horticulturist with a
                              minimum of 5 years current experience in the field of landscape design.
                      b.      Undertaking landscape construction and establishment works is considered to be a
                              person with five years current experience in commercial landscape construction
                              projects.
                      c.      Undertaking, supervising tree works and preparing arboriculture certification, is
                              considered to be a person with a minimum three years current experience in tree
                              protection, hazard identification/mitigation assessment and either:
                                       i.    International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) certification; or
                                       ii.   A Diploma of Arboriculture.
                      Landscape Works
               9.     The applicant must pay the re-inspection fee in accordance with Council's Fees and Charges
                      Register where:
                      a.      An inspection revealed that any constructed rehabilitation/landscape works do not
                              comply with the conditions of the Decision Notice, Approved Plans and or Approved
                              Documents
                      b.      Certification is submitted to Council incorrectly stating that works comply with the
                              approved plans, documents and or conditions of the Decision Notice.
                      Environmental Advisory Notes
               10.    The Environmental Protection Act 1994 states that a person must not carry out any activity
                      that causes, or is likely to cause, environmental harm unless the person takes all reasonable
                      and practicable measures to prevent or minimise the harm. Environmental harm includes
                      environmental nuisance. In this regard persons and entities, involved in the civil, earthworks,
                      construction and landscaping phases of this development are to adhere to their ‘general
                      environmental duty’ to minimise the risk of causing environmental harm.
                      Erosion and Sediment Control
               11.    Accepted best practice standards include:
                      a.      the Sunshine Coast Regional Council Manual for Erosion and Sediment Control V1.2
                              or other superseding document subsequently adopted by Council;
                      b.      Best Practice Erosion and Sediment Control, International Erosion Control Association
                              (2008)
               12.    As a general rule, a site is determined to have achieved effective short-term stabilisation if
                      at the time of the plan sealing inspection:
                      a.      Methods of stabilisation are:
                                       appropriate for slopes and slope lengths; and
                                       are consistent with best practice environmental management practices such as
                                        in the Manual for Erosion and Sediment Control or the IECA Manual; and
                      b.      Stormwater runoff from the site is not currently, and is not likely to result in visible
                              evidence of sedimentation or erosion, or lead to water contamination.
                              If at the time of request for plan sealing, the method of short-term stabilisation has not
                              achieved a level of stability that Council's Officers believe will have a high probability
                              of achieving long term stability (i.e. until house construction has occurred on all lots),
                              Council Officers may take the following matters into consideration in determining
                              whether the site is capable of achieving medium to long-term stability:
                                       evidence that the site has been effectively stabilised in the short term;




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