Appendix D Code Assessment · MCU16/0099.01

Division 14 — Earthworks Code
Table 10 Specific outcomes for the earthworks code
                 Specific Outcomes                                   Acceptable solutions                                         Comments
                                                             (if accepted development subject to
                                                                          requirements)
                                                                      Probable solutions
                                                                     (if code assessment)
 Effects of works
 Drainage                                              S1.1      The finished surface gradient of any       Complies with O1
 O1     Finished surface levels ensure land is free    filled or excavated area is within the range 0.5%    The proposed access to the approved facility will
 draining.                                             to 1.5% and drains to Council’s stormwater           be upgraded with an all-weather gravel finish. The
                                                       infrastructure where available or where              surface is considered to be semi-permeable and
                                                       stormwater infrastructure is not available,          therefore free draining.
                                                       toward the street.
 Hydraulics                                            No solution provided.                                Complies with O2
 O2    Any change to the level of the land does                                                             Minimal earthworks, involving the addition of gravel
 not have an adverse flooding impact on the flooding                                                        to create the proposed access, will not have an
 and drainage characteristics off-site.                                                                     adverse impact on the flooding and drainage
                                                                                                            characteristics of the site. The gravel surface will
                                                                                                            be semi-permeable and will not have a significant
                                                                                                            impact on flooding or drainage.

 Geotechnical considerations                           For assessable development—                          Complies with O3
 O3     Earthworks do not result in geotechnical       S3.1    Filling works are undertaken in              No significant earthworks are proposed. Only minor
 instability on the premises or nearby premises.       accordance with Section 2.8- Filling of Site of      earthworks are required to upgrade the proposed
                                                       Council’s PSP5 - Engineering Design                  access track to the approved facility with a gravel
                                                       Standards- Roads and Drainage & Earthworks           all-weather finish. The power installation to the
                                                                                                            approved facility will be minimal as power will be
                                                                                                            installed underground.
                                                       AND

                                                       S3.2   Where the filling is for residential
                                                       commercial or industrial purposes the works
                                                       comply with Australian Standard - Guidelines for
                                                       earthworks on commercial & residential


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