Module 10 · OPW16/0098

 Performance outcomes                        Acceptable outcomes                                                   Response    Comment
                                             (3) maintains existing public access (including public
                                                 access infrastructure that is in the public interest)
                                                 through the site to the foreshore for:
                                                  (a) pedestrians, via access points including
                                                      approved walking tracks, boardwalks and
                                                      viewing platforms, or
                                                  (b) vehicles, via access points including approved
                                                      roads or tracks.
                                             AND

                                             AO10.2 Development adjacent to state coastal land,                               1a. As the works are perpendicular to the shore, access to
                                             including land under tidal water:                                                 the water remains unimpeded along the majority of the
                                             (1) is located and designed to:                                                   foreshore, including the existing beach access point.
                                                   (a) allow safe and unimpeded access to, over,                               Proposed works are low-crested and constructed of smaller
                                                        under or around built structures located on, over                      sand-filled geotextile containers, such that beach users can
                                                        or along the foreshore                                                 safely and easily cross the structure.
                                                   (b) ensure emergency vehicles can access the
                                                        area near the development, or                                          1b. Emergency vehicles can access the foreshore.
                                             (2) minimises and offsets any loss of access to and
                                                  along the foreshore within two kilometres of the
                                                  existing access points, and the access is located and                        2. The proposed groynes are within 2km of the existing
                                                  designed to be consistent with (1)(a) and (b).                               access point (although it is noted that the length of foreshore
                                             AND                                                                               in this location is only ~80m). Any loss of access is
                                                                                                                               minimised by the construction materials (sand-filled
                                                                                                                               geotextile containers) and low-crested nature of the design.
                                             AO10.3 Any parts of private development that extend over              N/A
                                             tidal water are to be designed, constructed and used for
                                             marine access purposes only.

 PO11 Private marine development             AO11.1 Private marine development and other structures                N/A
 avoids structures attaching to, or          such as decks or boardwalks for private use do not attach
 extending across, non-tidal state coastal   to, or extend across state coastal land that is situated
 land abutting tidal waters.                 above the high water mark.
                                             Editor’s note: For occupation permits or allocations of State land,
                                             refer to the Land Act 1994.

 PO12 Further development of artificial      AO12.1 The design, construction and operation of artificial           N/A
 waterways avoids or minimises adverse       tidal waterways maintains the tidal prism volume of the
 impacts on coastal resources and their      natural waterway to which it is connected.
 values, and does not contribute to:         AND




State development assessment provisions                                        Module 10 — Coastal protection             10.1 Tidal works, or development in a coastal management district state code
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