response to information request francis

10 May 2021


Patrick Murphy
Noosa Council
[email protected]


RE:      Response to Information Request (MCU21/0020 and OPW21/0035) – MCU for
         Duplex and OpWorks 27 Grant St, Noosa Heads (6SP179879)

Council issued a further information request on 11 March 2021. The applicant provides
the following additional information in response to the items:

PLANNING

1        Provide additional detail on the access driveway. The detail must be prepared by a
         suitably qualified person and include but not be limited to:
         a. levels and grades of the access driveway and the maneuvering areas;
         b. a longitudinal section extending from the centerline of the formation in Grant
         Street to the carparking;
         c. a driveway designed generally in accordance with Council’s standard drawings
         RS-049, RS-050 and respective addendum;
         d. a 1.5m wide footpath;
         e. demonstrate that a B99 vehicle will not bottom out or scrape entering/exiting the
         driveway;
         f. the proposed stormwater drainage structures.

SCG Consulting Engineers provide additional detail regarding the access driveway,
footpath and stormwater drainage structures.

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2        Confirm whether a building certifier will be assessing and approving the proposed
         earthworks component of the development, or whether council is required to.
3        If council is to assess the earthworks component of the proposed development:
         a. Provide details, prepared by a RPEQ (Registered Professional Engineer of
         Queensland), of the proposed earthworks, including, but not limited to: extents;
         volumes; existing and finished levels; cross-sections; batters and/or retaining
         structures; stabilisation methods proposed, etc.
         b. Provide additional detail on the proposed retaining structures. The detail must be
         prepared by a RPEQ and include but not be limited to:
                 i. The type of construction (material, foundations etc.);
                 ii. Section plans indicating the location of the retaining structures and
                 foundations in relation to the property boundary, the building pad, finished
                 floor levels, proposed decks, driveway, etc.;
                 iii. The structures required to collect and convey existing overland flows that
                 are impacted on by the construction of these structures;
                 iv. Any fencing to be installed on top of or beside these structures;
                 v. The location of any services, above or below ground, adjacent to the
                 proposed retaining structures.

SCG include an additional earthworks plan is included with details on the retaining wall
construction to be confirmed at building approval stage in accordance with the slope
stability reporting.
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