Development Application part 2 Report and Plans MCU13/0052

    mlnlmlse      detrimental    environmental       impacts. The location of the facility supports
    compliance with the infrastructure code as follows:
        .    The        proposed facility has been appropriately sited              on   the   periphery   of
             concentrated residential dwellings (aligning Kildeys Road) while providing service
             to the targeted dwellings and achieving line of sight to the adjoining facilities;
             The establishment of the          monopole       on  subject site will not affect the
                                                                   the
              agricultural capabilities of the land as it will occupy a relatively small lease area
             (70m2)of the total 106ha of land and is located on the periphery of the site outside
             the area of productive land;
        .    the proposed facility is located a sufficient buffer distance from environmentally
              sensitive locations and no vegetation removal will be required; and
        .    The proposal will have negligible impact on the environmental quality, ecological
             values or the nature in the region as it is located in a modified rural area and does
              not produce any type of discharge or effluent run off.


    The proposed facility is for a 40 m monopole and associated infrastructure. The facility has
    been located and        designed appropriately to minimise detrimental visual impacts. Site
    location and design elements of the proposal that demonstrates compliance visual amenity
    criteria of this Code are as follows:
        .    The proposed       development has been setback over 2 km from the Soreen Point
             Village;
        .    The facility has been located           on a   site surrounded   by heavily vegetated areas
             which will provide significant screening benefits from all areas of Soreen Point, but
             in particular the residential dwellings to the north west, Lake Cootharaba to the
             east, Lake Flat Road and the Soreen Point township; and
        .    The facility has been designed with the minimal required height and as a slim line
             monopole, which can be colour matched to the surrounding vegetation;

    The facility has been      intentionally located within private land for which there is existing
    access   available. The site     access is considered to be appropriate given the NSN Co

    facility will not be a significant generator of traffic and is not anticipated to adversely impact
    on the surrounding road network or residential amenity. The proposed facility will also

    have features aimed at preventing public access, including a secured compound fence
    with a locked gate and warning signs placed around the facility.


I   It is considered the proposed facility is not inconsistent with the character of the area as it
    has been appropriately located in a rural area where similar infrastructure is located, such
    as bitumen roads and the energex power network which runs from north to south through


I   the subject site (approximately 20 m east of the proposed facility) as they provide a
    necessary service.



I   For these reasons the proposal is considered to comply with the overall outcomes for the
    Infrastructure Uses Code. Further compliance with the Specific Outcomes and Probable
    Solutions for the Infrastructure Uses Code is included in                 Appendix 4   -
                                                                                               Code Table

I   Assessment.


    7.2.3 Earthworks Code

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    The Overall Outcomes of the Earthworks Code are the following               -




I       (a) To ensure that earthworks do not unreasonably impact on the natural environment
           or other properties with regard to         -




           (i)    Land stability (including differential settlement or expansion in reactive

I                 soils);



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