Town Planning Report and Appendices - Cooroibah

Performance outcomes                       Acceptable outcomes                                                  Response     Comment
                                           AO31.4 After completion of the in-stream works, all areas                        It is not anticipated that the works will impact on any areas
                                           of the bed and banks of the waterway that are outside of                          outside of the predicted footprint of the works. However
                                           the approved permanent footprint of the works, and which                          should this occur, these areas will be returned to their
                                           have been disturbed as a result of the construction or                            original profile and stabilised to promote regeneration of
                                           raising of the waterway barrier works, are returned to their                      natural fish habitats.
                                           original profile and stabilised to promote regeneration of
                                           natural fish habitats.
                                           And
                                           AO31.5 By the completion of works, the profiles of the                           The proposed works will not significant impact on the profile
                                           bed and banks are reinstated to natural stream profiles                           of the bed and banks or to the natural stream profile and
                                           and stability.                                                                    stability.
                                           And
                                           AO31.6 The waterway bed will be retained with natural                            The proposed works relate to the replacement of the
                                           substrate, or reconstructed with substrate comparable to                          existing culvert. The works will not alter the waterway bed or
                                           the natural substrate size and consistency.                                       impact on the existing low flow channel of the waterway.
                                           And
                                           AO31.7 Vegetation and cover will be rapidly re-                      N/A          Vegetation disturbance and removal associated with the
                                           established so that the native plant community at the site                        works is to be minimised. All other vegetation on site is to be
                                           can recover or be enhanced (for example, by using native                          retained, and re-establishment is not considered necessary
                                           species).                                                                         in this instance.
                                           And
                                           AO31.8 Fish habitats, including fisheries resource values,                       The monitoring of the success of fish habitat regeneration
                                           will be able to naturally regenerate to pre-works                                 can be a condition of the development approval.
                                           conditions.
                                           Editor’s note: Monitoring of the success of fish habitat
                                           regeneration, within and adjacent to the work site, will be a
                                           development permit condition.

Additional requirements for development within a strategic environmental area
PO32 Sediment and other polluting          AO32.1 During construction:                                          N/A          The site is not within a strategic environmental area.
material must be captured during           (1) environmental safety measures such as silt curtains
construction and operation of a waterway       are used to capture sediments,
barrier.
                                           (2) materials that are pollutants (such as debris,
                                               chemicals, or construction material) are not stored in
                                               the stream bed, unless they are to be used
                                               immediately.
                                           And
                                           AO32.2 After construction the stream bed and banks are               N/A          Refer to Response AO32.1.


State development assessment provisions                                        Module 5 — Fisheries resources          5.2 Constructing or raising waterway barrier works in fish habitats state code
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