Development Assessment Report

Project Urban – 15228                                                                             June 2016



 Water quality                                         Applicable
                                                       The proposal is reconfiguring a lot for urban
                                                       purposes that involves a land area greater than
                                                       2,500m² and will result in six or more lots.
 Emissions and hazardous activities                    Not applicable
                                                       The site is not located within a management area.
 Natural hazards, risk and resilience                  Applicable
                                                       The site is located within a flood hazard area and
                                                       coastal hazard area (erosion prone area).
 State transport infrastructure                        Not applicable
                                                       The site is not located within 400m of a public
                                                       passenger transport facility or future public
                                                       passenger transport facility.
 Strategic airports and aviation facilities            Not applicable
                                                       The site is not located within proximity of a
                                                       strategic airport or aviation facility.

The following provides an assessment of the applicable state interests identified above:

 BIODIVERSITY STATE INTEREST
 Assessment Criteria                                   Comment
 (1) enhances matters of state environmental           Complies
 significance where possible, and                      The proposed development layout has been
                                                       sensitively designed to avoid lot boundaries
                                                       traversing vegetation that is identified as
                                                       containing MSES by SPP mapping. A riparian buffer
                                                       area will be provided by maintaining all existing
                                                       vegetation along the sites eastern boundary within
                                                       proposed lot 9. The proposed development
                                                       protects all on-site MSES.
 (2) identifies any potential significant adverse      Complies
 environmental impacts on matters of state             The proposed development layout has been
 environmental significance, and                       sensitively designed to avoid lot boundaries
                                                       traversing vegetation that is identified as
                                                       containing MSES by SPP mapping. A riparian buffer
                                                       area will be provided by maintaining all existing
                                                       vegetation along the sites eastern boundary within
                                                       proposed lot 9.The proposed development will not
                                                       result in any significant adverse impacts on MSES.
 (3) manages the significant adverse environmental     Complies
 impacts on matters of state environmental             The proposed development layout has been
 significance by protecting the matters of state       sensitively designed to avoid lot boundaries
 environmental significance from, or otherwise         traversing vegetation that is identified as
 mitigating, those impacts.                            containing MSES by SPP mapping. A riparian buffer
                                                       area will be provided by maintaining all existing
                                                       vegetation along the sites eastern boundary within
                                                       proposed lot 9.The proposed development will not
                                                       result in any significant adverse impacts on MSES.
 WATER QUALITY STATE INTEREST
 Assessment Criteria                                   Comment
 Development:                                          Complies
 (1) avoids or otherwise minimises adverse impacts     Please refer to the attached Stormwater
 on the environmental values of receiving waters,      Management      Plan   prepared   by     Empire
 arising from:                                         Engineering. The report demonstrates that the
   a) altered stormwater quality or flows, and         proposed development can appropriately manage
   b) wastewater        (other   than  contaminated    stormwater quality and quantity. The proposal
       stormwater and sewage), and                     does not involve expansion of non-tidal artificial
   c) the creation or expansion of non-tidal           waterways.
       artificial waterways, and

Development Assessment Report                                                                  Page 11 of 24
Reconfiguration of a Lot
28 Elkhorn Drive, Tewantin