Development Application part 2 Report and Plans MCU13/0052

Table of Contents

Document Control Record .......................................................................1

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .............................................................................4

1.0     INTRODUCTION ..............................................................................5

2.0     BACKGROUND ...............................................................................6

  2.1     NBN Co and the National Broadband Network ..........................................;........... 6

  2.2     What is Fixed Wireless and how is it different to Mobile Broadband?                                     ...................
                                                                                                                                        6

  2.3     The Fixed Wireless Network               -

                                                       Interdependencies ..................................................6

3.0     SITE SELECTION             ..............................................................................
                                                                                                                            9

  3.1     Identification of areas requiring Fixed Wireless coverage...................................... 9

  3.2     Site Selection Parameters......................................................................................9

  3.3     Candidate Sites.................................................................................................... 10

4.0     SUBJECT SITE & SURROUNDS.......................................................14

  4.1     Site Details...............................    ...........................................................................
                                                                                                                                       14

  4.2     Site Surrounds..................................................................................................... 17


5.0     THE PROPOSAL.................           ................................................................
                                                                                                                          18

  5.1      Facility and Equipment Details ............................................................................18
  5.2     Site Selection......................................................................................    .................
                                                                                                                                       21

6.0     CURRENT PLANNING CONTROLS......................................................... 22

  6.1     Commonwealth Legislation                -
                                                       The Telecommunications Act 1997........................ 22

  6.2     State Legislation        -
                                     Sustainable Planning Act 2009                   ...............................................
                                                                                                                                       22

  6.3     State Legislation        -


                                     Vegetation Management Act 1999......................................... 22

  6.4     State Planning Policy Framework                   ........................................................................
                                                                                                                                       24

  6.5      Draft Coastal Protection State Planning Regulatory Provision.............................. 27

  6.6      Regional Plan....................................................................................................... 27
  6.7      Referral Agencies ...........................................................................:.....................28

  6.8      Local Government Regulatory Framework                          ..........................................................
                                                                                                                                       28

  6.8.1    Planning Scheme use definition...........................................................................28

7.0     PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS............................................................. 33

  7.1 Desired Environmental Outcomes ...........................................................................33

  7.2 Applicable Codes .....................................................................................................35




NBN-4NBZ-4POM-5136         -   Boreen Point North                                                                          Page 2