Town Planning Assessment Report

Table 6.1.1 - Assessment against key benchmarks

 Earthworks Code
 Performance Outcomes                     Acceptable Outcomes                       Compliance
 Drainage                                 AO1                                       AO1 - Complies
 PO1                                      Filled or excavated areas have a          The proposed earthworks are in a
 Finished surface levels ensure land      minimum gradient of 0.5% and drain        rural environment. They will be free
 is free draining.                        to Council’s stormwater infrastructure    draining and achieve a minimum
                                          where available, or where stormwater      gradient of 0.5%.
                                          infrastructure is not available, toward
                                          the street.

 Hydraulics                               No acceptable outcome provided            PO2 - Complies
 PO2                                                                                The proposed earthworks will not
 Change to the levels on site do not                                                cause adverse impacts to the
 have an adverse impact on the                                                      flooding and drainage
 flooding and drainage                                                              characteristics off-site.
 characteristics off-site.

 Geotechnical considerations              AO3.1                                     AO3.1 - Complies
 PO3                                      Filling works are undertaken in           Filling works have been
 Earthworks do not result in              accordance with Council’s Planning        undertaken in accordance with
 geotechnical instability on-site or to   Scheme Policy PSP6 Engineering            PSP6 including that:
 nearby premises.                         design standards - roads, drainage        + they have been supervised by a
                                          and earthworks.                              geotechnical engineer to ensure
                                                                                       an appropriate compaction rate;
                                          AO3.2                                     + an erosion and sediment control
                                          Where the filling is for residential,        management plan has been
                                          commercial or industrial purposes the        established to ensure that no
                                          works comply with Australian                 sedimentation occurs
                                          Standard - Guidelines for earthworks         downstream; and
                                          on commercial & residential               + the works have been monitored
                                          development.                                 by Aussie Environmental.

 Local amenity
 PO4                                      AO4.1                                     AO4.1 - Complies
 Undertaking earthworks does not          The following control measures are        Appropriate control measures
 adversely impact on the amenity of       implemented—                              have been implemented by Aussie
 the local area by way of dust, noise      a) regular water spraying of             Environmental to ensure that the
 or visual amenity.                           exposed areas to suppress dust;       works will not result in dust or other
                                           b) provision of dust stabilised or       nuisance issues.
                                              sealed internal roads;
                                           c) protective covering of exposed
                                              areas that are left for more than 2
                                              weeks; and
                                           d) unless a development permit
                                              provides otherwise, disturbed
                                              areas are revegetated using
                                              species identified in Council's
                                              Planning Scheme Policy PSP2
                                              Landscaping.

                                          AO4.2                                     AO4.2 - Complies
                                          Earthworks are undertaken only            Earthworks will not be undertaken
                                          during the hours of 7:00am to             outside of the specified hours
                                          6:00pm, Monday to Friday and
                                          7:00am to 3:00pm on Saturday. No
                                          work is undertaken on Sunday or
                                          public holidays.

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