Letter to Noosa re Plumbing Work · EXE19/0003

     d) will be installed to comply with all relevant requirements of AS/NZS 3500, the Plumbing and Drainage
        Act, AS/NZS 1547 and the Queensland Plumbing and Wastewater Code, including appropriate buffer
        separation distances and environmental management considerations to accord with regulatory
        requirements; and
     e) will provide a substantially improved on-site effluent disposal solution that is consistent with
        contemporary environmental standards and practice.
The points about which I seek the Council's clarification involve the following propositions:
    a) if use rights are actually relevant to the plumbing installation, it is submitted that the existing on-site
       effluent disposal system possesses lawful existing use rights within the Biodiversity Overlay - Riparian
       Buffer Area and its replacement with the proposed advanced secondary effluent quality system will not
       offend those use rights;
         In the alternative, it is submitted that:
    b) plumbing work is not a component of development as prescribed in the Planning Act. ie: plumbing
       work does not constitute a material change of use, reconfiguration of a lot, building work or operational
       work. The proposed plumbing work is not regulated by the Planning Act or the planning scheme and
       plumbing work does not constitute assessable development for the purpose of the planning scheme.
       Accordingly the planning scheme requirements of the Biodiversity Overlay do not apply to the proposed
       plumbing work.
In view of the above, it is respectfully submitted that:
     1. the proposed plumbing work is regulated by the relevant provisions of AS/NZS 3500, the Plumbing and
        Drainage Act, AS/NZS 1547 and the Queensland Plumbing and Wastewater Code;
     2. the planning scheme requirements of the Biodiversity Overlay - Riparian Buffer Area are not relevant to
        the Council's assessment of the proposed plumbing work; and
     3. a prerequisite planning approval is not required in respect of the proposed installation of the plumbing
        work within the Biodiversity Overlay - Riparian Buffer Area.
The Council's written confirmation of Items 1, 2 & 3 above would be sincerely appreciated before I proceed to
submit the required application for a Plumbing Permit. Thank you.
Please contact me at any time should you wish to discuss or clarify any matter.


Yours faithfully




Aaron O'Connor
[email protected]
0434 551266