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TIA - Application decision - s62A (PA) - Approval_1
Attached to the e-mail RAL25/0016 - SARA Referral agency response – with conditions.
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Enquiries Mitchell Fuller
Department of
9 October 2025 Transport and Main Roads
Decision Notice – Permitted Road Access Location
(s62(1) Transport Infrastructure Act 1994)
This is not an authorisation to commence work on a state-controlled road1
Development application reference number RAL25/0016, lodged with Noosa Council involves
constructing or changing a vehicular access between Lot 4RP136445, land the subject of the
application, and Boreen Point – Tewantin Road (a state-controlled road, number 1421).
In accordance with section 62A(2) of the Transport Infrastructure Act 1994 (TIA), this development
application is also taken to be an application for a decision under section 62(1) of TIA.
Applicant Details
Name and address Edmund and Marie Laurens C/- Brennan Planning Pty Ltd
44 Maple Street
Cooroy QLD 4563
Application Details
Address of Property 400 Mckinnon Drive, Cooroibah QLD 4565
Real Property Description 4RP136445
Aspect/s of Development Development Permit for Reconfiguring a Lot – 1 Lot into 2 Lots
Decision (given under section 67 of TIA)
It has been decided to approve the application, subject to the following conditions:
No. Conditions of Approval Condition Timing
Development Permit – Reconfiguring a Lot (1 into 2 Lots)
Road Access Location
A. General
1 The permitted road access location between future Lot 41 and 42 At all times.
(existing Lot 4 RP136445) and Boreen Point - Tewantin Road is
at approximate Longitude 152.997750°, Latitude -26.375050°,
generally in accordance with:
Proposed Subdivision Cancelling Lot 4 on RP136445,
prepared by Macro Spatial Solutions, dated 27 July 2025,
1 Please refer to the further approvals required under the heading ‘Further approvals’
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No. Conditions of Approval Condition Timing
drawing number 2025030-DET-001, revision 01.
2 (a) Road access works must be provided at the permitted shared (a) & (b) Prior to submitting
road access location identified in Condition 1 comprising: the Plan of Survey to the
a rural residential driveway with a 6m wide throat and sealed local government for
between the pavement edge and property boundary. approval and to be
maintained at all times.
(b) The road access works must be designed and constructed in
accordance with Department of Transport and Main Roads:
Rural Property Access, Standard Drawing SD1807 Type A,
Issue B with a 450 mm diameter pipe for drainage and
include sloping headwalls at both sides;
Road Landscape Manual; and
Road Planning and Design Manual, 2nd edition.
3 (a) The applicant must register reciprocal access easements on (a)
the titles of proposed lots 41 & 42 for the shared access. At the time of survey plan
registration.
(b) The applicant must provide to
[email protected] of the Department of (b)
Transport and Main Roads a copy of Registration Confirmation Within 20 business days of
Statement/s and easement registration dealing number/s as registration of the
evidence of the registration of the easement/s referred to in part easements.
(a) of this condition.
4 Direct access is prohibited between Boreen Point – Teewantin At all times.
Road and Lot 4 RP136445 at any other location other than the
Permitted Road Access Location described in Condition 1.
Reasons for the decision
The reasons for this decision are as follows:
a) Vehicular access must not compromise safety of the users of the state-controlled road
network.
b) The safety of users of the state-controlled road network is the primary consideration for all
works in a state-controlled road corridor.
Please refer to Attachment A for the findings on material questions of fact and the evidence or
other material on which those findings were based.
Information about the Decision required to be given under section 67(2) of TIA
1. There is no guarantee of the continuation of road access arrangements, as this depends on
future traffic safety and efficiency circumstances.
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2. In accordance with section 70 of the TIA, the applicant for the planning application is bound by
this decision. A copy of section 70 is attached as Attachment B, as required, for information.
Further information about the decision
1. In accordance with section 67(7) of TIA, this decision notice:
a) starts to have effect when the development approval has effect; and
b) stops having effect if the development approval lapses or is cancelled; and
c) replaces any earlier decision made under section 62(1) in relation to the land.
2. In accordance with section 485 of the TIA and section 31 of the Transport Planning and
Coordination Act 1994 (TPCA), a person whose interests are affected by this decision may
apply for a review of this decision only within 28 days after notice of the decision was given
under the TIA. A copy of the review provisions under TIA and TPCA are attached in
Attachment C for information.
3. In accordance with section 485B of the TIA and section 35 of TPCA a person may appeal
against a reviewed decision. The person must have applied to have the decision reviewed
before an appeal about the decision can be lodged in the Planning and Environment Court. A
copy of the Appeal Provisions under TIA and TPCA is attached in Attachment C for information.
Further approvals
The Department of Transport and Main Roads also provides the following information in relation to
this approval:
1. Road Access Works Approval Required – Written approval is required from the department to
carry out road works that are road access works (including driveways) on a state-controlled road
in accordance with section 33 of the TIA. This approval must be obtained prior to commencing
any works on the state-controlled road. The approval process may require the approval of
engineering designs of the proposed works, certified by a Registered Professional Engineer of
Queensland (RPEQ). Please contact the department to make an application.
If further information about this approval or any other related query is required, Mr Mitchell Fuller,
Town Planner should be contacted by email at [email protected] or on (07) 5451
7055.
Yours sincerely
Kirsty Simmonds
A/Senior Town Planner
Attachments: Attachment A – Decision evidence and findings
Attachment B – Section 70 of TIA
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Attachment C – Appeal Provisions
Attachment D – Permitted Road Access Location Plan
Attachment E – Proposed Subdivision Plan
Attachment F – Sight Distance Layout Plan
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Attachment A
Decision Evidence and Findings
Findings on material questions of fact:
a) The objective of the Transport Infrastructure Act 1994 (TIA) requires the establishment of
a road regime that is safe and efficient.
b) Section 62 of the TIA provides for the Chief Executive of the Department of Transport
and Main Roads (the department) to make decisions about permitted road access
locations between particular land and a state-controlled road.
c) The development application (Council reference: RAL25/0016) seeks a Development
Permit for a Reconfiguring a Lot – Subdivision (1 Lot into 2 lots).
d) The proposal includes a new or changed access to Boreen Point – Tewantin Road, a
state-controlled road under the jurisdiction of the department and is an application under
s62A of TIA.
e) Boreen Point – Tewantin Road is a two-lane (single lane in each direction) rural road
with minimal shoulder, sealed with double white lines only broken for accesses and
intersections in this section and table drain.
f) Access to the future lots is proposed via a single shared access to Boreen Point –
Tewantin Road.
g) There are no turn treatments at the existing access.
h) Access from a local road is not available from the site.
i) The SCR is not a limited access road at this location.
j) Posted speed limit at the road access location is 100km/h.
k) AADT is 3168, with 1559 in the Gazettal Direction and 1609 against the gazettal
direction.
l) A sight distance assessment was submitted and shows sight distances east and west of
the access location appear to be clear and unobstructed.
m) The assessment demonstrates that the minimum gap sight distance requirements are
achieved.
n) There is no recent crash history at the proposed access location.
o) To minimise the impacts to safety and efficiency on the state-controlled road access to
Boreen Point – Tewantin Road is required to be supported by a rural driveway standard.
p) The proposed development can be effectively implemented without significant impacts to
the safety and efficiency of the state-controlled road network with the conditioned access
requirements.
Evidence or other material on which findings were based:
Title of Evidence / Prepared by Date Reference Version
Material no. / Issue
Transport Infrastructure Act Queensland Reprint N/A N/A
1994 Government current
from 1
March 2023
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Planning Act 2016 Queensland Reprint N/A N/A
Government current
from 10
June 2022
Road Planning and Design Department of August N/A 2nd Edition
Manual Transport and Main 2014
Roads
Guide to Road Design Part Austroads 2021 - Edition 3.1
4A: Unsignalised and
Signalised Intersections
AS289.1 Parking Facilities – Australian Standards 2004 AS/NZS -
Off-street car parking 2890.1:2004
Vehicular access to state- Department of 2019 and N/A
controlled roads policy Transport and Main 2023
(version 1.0) Management Roads
of access between adjacent
land and state-controlled
roads
Guide to Traffic Impact Department of December N/A 1.2
Assessment Transport and Main 2018
Roads
Town Planning Assessment Brennan Planning August - -
Report 2025
Proposed Subdivision Macro Spatial 27 July 2025030- 01
Cancelling Lot 4 on Solutions 2025 DET-001
RP136445
Sight Distance Layout Plan Auxilium Consulting - C151 A
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Attachment B
Section 70 of TIA
Transport Infrastructure Act 1994
Chapter 6 Road transport infrastructure
Part 5 Management of State-controlled roads
70 Offences about road access locations and road access works, relating to
decisions under s 62(1)
(1) This section applies to a person who has been given notice under section 67 or 68 of a
decision under section 62(1) about access between a State-controlled road and adjacent
land.
(2) A person to whom this section applies must not—
(a) obtain access between the land and the State-controlled road other than at a location
at which access is permitted under the decision; or
(b) obtain access using road access works to which the decision applies, if the works do
not comply with the decision and the noncompliance was within the person’s control; or
(c) obtain any other access between the land and the road contrary to the decision; or
(d) use a road access location or road access works contrary to the decision; or
(e) contravene a condition stated in the decision; or
(f) permit another person to do a thing mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (e); or
(g) fail to remove road access works in accordance with the decision.
Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.
(3) However, subsection (2)(g) does not apply to a person who is bound by the decision
because of section 68.
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Attachment C
Appeal Provisions
Transport Infrastructure Act 1994
Chapter 16 General provisions
485 Internal review of decisions
(1) A person whose interests are affected by a decision described in schedule 3 (the original
decision) may ask the chief executive to review the decision.
(2) The person is entitled to receive a statement of reasons for the original decision whether
or not the provision under which the decision is made requires that the person be given a
statement of reasons for the decision.
(3) The Transport Planning and Coordination Act 1994, part 5, division 2—
(a) applies to the review; and
(b) provides—
(i) for the procedure for applying for the review and the way it is to be carried out;
and
(ii) that the person may apply to QCAT to have the original decision stayed.
485B Appeals against decisions
(1) This section applies in relation to an original decision if a court (the appeal court) is stated
in schedule 3 for the decision.
(2) If the reviewed decision is not the decision sought by the applicant for the review, the
applicant may appeal against the reviewed decision to the appeal court.
(3) The Transport Planning and Coordination Act 1994, part 5, division 3—
(a) applies to the appeal; and
(b) provides—
(i) for the procedure for the appeal and the way it is to be disposed of; and
(ii) that the person may apply to the appeal court to have the original decision
stayed.
(4) Subsection (5) applies if—
(a) a person appeals to the Planning and Environment Court against a decision under
section 62(1) on a planning application that is taken, under section 62A(2), to also be
an application for a decision under section 62(1); and
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(b) a person appeals to the Planning and Environment Court against a decision under the
Planning Act on the planning application.
(5) The court may order—
(a) the appeals to be heard together or 1 immediately after the other; or
(b) 1 appeal to be stayed until the other is decided.
(6) Subsection (5) applies even if all or any of the parties to the appeals are not the same.
(7) In this section—
original decision means a decision described in schedule 3.
reviewed decision means the chief executive’s decision on a review under section 485.
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Transport Planning and Coordination Act 1994
Part 5, Division 2 – Review of Original Decisions
31 Applying for review
(1) A person may apply for a review of an original decision only within 28 days after notice of
the original decision was given to the person under the transport Act.
(2) However, if—
(a) the notice did not state the reasons for the original decision; and
(b) the person asked for a statement of the reasons within the 28 days mentioned in
subsection (1)
the person may apply within 28 days after the person is given the statement of the reasons.
(3) In addition, the chief executive may extend the period for applying.
(4) An application must be written and state in detail the grounds on which the person wants
the original decision to be reviewed.
32 Stay of operation of original decision
(1) If a person applies for review of an original decision, the person may immediately apply for
a stay of the decision to the relevant entity.
(2) The relevant entity may stay the original decision to secure the effectiveness of the review
and any later appeal to or review by the relevant entity.
(3) In setting the time for hearing the application, the relevant entity must allow at least 3
business days between the day the application is filed with it and the hearing day.
(4) The chief executive is a party to the application.
(5) The person must serve a copy of the application showing the time and place of the hearing
and any document filed in the relevant entity with it on the chief executive at least 2 business
days before the hearing.
(6) The stay—
(a) may be given on conditions the relevant entity considers appropriate; and
(b) operates for the period specified by the relevant entity; and
(c) may be revoked or amended by the relevant entity.
(7) The period of a stay under this section must not extend past the time when the chief
executive reviews the original decision and any later period the relevant entity allows the
applicant to enable the applicant to appeal against the decision or apply for a review of the
decision as provided under the QCAT Act.
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(8) The making of an application does not affect the original decision, or the carrying out of the
original decision, unless it is stayed.
(9) In this section—
relevant entity means—
(a) if the reviewed decision may be reviewed by QCAT—QCAT; or
(b) if the reviewed decision may be appealed to the appeal court—the appeal court.
35 Time for making appeals
(1) A person may appeal against a reviewed decision only within—
(a) if a decision notice is given to the person—28 days after the notice was given to the
person; or
(b) if the chief executive is taken to have confirmed the decision under section 34(5)—56
days after the application was made.
(2) However, if—
(a) the decision notice did not state the reasons for the decision; and
(b) the person asked for a statement of the reasons within the 28 days mentioned in
subsection (1)(a);
the person may apply within 28 days after the person is given a statement of the reasons.
(3) Also, the appeal court may extend the period for appealing.
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Attachment D — Permitted Road Access Location Plan 375050° = | 152.997750° Page 12 of 14
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Attachment E — Proposed Subdivision Plan PROPOSED AREA BREAKDOWN EXISTING LOT 4 IN RP136445 40474 mz PROPOSED LOT 4/ 25472 me PROPOSED LOT 42 15002 m* ~ ‘ Total Ares: 40474 me Page 13 of 14
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