DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION ASSESSMENT REPORT Proposed ...

DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION ASSESSMENT REPORT
ARMSTRONG BEACH ROAD, SARINA MARCH 2012
amenities and facilities to be provided are yet to be confirmed, but could be provided to Council during its
assessment of the application.
Infrastructure
• Waste-water treatment
o A waste-water treatment package plant is to be installed to service the accommodation facility.
A separate application for an ERA 63 is currently under preparation and will be lodged with
DERM to ensure the workers accommodation camp is suitably serviced by a package plant
sewage treatment facility in accordance with the requirements of the ERA 63 provisions of the
Environmental Protection Regulation 2008. This sewage treatment system will be designed
specifically to be in excess of the required Equivalent Persons (EP), accommodating the
envisaged peak workforce of 600 staff.
• Power supply
o Permanent site power supply will be via an existing Ergon overhead supply that travels along
Armstrong Beach Road adjacent to the site. Access to this supply is currently being submitted
to Ergon for both Stages of the project. The previous abandoned accommodation facility
utilised this connection.
• Water supply
o Water supply is currently being organised by the developers of the facility, and will likely be
sourced from the town water mains supply. During prelodgement discussions with Council
staff, we were made aware that insufficient water pressure may exist in the area of the
development to service the facility by gravity feed. In that event, a tank storage arrangement
will be installed, from which the development will be serviced under pressure by pump. The
previous abandoned accommodation facility utilised a similar arrangement to connect to the
town water supply.
Noise
Given the context of the site and proximity to Armstrong Beach Road and the Jilalan Railyards/
Goonyella Rail network, it is expected that the accommodation will be somewhat affected by existing
noise impacts. However, as per the enclosed architectural plans and prepared site survey the following
measures have been incorporated to reduce the potential for sleep-disturbing noise impacts:
o the setback and orientation of accommodation buildings on the site,
o the utilisation of an existing earth-bund along the Armstrong Beach Rd boundary,
o the retention of existing and planting of supplementary vegetation around the extents of
the property; and,
o the use of air-conditioning within the units to enable windows to be closed.
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