Module 10 · OPW16/0098

 Performance outcomes                     Acceptable outcomes                                                 Response    Comment
                                          AO5.2 Development in a storm tide inundation area is                           1. No reduction in dune crest heights.
                                          located, designed, constructed and operated to:                                 2. Site is presently characterised by sandy beaches. No
                                          (1) maintain dune crest heights, or where a reduction in                        ecosystems are present which provide a buffer from storm
                                              crest heights cannot be avoided, mitigate risks to                          tide inundation (i.e. no mangroves or wetlands are present).
                                              development from wave overtopping and storm tide
                                              inundation
                                          (2) maintain or enhance coastal ecosystems and natural
                                               features, such as mangroves and coastal wetlands,
                                               between the development and tidal waters, where the
                                               coastal ecosystems and natural features protect or
                                               buffer communities and infrastructure from storm tide
                                               inundation.
                                          AND

                                          AO5.3 Redevelopment of built structures in the erosion              N/A
                                          prone area within a coastal management district:
                                          (1) avoids intensifying the use of the premises, or
                                          (2) demonstrates that any intensification of use will not
                                              result in an increase in the need for erosion control
                                              structures or riverbank hardening.
                                          AND

                                          AO5.4 Development that is coastal protection work                              Historically, Council has undertaken ongoing maintenance
                                          involves:                                                                       nourishment at this site. The maintenance nourishment was
                                          (1) beach nourishment undertaken in accordance with a                           required to be undertaken regularly and provided only short-
                                               program of beach nourishment works that source                             term protection. As such, it is considered that an erosion
                                               sediment of a suitable quality and type from outside                       control structure is the only feasible option to address
                                               the active beach system, or                                                erosion at this site.
                                          (2) the construction of an erosion control structure,
                                               where it is demonstrated that installing an erosion
                                               control structure is the only feasible option for
                                               protecting permanent structures from coastal erosion
                                               and those structures cannot be abandoned or
                                               relocated in the event of coastal erosion occurring.
                                          Editor’s note: Applications for coastal protection work should be
                                          supported by a report certified by a Registered Professional
                                          Engineer of Queensland (RPEQ) that demonstrates how the
                                          engineering solution sought by the work will be achieved.

                                          Editor’s note: Applications for erosion control structures should
                                          demonstrate the consideration of beach nourishment techniques,
                                          and include a statement of why nourishment (in whole or part)




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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