AGENDA - Sunshine Coast Council

Strategy and Planning Committee Agenda 16 February 2011
Issues
The cumulative impact
of the development of
Pelican Waters
Southern Lakes,
Bellvista 2 and
Caloundra South on
the Passage has not
been explored.
Comments
The development site forms part of the lower Lamerough
Creek Catchment. The site does not discharge to Bells
Creek. The receiving waters for Lamerough Creek in the
Pumicestone Passage downstream of Bells Creek. The
Pumicestone Passage & Bribie Island are identified as
significant coastal wetlands under pressure from
development on land and activities on the water.
The cumulative impacts of development within the
catchment are two fold. First, the risk land based
development poses to water quality within the passage.
Second, the pressure that additional populations place on
the Passage for recreational activities.
The risk that land based development poses to water quality
objectives within the Passage can be managed through the
development and implementation of two key strategies:
1. Urban water quality management strategy; and
2. Lake and Tidal Waterway management strategy
The urban water quality management strategy involves a
fully integrated system of stormwater quality improvement
devices that regulate the quality of major flows to the legal
point of discharge, being the proposed lake. The lake does
not form part of the treatment train, although some treatment
is inevitable, hence the water quality objectives for the lake
are the same as the Environmental Protection (Water)
Policy 2009, water quality objectives for the Pumicestone
Passage.
The lake and tidal waterway management plans establish
minimum water quality standards, require on-going
monitoring, identify emergency procedures for problems and
requires rectification and solutions if any problems do occur.
The implementation of these strategies work together to
minimise the risk of adverse environmental harm as a result
of this development.
These strategies do not eliminate the risk of adverse
environmental harm, however these strategies significantly
reduce the likelihood of an event occurring, the extent of
harm is an event occurs and significantly improve Council’s
ability to respond to an event.
These strategies when developed will need to consider the
cumulative affect of established development with the
catchment. To measure the potential cumulative impact,
including Caloundra South at this stage would be impossible
because of the lack of density, design and engineering detail
available on Caloundra South.
Concerns are raised
as to the extent of
The subject land is envisaged to be developed pursuant to
the Caloundra City Plan 2004. Filling will be conducted in
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