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DISCLAIMER This Amendments to CairnsPlan Report is one of a series of reports which forms part of the draft Structure Plan for Mount Peter. Please note that this report is a draft document only. Whilst every care is taken to ensure the accuracy of this report and draft Structure Plan, Cairns Regional Council (CRC) accepts no liability for the accuracy of or inferences from the material contained in this publication, or for any action as a result of any person's or group's interpretations, deductions or conclusions relying on this material. The CRC accepts no liability for any loss, damage or injury (including consequential loss, damage or injury) from any use of this report and draft Structure Plan. COPYRIGHT This document is and shall remain the property of the Cairns Regional Council. Using or copying this document or any part of it without specific authorisation is absolutely prohibited. P.O. Box 359 Cairns, Qld., 4870 Tel: (07) 4044 3044 Fax: (07) 4044 302

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Contents

Chapter 1 – Introduction ______________________________ 1

1.1 Overview_________________________________________________ 1 1.3.1 The FNQ Regional Plan ______________________________________ 1 1.3.2 Cairns Strategic Framework Plan ______________________________ 1 1.5.4 Codes ___________________________________________________ 1 1.5.7 Master Plans ______________________________________________ 2 1.7 Roads ___________________________________________________ 2 1.10 Mount Peter ______________________________________________ 3 1.11 Infrastructure Agreements ___________________________________ 6

Chapter 2 – Desired Environmental Outcomes _____________ 7

2.1 Overview_________________________________________________ 7 2.5 Mount Peter Specific DEOs ___________________________________ 7 2.5.1 Mount Peter Land Use Structure and Key Development Elements _____ 7

Chapter 3 - Planning for Districts ______________________ 11

3.2 Districts_________________________________________________ 11 3.3 Planning Areas ___________________________________________ 11 3.13 White Rock – Edmonton ____________________________________ 12 3.14 Gordonvale – Goldsborough District___________________________ 12 3.17.3 Rural Lands District _______________________________________ 12 3.18 Mount Peter District _______________________________________ 12 3.18.1 Description and Intent _____________________________________ 12 3.18.2 Schedule of Special Facilities Approvals ________________________ 15 3.18.3 Schedule of Community Infrastructure Designations ______________ 15 3.18.4 Schedule of Potential Heritage Sites___________________________ 15 3.18.5 Mount Peter – District Assessment Table _______________________ 21

Chapter 4 - Codes __________________________________ 22

4.1 Codes in CairnsPlan _______________________________________ 22 4.1.1 Structure Plan Area Code ___________________________________ 22 4.1.2 Overlay Codes____________________________________________ 22 4.1.3 Planning Area Codes_______________________________________ 22 4.1.4 Land Use Codes __________________________________________ 23 4.1.5 General Codes____________________________________________ 25 4.5.20 Mount Peter Structure Plan Area Code _________________________ 25 1. Land Use Structure _____________________________________ 39 2. Economic Development and Employment ____________________ 39 3. Natural Environment ____________________________________ 41 4. Transport and Mobility___________________________________ 46

The following table of contents is aligned with the chapter and section numbering as per the CairnsPlan (March 2009)


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5. Community Facilities ___________________________________ 50 6. Cultural Heritage______________________________________ 53 7. Placemaking _________________________________________ 54 8. Housing _____________________________________________ 63 9. Sport and Recreation __________________________________ 65 10. Integrated Water Cycle Management ______________________ 67 11. Other Physical Infrastructure ____________________________ 69 4.6 Overlay Codes_______________________________________________ 69 4.7 Land Use Codes _____________________________________________ 69 4.8 General Codes_______________________________________________ 69

Chapter 5 - Definitions_______________________________ 70

5.4 Administrative Definitions___________________________________ 70

Chapter 6 – Master Planning Requirements_______________ 83

6.1 Mount Peter Structure Plan Area Master Planning Process__________ 83 6.1.1 Introduction _____________________________________________ 83 6.1.2 Master Plan Requirements __________________________________ 84 6.1.3 Assessment of Master Plans by the State_______________________ 86 6.1.4 Public Notification of Master Plans ____________________________ 89 6.1.5 Relationship to Integrated Development Assessment System _______ 89


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Chapter 1 – Introduction

1.1 Overview

CairnsPlan is the Planning Scheme for the City of Cairns. CairnsPlan has been

prepared in accordance with the Sustainable Planning Act 2009.

CairnsPlan sets out Council’s planning intentions for the City for the next 10-

15 years, except in the case of nominated Structure Plan Areas where a longer

planning horizon may apply.

The preferred form of the City within, and beyond, the 15-year horizon is

depicted on the Strategic Framework Plan (Chapter 2) and is discussed in a

commentary on the future development of Cairns.

1.3.1 The FNQ Regional Plan

The Mount Peter Structure Plan as incorporated in CairnsPlan gives effect to

the FNQ Regional Plan in the following manner:

(a) by providing for the development of Mount Peter to accommodate the

majority of the region’s new urban growth to 2031 and beyond;

(b) by incorporating the principles and policies of the FNQ Regional Plan for

2009-2031 relevant to the development of Mount Peter.

1.3.2 Cairns Strategic Framework Plan

Editor’s note: Reference to ‘Cairns Structure Plan’ to be replaced with ‘Cairns

Strategic Framework Plan’ throughout planning scheme to avoid confusion

created by introducing the Mount Peter Structure Plan elements.

Editor’s note: Plan 4, section 2.3 requires amendment to reflect the Mount

Peter Structure Plan Area.

Editor’s note: Reference to the ‘Structure Plan’ to be replaced with ‘Cairns

Strategic Framework Plan’ throughout planning scheme to avoid confusion

created by introducing the Mount Peter Structure Plan elements.

1.5.4 Codes

The Codes in CairnsPlan set out some of the requirements for development in

the City.

There are five types of Codes in CairnsPlan and these are to be applied in the

following order:

• Structure Plan Area Code;


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• Overlay Code;

• Planning Area Code;

• Land Use Code;

• General Code.

Where there is an inconsistency or conflict between the requirements of the

applicable codes for development, the inconsistency or conflict is to be

resolved as follows:-

• The achievement of the performance criteria of a Structure Plan Area Code

is the highest priority development outcome and must be demonstrated.

Where there is a true conflict between achievement of the performance

criteria of a Structure Plan Area Code and the performance criteria of

other applicable codes, the applicant must demonstrate how the

development can achieve the performance criteria of the applicable

Structure Plan Code.

• The achievement of the performance criteria of an Overlay Code is the

second highest priority development outcome and must be demonstrated.

Where there is a true conflict between achievement of the performance

criteria of an Overlay Code and the performance criteria of any other

applicable codes other than a Structure Plan Area Code, the applicant

must demonstrate how the development can achieve the performance

criteria of the Overlay Code.

1.5.7 Master Plans

CairnsPlan provides for a master planning process to be undertaken in

nominated Structure Plan Areas. Master plans provide a more detailed level of

planning for part of a Structure Plan Area and are intended to give effect to a

Structure Plan. Requirements for particular master plans to be made in

respect of the Mount Peter Structure Plan Area are set out in Chapter 6.

1.7 Roads

Where a road is closed by a permanent road closure and amalgamated with

another lot within or adjoining the boundary of a Structure Plan Area the area

of closed road assumes the Planning Area and Master Planning Unit of the

balance of the lot.


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1.10 Mount Peter

The Mount Peter Master Planned Area (the Mount Peter Structure Plan Area)

was declared on 9 May 2008.

Purpose of Mount Peter Structure Plan

The Mount Peter Structure Plan provides for the following:

(a) an integrated land use and infrastructure planning for the Structure Plan

Area; and

(b) a master planning process for part of the Structure Plan Area being land

included in Master Plan Units 1-8.

Mount Peter Structure Plan Area

The Mount Peter Structure Plan Area site boundary is specified on Map 05

Mount Peter Structure Plan Area Development Area.

Mount Peter Structure Plan Elements

The Mount Peter Structure Plan comprises the following elements that have

been incorporated within CairnsPlan:

(a) A description of the elements comprising the Mount Peter Structure Plan

(incorporated in this section);

(b) A strategic framework including desired environmental outcomes for the

Structure Plan Area (incorporated in Chapter 2 of CairnsPlan);

(c) Identification of the Structure Plan Area as a District and the inclusion of

all land not currently developed within the Structure Plan Area in the

Future Urban Planning Area (incorporated in Chapter 3 of Cairns Plan).

(d) Identification of the level of assessment applicable to development in

the Structure Plan Area (incorporated in Chapter 3 of Cairns Plan);

(e) a Mount Peter Structure Plan Area Code (incorporated in Chapter 4 of

CairnsPlan) applicable to the assessment of the following:

(i) master plan applications;

(ii) development in the Structure Plan Area;

(f) Definitions necessary to interpret terms used in the Structure Plan

(incorporated in Chapter 5 of CairnsPlan);

(g) A master planning process for land included in the Structure Plan

Area(incorporated in Chapter 6 of CairnsPlan) including details about:-

(i) when a master plan application is required;

(ii) the information to be provided in conjunction with a master plan

application;

(iii) the nominated role of coordinating and participating agencies in the


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assessment of master plan applications; and

(iv) the circumstances under which a master plan can change the level

of assessment for development .

Mount Peter Structure Plan Maps

The Structure Plan Area Maps identified in Table 1.1 form part of the Mount

Peter Structure Plan Area Code and identify in a spatial context the outcomes

intended for the Mount Peter Structure Plan Area.

Table1.1 Mount Peter Structure Plan Area Maps

Map No. Map Name

01 Mount Peter Structure Plan Area Natural Environment

02 Mount Peter Structure Plan Area Existing Land Use

03 Mount Peter Structure Plan Area Flood Hazard Mapping

04 Mount Peter Structure Plan Area Elements of Historic and Cultural Significance

05 Mount Peter Structure Plan Area Development Area

06 Mount Peter Structure Plan Area Placemaking

07 Mount Peter Structure Plan Area Centres Location

08 Mount Peter Structure Plan Area Precincts

09 Mount Peter Structure Plan Area Development Entitlements

10 Mount Peter Structure Plan Area Transport and Mobility Infrastructure (Road Hierarchy)

11 Mount Peter Structure Plan Area Transport and Mobility Infrastructure (Walk and Cycle)

12 Mount Peter Structure Plan Area Transport and Mobility Infrastructure (Public Transport)

13 Mount Peter Structure Plan Area Sport, Recreation and Community Facilities Infrastructure

14 Mount Peter Structure Plan Area Master Plan Units

Mount Peter Structure Plan Planning Scheme Policy

The Mount Peter Structure Plan Area Planning Scheme Policy complements the

other provisions of the Mount Peter Structure Plan incorporated within

CairnsPlan and provides supplementary guidance about achievement of the

desired development outcomes for the Mount Peter Structure Plan Area and

the preparation of master plan applications.


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Mount Peter Sequencing

Planning for development between Edmonton and Gordonvale has been

undertaken through the preparation of the Mount Peter Structure Plan which

provides the land use and infrastructure planning for the future development

of this major urban growth corridor. The following provides an indicative

description of the stages of development over the first 25 years of

development.

0-5yrs

The first five years will see the development of a number of Master Planning

Units and the creation of a new community of approximately 4,000 residents

and a Gross Floor Area (GFA) of approximately 25,000m2 supporting the

employment base.

The development fronts in the early phases are most readily serviced from

Draper Road in the south, from Mount Peter Road in the north, and the Mount

Peter Business & Industry Centre to the north east, initially via Thomson

Road.

6-10yrs

The emerging community now contains over 4000 residents and as this grows

to over 10,000 residents and development extends towards the future

centres, essential educational, community and recreational facilities will be

delivered within Mount Peter.

11-15 years

The establishment of the busway with high frequency services linking Mount

Peter to Cairns central provides a fundamental shift in the perception of Mount

Peter, resulting in an increased focus of development around centres and an

increase in the development density. The critical mass of residential

development has established the requirement for a number of higher order

community and retail needs in the district centre at Coopers Road, which

ultimately delivers a Gross Floor Area (GFA) of approximately 20,000m2 to

support the employment base. Significant development has occurred in the

north and south with demand being realised for development in the second

District Centre at Maitland Road. Population has now reached approximately

21,000 persons within the Mount Peter Structure Plan Area.

16-20 years

Detached residential development in the Mount Peter centres is no longer the

main form of housing in these areas. Improved road and public transport

linkages unlock the potential for further ‘conventional’ development in the

south west of Mount Peter fringing the western hill slopes and the existing key

resource areas. Growing to 31,000 people, Mount Peter has a significant

critical mass to encourage the establishment of higher order community

facilities.

21-25 years


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With many of the key elements established, the final stage of the process is

predominantly infill and higher densities around Transit Oriented Development

in key centres.

1.11 Infrastructure Agreements

An infrastructure agreement may be required for certain development

approvals under CairnsPlan. In particular, an infrastructure agreement may be

required to accompany approval of a master plan in a Structure Plan Area

where other existing infrastructure funding mechanisms (i.e. the Priority

Infrastructure Plan) or planning scheme measures do not provide a

satisfactory basis from which to address a relevant infrastructure funding

matter.


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Chapter 2 – Desired Environmental Outcomes

2.1 Overview

The DEOs in Sections 2.2 to 2.4 of CairnsPlan relate to the whole of the City

and the Mount Peter Structure Plan Area. The DEOs in Section 2.5 are specific

to the Mount Peter Structure Plan Area.

2.5 Mount Peter Specific DEOs

2.5.1 Mount Peter Land Use Structure and Key Development Elements

The Mount Peter Structure Plan Area is developed as an integrated and

predominantly self-sufficient transit oriented urban community that provides a

range of attractive and sustainable urban villages in conjunction with major

employment, transport, community facilities and open space.

Key attributes of the Mount Peter urban community are:-

(a) a land use structure and form of development that is transit oriented

and designed to support the use of public and active transport modes

over private vehicle use;

(b) a network of district and mixed use centres that complement existing

centres at Edmonton and Gordonvale and that accommodate major

employment and other centre functions including retail facilities,

community facilities, public transport interchanges, civic and cultural

facilities necessary to meet the needs of the Mount Peter urban

community and promote high levels of community self-containment;

(c) a major business/technology park and integrated industry and

employment area that provides a significant quantity of jobs for

residents of the Mount Peter Structure Plan Area and surrounding

communities;

(d) an extensive and interconnected environmental and urban open space

system that frames individual urban villages, provides for the protection

of significant natural areas and environmental values and

accommodates sport and recreation facilities that promote active living

and healthy lifestyles;

(e) high standards of environmental performance with all development

designed to maintain and protect ecological integrity and processes, the

physical condition, ecological health and environmental values of natural


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areas, coastal resources and surface and ground water systems;

(f) a diversity of lot sizes and housing types that meet the lifecycle needs

of residents and provide opportunities for affordable living, with the

highest density of residential development located close to centres and

public transport;

(g) high standards of tropical design and place making that contribute to

the establishment of Mount Peter as an attractive, comfortable place to

live with a strong sense of community identity;

(h) infrastructure and facilities that are provided to residents in a timely,

cost effective, sustainable and equitable manner at the desired standard

of service.

Discussion

The Mount Peter District is one of the major urban growth areas in the City

and the region and is expected to provide for an ultimate population of

approximately 42,500 people. The District is part of the Southern Growth

Corridor and has been declared as a Master Planning Area under the FNQ

Regional Plan Regulatory Provisions.

Preparation of the Mount Peter Structure Plan has provided an opportunity for

Council to further consider the role of this major urban growth area within the

City and to set out an integrated land use and infrastructure planning to

inform future detailed master planning and development assessment

processes.

Achievement of the desired environmental outcomes for Mount Peter will

require strong partnerships to be established between a range of stakeholders

and for a collaborative approach to be adopted in addressing the myriad of

issues that will arise over the planned 30-year life of the development.

Integration, self-sufficiency, transit oriented development, sustainability and

efficient infrastructure provision are the major themes that have emerged

from the structure planning process and that are intended to be reflected in all

future planning stages.

The following provides further explanation and detail for the desired key

attributes for the Mount Peter urban community and is intended to assist

interpretation of DEO 2.5.1:

Economic Development and Employment

Mount Peter achieves a prosperous, strong, vibrant and sustainable economy,

providing a rich mix of employment across a diversity of industries (including

‘high order’, professional employment) concentrated in identified employment

areas, commercial precincts and interconnected activity centres with a high

proportion of people living and working in Mount Peter.

Biodiversity Conservation


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The extent, diversity, condition and connectivity of Mount Peter’s natural areas

are protected to maintain ecological integrity and processes, reverse

biodiversity decline and increase resilience to the expected impacts of climate

change.

Protection of waterways, wetlands and water quality

The physical condition, ecological health, environmental values and water

quality of surface water and groundwater systems, including waterways,

wetlands and estuaries (all of which make their way into the waters of the

Great Barrier Reef) is maintained and protected.

Coastal Management

Mount Peter’s natural coastal resources, including the coastal wetlands and

marine ecosystems are protected and managed and accommodate the likely

impacts of climate change. Tidal areas are managed to allow for natural

fluctuations (including any that occur as a result of climate change) and to

protect human life and property from the hazards of storm tide inundation or

shoreline erosion.

Transport and Mobility

Movement within and beyond Mount Peter is sustainable, convenient and safe.

The transport system design makes it easier to walk, cycle and access public

transport rather than drive to and from Mount Peter. People use the well

designed and efficient public transport system which integrates with the town

centres, urban villages, education and employment hubs and reduces

dependence on the private motor vehicle. The connected and safe walking and

cycling network also contributes towards reduced car use.

Strong and Sustainable Community

Residents enjoy a range of quality services, facilities and community events

and feel a strong sense of identity, safety and security. Communities are

connected and in addition to high standards of services residents enjoy the

physical environment of an urban setting that responds to the unique climatic

environments and mitigates environmental impacts through sensitive and

smart urban design.

Community Facilities

The current and future social needs of the Mount Peter community are met

through the coordinated and early planning and provision of a range of

community facilities and services (including schools, churches, community

centres, libraries, cultural facilities, child care services, health and support

services, justice and emergency services).

Cultural Heritage

The history and cultural heritage of Mount Peter is respected and maintained

by identification and appropriate management of cultural heritage sites and

places. These areas include, and are not limited to, Indigenous cultural


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heritage and historic sites associated with the former mining, timber and cane

growing industries.

Placemaking

Mount Peter establishes a sustainable approach to urban development through

a considered mix of residential, open space, community and employment

uses. Centres within Mount Peter become the focal point of urban life,

supported by economic drivers, catalysts and high frequency public transport

services. The centres develop to support variety of needs and integrate with

the higher level of service of Edmonton Town Centre and the Gordonvale

District Centre.

Housing

Housing choice responds to the needs of the community, through the

provision of a diverse and affordable housing choice that is responsive to the

changing demographic structure of the Mount Peter population, promoting

social diversity and equitable access to goods and services. Housing choice

also creates social diversity and equitable accommodation. Housing typologies

and densities are achieved through a phased approach to development.

Sport and Recreation

The Mount Peter population is provided with sporting and recreation facilities

which promote active living and healthy lifestyles through opportunities for

play, sport, walking and cycling as well as incidental physical activity in a

variety of settings to meet the needs of all sections of the future population of

Mount Peter, regardless of ability, age, gender, class, culture or race.

Integrated Water Cycle Management

Water is safe, reliable and adequate for Mount Peter community needs and

water quality meets human use and environmental requirements through

regional ecologically sustainable development of water resources. Water is

managed on a total water cycle basis, balancing the uses of water and its role

in the environment and recognising it is a valuable and finite regional

resource.

Integrated & Sustainable Infrastructure

The planning and delivery of infrastructure is integrated in a way that

maximises self sufficiency and ensures delivery in a timely, cost effective and

equitable manner at the desired standard of service. Infrastructure provision

incorporates sustainable urban design principles and where practicable adopts

eco-efficient utilities and services to maximise the use of renewable resources

and limit the carbon footprint.

When assessing proposals within the Mount Peter Structure Plan Area against the DEOs, in the event of any apparent conflict between general DEOs and Mount Peter specific DEOs the later will prevail.


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Chapter 3 - Planning for Districts

3.2 Districts

The City is divided into 13 Districts. The boundaries of these Districts are

based on a number of factors, including geographic features, existing land use

and communities of interest.

Each District is the subject of a District Plan which provides detailed

information on:-

• The preferred pattern of development; and

• The Overlays applicable to the District.

There are Assessment Tables for each District. The tables identify the level of

assessment for the components of development. The tables also provide a

guide to the Codes applicable to the components of development.

The Districts are:

• Cairns Beaches

• Barron – Smithfield

• Redlynch Valley

• Freshwater – Stratford – Aeroglen

• CBD – North Cairns

• Portsmith – Woree Industrial

• Inner Suburbs

• White Rock – Edmonton

• Gordonvale - Goldsborough

• Babinda

• The Islands

• Rural Lands

• Mount Peter

The location of the Districts is shown on the Key Map. Editors Note: Amend

Key Map to include Mount Peter District.

3.3 Planning Areas

The City is divided into 19 Planning Areas. Planning Areas identify areas of

similar or compatible land use and identify the dominant land use preferred in

each Planning Area. Overall outcomes for each of the Planning Areas are set

out in the Planning Area Codes, with any specific outcomes for a Planning Area


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which are particular to a District being identified.

The Planning Areas are:

• Rural 1

• Low Density Residential

• Residential 1

• Residential 2

• Residential 3

• Tourist and Residential

• City Centre

• Sub-Regional Centre

• District Centre

• Local Centre

• Cityport North

• Cityport South

• Commercial

• Industry

• Community Facilities

• Sport and Recreation

• Open Space

• Conservation

• Future Urban

3.13 White Rock – Edmonton

Editor’s note: Amend to excise Mount Peter from this District.

3.14 Gordonvale – Goldsborough District


3.17.3 Rural Lands District


3.18 Mount Peter District The majority of the Mount Peter Structure Plan Area is to be included in the

Future Urban Planning Area so as to maintain the land in a holding pattern

with limited development entitlements until such time as the master planning

provided for in Chapter 6 is carried out. Given that the Structure Plan is

intended to provide a broad strategic framework for future development it is

not practicable at this level of structure planning to allocate use rights based

upon the precincts identified on Map 08 Mount Peter Structure Plan Area -

Precincts. These precincts will instead provide the structural framework for

future development and provide the basis for identifying the circumstances

under which future development is impact assessable, code assessable or self

assessable.

3.18.1 Description and Intent


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The dominant features of the District are the low lying alluvial plains of the

Trinity Inlet Catchment and the steep vegetated ranges to the west and south

of the district which form part of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area. A

number of waterways traverse the District including Stoney Creek and

Blackfellows Creek which traverses the northernmost sections, Wrights Creek

which traverses the centre of the district and Mackey Creek which traverses

the southern sections of the district.

The scenic qualities of Mount Peter contribute significantly to the character,

landscape qualities and appeal of the Cairns City as a whole. The District

contains significant natural areas which are important to the conservation of

biodiversity, many of these areas are included in the Wet Tropics World

Heritage Area. These areas together with the remaining vegetation and

riparian corridors should be maintained and conserved as part of the open

space network. Similarly, the hillslopes which provide such a dramatic

backdrop to the District should be retained in their existing state.

Connectivity between the remaining vegetation should be achieved by

providing links and corridors between vegetated areas, waterways and the

hillslopes.

Urban development is intended to occur in the District in areas previously

cleared for rural purposes. Mount Peter is proposed to accommodate much of

the population growth expected in the Southern Growth Corridor. The District

is intended to provide a range of opportunities for residential living,

predominantly to accommodate permanent residents. The opportunities for

residential living extend from lower density and conventional residential living

on the western periphery of Mount Peter, and medium to higher density

residential living in areas close to District Centres and Mixed Use Centres,

community services, facilities and public transport. New residential

development should achieve an efficient use of land and should foster the

growth of residential communities with recognisable character and a sense of

place.

Across the District there are opportunities for the integrated development of

commercial, retail, business facilities, community and service facilities in and

adjacent to District Centres and Mixed Use Centres. The establishment of

District Centres are intended to service the developing residential areas across

the District and to provide employment opportunities for the District and for

communities within the adjoining districts. Land to the east of the Bruce

Highway is intended for employment based uses, such as low impact

industrial, transport-based industries, business/technology park and

complementary mixed use industry based facilities and is intended to play a

key role as a major employment node for the District and the Southern

Growth Corridor. Low intensity tourist activities based on appreciation and

enjoyment of the natural environment are considered to be acceptable in the

District, provided there are no adverse impacts on natural areas. Similarly, the

extraction of sand, gravel and hard rock, occurring at the southern extent of

the District is to continue provided that the environmental effects are


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managed and there are no adverse impacts on natural areas and residential

areas.

It is intended that public transport routes be established as development of

greenfield sites takes place. The establishment of public transport services will

provide greater opportunities for residents, workers and visitors to access the

District. Pedestrian and bicycle links should be provided to link the

communities, facilities and natural areas.

Cairns Regional Council’s vision for the Structure Plan Area is as follows:

“In 2030, the town of Mount Peter is a social, economic, employment and

community hub where people enjoy a tropical lifestyle within a unique natural

environment. Mount Peter is a prosperous community which is largely self-

sustaining. A diverse employment base has been created by the private and

public sectors leveraging off major health, education and technology facilities.

With its own distinctive centre, it is also closely connected with the vibrant

town centres of Gordonvale and Edmonton.

Innovative master planning and urban design has delivered defined urban

villages with a diversity of lot sizes and housing choice to meet the life cycle

needs of residents. Higher density living is conveniently located close to

centres and public transport.

Residents enjoy a range of quality services, facilities and community events

and feel a strong sense of identity, safety and security. The rich history of

Mount Peter is woven into the urban tapestry and is expressed through

design, architecture and public art.

Development is responsive to the tropical environment, and environmental

stewardship is obvious, with solar panels, rainwater tanks and native

vegetation a common sight.

Healthy waterways and lush green corridors extend from the surrounding

mountains and define the urban villages. Good access to parks, open spaces

and recreational facilities promote an active lifestyle and connection with the

natural environment.

Movement within and beyond Mount Peter is convenient and safe with good

connection to the town centres and the Cairns CBD. People use the well

designed and efficient public transport system that integrates the town

centres, urban villages, education and employment hubs. The connected

network of walking and cycling paths and open space has also reduced the

dependency on car use.

Integrated planning and delivery of infrastructure has provided innovative

solutions that benefit the community, creating new standards in

environmental sustainability.


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3.18.2 Schedule of Special Facilities Approvals

Editor’s note: <To be inserted as relevant>

3.18.3 Schedule of Community Infrastructure Designations

Editor’s note: <To be inserted as relevant>

3.18.4 Schedule of Potential Heritage Sites

CURRENT NAME Old Stoney Creek Bridge OTHER KNOWN NAME - CULTURAL HERITAGE ASSESSMENT SITE NO

MPHS-2

ADDRESS Mount Peter Road, Edmonton HISTORY N/A PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION Requires Assessment PHYSICAL INTEGRITY A small two span timber decked bridge with concrete piers PRELIMINARY STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Not assessed. This site should be assessed against the yet to be published report commissioned by DERM to assess timber road bridges throughout Queensland.

CURRENT NAME Mohammad Farm OTHER KNOWN NAME - CULTURAL HERITAGE ASSESSMENT SITE NO.

MPHS-3

ADDRESS Mohammad Farm, Mount Peter Rd, Edmonton TITLE DETAILS N/A HISTORY The Muhammad farmhouse was in situ in 1920 when the family

purchased the farm. At the front of the house is a very mature mango tree reportedly a small/ medium tree when the family arrived in 1920. The Nissen Hut was erected at either Tolga or Mareeba during WW2 and relocated to its present location in the 1960s.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION The site contains a number of features: • The farmhouse comprises a hipped roof is clad with corrugated

iron, and the walls with weatherboard. The interior was not inspected but apparently few alterations have been made to the interior apart from enclosing of the veranda. The detached kitchen remains intact and is connected to the house by a covered breezeway. It contains the original wood stove, and kitchen table. Associated with the house is a small barn with hip roof, skillion and clad with corrugated iron which houses a 4 wheel wagon used to transport milk churns to Glen Allyn Cheese Factory. To the side of the kitchen is a toilet / shower block on a concrete slab, with a corrugated iron roof, and clad with corrugated iron. This was probably used by farm labourers in the past. A visit to the farm on the 2 April revealed that this toilet / shower block has recently been demolished.

• The Nissen Hut is a timber and iron framed, corrugated iron clad structure measuring approximately 30 x 10-15 metres.

• Various farm implements from early 1900s are housed on the property in a WW2 Nissen Hut and a farm shed. Many are from the horse-drawn era including a 1 horse whim, a 2 horse whim, chaff cutters, a disc plough, scarifiers, an old John Deere tractor, a horse drawn wagon and a corn husker. In addition, there is a wood lathe used to make wooden spokes for horse drawn wheels, a Cobb & Co carriage with harness, and a buggy built in 1898 by D. Ferguson & Sons. The latter suffered some damage during Cyclone Larry.

PHYSICAL INTEGRITY All features require further assessment PRELIMINARY STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

The farmhouse and associated buildings illustrate farm buildings constructed in the c. 1920s in this area. Nissen huts are rare in North Queensland. This hut has been relocated however this does not necessarily detract from its significance as these structures were constructed as temporary movable buildings. The building was damaged during Cyclone Larry in 2006 and much of the roofing iron particularly in the central sections was blown off. The steel frame remains in good condition but the building requires re-roofing.


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The buildings require further assessment but may be of local significance.

CURRENT NAME Former Hambeldon Mill House OTHER KNOWN NAME - CULTURAL HERITAGE ASSESSMENT SITE NO.

MPHS-6

ADDRESS 48 Queen St, Edmonton TITLE DETAILS N/A HISTORY This house was constructed in the 1930s to house Hambledon Mill

employees. It is one of a group of three mill houses in Queen Street. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION It is a low set Queenslander style building mounted on concrete stumps.

It is clad with weatherboard and roofed with galvanised iron. The original steel hood remains on at least one of the side windows. The veranda has been enclosed with casement windows and wooden louvres.

PHYSICAL INTEGRITY Requires further assessment. PRELIMINARY STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Provides material evidence of the type of building constructed during the operation of the Hambeldon Mill. May be of local significance. Requires further assessment.


MPHS-4

ADDRESS 44 Queen St, Edmonton TITLE DETAILS HISTORY Apparently constructed in the 1930s as a residence by the Hambeldon

Mill. It is one of a group of three mill houses in Queen Street. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION lowset Queenslander style building is mounted on concrete stumps. It is

clad with weatherboard and the hip roof with galvanised iron. The front verandah has been enclosed with louvres and casement windows. There is a skillion roofed verandah at the rear.

PHYSICAL INTEGRITY The building is well cared for and is in good condition. PRELIMINARY STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE



MPHS-5

ADDRESS 46 Queen St, Edmonton TITLE DETAILS N/A HISTORY This house was built to house Hambledon Mill employees during the

1930s. It is one of a group of three mill houses in Queen Street. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION It is a lowset Queenslander style building clad with weatherboards and

roofed with galvanised iron. It is mounted on timber stumps. The front veranda has been enclosed and aluminium windows installed. The interior of the house was not inspected and requires further assessment and description. The house is set within a mature garden.

PHYSICAL INTEGRITY The original metal window hoods on the side windows have been replaced with timber and galvanised iron ‘hoods’. The interior of the house was not inspected and requires further assessment.

PRELIMINARY STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE



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CURRENT NAME (former) Canecutter’s Barracks OTHER KNOWN NAME - CULTURAL HERITAGE ASSESSMENT SITE NO.

MPHS-8

ADDRESS 65 Maitland Rd, Edmonton TITLE DETAILS N/A HISTORY Requires further assessment PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION This former cane barracks appears to have originally to have been a

three room barrack. Both the walls and the roof are clad with galvanised iron. The barrack is now rented out. The inside of the building was not inspected.

PHYSICAL INTEGRITY Some modifications are evident. The front veranda, which is inaccessible from the outside due to vegetation growth, has been infilled with louvres. The carport / shed on the side of the building appear to be a recent addition. Requires further assessment.


Provides evidence of the cane industry in the area. Requires further assessment. May be of local significance.

CURRENT NAME (former) Anglican Church OTHER KNOWN NAME - CULTURAL HERITAGE ASSESSMENT SITE NO.

MPHS-7

ADDRESS 32 Queen St, Edmonton TITLE DETAILS N/A HISTORY This is the former St Francis Anglican Church constructed in 1923.. It is

now a private residence. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION The style of the building appears to have been influenced by the Gothic

Revival movement which was an important local adaptation in Queensland. The building has a steeply pitched hip gabled roof with skillion additions to each side. A gabled projection at the front of the former church provides entrance to the building. The building is mounted on stumps, is clad with weatherboard, roofed with galvanised iron and has louvre windows. . The free standing bell tower remains. The interior of the building was not inspected.

PHYSICAL INTEGRITY This building is currently for sale and the advertisement indicates that the interior has been modified to comprise two bedrooms and a bathroom and the veranda at the rear has been enclosed. Requires further assessment.


Provides material evidence of the history of the Anglican Church in the region. May be of local significance. Requires further assessment.

CURRENT NAME Ghidella’s barracks OTHER KNOWN NAME CULTURAL HERITAGE ASSESSMENT SITE NO.

MPHS-9

ADDRESS Mount Peter Rd, Mount Peter TITLE DETAILS N/A HISTORY Built to accommodate farm workers including Aboriginal workers, in the

1950s and 1960s. Now a rental property. Requires further assessment PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION It appears to be a four roomed barrack with a kitchen on the northern

end and verandas on the western and eastern sides. PHYSICAL INTEGRITY The barracks has been extensively renovated over the years Some of

the walls and the roof have recently been reclad with galvanised iron. PRELIMINARY STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Provides evidence of the cane industry in the area. Requires further assessment. May be of local significance.

CURRENT NAME (former) Canecutter’s Barracks OTHER KNOWN NAME - CULTURAL HERITAGE ASSESSMENT SITE NO.

MPHS-10

ADDRESS Draper Road, Gordonvale TITLE DETAILS N/A HISTORY This barrack is located on Draper Road and is rapidly being encroached

upon by urban development. The barrack is thought to be at least 100 years old and may have been owned by AJ Draper. Further research is required.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION The building comprises three rooms: one small bedroom, a large bedroom and a large kitchen. It has a concrete floor, casement windows on the side walls, louvre windows in the front façade, a corrugated iron roof and tongue and groove doors. Constructed from red brick including the internal walls. The walls have been rendered with concrete although this is beginning to flake off.

PHYSICAL INTEGRITY The building is in reasonable condition although the flaking concrete render is causing water to adversely affect the bricks.


Provides evidence of the cane industry in the area. Requires further assessment. May be of State significance.


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CURRENT NAME Guru Nanak Sikh Temple OTHER KNOWN NAME - CULTURAL HERITAGE ASSESSMENT SITE NO.

MPHS-13

ADDRESS Bruce Highway, Edmonton TITLE DETAILS N/A HISTORY Requires further assessment PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION This temple is one of two located on the Bruce Highway. It is a single

story building of polygonal shaped plan. The simple clean lines of the building base are juxtaposed with numerous surmounting decorative elements. The external walls are rendered and painted white, with the exception of decorative recesses that are painted yellow. Flat roof eaves overhang the façade and are adorned with gold paint to the edge and a fluted parapet that is set back, concealing the roof. Decorative shoulder arches align along the east and northern verandas, with rounded supporting columns painted yellow. The main entrance, located on the eastern elevation, features a tower form with a large shouldered arch, through which three steps lead to the anodised aluminium GFAzed double doors. The entrance is surmounted by a white dome, set atop a platform with gold painted trim. This dome is repeated to the north and south of the main entrance. The southern façade is relatively serviceable in its appearance, without the decorative elements evident on the front façade. A concrete pathway aligns around the base of the walls, mirroring the overhanging eaves of the flat roof.

PHYSICAL INTEGRITY Requires further assessment PRELIMINARY STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

May be of local significance. Further assessment required.

CURRENT NAME (former) Cancutter’s barracks OTHER KNOWN NAME - CULTURAL HERITAGE ASSESSMENT SITE NO.

MPHS-11

ADDRESS Corner of Sawmill Pocket Rd & Hussey Rd, Mount Peter TITLE DETAILS N/A HISTORY Unknown when originally constructed. Last used as a barrack in the

1970s. Requires further research. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION This five room barrack is in a state of major disrepair. The roof and one

wall have now collapsed. PHYSICAL INTEGRITY In major disrepair. PRELIMINARY STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Provides evidence of the cane industry in the area. Requires further assessment. Archaeological potential. This six room barrack does not appear to have undergone significant modifications and as such it is still possible to read its internal form and function. The building should be recorded before demolition of building / development of site occurs.

CURRENT NAME Old Poultry Farm OTHER KNOWN NAME - CULTURAL HERITAGE ASSESSMENT SITE NO.

MPHS-12

ADDRESS Corner of Cooper and Mount Peter Rds, Edmonton TITLE DETAILS N/A HISTORY Requires further assessment PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION This site contains a number of buildings from different eras of poultry

farming on the site. There are two very large buildings, possibly 100 metres in length and 30 metres wide, one in a deteriorating condition (pictured) and the other in good condition. There are also 3 associated smaller sheds, 2 deteriorating and the other in good condition. The original shed has an iron clad saw-tooth roof. The front and rear of the building are not enclosed. The sides are partially clad with galvanised iron 2 – 3 metres below the roof line. Below this are widely spaced timber palings. On the southern boundary of the property is a row of very mature pine trees, possibly planted as a shelter belt.


May be of local significance. Further assessment required. Archaeological potential. A number of buildings on this property associated with an earlier era of the poultry farm appear to be in a deteriorating condition.


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CURRENT NAME Old Collinson home OTHER KNOWN NAME - CULTURAL HERITAGE ASSESSMENT SITE NO.

MPHS-14

GPS CO-ORDS for mapping WGS 84, 55K, E 367864, N: 8115742. ADDRESS Bruce Highway, Mount Peter TITLE DETAILS N/A HISTORY This house is apparently the original Collinson House which was known

as the ‘Halfway House’ and a stopping point for people journeying from Cairns to Gordonvale in the early 20th century. Requires further assessment

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION The highset building is clad with cement sheeting, roofed with galvanised iron. The front and rear verandas have been enclosed with cement sheeting and weatherboards. The windows are a mixture of casement windows and louvres and a number of windows retain their metal hoods. The building has been enclosed underneath. A number of mature trees are evident.



CURRENT NAME Temperley property – Mount Peter mine OTHER KNOWN NAME - CULTURAL HERITAGE ASSESSMENT SITE NO.

MPHS-16

ADDRESS End of access track to Temperley property, Mount Peter TITLE DETAILS N/A HISTORY Requires further assessment PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION This site comprises a number of features:

• House above Hillview Mine. This is a four room house apparently built in the 1960s from scavenged materials. It is roofed and clad with corrugated iron. Interior walls clad with cement sheeting. It has a variety of windows including old casement, louvers and push-out windows. Old drums serve as stumps. The position of the house on a small rise overlooking the Hillview Mine indicates that this may be the house constructed by Barnes named ‘Senrab’

• Two miners huts (one in state of advanced disrepair) constructed in the 1960s from scavenged materials. This is a two roomed structure, kitchen and bedroom opening onto a timber deck. A shower/toilet block is adjacent to structure. The roof and exterior walls are clad with corrugated iron, and internal walls and doors with tongue and groove, and features casement windows. The hut is fenced – post and wire construction. The hut is in reasonable condition.

• Mount Peter Mine. This site is located just behind the “House above Hillview Mine” described above. There are two shafts, one being the main shaft which is covered. The stamper built in 1868 was moved to this site in the 1960s. it was previously on the site of the original Mount Peter gold mine (now Fantin’s property)

• Sawmill remains. The remains of sawmilling machinery lie under a collapsed shed.

• Talisman Mine. This mine is the last of the mines on the Mount Peter Goldfield to be mined, closing in 1985. It is now locked up but the tramline into the mine is extant – about 50 metres of line remains exterior to the mine. In an adjacent shed are various pieces used in the mine particularly in recent times including drill bits and a shaker table. An old diesel compressor from an earlier mining era is housed in the shed.

• Manager’s House. The old manager’s house is located on a small hill near the Talisman Extended Mine. It was apparently built during the 1960s with scavenged materials. The house suffered considerable damage during Cyclone Larry and is now in a state of advanced disrepair with significant termite damage. The house has 3 bedrooms, a bathroom containing a roman bath and a kitchen.

CURRENT NAME Site of Sawmill Pocket Road School OTHER KNOWN NAME - CULTURAL HERITAGE ASSESSMENT SITE NO.

MPHS-15

ADDRESS Mount Peter Rd, Mount Peter TITLE DETAILS N/A HISTORY Requires further assessment PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION The site is located on Mount Peter Road at the base of the hill

approximately 100 metres south of the end of Muhammad Access Road. Requires further assessment




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The roof is clad with clip lock and the interior with plywood. The house was constructed mainly with bush timber (supporting columns) and the timber roof framing has been replaced with steel. There are remnants of gardens. Exotic plantings include happy plants, cordylines along with a mango, soursop, bananas and very mature bamboo plantings.

• Former Edmonton Railway Station Building. This building was relocated to the slopes of Mount Peter in the 1990s. It retains much of its form as a former railway station. The gabled roof is clad with galvanised iron and the walls with weatherboard. The waiting room remains open and is now a kitchen. The interior retains art deco decorative elements, hardwood floors, tongue and groove exposed stud walls and ceilings, stable doors and French doors. The signal box on the western end of the building remains.

• Former Cooktown hotel. This hotel was brought to Cairns by barge around 1900 in two halves. One half was sited on 87 Martyn St, and the other next door. This half of the hotel and ‘bits’ from the other half of the hotel were transported to this site in the late 1990s. The interior was not inspected. The verandas have been enclosed with cement sheeting and wooden louvers. The building has a hipped gable roof clad with galvanised iron. The house has steel stumps.

• Original Mount Peter mine shaft. Now capped with concrete. Located about 40 – 50 metres north of battery site on the banks of a tributary of Wright Creek


This site and its features should be assessed in conjunction with mining items on nearby Fantin farm for entry on the Queensland Heritage Register Further assessment required.

CURRENT NAME Original Mount Peter Mineshaft OTHER KNOWN NAME - CULTURAL HERITAGE ASSESSMENT SITE NO.

MPHS-17

GPS CO-ORDS for mapping WGS84, 55K, E 365663, N 8110649 ADDRESS Fantin Farm, Mount Peter TITLE DETAILS N/A HISTORY Requires further assessment PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION This site was capped with concrete by the Department of Mines.

It located about 40 – 50 metres north of the battery site on the banks of a tributary of Wright Creek.

PHYSICAL INTEGRITY Requires further assessment. PRELIMINARY STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE


CURRENT NAME Mount Peter Battery OTHER KNOWN NAME - CULTURAL HERITAGE ASSESSMENT SITE NO.

MPHS-18

ADDRESS Fantin’s Farm, Mount Peter TITLE DETAILS N/A HISTORY Requires further assessment PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION This site is located about 50 metres from the original Mount Peter shaft

(now capped) on the southern bank of a small tributary of Wright Creek. Remanent timber and corrugated iron are evident on the banks of the creek.


This property is the site of the original gold find by Peter Petersen. The remains on this property along with those on adjacent Temperley property need to be assessed as a whole for inclusion on the Queensland Heritage Register. Further assessment required.

CURRENT NAME Fantin Farm OTHER KNOWN NAME - CULTURAL HERITAGE ASSESSMENT SITE NO.

MPHS-19

ADDRESS Fantin Farm, Mount Peter TITLE DETAILS N/A HISTORY Requires further assessment PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION This site comprises a number of features:

• Petersen’s grave. There are no visible or obvious signs of a grave in this area. This site is located immediately south of the cattle yards.

• 1920s farmhouse. This building was relocated to this site from the slopes of Mount Peter in the late 1920s. It was originally a single gabled building, the left gable being the oldest. The second gable was added in the 1950s and the rear veranda enclosed. The walls of the oldest portion of the house are clad with stucco on chicken wire


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• 1930s farm shed. This five bay open shed was built in the 1930s from hardwood harvested from Mount Peter. Its timber supports and roofing timbers are original. The galvanised iron clad roof has been patched over the years, most recently in 2006 after Cyclone Larry. The shed’s original workbench remains.

• Cattle yards. These cattle yards were constructed in the 1930s. They have been upgraded and rebuilt over the years although elements of the original yards are still evident including the timber strainer posts which demonstrate post and rail construction techniques. Cyclone Larry inflicted considerable damage to part of the yards and other parts of the yards have been rebuilt.


May be of local significance. Further assessment in conjunction with the Temperley property site is required.

CURRENT NAME Guru Gobind Singh Sikh Gurdwara Temple OTHER KNOWN NAME - CULTURAL HERITAGE ASSESSMENT SITE NO.

MPHS-20

GPS CO-ORDS WGS84: 55K: E 369690, N 8111215 ADDRESS Bruce Highway, Gordonvale TITLE DETAILS N/A HISTORY Requires further assessment PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION It is a double story building of rectilinear plan. The external walls of the

temple are rendered and painted white, with embellishments that include capitals to the square columns, painted gold. Balconies framed by repeated peaked arches, align along all sides of both levels. The first floor balconies are bordered by fine white balustrades with linear vertical balusters. The temple’s flat roof is concealed by a decorative parapet.

PHYSICAL INTEGRITY Requires further assessment

3.18.5 Mount Peter – District Assessment Table

INITIAL LEVEL OF ASSESSMENT - MATERIAL CHANGE OF USE

See attachment 1

INITIAL LEVEL OF ASSESSMENT - OTHER DEVELOPMENT

See attachment 2

Note: The levels of assessment specified in the Mount Peter District

Development Assessment Table may be varied by a master plan as specified

in Table 6.5B (Impact Assessable Development That May Be Made Self

Assessable and Code Assessable) in Chapter 6 (Master Plan Requirements).


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Chapter 4 - Codes

4.1 Codes in CairnsPlan

There are five categories of Codes referred to in this Chapter as follows:

• Structure Plan Area Code;

• Overlay Code;

• Planning Area Code;

• Land Use Code;

• General Code.

4.1.1 Structure Plan Area Code A Structure Plan Area Code has been prepared for the Mount Peter Structure

Plan Area. The Mount Peter Structure Plan Area Code sets out the locality

specific requirements for master planning and development in the Mount Peter

Structure Plan Area. The locality specific requirements contained within the

Mount Peter Structure Plan Area are intended to override, to the extent of any

inconsistency, provisions contained in any other planning scheme code.

4.1.2 Overlay Codes Codes have been prepared for the majority of the Overlays established by the

CairnsPlan. These Codes set out particular requirements for development on a

premises affected by an Overlay.

4.1.3 Planning Area Codes

A Code has been prepared for each of the 19 Planning Areas established by

the CairnsPlan. These Codes set out the basic requirements for development

in each of the Planning Areas. Where there are particular requirements for

development in a Planning Area in a particular District, these requirements are

identified.

Where there is no Code for a specific land use, the Code for the Planning Area

in which the use is proposed to be established applies. It should be noted that

the Cityport Planning Areas are addressed somewhat differently to the other

Planning Areas. The Cityport land is divided into two main areas – Cityport

North and Cityport South. Within each of these Planning Areas there are

smaller or more discrete areas known as precincts. The Cityport North

Planning Area Code and the Cityport South Planning Area Code each include

provisions that apply to the entire respective Planning Area, as well as to


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specific precincts within the respective Planning Areas.

It should also be noted that the Mount Peter Structure Plan Area comprising

land included within the Future Urban Planning Area (Mount Peter District) is

also addressed somewhat differently to other Planning Areas. In the case of

Mount Peter Structure Plan Area there is a Structure Plan Area Code that

provides further guidance about the development of and master planning for

the Future Urban Planning Area.

It should be further noted that the other specific overlays and Land Use Codes

contained in the Planning Scheme do not apply to the Cityport North Planning

Area, the Cityport South Planning Area or the Mount Peter Structure Plan Area

unless specifically called up by the Cityport Codes or the Mount Peter

Structure Plan Area Code respectively. This is due to the fact that the

provisions of the Cityport North and Cityport South Planning Areas Codes and

the Mount Peter Structure Plan Area Code are specific to these City Port

Planning Areas and the Mount Peter Structure Plan Area Code.

4.1.4 Land Use Codes

The following Land Use Codes contained in the CairnsPlan continue to apply to

the Mount Peter Structure Plan Area:

• 4.7.1 Aquaculture Minor;

• 4.7.2 Business and Technology Park Code;

• 4.7.3 Caravan and Relocatable Home Parks Code;

• 4.7.4 Caretaker’s Residence Code;

• 4.7.5 Child Care Centre Code with amendments to A1.1, A3.1 and 3.2

as follows:

o A1.1 The Child Care Centre is located in:

or… (c) Master Plan Units 1-5 and 7-8 of the Mount Peter

Structure Plan Area, unless otherwise prescribed by a Master

Plan;

o A3.1 Buildings, structures, car parking and vehicle

manoeuvring areas:

(a) In the Residential 1, Residential 2, Residential 3 and Mount

Peter Structure Plan Area have a minimum setback of i) 6

metres from the main road frontage; ii) 3 metres from any

secondary road frontage;

o A3.2 In the Residential 1, Residential 2, Residential 3 and

Mount Peter Structure Plan Area, all outdoor play areas have a

minimum setback of 2 metres from all common boundaries

with adjoining premises.


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• 4.7.6 Detached Bottle Shop Code;

• 4.7.7 Display Facilities Code;

• 4.7.8 Dual Occupancy with amendments to A1.1 and A2.1 as follows:

o A1.1 The site has a minimum area of 600m2 in the Mount Peter


Plan;

o A2.1 Development is located within: c) Master Plan Units 6, 7

and 8 of the Mount Peter Structure Plan Area, unless otherwise

prescribed by a Master Plan.

• 4.7.9 Extractive Industry Code;

• 4.7.10 Home Activity Code;

• 4.7.11 Home Based Business Code;

• 4.7.12 House Code;

• 4.7.13 Illuminated Tennis Court Code;

• 4.7.14 Industry Class A, B & C Code with amendments to A1.4 as

follows:

o A1.4 Where the site has a common boundary with land in an

Industry Planning Area or Precinct within the Mount Peter

Structure Plan Area …;

• 4.7.15 Intensive Animal Husbandry Code;

• 4.7.16 Multiple Dwelling (Small Scale Development) Code with

amendments to A1.1 as follows:



Plan;

• 4.7.17 Multiple Dwelling and Holiday Accommodation with

amendments to A1.1 as follows:



Plan;

o A1.4 The gross floor area in the Mount Peter Structure Plan

Area shall not exceed 1.2 x site area, unless otherwise

prescribed by a Master Plan;

• 4.7.18 Restricted Premises Code;

• 4.7.19 Retirement Village Code;

• 4.7.20 Service Station Code;

• 4.7.21 Shopping and Business Facilities Code;


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• 4.7.22 Short Term Accommodation Code;

• 4.7.23 Showroom Code;

• 4.7.24 Special Residential Code;

• 4.7.25 Telecommunication Facilities Code;

4.1.5 General Codes

The following General Codes contained in the CairnsPlan continue to apply to

the Mount Peter Structure Plan Area:

• 4.8.1 Development Near Major Transport Corridors and Facilities Code;

• 4.8.2 Excavation and Filling Code;

• 4.8.3 Infrastructure Works Code unless otherwise amended by the

Mount Peter Structure Plan Area Codes;

• 4.8.4 Landscaping Code;

• 4.8.5 Parking and Access Code with amendments to P1, Schedule 1

and P14, P9 and Schedule 2 as follows:-

o Vehicle Parking Numbers – P1, Schedule 1, P9 Reduced rates

recommended for Mount Peter around major transit stops –

time sequence – thresholds for population; a master plan

needs to demonstrate how the car parking is provided - or how

the public transport initiatives are to be delivered;

o Bicycle Parking Numbers – P14, P9 and Schedule 2 Amended

rates for bike parking recommended for Mount Peter.

4.5.20 Mount Peter Structure Plan Area Code

PURPOSE

The purpose of this Code is to:

(a) provide an integrated land use and infrastructure planning framework

for the Structure Plan Area;

(b) guide the master planning process; and

(c) facilitate the achievement of the following desired development

outcomes for each element and precinct of the Mount Peter Structure

Plan Area as specified below:

A. Desired Development Outcomes for Particular Elements

A.1 Land Use Structure

(a) Ensure that development in Mount Peter is consistent with the precinct


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layout for the Structure Plan Area and does not exceed the

development entitlements specified for each Master Plan Unit.

A.2 Economic Development and Employment

(a) Ensure that the economic development of Mount Peter creates

employment, attracts investment and services and enhances the

region’s environment, lifestyle and community, reflecting a transition

away from a reliance on the traditional industries of agriculture and

tourism towards economic sectors that capitalise on regional and sub-

regional competitive advantages and specialisations as well as new

opportunities for growth. These include:

o knowledge-based businesses in sectors including professional

business services, health and education; and

o more knowledge intensive applications to existing industries

including export-oriented ‘high-tech’ manufacturing, scientific and

technical services and research and development in primary

industries, mining, environmental management and tropical

design and living.

(b) Create sustainable, walkable communities offering a diversity of

employment and transport choices close to where people live;

(c) Ensure that Mount Peter will be a regional attractor for employment within

the Southern Growth Corridor focusing on manufacturing, service

provision and research and development that builds on the FNQ

Regional Plan’s focus on regional advantages and specialisations;

(d) Provide for the continuation of extractive industries, poultry farms and

aquaculture on an interim basis and for the appropriate use of

separation distances and buffer areas;

(e) Provide for the conduct of business and employment from home in a

manner that does not adversely affect amenity; and

(f) Ensure that new centres within the Mount Peter Structure Plan Area are of

a scale, and incorporate functions, that are consistent with the role of

that centre in the Cairns City centres hierarchy and occur in an orderly

and sequenced manner that does not unreasonably impact upon other

existing and planned centres outside of the Structure Plan Area.

A.3 Natural Environment

Biodiversity Conservation

(a) Ensure that areas of biodiversity significance are protected, managed and

enhanced by:

o locating development outside areas of high ecological significance


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such as the World Heritage Area identified on Plan 07 Mount Peter

Structure Plan Area Natural Environment;

o designing and operating development to avoid impacts on

ecological values, or where avoidance is not possible, minimises

impacts and then offsets residual impacts so there is a net gain of

the impacted values;

o ensuring development adjacent to areas of high ecological

significance is designed, operated and setback to avoid adverse

impacts on the area’s ecological values;

o ensuring development in or adjacent to areas of general

ecological significance is located, designed and operated to avoid

or, where avoidance is not possible, minimise any adverse

impacts on ecological values where possible;

o ensuring that pest species are appropriately managed; and

o achieving compliance with the management principles and intents

set down in regulations which apply to protected areas such as

national parks, conservation parks, nature refuges and

coordinated conservation areas and threatened wildlife species.

Coastal Management

(b) Ensure that Cairn’s natural coastal resources, including the coastal

wetlands and marine ecosystems are protected and enhanced;

(c) Ensure orderly and sequenced urban development is located, designed and

managed to first avoid and, if unavoidable, then minimise or offset

adverse impacts on coastal resources and ecologically significant coastal

areas;

(d) Ensure that development is avoided:

o in the Trinity Inlet declared Fish Habitat Area (FHA) unless there

are no suitable alternatives and the proposed development is

permissible under the Fisheries Act 1994 (in such an instance

development impacts are to be minimised and offset in

accordance with the Queensland Government’s Environmental

Offsets Policy); and

o within an erosion-prone area that is also within a coastal

management district; or within a storm tide inundation hazard

area, except in accordance with relevant policies of the State and

Wet Tropics Regional Coastal Management Plan.

(e) Adequate buffers between the Fish Habitat Areas (FHA) and development

are provided to maintain or enhance the FHA;

(f) Ensure development is consistent with the zoning plans and management

plans of the Queensland Great Barrier Reef Coast Marine Park and the

Commonwealth Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. Urban development


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ensures there is no net loss of public access to the foreshore or use of

coastal waters, and public access is designed and maintained to

conserve coastal resources and maintain public safety;

Other Values

(g) Ensure that development is not located on steep land or in areas of high

bushfire hazard risk;

(h) Ensure that development does not have an adverse impact on air quality,

the acoustic environment or result in the release of contaminants;

Waterway Envelopes, Environmental Integrity and Water Quality

(i) Minimise the impact of development and required community

infrastructure on waterways and wetlands;

(j) Provide opportunities for appropriate forms of passive and active open

space;

(k) Facilitate effective management of waterway envelopes;

(l) Protect and maintain the physical condition, ecological health,

environmental values and water quality of waterways and wetlands;

(m) Protect natural waterway features, water and sediment movement

within waterway envelopes;

(n) Enable natural stream migration to occur within waterway envelopes over

time including allowances for future catchment and climate changes;

and

(o) Protect and maintain biodiversity conservation values of waterways and

wetlands.

A.4 Transport and Mobility

(a) Ensure Mount Peter has a functional and safe road network with an

efficient internal circulation system and connectivity to the Bruce

Highway;

(b) Ensure development is based on principles of walkable neighbourhoods and

transit oriented development which promote pedestrian accessibility to a

range of destinations thereby reducing the number of trips necessary by

private motor vehicle;

(c) Ensure that development provides high quality end of trip facilities that

promote pedestrian and cycle use;

(d) Ensure high frequency public transport forms a major focus in Mount Peter

and is provided at the same time as development;

(e) Ensure that the ultimate density of development is higher around transit

nodes than other areas in Mount Peter;


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(f) Ensure an integrated transport and land use planning approach is applied

to Mount Peter to encourage self containment of trips within the

Southern Growth Corridor by ensuring sufficient jobs are provided

within Mount Peter; and

(g) Ensure that development provides sufficient car parking spaces to

accommodate operational requirements with demand management

measures introduced in conjunction with public transport services.

(h) Ensure development does not adversely affect the safety and operational

integrity of the North Coast Rail Line or associated existing or future

infrastructure including the open level crossing of Thompson Road.

A.5 Community Facilities

(a) Ensure Mount Peter has a range of community facilities that respond to

local needs, encourage active community participation and healthy

lifestyles and help build the life and identity of the community;

(b) Ensure community facilities are established in locations which are

convenient and highly accessible to the communities they serve;

(c) Ensure community facilities are located in highly visible locations offering

opportunities for casual surveillance;

(d) Ensure, as far as practicable, community facilities are co-located to achieve

efficiency of provision and promote synergies of service and operation;

(e) Ensure that community facilities are sequenced in a manner that allows for

the early stages of development to have access to community facilities;

and

(f) Ensure that the provision of community facilities supports the cultural

development of Mount Peter.

A.6 Cultural Heritage

(a) Implement best practice initiatives for the protection of Indigenous and

non-Indigenous cultural heritage sites, objects and areas throughout all

phases of development;

(b) Undertake Cultural Heritage Management Plans or agreements with the

Aboriginal Parties for the Mount Peter Structure Plan Area prior to

development commencing;

(c) Assess the significance of the cultural heritage sites, objects and areas

when determining suitable outcomes for their management within

Mount Peter; and

(d) Provide appropriate interpretation of Indigenous and non-Indigenous

(historic) cultural heritage places and values following consultation and

agreement with the Indigenous Parties.


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A.7 Housing

(a) Ensure housing choice responds to the needs of the community, through

the provision of a diverse and affordable housing choice that is

responsive to the changing demographic structure of the Mount Peter

population;

(b) Ensure the integration of housing densities across the various planning

precincts is consistent with their land use intent;

(c) Ensure that development provides a range of housing forms and styles that

can achieve the desired level of self containment;

(d) Ensure that adaptable housing is accommodated to meet the needs of the

community through its entire life cycle; and

(e) Ensure that housing choice promotes the creation of a strong and

sustainable community, with equitable access to goods and services.

A.8 Sports and Recreation

(a) Provide accessible, functional and appealing open space areas and facilities

which promote active living and healthy lifestyles through opportunities

for recreation, sport, walking, cycling and play;

(b) Ensure an extensive and integrated network of sport and recreation open

space is provided throughout Mount Peter; and

(c) Ensure the community is provided with a range of low impact

environmental recreation and educational opportunities and outdoor

experiences compatible with the protection of ecological values.

A.9 Integrated Water Management

(a) Ensure water is managed on a total water cycle basis, balancing the uses

of water and its role in the environment and recognising it is a valuable

and finite regional resource;

(b) Ensure safe, reliable and adequate water is provided for the needs of

Mount Peter and water quality meets human use and environmental

requirements through regional ecologically sustainable development of

water resources;

(c) Ensure sewerage is sustainably managed to provide for the allocation and

use of water for the physical, economic and social well being of Mount

Peter while considering and allowing for a holistic relationship with

surrounding areas;

(d) Ensure the physical condition, ecological health, environmental values and

water quality of surface water and groundwater systems, including

waterways, wetlands and estuaries (all of which make their way into the

waters of the Great Barrier Reef) is protected and improved; and


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(e) Ensure the overriding objective for water quality management is to

effectively minimise the potential for development activity to cause

harm to the environment / receiving waters, and to protect the

environmental values of the receiving waters.

A.10 Other Infrastructure

(a) Ensure sustainable energy generation, transmission and distribution is

provided and maintained; adopt viable alternative energy sources,

where practicable, to service population and employment growth;

(b) Ensure affordable, reliable and robust high speed telecommunications are

provided to ensure access to markets, information and services; and

(c) Ensure solid waste is managed and promoted while optimising regional

collection and management processes, to minimise adverse impacts on

the environment and the community both locally and regionally.

A.11 Place Making

(a) Ensure the structure and layout of Mount Peter responds to local climatic

conditions at the district, neighbourhood and site level;

(b) Promote the development of memorable spaces through incorporating best

practice urban design principles;

(c) Ensure the spatial allocations of land uses are supportive of the transit

focus of the Structure Plan and promotes walkable communities;

(d) Ensure public space is integrated into the urban fabric and supportive of

the density and needs of the emerging community and the local history

(through public art – indigenous and non-indigenous);

(e) Encourage the staged approach to achieve sustainable development

densities and promote the creation of a strong and sustainable

community;

(f) Ensure visual character is addressed in the development of master

planning;

(g) Identify existing unique visual characteristics that are intrinsic to Mount

Peter so that these may be protected, but at the same time recognise

that the landscape will change in certain areas to predominantly urban

in character; and

(h) Ensure that indigenous and non-indigenous cultural heritage is

incorporated into public art, urban design, place/street names and land

mark features.

B. Desired Development Outcomes for Particular Precincts


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B.1 Precinct 1 – Business/Technology Park and Integrated Industry

Employment

(a) The Business/Technology Park and Integrated Industry Employment

Precinct will be a regional attractor for employment within the Southern

Growth Corridor focusing on high-technology, low-impact

manufacturing, service provision and research and development (R&D)

that builds on the FNQ Regional Plan’s focus on regional and sub-

regional advantages and specialisations. This includes low impact

industrial uses that require large footprints such as food product

manufacturing, metal product manufacturing, wood and paper product

manufacturing and mineral product manufacturing. It also includes

more general and service industry-type uses including machinery and

equipment manufacturing, servicing and/or repairs (including for

example agricultural and mining machinery and equipment), wholesale

trade activities and construction industry activities (including fabrication

and assembly). The precinct will complement the role and function of

the Mixed Use/Employment Precinct;

(b) The Business/Technology Park and Integrated Industry Employment

Precinct will include a number of mixed uses to support employment

including local convenience, child care and health clubs. This precinct

will also accommodate low impact industrial uses that require large land

areas and buildings such as light metal product manufacturing activities,

machinery and equipment manufacturing, supply and

maintenance/repair (including mining and agricultural machinery), low

impact food product manufacturing activities, wholesale trade uses and

construction industry activities;

(c) Development in the precinct incorporates a high standard of urban

design and landscaping that creates attractive tropical buildings, streets

and spaces;

(d) Development in the precinct avoids conflicts with and protects the

amenity of adjacent residential areas; and

(e) Development in the precinct meets contemporary best practice

standards for sustainability.

B.2 Desired Development Outcomes for Precinct 2 – Mixed

Use/Employment

(a) The Mixed Use/Employment Precinct will complement and support the

retail, commercial and community focus of the nearby Edmonton Town

Centre. Employment uses in this area will include commercial office

activities, service provision, research and development, larger floor area

commercial activities such as call centre uses, data processing centres

and some retail activities (e.g. homewares/bulky goods/large format

retail activities);


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(b) The Mixed Use/Employment Precinct also provides for health (hospital)

and education facilities which will provide economic and employment

attractors for the southern area of Cairns;



and spaces;


amenity of adjacent residential areas; and



B.3 Precinct 3 – Transport Based Industry

(a) The Transport Based Industry Precinct is located on the regional

transport network and is to be developed for large scale transport,

storage, distribution and associated manufacturing;

(b) Transport based industry address on the desire to establish and provide

for the short term supply of large scale logistic type uses. Additional

sites will need to be determined outside the Mount Peter Structure Plan

area to meet the projected need;



and spaces;


amenity of surrounding residential areas/sensitive uses; and



B.4 Precinct 4 – District Centre Core

(a) The District Centres complement and reinforce the role and function of

nearby centres and employment nodes in the wider Cairns Southern

Growth Corridor, recognising that Edmonton is the primary centre for

the sub-region;

Coopers Road

(b) The Coopers Road District Centre provides a mix of uses including retail,

commercial, civic, employment, educational and residential uses, with a

strong focus on the provision of community services and facilities for the

Mount Peter community and for the wider Southern Growth Corridor.

Community facilities include a town square, district multi-purpose

community centre, youth centre, library and cultural facility. The urban

form comprises a compact centre with varying building heights. The

centre’s urban design, phasing and approvals facilitate lower scale


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development in the short-term within the centre;

Maitland Road South

(c) The Maitland Road South District Centre acts as the principal centre

within Mount Peter. The Centre provides a mix of uses incorporating

retail, commercial, civic, employment, educational and residential uses.

The centre’s design is focussed on a town square and an activated main

street. Community facilities within the centre include a district multi-

purpose community centre, police station and combined ambulance and

fire station;

All District Centres

(d) Development in the precinct avoids the establishment of conventional

shopping centres based upon an enclosed mall retail format that do not

address and activate the surrounding urban form;

(e) Development provides for high levels of mobility and accessibility within

the precinct with dedicated transit, bicycle and pedestrian corridors, a

central transit station in the core of each District Centre supported by

the multi-purpose corridor and an interconnected network of pedestrian

and cycle paths which prioritise these modes and provide access to key

facilities within the precinct;

(f) Development in the precinct is arranged to maximise the vibrancy of

public spaces and semi-public spaces by:-

o configuring active uses to front public spaces and maximise

pedestrian activity;

o ensuring a variety of compatible mixed uses are provided within

each site; and

o ensuring spaces comply with Crime Prevention Through

Environmental Design and universal design principles.

(g) Development in the precinct incorporates a high standard of urban


and spaces and distinguishes the District Centres as the focal points for

the Mount Peter community; and

(h) Development in the precinct meets contemporary best practice


B.5 Precinct 5 – District Centre Frame

(a) The District Centre Frame Precinct is developed at a lower intensity than

the District Centre and provides for the residential retail, local service

and community needs. It also provides a transition from commercial to

residential precincts;


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(b) The scale and nature of uses developed in the precinct does not

unreasonably delay the establishment of or undermine the role of the

District Centre Core;



and spaces; and

(d) Development in the precinct meets contemporary best practice


B.6 Precinct 6 – Mixed Use Centres

(a) The Mixed Use Centres Precinct is developed for major elements of the

community facilities infrastructure network not otherwise

accommodated within the District Centre Core or District Centre Frame

(refer Map 07 Mount Peter Structure Plan Area Centres Location Plan);

(b) MUC1 is located in the north eastern employment area of the Structure

Plan Area adjacent to the proposed Edmonton Town Centre. It is

intended that this Mixed Use Centre provides local centre functions

(small retail/ convenience uses) but within the context of a mixed use

employment precinct. To service the predominance of employment

within the surrounding area, the centre will be a focal point of activity

for this area and provide supporting retail development. The urban

form will comprise of a compact centre and will be located within a

general radius of 200m from the centre of the retail core/main street.

The centre will include a small scale main street designed to encourage

pedestrian and cycle movement whilst still allowing vehicle movement

through the core of the centre;

(c) MUC2 is located to the south of the Coopers Road centre, positioned

either side of the mass transit route thereby providing high accessibility.

It is intended the centre will achieve high public transport patronage

levels due to its location along the mass transit route. The urban form

for the centre will consist of higher density residential area and this

centre will feature mixed use solutions that see an increase of “eyes on

the street” to improve safety around public transportation stations. A

higher residential density will be achieved in and around this centre to

capitalise on its close proximity to the mass transit route and potential

transit station, and mixed use. A small retail component is provided to

fulfil the local convenience needs of the community. A focus of the local

centre will be a secondary school located adjacent the core of the

centre;

(d) MUC3 is located at the gateway of the western urban land (residential)

area, adjacent to the metropolitan sports facilities (refer Map 13 Mount

Peter Structure Plan Area Sport, Recreation and Community Facilities

Infrastructure) and along the multi-purpose corridor. A small main


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street supporting mixed use with a small retail component, not

exceeding 1200m2 of Gross Floor Area (GFA), will support the

destination and gateway qualities of this centre. Close proximity to the

mass transit route and to a transit station will increase the viability of

this centre and the vibrancy of the main street accessibility of this

centre for its residents and users. The key focus for this centre will be a

district active open space node that will serve the Mount Peter

population with sport and recreation facilities. The centre will contain a

concentration of sporting facilities including multi-purpose courts,

sporting fields, running track, club house and playground. A higher

density residential area will surround the active open space hub; MUC4

is located along the multi-purpose corridor that generally traverses

north-south through the Structure Plan area. This centre is to focus on

mixed use solutions that increase “eyes on the street” to improve safety

around public transportation stations and will provide a retail

component not exceeding 1,000m2 of GFA. Close proximity to the mass

transit route and to a transit station will increase connectivity to the

centre and will provide greater access to services for residents of Mount

Peter. The key focus for this centre will be its “community heart”

established around a local multi-purpose community centre;

(e) Development provides for the co-location of compatible community

facilities and for strong relationships and connections to be developed

between community facilities, surrounding urban open space and the

pedestrian, bicycle and public transport infrastructure network;

(f) Development in the precinct incorporates a high standard of urban


and spaces;

(g) Development in the precinct avoids conflict with and protects the

amenity of surrounding residential areas; and

(h) Development in the precinct meets contemporary best practice


B.7 Precinct 7 - Community/Residential

(a) The Community/Residential Precinct is developed as a series of

interconnected, walkable and transit supportive residential

neighbourhoods;

(b) Development in the precinct provides for a range of residential living

environments that accommodate a diversity of lifestyles and recognise

the particular character and environmental attributes of different parts

of the Structure Plan Area;

(c) Development in the precinct accommodates a variety of housing forms

including detached, semi-attached and multi-unit residential uses in

conjunction with complementary ancillary uses such as urban open


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space and local community facilities;

(d) Development in the precinct incorporates integrated transport and open

space infrastructure networks that provide a high level of permeability

and connectivity between neighbourhoods and key points of economic

and community activity;

(e) Development in the precinct occurs in accordance with a neighbourhood

model;

(f) Development in the precinct incorporates a high standard of urban

design and landscaping that creates attractive sub-tropical buildings,

streets and spaces; and

(g) Development in the precinct meets contemporary best practice


B.8. Precinct 8 - Existing Community/Residential

(a) The Existing Community/Residential Precinct is currently developed as a

low density residential area within close proximity to the Bruce

Highway; and

(b) Development in the precinct predominately provides for dwelling houses

in conjunction with complementary ancillary uses such as urban open

space and community facilities.

B.9. Precinct 9 – Open Space

(a) The Open Space Precinct comprises land which is to remain

undeveloped for urban purposes other than provision for a range of

active and passive open space required to service the needs of the

Mount Peter community;

(b) Development in the precinct avoids adverse impacts related to flooding

or land with conservation values;

(c) Development in the precinct avoids conflicts with and protects the

amenity of surrounding residential areas; and

(d) Development in the precinct meets contemporary best practice


B.10 Precinct 10 – Conservation

(a) The Conservation Precinct provides for the protection and enhancement

of important environmental and landscape values and comprises land

which is to remain undeveloped for urban purposes (other than for the

sensitive provision of bridges and community infrastructure);

(b) The Conservation Precinct provides for the protection, rehabilitation,

buffering and reconnection of native remnant and regrowth vegetation,


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wetlands, waterways and other ecologically important areas in nature

conservation, providing for a limited range of community infrastructure

and environmentally compatible uses and activities (i.e. environmental

education and interpretative signage, shared use trails and associated

amenities); and

(c) Infrastructure located within the precinct meets contemporary best

practice standards for fauna sensitive design and minimises disturbance

to native flora.

B.11 Desired Development Outcomes for Transit Corridor

(a) The Mount Peter Structure Plan Area Precincts Plan identifies an

indicative alignment for a transit corridor which is intended to provide a

high quality and efficient bus network that will service the Southern

Growth Corridor. Higher densities of development are provided for

along the corridor at key locations or local centres. The exact location

of the corridor is to be determined through further investigations for the

Cairns Transit Network project and is to be reflected on the approved

master plans covering land to be traversed by the transit corridor;

(b) The identification, reservation or construction of the transit corridor is

not to be compromised by development within or adjacent to the

proposed alignment of the corridor.

APPLICABILITY

This Code applies to:-

(a) development that is:

• assessable;

• in the Future Urban Planning Area; and

• identified in the table below;

APPLICABLE DEVELOPMENT Material Change of Use Reconfiguring a Lot

(b) development that is for a master plan required or made pursuant to

Chapter 6 (Master Plan Requirements).

ELEMENTS OF THE CODE

1. Land Use Structure

2. Economic Development and Employment

3. Natural Environment


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4. Transport and Mobility

5. Community Facilities

6. Cultural Heritage

7. Housing

8. Sports and Recreation

9. Integrated Water Cycle Management

10. Other Physical Infrastructure

11. Place Making

1. Land Use Structure

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA ACCEPTABLE MEASURES P1 Development reflects the

precinct layout specified on Map 08 Mount Peter Structure Plan Area Precincts and is consistent with the intent of the precinct specified in the Purpose of this Code.

A1.1 No acceptable measures are specified.

P2 Development does not exceed the development entitlements for the Master Plan Unit as specified on Map 09 Mount Peter Structure Plan Area Development Entitlements.


2. Economic Development and Employment

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA ACCEPTABLE MEASURES P1. Business and industrial uses

are accommodated in Mount Peter through the provision of appropriate land with sufficient diversity in lot sizes, buffers, amenity (refer Map 09 Mount Peter Structure Plan Area Development Entitlements).

A1.1 Development in accordance with Map 08 Mount Peter Structure Plan Area Precincts.

Note: the Mount Peter Structure Plan

aims to achieve the following outcomes: Employment self sufficiency of 75% and a level of employment self containment of 40%.

The Economic Development & Employment Element of the Mount Peter Planning Scheme Policy provides guidance on the preparation of an Economic Development Strategy to assist in achieving this criteria.


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PERFORMANCE CRITERIA ACCEPTABLE MEASURES P2. Development provides a mix of

retail, higher order commercial, office and service based business and employment in a network of accessible, viable and functioning centres in an identifiable centres hierarchy, recognising that Edmonton is a Sub-regional Centre and Gordonvale is a District Centre.

A2.1 Development in accordance with Map 07 Mount Peter Structure Plan Area Centres Location.

P3. Employment areas are located:

(a) to capitalise on the establishment of the multi-purpose transit corridor and high quality public and private transport links;

(b) in areas which can be serviced by cost-effective infrastructure;

(c) in areas that are appropriately buffered to minimise risk from incompatible development; and

(d) to complement and support the commercial and industrial structure of the Cairns Southern Growth Corridor and the wider Cairns Region.

A3.1 Development in accordance with Map 10 Mount Peter Structure Plan Area Transport and Mobility Infrastructure - Road Hierarchy;

2.1. Extractive Industries

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA ACCEPTABLE MEASURES P5. Extractive and mineral

resources identified on Map 02 Mount Peter Structure Plan Area Existing Land Use Plan are protected from development which may impact on their operational viability.


P6. The separation areas or buffers to Key Resource Areas (KRAs) are developed for urban purposes following the extinguishment of the KRAs.


Note – Map 02 Mount Peter Structure

Plan Area Existing Land Use shows the current separation area to the KRAs

2.2. Home Based Activity and Business

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA ACCEPTABLE MEASURES P7. Home-based activity and A7.1 Provided in accordance with


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PERFORMANCE CRITERIA ACCEPTABLE MEASURES business opportunities maintain residential amenity.

4.7.10 Home Activity Code and 4.7.11 Home Based Business Code of the CairnsPlan.

3. Natural Environment

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA ACCEPTABLE MEASURES P1. Development unless for

required community infrastructure is not located in areas of remnant vegetation within the Mount Peter Structure Plan Area (refer - Map 01 Mount Peter Structure Plan Area - Natural Environment).

A1.1 Required community infrastructure is sited and designed to avoid adverse impacts on the following: (a) Remnant vegetation that

has an Endangered status pursuant to the Vegetation Management Act 1999;

(b) Remnant vegetation that provides links between core habitat areas (i.e. Sandy Creek);

(c) Remnant vegetation identified as providing Essential Habitat for significant wildlife species listed under the provisions of the Commonwealth’s Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 and Queensland’s Nature Conservation Act 1992.

(d) Remnant vegetation that has an Of Concern status pursuant to the Vegetation Management Act 1999.

A1.2 Any required community

infrastructure proposed within areas of remnant vegetation is consistent with the requirements of: (a) the Vegetation Management

Act 1999; (b) the Vegetation Management

Regulation 2000; and (c) the Regional Vegetation

Management Code: Coastal Bioregions.

P2 Development provides buffers/setbacks between development and areas of remnant vegetation to protect adjacent properties from wind thrown trees and protect remnant vegetation from weed incursion.

A2.1 Setbacks of 10 metres are achieved from any retained vegetation strips or small areas of vegetation.

P3 Development does not adversely affect areas of endangered regrowth or

A3.1 The vegetation on premises must be retained except vegetation within a 6m radius of


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PERFORMANCE CRITERIA ACCEPTABLE MEASURES riparian regrowth vegetation.

the outer limits of the footprint of an approved building; and

A3.2 Development does not damage the root zone of vegetation through compaction, excavation or filling; and

A3.3 Endangered regrowth and riparian regrowth vegetation are managed in accordance with the requirements of the Vegetation Management (Regrowth Clearing Moratorium) Act 2009, Vegetation Management Act 1999 and/or any other relevant and applicable policy or code which may be enacted to administer these regulations.

A3.4 The location of proposed

infrastructure is to be designed/ located as to preserve/ enhance the environmental qualities of creek lines and gullies.

P4 Development resulting in

disturbances to endemic native vegetation is compensated by an ecological offset.


P5 Development incorporates landscaping that includes the following elements:

(a) endemic native plants;

(b) known food and habitat trees and shrubs;

(c) replication of adjacent healthy remnant habitats, including understorey vegetation;

(d) enhancement of links between existing habitats.


P6 Development adopts principles of Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) to minimise impacts on natural waterways.


Note: The Integrated Water Cycle

Management Element of the Mount Peter Planning Scheme Policy provides guidance on achieving these criteria.

3.1. Significant Wildlife Species


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PERFORMANCE CRITERIA ACCEPTABLE MEASURES P7 Development avoids adverse

impacts on areas that provide known and likely habitat resources for significant wildlife species.

A7.1 Development layout and design protects and manages the ecological features and processes of the following areas:

(a) the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area;

(b) the Trinity Inlet Declared Fish Habitat Area including Blackfellows Creek up to 20m downstream of the Bruce Highway and Stoney Creek up to 20m downstream of the bridge on Page Road;

(c) areas identified as Essential Habitat on the Certified Regional Ecosystem Map;

(d) areas of remnant vegetation;

(e) waterways, water bodies and areas which support native vegetation communities and which provide significant wildlife linkages/ecological corridors between core habitat patches; and

(f) areas in which significant wildlife species have been previously recorded (e.g. riparian vegetation on Sandy Creek and Blackfellow’s Creek, the ridges of Isley Hills, riparian rainforest communities associated with Sandy Creek, Grey Creek, and Stoney Creek).

P8 Development provides appropriate buffers to Declared Fish Habitat Areas.

A8.1 Vegetated open space buffers of at least 100m are established between development and tidal lands consistent with the Fisheries Guidelines for Fish Habitat Buffer Zones (FHG 003).

3.2. World Heritage Area

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA ACCEPTABLE MEASURES P9 Development is not located

within 100 metres of the World Heritage Area. (refer - Map 01 Mount Peter Structure Plan Area Natural Environment).


P10 Development does not impact on the World Heritage Area’s scenic landscapes or other



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values.

3.3. Coastal Areas

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA ACCEPTABLE MEASURES P11 Development avoids adverse

impacts on Coastal Management Districts and Erosion Prone Areas.

A11.1 Development is not located within Coastal Management Districts or Erosion Prone Areas unless it can be demonstrated that:

(a) the development is for required community infrastructure; and

(b) no suitable alternative location or site exists for this infrastructure; and

(c) the establishment of the development achieves compliance with the coastal management outcomes, principles and policies of the State Coastal Management Plan and will not adversely affect the downstream Key Coastal Locality 10.1 (Trinity).

P12 Development ensures there is no net loss of public access to coastal waters, and public access is designed and maintained to conserve coastal resources and maintain public safety.


3.4. Steep Land and Geological Stability

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA ACCEPTABLE MEASURES P13 Development does not occur

on slopes greater than 1:6 unless such development is for required community service infrastructure for which an overriding need can be demonstrated.


3.5. Waterway Envelopes

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA ACCEPTABLE MEASURES P14 Community infrastructure,

passive and active open space located within the waterway envelope maintains its physical and environmental integrity. All other development is not appropriate within the waterway envelope.

A14.1 Essential community infrastructure is only located within waterway envelopes where there are no other suitable alternative locations

A14.2 Passive open space may be located within waterway


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PERFORMANCE CRITERIA ACCEPTABLE MEASURES envelopes.

A14.3 Active open space within waterway envelopes may be located in accordance with Council desired standard of services.

Note: The Natural Environment Element

and the Sport & Recreation Element of the Mount Peter Planning Scheme Policy provide guidance on achieving these criteria.

P15 Waterway envelopes are

multipurpose corridors managed for environmental, open space and drainage purposes.


P16 Development provides for access to facilitate effective, coordinated waterway envelope management.


P17 Required community infrastructure is co-located wherever practicable.


P18 Any required community infrastructure avoids, or, if avoidance is not possible, minimises, impacts on biodiversity conservation values including the terrestrial and aquatic habitat and corridor values and fish migrations.


P19 Planning for Wrights Creek and Grays Creek recognises the regional significance of the future open space and associated attributes.

A19.1 Development in Master Plan Units including Wrights Creek and Grays Creek is carried out in accordance with a Corridor Management Plan for Wrights Creek and Grays Creek. Refer Map08 Mount Peter Structure Plan Area Precincts.

Note: The Natural Environment

Element of the Mount Peter Planning Scheme Policy provides guidance on achieving these criteria.


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4. Transport and Mobility

4.1. Road Network

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA ACCEPTABLE MEASURES P1 A road network hierarchy is

provided to ensure the safe and efficient movement of all

users.

A1.1 Roads, including roads within developments with common property, are designed at a minimum in accordance with Table D1.1 Street and Road Hierarchy – Deemed to Comply Requirements of the FNQ ROC Development Manual.

A1.2 Roads comply with section D1 and

D3 of the Planning Scheme Policy FNQROC Development Manual and Section 2.12 Queensland Street unless it can be satisfactorily demonstrated that an alternative layout is more appropriate for the purpose and function of the road.

A1.3 Road network hierarchy is designed in accordance with Map 10 Mount Peter Structure Plan Area - Transport and Mobility Infrastructure (Road Hierarchy).

P2 Vehicle access to the Bruce Highway is designed to ensure the efficiency and safety of a State Controlled Road.

A2.1 Access to the Bruce Highway is provided through:

Editor’s note – to be confirmed by DTMR: (a) Full interchange at Draper

Road; (b) Full interchange in the

vicinity of Maitland Road, dependent on investigations associated with its future form and capacity requirements and resolution of the cane rail alignment. Advice from the Department of Transport and Main Roads indicates that this interchange location may be located within 300m north or south of Maitland Road;

(c) Full interchange in the vicinity of Deppeler Road/Stoney Creek; and

(d) Access across the Highway provided at Mill Road/Thompson Road.

A2.2 New vehicle crossings of the Bruce

Highway will be provided with high quality pedestrian and cyclist crossing facilities.

P3. The road network is designed A3.1 No acceptable measures are


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PERFORMANCE CRITERIA ACCEPTABLE MEASURES to provide a high level of connectivity, permeability and circulation for local vehicles, public transport, pedestrians and cyclists.

specified.

4.2. Pedestrians/Cyclists

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA ACCEPTABLE MEASURES P4 Development creates a safe,

attractive and efficient pedestrian/cyclist path network that priorities pedestrian movement over vehicle use and creates an attractive environment, including connectivity to regional, local and district centres, open space networks, employment, schools, recreation, bus stations and stops and other key destinations.

A4.1 Development in accordance with Map 11 Mount Peter Structure Plan Area Transport and Mobility Infrastructure – Walk and Cycle

A4.2 The Walk and Cycle network is

constructed in accordance with the Design Guidelines set out in Sections D4 and D5 of the Planning Scheme Policy, FNQROC Development Manual.

A4.3 On and off road cyclist facilities

are provided to cater for a mix of cyclist user types.

P5 Development adjacent to pedestrian and cyclist paths:

(a) provides a high standard of urban design;

(b) addresses Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design principles; and

(c) meets universal design principles.

A5.1 Development and works along the pedestrian/cycle path network provides: (a) high quality street furniture,

shade/shelter, signage and lighting;

(b) landscaping and structures which ensure human scale, adequate visibility, sight lines and passive surveillance; and

(c) seats, drinking taps, shaded areas and rubbish bins occurs at appropriate points along the path network in locations that do not obstruct free movement along the paths.

P6 Collector streets and roads

higher in the road hierarchy, and all streets which are located within or close to District or Mixed Use Centres, or provide access in high density development are designed to have shared paths on both sides and safe street crossings for all users.


P7 A mix of recreational and commuter shared paths is provided in open space corridors.

A7.1 Shared paths are designed at minimum specification in accordance with the Design Guidelines set out in Sections D4 and D5 of the Planning Scheme


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PERFORMANCE CRITERIA ACCEPTABLE MEASURES Policy, FNQROC Development Manual.

P8 Development for the following uses provide high quality end of trip facilities for cyclists:

(a) Commercial buildings; (b) Multi-unit residential; (c) Retail centres; (d) Community facilities; (e) Healthcare; or (f) Education.


Note: The Transport & Mobility Element

of the Mount Peter Planning Scheme Policy provides guidance on achieving these criteria.

P9 Pedestrians and cyclists are accommodated safely at all intersections including signalised crossings. Roundabout intersections are to be avoided at intersections with high order roads wherever possible to improve safety for pedestrians and cyclists.

A9.1 Crossing facilities for cyclists and pedestrians are designed:

(a) to have safe sight distances and adequate pavement markings, warning signs and safety rails (where appropriate for cyclists; and

(b) to accommodate the direct route of pedestrians and cyclists.

P10 The road network layout and design generally provides the shortest route for pedestrians and cyclists to encourage walking and cycling to daily activities and assist in reducing local vehicle trips.

A10.1 Road network hierarchy is designed in accordance with Map 10 Mount Peter Structure Plan Area - Transport and Mobility Infrastructure (Road Hierarchy).

P11 High density development is concentrated in areas along the proposed busway and with a relatively flat topography, to maximise the opportunities for pedestrians and cyclists to utilise the areas.


Note: The Placemaking Element of the

Mount Peter Planning Scheme Policy provides guidance on the scope of an Urban Design Centre Concept Report that will assist in achieving these criteria.

4.3. Public Transport

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA ACCEPTABLE MEASURES P12 Development promotes the

use and efficiency of public transport.

A12.1 The staging of the lot reconfiguration prioritises delivery of link roads early in the development process as identified on identified on Map 12 Mount Peter Structure Plan Area Transport and Mobility Infrastructure – Public Transport.

A12.290% of households will be within 400m of a bus route or 800m of the busway.


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PERFORMANCE CRITERIA ACCEPTABLE MEASURES A12.3 Development is designed to

minimise walking distances to bus stops, station and centres with at least 60% of dwellings within 400m radius of a bus stop, centre and or 800m of a bus station to achieve an actual safe walking distance of a maximum of 400/800m respectively.

A12.4 Development, roads, paths and lot

layout ensures that shorter or more direct journeys are undertaken by sustainable transport modes when compared to private motor vehicles.

A12.5Provision for park and ride stations

to be incorporated around lower order stations as shown on Map 10 Mount Peter Structure Plan Area - Transport and Mobility – Road Hierarchy.

P13 The mass transit corridor is

retained and protected from incompatible land uses.

A13.1Where development is adjacent to the mass transit corridor depicted on Map 12 Mount Peter Structure Plan Area – Transport and Mobility Infrastructure – Public Transport; the corridor is integrated into the design of the lot layout such that the intended future use is not compromised.

4.4. Car Parking

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA ACCEPTABLE MEASURES P14 Development within the District

Centre Core, in District Frame and Mixed Use Centres provides reduced car parking rates.

A14.1 Car parking rates specified in 4.8.5 Parking and Access Code are reduced following commencement of a public transport service in accordance with a Car Parking Plan prepared at the time of the Master Plan. Car parking reductions are to consider the type of land use, proximity to other car parking areas and the provision of bicycle parking on the site.

P15 Development in the District

Centre Core and Mixed Use Centres provides land for the establishment of a centralised public parking facility within each centre.

A15.1A Master Plan is prepared that identifies the land requirements for a centralised public parking facility.

Note: The Transport & Mobility and Placemaking Elements of the Mount Peter Planning Scheme


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PERFORMANCE CRITERIA ACCEPTABLE MEASURES Policy provide guidance on achieving these criteria.

P16 On site car parking is located to the rear or side of sites away from the street frontage to improve passive surveillance and pedestrian connectivity and is to be provided with good safe pedestrian access.

A16.1No acceptable measures are specified.

P17 Expanses of at grade vehicle parking will be hidden from the street and public realm by buildings containing active frontages.

A17.1No acceptable measures are specified.

5. Community Facilities

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA ACCEPTABLE MEASURES P1 Mount Peter is provided with a

range of community facilities to meet the diverse social needs of the community.

A1.1 Sufficient land is allocated within district centres, mixed used centres and local centres to facilitate the co-location of community facilities with each other, parks and public transport hubs to establish a civic focus appropriate to the type and scale of facility.

Refer Map 13 Mount Peter Structure Plan Area Sport, Recreation and Community Facilities Infrastructure.

A1.2 Land is dedicated and capital works are undertaken to ensure that land is suitable for the development of local and district community facilities.

A1.3 Community Plan addressing community facilities, human services and community development are prepared for each master plan unit identified on Map 14 Mount Peter Master Plan Area Master Plan Units.

Note: The Community Facilities Element

of the Mount Peter Planning Scheme Policy provides guidance on achieving these criteria.

P2 Mount Peter is provided with District level community services.

A2.1 Mount Peter is serviced by two District Community Centres established at the Coopers Road and Maitland Road District


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PERFORMANCE CRITERIA ACCEPTABLE MEASURES Centres.

A2.2 Coopers Road District Community

Centre has a culture/leisure focus and includes:

(a) Cultural space including areas for performance, exhibition and studio;

(b) A branch library consistent with Queensland Public Library Standards and Guidelines;

(c) Youth spaces to reflect the needs of local young people to be determined through future consultation and to include activity space, training/learning facilities, multi-media resources and space for music, drama and visual arts;

(d) Office space for community based organisations; and

(e) General multi-purpose meeting and activity spaces including a large hall and smaller spaces for a range of uses.

A2.3 Maitland Road District Community Centre has a focus on providing services and activities for families and older people and includes:

(a) Office space for a range of community organisations and human service providers;

(b) Rooms for session or outreach services such as a baby health clinic;

(c) Space suitable for day-care type programs for older people and people with a disability; and

(d) General meeting and gathering space suitable for a range of activities, programs and services including a large hall and smaller meeting rooms.

P3 Mount Peter is serviced by local

multi-purpose community centres.

A3.1 Mount Peter is serviced by three Local multi-purpose Community Centres in accordance with Map 13 Mount Peter Structure Plan Area Sport, Recreation and Community Facilities Infrastructure.


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PERFORMANCE CRITERIA ACCEPTABLE MEASURES A3.2 Multi-purpose community

centres:

(a) are clustered with other community uses within local centres to create a civic “heart” to local centres;

(b) are located adjacent to outdoor spaces with children’s play equipment and barbecues to provide for spill over social events and activities for children;

(c) are accessible by public transport;

(d) provide large and smaller spaces suitable for local community activities, programs and meetings for a catchment population of 3-8,000 people;

(e) provide office space for community groups; and

(f) provide community information and a focal point for community development initiatives and the building of community networks and support structures.

P5 Public Primary and Secondary

schools to meet the needs of the local population.

A5.1 Mount Peter to be serviced by five public primary schools and two public secondary schools.

A5.2 Schools to be sited in accordance with indicative locations on Map 13 Mount Peter Structure Plan Area Sport, Recreation and Community Facilities Infrastructure.

A5.3 Primary schools to have an area of 7 hectares.

A5.4 Secondary schools to have an

area of 12 hectares.


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PERFORMANCE CRITERIA ACCEPTABLE MEASURES P6 Emergency services provision

to meet the needs of the local population.

A6.1 Mount Peter to be serviced by a new police station of 2.5 hectares in the Maitland Road area as identified on Map 13 Mount Peter Structure Plan Area Sport, Recreation and Community Facilities Infrastructure.

6. Cultural Heritage

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA ACCEPTABLE MEASURES P1 Development of or within a

place of cultural heritage significance identified on Map 04 Mount Peter Structure Plan Area Elements of Historic and Cultural Significance retains and conserves its values.

A1.1 A statement of significance is prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Mount Peter Planning Scheme Policy and the guidelines of the Burra Charter Cultural Significance for each identified place.

A1.2 Development is undertaken in accordance with the ICOMOS Charter for the Conservation of Places of Cultural Significance (the Burra Charter), Queensland Heritage Act 1992.andAboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003.

P2 Development adjoining places

of cultural heritage significance identified on Map 04 Mount Peter Structure Plan Area Elements of Historic and Cultural Significance is compatible with the conservation of the cultural heritage place and character of the area.

A2.1 Development is undertaken in accordance with the ICOMOS Charter for the Conservation of Places of Cultural Significance (the Burra Charter).

A2.2 Development of Heritage Interpretation strategy that promotes local heritage and culture.

P3 Archaeological sites or places

are developed in accordance with the Queensland Heritage Act 1992 and the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003.

A3.1 Development is undertaken in accordance with a Cultural Heritage Management Plan or agreement developed with the Aboriginal Parties prior to development commencing.

P4 Development retains and conserves Indigenous cultural heritage places.

A4.1 Development is undertaken in accordance with a Cultural Heritage Management Plan (CHMP) or an agreement pursuant to section 23(3)(a)(iii) of the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003.

Note: The Cultural Heritage Technical


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P5 Development ensures the

adaptive reuse of heritage sites where the former use of the heritage site is redundant.

A5.1 Development is undertaken in accordance with the ICOMOS Charter for the Conservation of Places of Cultural Significance (the Burra Charter) and the Queensland Heritage Act 1992 and Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003.

A5.2 Re-use of any site to be

consistent with the cultural heritage significance of the site.

7. Placemaking

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA ACCEPTABLE MEASURES P1 The structure, pattern and

form of development respond to the tropical climate and promote tropical urbanism.

Note: The Mount Peter Tropical Urbanism and Architecture – A Design Approach (April 2009) provides detailed guidance that will assist in achieving this performance criterion.

A1.1 The following elements of tropical design are incorporated in centres and, neighbourhoods

(a) parks and landscaping are

interwoven with urban built form elements in a manner which maximises the channelling and distribution of cool breezes and creates an open and permeable built environment;

(b) streets are laid out and verges and transport corridors designed to serve a function as ventilation corridors;

(c) street blocks are oriented with long sides running north-south and short sides running east-west so as to reduce solar gain in buildings;

(d) Architecture that is influenced by the Cairns vernacular and responds to the tropical climate is provided and accommodated in local interpretations of landscaped tropical environments.

P2 Development recognises and responds to the important placemaking elements comprising:-

A2.1 Development is in accordance with Map 06 Mount Peter Structure Plan Area – Placemaking


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PERFORMANCE CRITERIA ACCEPTABLE MEASURES (a) local views and vistas; (b) gateways; (c) parks; and (d) landmark features.

A2.2 Development to include the provision of an Urban Design Centres Concept Report that outlines the approach to place making.

Note: The Placemaking Element of the

Mount Peter Planning Scheme Policy provides guidance on the scope of a Visual Character Assessment which may in part demonstrate how the place making elements relevant to the master plan unit or part of the master plan unit have been addressed.

P3 Development occurs in

accordance with a neighbourhood model and street block layout that reflects the integration of transit oriented development, tropical urbanism and sustainable community design principles.

A3.1 All development has high levels of access to public space or activity area or central activity area that serves as a community focal point and gathering place.

A3.2Development is orientated to

respond to the local climatic opportunities with streets orientated to maximise access to prevailing breezes from the east and west.

A3.3Development is designed to ensure

a high level of permeability and incorporates a street network that is interconnected and highly legible.


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PERFORMANCE CRITERIA ACCEPTABLE MEASURES

A3.4 Within town centre core and frame

areas, street blocks are based on a grid pattern with a block dimension of not more than 240m and a length to width ratio of not more than 1:4.

A3.5

Development provides for streets that are responsive to the urban context and which provide opportunities for a range of local street profiles including laneways, rear lanes and main streets to be provided.


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A3.6 Development is designed to

support the use and development of public transport with the highest densities of residential development (40 dwellings/hectare and greater) located around centres and near transit stations along the mass transit corridor.

A3.7 Public open space including

parks, town squares, town plazas and environmental open space is provided as a key physical element in the pattern of urban settlement and a prominent feature of centres and employment areas.


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A public space with quality finishes and supported by active uses and community facilities provide important opportunities for community gathering and interaction.

Local parks within an urban setting require a higher level of embellishment than traditional suburban parklands.

A3.8 The development of centres is phased so that they are established as important elements within the structure of the community in the short to medium term whilst retaining opportunities to evolve and adapt to meet their full potential and ultimate planned capacity in the long term.

Site design may allow for later infill sites that can

accommodate higher development intensity. A3.9 Development to inlude the


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PERFORMANCE CRITERIA ACCEPTABLE MEASURES provision of an Urban Design Centres Concept Report that outlines the approach to place making.

P4 Development provides for the

establishment of a multi-faceted and layered urban environment that incorporates all of the elements necessary to support community growth, health and wellbeing.

A4.1 A diverse range of uses, facilities and infrastructure are incorporated in development in order to achieve the following:-

(a) diversity of meaningful employment opportunities;

(b) presence of regional employment anchors/ catalysts;

(c) a diversity of household options including different dwelling sizes and forms that meet the needs of a full range of household types;

(d) a full range of education facilities including primary, secondary and tertiary facilities;

(e) key community destinations such as town centres;

(f) arrange of regional scale recreational uses;

(g) a complete range of community facilities and care services;

(h) quality public spaces within an urban and suburban context; and

(i) strong linkages to adjacent and nearby centres.

Note: The Placemaking Element of the Mount Peter Planning Scheme Policy provides guidance on the scope of an Urban Design Centres Concept report to assist in achieving this criteria.

P5. Community facilities are

provided early and in a co-ordinated manner to support the preferred pattern of development and population growth in Mount Peter.


Note: The Community Facilities Element

of the Mount Peter Planning Scheme Policy provides guidance on achieving this criteria.

P6. Community facilities provide

high levels of safety and security, particularly at night and on weekends, through the promotion of high levels of activity, casual surveillance and proximity to public transport.

A6.1 Community facilities are designed to comply with Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design principles.

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PERFORMANCE CRITERIA ACCEPTABLE MEASURES within Mount Peter are consistent with their intended role and function, urban form and are located in accordance with Map 07 Mount Peter Structure Plan Area - Centres Location.

located and designed to:

(a) provide a variety of public spaces that encourage community integration and place making;

(b) provide a high standard of tropical urban design and landscaping that creates attractive, functional and safe tropical buildings, streets and spaces;

(c) provide a mix of community facilities servicing a sub-regional and district catchment; and

(d) ensure close proximity to the multi-purpose corridor (with the exception of MUC1) in accordance with Map 07 Mount Peter Structure Plan Area - Centres Location.

P8 Ensure the provision of

infrastructure is consistent with the form and function of the various centres.

A8.1 Powerlines are to be located underground to minimise development impact and safety issues.

P9 Centres are to be located along

the mass transit alignment to maximise the opportunities for transit oriented development (TOD)

A9.1 Development in accordance with Map 07 Mount Peter Structure Plan Area - Centres Location and Map 12 Mount Peter Structure Plan Area – Transport and Mobility Infrastructure (Public Transport)

7.1. Maitland Road District Centre

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA ACCEPTABLE MEASURES P10 The Maitland Road District

Centre is to be located to optimise community accessibility in the south eastern areas of the Mount Peter Structure Plan Area.

A10.1 The District Centre Core is located within the south-eastern part of the Structure Plan Area:

(a) south of Maitland Road; (b) south of the existing main

cane rail line; and (c) internally to meet the

demands of its local catchment.

Note: Refer to Map 05 Mount Peter

Structure Plan Area - Centres Location. The Mount Peter Structure Pan aims to achieve a core area of approximately 30 hectares in the District Centre.

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PERFORMANCE CRITERIA ACCEPTABLE MEASURES District Centre is to provide services and community facilities in support of Edmonton Town Centre and Gordonvale Town Centre.

incorporate not more than:

(a) 19,500m² of retail floor space (GFA); and

(b) 35,000m² of commercial floor space (GFA).

P12 Densities within the Maitland Road District Centre are to be at a higher level than surrounding areas which is consistent with the development of sustainable communities.

A12.1 The District Centre Core is to incorporate the highest intensity of mixed use development within a radius of 400m – 600m from the proposed mass transit station.

A12.2 The District Centre Frame is to

comprise of predominantly residential uses with mixed use employment and small scale retail uses.

Note: The Mount Peter Structure Plan

aims to achieve an overall residential density of 70 dw/ha in the District Centre Core and 30 dw/ha in the District Centre Frame .

P13 The Maitland Road District

Centre is to support the broader structure plan through the provision of a significant percentage of employment, community and residential uses.

A13.1 The following community facilities are incorporated within the District Centre:

(a) Town Park – min. 2 ha; (b) Town Square – min. 0.2ha; (c) Education facilities that

include 1 public high school and 2 primary schools (within close proximity of the town centre);

(d) Emergency services; (e) Public transit station; and (f) Commercial and community

hub.

Note: The Mount Peter Structure Plan aims to achieve provision of approximately 3,825 jobs and 7,458 dwellings within the District Centre.

7.2. Coopers Road District Centre

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA ACCEPTABLE MEASURES P14 The Coopers Road District

Centre is to be located to optimise community accessibility in the north west areas of the Mount Peter Structure Plan Area.

A14.1 The District centre is located centrally within the north-western part of the Structure Plan Area.


Structure Plan Area Centres Location. The Mount Peter Structure Pan aims to achieve a District Centre that will have a core area of approximately 13 hectares.


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P14 The role of the Coopers Road District Centre is to provide services and community facilities in support of Edmonton Town Centre.

A14.2 The District Centre is to incorporate not more than:

(a) 9,500m² of retail floor space (GFA); and

(b) 13,000m² of commercial floor space (GFA).

P15 Densities within the Coopers

Road District Centre are to be at a higher level than surrounding areas which is consistent with the development of sustainable communities.

A15.1 The District Centre Core is to incorporate the highest intensity of mixed use development within a radius of 400m – 600m from the proposed mass transit station.

A15.2 The District Centre Frame is to be

a mixed use environment which is predominantly residential development supplemented by a mix of employment opportunities and small scale retail uses.

Note: The Mount Peter Structure Plan

aims to achieve an overall residential density of 70 dw/ha in the District Centre Core and 30 dw/ha in the District Centre Frame .

P16 The Coopers Road District

Centre is to support the broader structure plan through the provision of a significant percentage of employment, community and residential uses.

A16.1 The following community facilities are to be incorporated within the District Centre:

(a) Town Park – min. 2 ha; (b) Town Square – min. 0.2ha (c) Public transit station; (d) Commercial and community

hub including cultural facilities, youth centre and library.

(e) Education facilities that include 1 public high school and 2 primary schools (within close proximity of the town centre);

Note: The Mount Peter Structure Pan aims to achieve provision of approximately 1,500 jobs and 5,450 dwellings within the District Centre.

7.3. Mixed Use Centres

P17 Mixed Use Centres provide community focal points and are located along key public transport routes.

A17.1 The Mixed Use Centre Core is to incorporate the highest intensity of mixed use development within a radius of 200m – 300m from the proposed mass transit station.


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A17.2 Mixed Use centres are located so

as to provide:

a) a limited range of convenience retail functions with a maximum gross floor area not exceeding 1000m2, except for the MUC in MPU 5;

b) employment uses with a gross floor area not exceeding 3000m2;

c) a range of community purposes, including recreational facilities; and

d) a public transit station. A17.3 Mixed Use Centres are to achieve

an overall residential density of 30 dw/ha.


Structure Plan Area - Centres Location.

7.4. Local Centres

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA ACCEPTABLE MEASURES P18 Local Centres provide

community focal points additional to District and Mixed Use Centres

A18.1 Local centres are located so as to provide:

(a) a limited range of

convenience retail functions with a maximum GFA not exceeding 100m2;

(b) a limited range of office and employment uses with a gross floor area not exceeding 250m2; and

(c) a range of community purposes, including recreational facilities.

Note: Refer to Map 05 Mount Peter Structure Plan Area - Centres Location.

8. Housing

8.1. Housing Diversity and Density

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA ACCEPTABLE MEASURES P1 Housing diversity is provided

within the Mount Peter Structure Plan Area that responds to the different stages of the population’s life cycle.

A1.1 Housing is provided to accommodate the different stages of the life cycle by:

(a) providing smaller dwellings

including attached homes and apartments;

(b) providing purpose built retirement housing, including managed


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PERFORMANCE CRITERIA ACCEPTABLE MEASURES retirement villages and master-planned lifestyle communities planned around leisure facilities; and

(c) providing aged care facilities including hostels and nursing homes.

A1.2 Development incorporates a

range of lot sizes. A1.3 Housing is provided to maximise

flexibility for people with limited mobility with 15% of dwellings providing for adaptable housing that meets Australian Standard 4299 (Class C).

P2 Housing is provided in a

variety of different forms and sizes whilst meeting the density targets expressed for each precinct.

A2.1 Where located in and around a designated centre, residential development provides for a range of affordable medium to higher density dwellings which may include small lot housing, apartments, and duplexes.

P3 Housing density is

concentrated around activity centres and key focal points of the community.


8.2. Housing Affordability and Community Wellbeing

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA ACCEPTABLE MEASURES P4 Development promotes

affordable living.

A4.1 10% of residential development within the Mount Peter Structure Plan Area comprises affordable housing to meet the needs of a diverse and balanced population.

A5.2 Development seeks to maximise

the potential for affordable living by incorporating:-

(a) convenient and equitable

access to local facilities and services at the neighbourhood level;

(b) access to locally available and appropriate employment opportunities;

(c) access to opportunities for lifelong learning and training;

(d) connectivity with the surrounding area and access to services, facilities and resources in the Southern Growth Corridor and Cairns region, particularly by public transport; and

(e) integration with the


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PERFORMANCE CRITERIA ACCEPTABLE MEASURES surrounding area (social as well as physical) to promote social cohesion and inclusiveness and to ensure fair access to resources.

P5 Development within Mount

Peter promotes health and wellbeing of its residents.

A5.1 Development incorporates:

(a) high standards of urban design that create safe and attractive environments;

(b) pedestrian friendly, walkable neighbourhoods that encourage an active street life and healthy lifestyles;

(c) meeting and gathering spaces that encourage neighbourhood social activity, community interaction and cultural development;

(d) a network of open spaces, leisure and recreational opportunities; and

(e) a range of social, cultural and recreational facilities that use resources efficiently and ensure flexibility to adapt to changing needs.

P6 Development promotes

identity and expression of residents.

A6.1 Development provides:

(a) memorable and distinctive places and spaces that give rise to a sense of place and identity for the community;

(b) opportunities for cultural expression that promote creativity, place making, civic pride and community celebration; and

(c) recognition, interpretation and understanding of natural and cultural heritage.

P7 Development promotes

connected communities

A7.1 Development provides:

(a) public spaces and meeting points; and

(b) community halls and other spaces for local groups to meet.

9. Sport and Recreation

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA ACCEPTABLE MEASURES P1 Sport and recreation facilities

are located to:

(a) maximise opportunities

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PERFORMANCE CRITERIA ACCEPTABLE MEASURES for the co-location and sharing of sport and recreation facilities with schools and other community facilities;

(b) provide safe and convenient cycle and pedestrian access;

(c) provide multi-mode access; and

(d) maximise accessibility for mobility impaired people.

Entitlements and Map 13 Mount Peter Structure Plan Area Sport, Recreation and Community Facilities Infrastructure.

P2 Development provides a diversity of sport and recreation opportunities and settings to meet the varied needs of the community.

A2.1 A range of sport and recreation opportunities are provided including:-

(a) metropolitan; (b) district; and (c) local parks.

P3 Sport and recreation facilities

are developed to Council standards which complement those provided or are proposed within the wider Southern Growth Corridor and City.


P4 The location and design of sporting and recreation facilities:-

(a) contributes to place-

making and community identity by creating sport and recreation opportunities that are safe and appealing;

(b) provides settings for a variety of recreational activities and programs that contribute to an enhanced quality of lifestyle and help foster social interaction, social cohesion and the development of community networks; and

(c) promotes enjoyment of the natural landscape environment, including the mountain escarpment, the Pyramid, hills, bushland and waterways, recognising the ways in which they may contribute to the diversity of recreation

A4.1 Ensure a range of sport and recreation opportunities are provided including:

(a) cycling and walking tracks within and linking parks;

(b) formal and informal sporting areas;

(c) play spaces; (d) picnic areas; (e) views, local features and

scenic areas; (f) recreation facilities; (g) creek side parks; and (h) natural vegetation.

A4.2 Retain areas with environment

functions including riparian corridors, vegetated areas, gullies, wildlife corridors, lakes and natural drainage paths.

A4.3 Provide facilities that may include boardwalks, pedestrian and cycle paths, viewing platforms and interpretive signage that will not compromise the integrity of environmental functions including significant vegetation, ecological values, slope or waterways.


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PERFORMANCE CRITERIA ACCEPTABLE MEASURES settings and opportunities.

P5 Sport and Recreation Plans are developed for each master planning unit.

A5.1 Sport and Recreation Plans are prepared for each master plan unit identified on Map 14 Mount Peter Master Plan Area Master Plan Units.

Note: The Sport and Recreation Element

of the Mount Peter Planning Scheme Policy provides guidance on achieving this criteria.

10. Integrated Water Cycle Management

10.1. Integrated Water Cycle Management Generally

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA

ACCEPTABLE MEASURES

P1 Development occurs in accordance with a total water cycle management approach.

A1.1 Contemporary best practice principles are adopted in the planning, design and construction of water cycle infrastructure (including water supply, recycled water, sewerage, stormwater drainage and water quality treatment).

Note: The Total Water Cycle Element

of the Mount Peter Planning Scheme Policy provides guidance on achieving this criterion.

10.2. Water Supply, Sewerage Reticulation and Recycled Water Planning

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA ACCEPTABLE MEASURES P2 Land for potential significant

water resource infrastructure, including reservoirs and trunk infrastructure is identified and corridors protected from urban development or incompatible uses.


P3 Reuse of treated effluent and grey water is implemented to minimise demands on potable supplies.

A3.1 Development achieves 100% beneficial reuse of average dry weather flow of treated water reclaimed from wastewater treatment plants.


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10.3. Protection of Waterways, Wetlands and Water Quality (refer also to

Waterway Envelope)

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA ACCEPTABLE MEASURES P4 Water quality within the

waterway envelope is enhanced to meet water quality objectives.

A4.1 Water sensitive urban design is applied at various scales through a range of treatment devices prior to discharging to the receiving waters.

A4.2 The following treatment objectives (as compared to conventional untreated development) are achieved throughout the development:

(a) 80% reduction in sediment load;

(b) 60% reduction in total phosphorus load;

(c) 40% reduction in total nitrogen load; and

(d) 90% reduction in gross pollutant load.

A4.3 Natural waterways carrying overland flows from the natural areas may be used for flows from developed areas subject to the latter flows being treated prior to their discharge into the natural waterway or engineered flowpath carrying natural flows.

P5 Erosion is minimised within waterway envelopes.


10.4. Flooding

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA ACCEPTABLE MEASURES P6 Development provides an

efficient drainage network which:

(a) provides capacity for stormwater discharge;

(b) minimises flooding risk from major rainfall events;

(c) does not result in loss of floodplain storage;

(d) does not result in adverse impacts upstream or downstream; and

(e) does not result in an unacceptable increase in peak flood levels and flows.

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P7 The future fill extents to

support development are limited to areas of medium and low hazard as identified on Map 03 Mount Peter Structure Plan Area – Flood Hazard Mapping.

A7.1 Where filling is to occur , fill will occur subject to achieving the following key design principles:

(a) no adverse impact on upstream or downstream of a subject site;

(b) efficient drainage networks provide capacity for stormwater discharge and minimize flooding risk from major rainfall events;

(c) no loss in floodplain storage;

(d) no unacceptable increase in peak flood levels and flows;

(e) no filling within environmental buffers; and

(f) the values of the Trinity Inlet Fish Habitat Area and Marine Park will not be adversely impacted.

11. Other Physical Infrastructure

11.1. Communications – Telecommunications and Information

Technology

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA ACCEPTABLE MEASURES P1 Development is serviced with

fibre to the premises (FTTP) telecommunication infrastructure.

A1.1 Provide service ducting for advanced telecommunications infrastructure when installing sub-surface public utility networks so as to minimise the need to retrofit critical community infrastructure in the future.

4.6 Overlay Codes

Refer section 4.1.2 for discussion about the applicability of Overlay Codes to

the Mount Peter Structure Plan.

4.7 Land Use Codes

Refer section 4.1.3 for discussion about the applicability of Land Use Codes to


4.8 General Codes

Refer section 4.1.4 for discussion about the applicability of General Codes to



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Chapter 5 - Definitions

5.4 Administrative Definitions

Acid Sulfate Soils means Acid sulfate soils that occur naturally over

extensive low-lying coastal areas, predominantly below 5 metres AHD. These

soils may be found close to natural ground level but may also be found at

depth in the soil profile. Actual acid sulfate soils generally overlie potential

acid sulfate soil horizons, but both may also occur within the same layer and

may not be mutually exclusive.

Act means the Sustainable Planning Act 2009.

Active Open Space are predominantly intended for organised sporting

groups (exclusive of motorised vehicles, or animals) and their activities and

their associated structures. Uses generally include sporting fields, stadiums,

indoor sports centres, cricket pitches, courts and track and field grounds.

Activity Centre means the general term given to any centre that

accommodates activity and higher development intensity.

Actual Acid Sulfate Soils (AASS) means soil or sediment containing highly

acidic soil horizons or layers affected by the oxidation of soil materials that are

rich in iron sulfides, primarily pyrite

Affordable Housing means housing that moderate to low income households

can afford to rent or buy at a cost of 30% of household income or less. It

includes:

(a) private purchase;

(b) rental; and

(c) community / social housing.

Affordable Living means housing and neighbourhoods that are designed to

minimise the cost of living through a range of measures including the

following:-

(a) provision of appropriate employment, community infrastructure and open

space;

(b) provision of high quality public transport and bicycle and pedestrian

infrastructure networks; and

(c) design for water and energy efficiency.

Agriculture means production of food, fibre and timber, including grazing,

cropping, horticulture and forestry.

Aligned policies means policies designed to achieve the desired regional

outcomes through planning mechanisms that are not directly land use


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focused. Aligned policies may include natural resource management plans,

tourism and economic strategies, health delivery models, etc.

Alternative pattern of development means detailed assessment of a set of

future development scenarios developed for modelling and evaluation

purposes only.

Areas of state, regional or local biodiversity significance means areas

identified and evaluated according to the Common Nature Conservation

Classification System.

ARI (Average Recurrence Interval) means the average, or expected, value

of the periods between exceedances of a given rainfall total accumulated over

a given duration.

Biodiversity means the variety of all life forms including the different plants,

animals and micro-organisms, the genes they contain and the ecosystems of

which they form a part.

Bioregion means the primary level of land classification in Queensland based

on regional geology and climate, as well as major biota.

Broadhectare study means a study assessing future land supply by

measuring available land stocks against growth trends.

Brownfield means areas of land previously used for industrial or other

purposes available to be redeveloped for alternative purposes.

Bushfire Hazard Area means land that has been identified as supporting

‘Medium’ or ‘High’ Bushfire Hazard pursuant to State Planning Policy 1/03 –

Mitigating the Adverse Impacts of Flood, Bushfire and Landslide (SPP 1/03).

Bushfire Management Plan means a plan which details the bushfire

mitigation measures that will be incorporated into the development design and

layout.

Bushfire Safety Buffer means land within 50 metres of an area with a

Medium (or within 100m of a High) bushfire hazard rating that forms part of

the adjoining Natural Hazard Management Area in recognition of the affect

bushfires can have on adjacent un-vegetated land due to winds fanning

flames, smoke, embers and radiant heat.

Cadastre means a public register of spatially represented separate properties.

Climate change means a change of climate attributed directly or indirectly to

human activity which alters the composition of the global atmosphere, and is

in addition to natural climate variability observed over comparable time

periods.

Community facilities means (but not limited too) community centres,

cultural facilities, health and welfare services, education facilities, emergency

and justice services, churches and care facilities.

Community focal point means a prominent space or facility located centrally


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within a neighbourhood that provides for community gathering and interaction

and that may incorporate one or more of the following:-

(a) a central neighbourhood park;

(b) a community facility;

(c) a local store or other small scale retail/commercial facility.

Conservation means the protection and maintenance of nature while allowing

for its ecologically sustainable use.

Contemporary best practice standard means the recognised best practice

national standard, or if there is no national standard, the international

standard applicable at the time the relevant master plan application is

submitted.

Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) means the

design of built environments to lessen or prevent the incidence of crime.

Critical habitat means habitat essential for the conservation of a protected

wildlife population, or community of native wildlife, regardless of whether

special management considerations and protection are required.

Cultural heritage means a place or object with aesthetic, architectural,

historical, scientific, social or technological significance to present, past or

future generations.

Cultural resource means a place or object with anthropological,

archaeological, historical, scientific, spiritual, visual or sociological significance

or value, including such significance or value under Indigenous tradition or

Torres Strait Island custom.

Declared Fish Habitat Area (FHA) means defined areas that are protected

against physical disturbance by the provisions of the Fisheries Act 1994. FHA’s

are declared as such because they contain fish habitat which plays a key role

in sustaining the productivity of local and regional fisheries.

Deed of Grant in Trust means a type of land tenure issued under the Land

Act 1994 for land granted in fee-simple in trust by the State. This tenure is

commonly used for land for Indigenous communities where the Indigenous

Shire Council is the trustee.

Defined flood event means the modelled 1:100 year Average Recurrence

Flood level with a provisional allowance as recommended by the

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) for the projected effects of

climate change on rainfall intensity and sea level rise.

Desired regional outcome means regional policies set out the desired

regional outcomes, principles and policies to address growth management in a

region. The policies guide state and local government planning processes and

decision making. Local government planning schemes must be consistent with

the intent of the desired regional outcomes, objectives and policies.


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Developable Area means that part of the Structure Plan Area determined to

be generally unconstrained and suitable for urban development as shown on

Map 05 Mount Peter Structure Plan Development Area.

Development means building, plumbing or drainage, or operational work, lot

reconfiguring, or material change of use of premises.

Development Footprint means the area identified under the plan that is to

be developed. The development footprint does not include constrained land

that does not allow for development as a code assessable use or activity.

Areas that are not within the development footprint include, but are not

limited to; national parks, creek lines and associated buffers, schools,

quarries, main roads, steep land and flood affected land.

Dwelling yield means the number of dwellings or lots per hectare based on a

gross area calculation.

Economic development is the process of expanding the size of the economy

and distributing wealth amongst the community. It is typically measured in

terms of jobs and income. It is about growing the local economy and

distributing wealth amongst the community. But it also encompasses

improvements in human development, in education, health, sustainable urban

growth and environmental sustainability.

Ecological rehabilitation means the application of specific techniques, either

active or passive, to rehabilitate disturbed, degraded, reduced or otherwise

compromised ecosystems to a more natural extent, structure and ecological

function.

Ecological sustainability means a balance that integrates protection of

ecological processes and natural systems at local, regional, state and wider

levels; economic development; and maintenance of the cultural, economic,

physical and social wellbeing of people and communities.

Ecosystem means a community of organisms interacting with one another

and the environment they live in. Ecosystem services: services provided by

the natural environment essential for human survival.

Ecotourism means nature-based tourism that involves education and

interpretation of the natural environment and is managed to be ecologically

sustainable.

Environmental integrity means the ability of a waterway or wetland to act

as natural aquatic, amphibious, terrestrial and avian habitat that is endemic to

a natural waterway or wetland and provide connectivity of habitats for

migration of all wildlife between upstream and downstream ecological

systems.

Environmental offset means counterbalancing unavoidable adverse

environmental impacts of development by environmental gains, with the

overall aim of achieving a net neutral or beneficial outcome.


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Essential community infrastructure means necessary community services

(such as telecommunications, power, sewer and water supply) and desirable

community infrastructure (such as bridges, pathways and cycleways) that are

required by State and Local Governments and only where infrastructure

cannot be feasible located elsewhere.

Essential habitat means vegetation shown as Essential Habitat on the

Certified Regional Ecosystem Map. Vegetation is mapped as Essential Habitat

when it has been known to support a species that is Endangered, Vulnerable,

Rare or near threatened.

Existing urban area means an area currently developed for urban purposes,

area with current approvals to be developed for urban purposes or area

identified to be developed for urban purposes in currently approved planning

instruments.

Fibre to the premises (FTTP) means provision of fibre optics

communications direct to property without the provision of an exchange hub.

FNQ region means the five local government areas within the FNQ region—

the regional councils of Cairns, Tablelands and Cassowary Coast, and the

Indigenous Councils of Yarrabah and Wujal Wujal— and the waters adjacent to

these areas.

FNQ Regional plan means the Far North Queensland Regional Plan 2009–

2031, developed in accordance with section 2.5A of the Integrated Planning

Act 1997.

Good quality agricultural land means land which is capable of sustainable

use for agriculture with a reasonable level of inputs, and without causing

degradation of land or other natural resources.

Greenfield means areas of undeveloped land in the urban footprint areas

suitable for urban development.

Greywater means wastewater from showers, laundry, and kitchen sinks,

excluding toilet waste.

Gross Development Yield means the calculation to determine population

and household numbers based on the development footprint.

GFA means Gross Floor Area

Housing Affordability means the relative affordability of housing based on a

range of considerations such as housing choice, availability and typology.

Housing affordability considers pre development to construction

considerations.

IDAS means Integrated Development Assessment System: the system

through which development applications are assessed by the relevant

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Implementation action means an action which serves to implement part or

parts of the regional plan.

Indigenous Land Use Agreement means a voluntary agreement between a

native title group and others about the use and management of land and

waters.

Infill development means new development that occurs within established

urban areas where the site or area is either vacant or has previously been

used for another urban purpose. The scale of development can range from the

creation of one additional residential lot to a major mixed-use redevelopment.

Indigenous cultural heritage means landscapes, places objects and

intangible aspects such as language, song, stories and art that hold

significance to Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander people.

Inter-urban break means non-urban land areas that separate or surround

urban villages, towns and metropolitan areas.

Intergenerational equity means the present generation’s responsibility to

ensure the health, diversity and productivity of the environment are

maintained or enhanced for the benefit of future generations.

Intra-urban break means non-urban land areas within urban footprint areas

which separate suburbs or groups of suburbs.

Key performance indicator means broad measure of sustainability used to

monitor the progress of the implementation of the regional plan.

Key Resource Area (KRA) means sites of extractive industry resources of

State and/or regional significance in Queensland are identified pursuant to SPP

2/07 as Key Resource Areas (KRAs). The size and location of each KRA is

determined in order to include: the extractive resource and processing areas;

a transport access route from the extractive resource to a sealed public road;

and appropriately sized separation areas surrounding the extractive resource,

the processing areas and the access route.

Land use policies means policies with a land use planning focus which can

be delivered through a range of IPA planning tools (e.g. planning schemes,

priority infrastructure plans, the Integrated Development Assessment

System).

Land use study means a study establishing a land use pattern and

identifying land use categories.

Landholder means landowner, land manager, person or group of people with

an interest in the planning area through special lease, mining claim,

occupational licence, occupation permit, exploration permit, stock grazing

permit, pastoral holding, permit to occupy, and trustees of land set aside for

public purposes.

Landscape character means the distinct pattern or combination of landscape

elements that occurs consistently in parts of the landscape and often conveys


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a characteristic sense of place.

Low Impact Employment Precinct means land in the Mount Peter Business and Industry Centre that caters for industrial uses requiring large footprints including manufacturing, wholesale trade and construction industry activities. Master Plan Unit (MPU) means an overlay area within the Mount Peter MPA that allows for development on several parcels of land to be planned as a single unit with defined broad development entitlements.

Marine plants means the same as the Fisheries Act 1994, a marine plant

includes the following: (a) a plant (a tidal plant) that usually grows on, or

adjacent to, tidal land, whether it is living, dead, standing or fallen; (b)

material of a tidal plant, or other plant material on tidal land; (c) a plant, or

material of a plant, prescribed under a regulation or management plan to be a

marine plant.

Master plan means a plan prepared under Chapter 6 of the CairnsPlan.

Master planned area means an area where a structure plan is prepared

setting out the broad environmental, infrastructure and development intent for

the area. A master planned area may be declared under Chapter 4 of the

Sustainability Planning Act.

Mixed Use means a development outcome that vertically integrates a variety

of uses within the one area.

Mixed Use Employment Precinct means land in the Mount Peter Business and Industry Centre that caters for employment uses including large floor plate commercial activities, bulky goods / large format retail activities and catalyst health and education uses. It also caters for mixed uses to support employment including local convenience, cafes and child care facilities.

Mount Peter means the area between Edmonton and Gordonvale, west of the

Bruce Highway, representing some of the last remaining land in the Cairns

area that has few natural constraints and will accommodate the majority of

the new growth to Cairns (formerly known as the southern growth corridor).

Mount Peter Business and Industry Centre means employment land east of the Bruce Highway (MPU1) which caters for low impact industrial uses, mixed use employment and transport-based industry.

Mount Peter Structure Plan Area means the area identified on Plan 05

Mount Peter Structure Plan Area Development Area.

Natural resources means soil, vegetation plants, animals, minerals, air and

water that are utilised for economic benefit or community wellbeing.

Neighbourhood Planning means the planning which occurs post Structure

Planning.

Net residential density means housing density expressed as dwellings or

lots per hectare, calculated by adding the area of residential lots plus the area

of local roads and parks, and then divided by the number of dwellings or

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No net loss means habitat losses are offset into areas with equal or higher

biodiversity values.

Participatory Agency means an entity prescribed under section 2.5B the

Integrated Planning Act 1997 (IPA) and the Sustainable Planning Act 2009

(SPA) as a referral agency with concurrence powers for a development

application made under the Integrated Development Assessment System

(IDAS).

Passive Open Space means the use of land for outdoor recreation but

excluding all active open space and motorised activities, organised racing (e.g.

for cars, motor cycles, horses, dogs), showground, theme park, pony club,

and commercial sports ground. Examples include walking, cycling, picnicking,

and informal sport activities such as kick about, play, playground structures

and equipment (e.g. swings etc).

Pattern of development means the urban settlement pattern to

accommodate growth.

Pest species means plant and animal species that have established in areas

outside their naturally occurring distributions and that impact detrimentally

upon the ecological integrity of ecosystems. Pest species are generally those

listed as such pursuant to Queensland’s Land Protection (Pest and Stock Route

Management) Act 2002 or Cairns Regional Council’s Cairns City Council Pest

Management Plan 2005.

Physical integrity means the integrity of the natural landforms of a

waterway or wetland and associated envelope that affect the ability to collect,

transport, detain and distribute waters and sediment in a landscape and to

downstream systems such as coastal wetlands, beaches and reefs, and to

provide habitat for native fauna. It encompasses the capacity, shape, natural

roughness, propensity for migration, water and sediment quantities and

patterns in both high and low flows. It also includes the integrity of the

hydrological and hydraulic regimes affecting the water entering, leaving and

within natural landforms and the anticipated effects of climate change.

Planning Minister means the minister administering section 2.5A of the

Integrated Planning Act 1997.

Planning scheme means a planning instrument made by local government

administering Chapter 4 of the Sustainable Planning Act 2009.

Planning precinct means land identified in a planning scheme as a planning

precinct using guidelines made under the regional plan.

Population density means the number of persons within a nominated area;

typically expressed as persons per hectare.

Population projection means the population prediction that is the most

likely outcome over the 25 year timeframe of the plan.

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Potential acid sulfate soils (PASS) means soil or sediment containing iron

sulfides or sulfidic material that have not been exposed to air or oxidised.

Precautionary principle means where there are threats of serious or

irreversible environmental damage, lack of full scientific certainty should not

be used as a reason for postponing measures to prevent environmental

degradation.

Precinct plan means the document prepared by a local government—and

approved by the Planning Minister—detailing proposed planning scheme

amendments to establish and manage a planning precinct within regional

landscape and rural production areas.

Preferred pattern of development means the preferred urban settlement

pattern to accommodate growth.

Protected area means protected areas including national parks, conservation

parks, resources reserves, nature refuges, coordinated conservation areas,

wilderness areas, world heritage management areas and international

agreement areas.

Protected wildlife means presumed extinct, endangered, vulnerable, rare or

common wildlife.

Regional activity centre means a centre or proposed centre identified in the

regional activity centres network. These centres support a concentration of

activity, and may provide a range of activities and services such as higher

density living, business, employment and education services, and other urban

activities.

Regional Coordination Committee is the committee established by the

Planning Minister under section (31) of the Sustainable Planning Act 2009 to

advise the Queensland Government on the development and implementation

of the regional plan.

Regional ecosystem means vegetation communities consistently associated

with a particular combination of geology, landform and soil.

Regional issue means an issue with regional significance.

Regional landscape and rural production area means the greatest area of

land in FNQ. It includes land with one or more of the following values:

• Areas of high ecological significance

• Regional ecosystems that are endangered or of concern

• Wet Tropics World Heritage Area and protected area tenures

• Cassowary, mahogany glider and other rare and endangered species

• Coastal beaches and wetlands

• Good quality agricultural land and strategically important agricultural land

• Natural economic resources including extractive resources, native forests


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and forestry plantations

• Water catchment and groundwater areas

• Outdoor recreation areas and open space

• Land forming strategic and regionally significant inter-urban breaks.

Regional plan policy means the desired regional outcomes, objectives and

policies to address regional management in FNQ. The policies guide state and

local government planning processes and decision making. Local government

planning schemes must be consistent with the intent of the desired regional

outcomes, principles and policies.

Regional target means the particular aim or goal to be achieved by a

particular time.

Regulatory maps means a set of maps referred to in schedule 1 of the

regulatory provisions, identifying land categories defined under division 1 of

the regulatory provisions.

Regulatory provisions mean regulatory provisions for the FNQ region made

under the Sustainable Planning Act 2009.

Residential development means development of predominantly residential

housing that may incorporate a variety of housing typologies. Residential

Development Footprint: As defined by Development Footprint, but for

residential and mixed use outcomes only, i.e. does not include proposed single

land use outcomes such as industrial.

Remnant vegetation means the term as defined in the Vegetation

Management Act 1999.

Required community infrastructure means necessary community services

(such as telecommunications, power, and water supply) and desirable

community infrastructure (such as bridges, pathways and cycle-ways) that are

required by state or local government planning instruments for new urban

development and cannot be feasibly located outside the waterway envelope.

Other examples include infrastructure associated with realisation and

restoration of waterway related values, associated temporary works, and

detention basins.

Riparian means the banks of land adjacent to a waterway or wetland which

contribute to its ecological balance, preservation and continuation.

Rural residential purposes mean residential purposes involving single

dwellings on lots greater than 2500m2.

Rural village means a location named in accordance with the Place Names

Act 1994 that comprises residential dwellings, some urban activity and is not

located within an urban footprint area.

Scenic amenity means landforms and seascapes creating the region’s visual

imagery including (but not limited to) mountain ranges, coastal escarpments,


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beaches, rivers, valleys, agricultural land, creeks, rainforests, wetlands,

estuaries and islands.

Sensitive land uses means residential areas, health, education and childcare

facilities and areas of high ecological significance.

Separation Area means an area designated by the Department of Mines and

Energy as a buffer area surrounding a Key Resource Area within which

sensitive land uses must not be located.

Self Containment means the proportion of local employed workforce that

works within the identified catchment.

Self-sufficiency (employment) means the proportion of the local employed

workforce that could potentially find employment within the identified

catchment.

Settlement pattern means the spatial distribution of urban and rural land

use, employment, population, centres and infrastructure.

Significant project means a project declared under section 26 of the State

Development and Public Works Organisation Act 1971.

Significant wildlife means flora or fauna species listed as Critically

Endangered, Endangered, Vulnerable or Rare pursuant to the

Commonwealth’s Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act

1999 or Queensland’s Nature Conservation Act 1992.

Southern Growth Corridor - see entry for Mount Peter.

Structure plan area means an area identified in the planning scheme as a

structure plan area.

Strategically important agricultural land means areas of economic

significance to the agricultural sector, which may include good quality

agricultural land and associated infrastructure.

Threatened Species means a threatened species is defined as any native

wildlife species listed under Schedules 1-5 (i.e. Extinct, Endangered,

Vulnerable or Rare) of Queensland’s Nature Conservation (Wildlife) Regulation

2006 and any wildlife species listed as Extinct, Extinct in the Wild, Critically

Endangered, Endangered, Vulnerable or Conservation Dependent pursuant to

the Commonwealth’s Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation

Act 1999.

Town Centre means a centre of urban activity that provides the sense of

place for a community. A town centre includes a range of civic and

community facilities, including town square, town park, civic uses.

Traditional owners means Indigenous people particularly concerned with

land if they are members of a group that has a particular connection with land

under Indigenous tradition.

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Transit Oriented Communities (TOC) means mixed-use areas, designed to

maximise the efficient use of land through high levels of access to public

transport.

Transit Oriented Development (TOD) means mixed use urban

development that is specifically designed and planned through the

incorporation of higher densities and a mix of uses, particularly the use of

retail at street level, to encourage public transport use and differentiate the

development from conventional urban sprawl.

Transport Based Industry Precinct means land in the Mount Peter

Business and Industry Centre that caters for large format transport, storage

and distribution industry activities.

Universal design principles mean appropriate standards or guidelines (as

determined by DTMR) for pedestrian and cycling facilities that ensure they are

usable and effective for everyone.

Urban activity means residential, industrial, retail, commercial, sporting,

recreation or community purpose, normally found in a city or town.

Urban footprint means land predominately allocated to provide for the

region’s urban development needs to 2031. The area includes land to

accommodate the full range of normal urban uses, such as housing, industry,

business, infrastructure, community facilities, recreation and urban open

spaces. It may also include some rural residential areas next to urban areas

and well located near urban services and facilities.

Urban Character means based on the notion of communities that include

civic and community facilities to support social interaction.

Urban purposes means purposes for which land is used in cities or towns,

including residential, industrial, sporting, recreation and commercial purposes,

but not including environmental, conservation, rural, natural or wilderness

area purposes.

Urban Village means an urban form typically characterized by medium

density development, mixed uses, the provision of good public transit and an

emphasis on pedestrianisation and public space.

Vision means Cairns Regional Council’s, community endorsed long-term

aspirations for the region.

Water resource plan means plan approved under section 50(2) of the Water

Act 2000.

Waterway means a natural drainage feature along which surface water flows,

including the tidal and non-tidal reaches of rivers, creeks and streams and

excluding minor drainage features such as gullies and spoon-drains. A

waterway would be a feature that is assessed using a stream ordering

classification system as being order one or larger. Editors Note: Amends

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Waterway envelope means a mapped area that encompasses the waterway

or wetland and strips of land adjoining each waterway or wetland bank.

Wetland means areas of permanent or periodic/intermittent inundation,

whether natural or artificial, with water that is static or flowing, fresh, brackish

or salt, including areas of marine water the depth of which at low tide does

not exceed 6m. The term wetland does not include waterway as defined

above. Editors Note: Amends existing planning scheme definition

Wildlife corridor means corridors of vegetation linking areas and allowing

wildlife movement throughout habitats.

World Heritage Area means sites of outstanding universal natural or cultural

significance included on the World Heritage List.

Zoned land means land allocated or identified as a zone, domain or area in a

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Chapter 6 – Master Planning Requirements

6.1 Mount Peter Structure Plan Area Master Planning Process

6.1.1 Introduction

This section specifies the following:-

(a) the master planning process for part of the Mount Peter Structure Plan

Area being land included in Master Plan Units 1 to 8 as shown on Map

14 - Mount Peter Structure Plan Area Master Plan Units;

(b) the requirements of particular master plans;

(c) the relationship of the master planning process to the Integrated

Development Assessment System for the Structure Plan Area;

(d) the circumstances under which a development application for a

preliminary approval to which Section 3.1.6 of the Act applies can be

made for development in the Structure Plan Area.

Chapter 2, Part B, Divisions 4-8 of the Act apply to the master plans for the

master plan units identified on Map 14 Mount Peter Structure Plan Area Master

Plan Units and in Table 6.1 (Master Plans) of the Structure Plan Area Code.

The master plans specified in Column 1 of Table 6.1 are required to be made

for the master planned units specified in Column 2 of Table 6.1

Master plans may be made concurrently provided all required supporting

information relevant to each (district or locality) master plan is submitted.

A lower order master plan will only be approved if the higher order master

plans specified in Table 6.1 as being required for the master plan unit or part

of the master plan unit have also been made (i.e. locality master plan cannot

be made prior to district master plan).

Table 6.1 Master Plan Requirements

Column 1

Master Plans

Column 2

Master Plan Unit

Master Plan Master Plan Units 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 and 8

Locality Master Plan

Any Master Plan Unit containing land included with one or more of the following precincts specified on MAP 8 Mount Peter Structure Plan Area Precincts:

• Business/Technology Park and Integrated Industry Employment Precinct (Master Plan Unit 1);

• District Centre Core Precinct and District Centre Frame Precinct (Master Plan Unit 2 and 7);

• Mixed Use Centre Precinct (Master Plan Unit 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8); and

• Mixed Use/Employment Precinct (Master Plan Unit 1).


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6.1.2 Master Plan Requirements

Master Plan

A Master Plan is to comply with the requirements specified in Table 6.2A

(Master Plan Requirements).

Table 6.2A. Master Plan Unit (MPU) Master Plan Requirements

Column 1 Requirement

Column 2 Description of Requirements

Object A MPU Master Plan is to specify in further detail the type, scale, location and timing of development in each Master Plan Unit.

Content A MPU Master Plan is to include the following:- (a) a MPU Master Plan Area Code that:-

(i) states the development entitlements applicable to the MPU Master Plan Unit under the Mount Peter Structure Plan;

(ii) states the infrastructure requirements applicable to the MPU Master Plan Unit under the Mount Peter Structure Plan; and

(iii) includes MPU Master Plan Maps that give a spatial dimension to the matters of the subject Code;

(b) the level of assessment for development in each precinct and sub-precinct within the MPU Master Plan Unit including whether the assessable development identified in the assessment table is self-assessable development, code assessable development or impact assessable development;

(c) other codes applicable to development in the MPU Master Plan Unit;

(d) sites for which a Locality Master Plan is to be made; and (e) a statement as to the transition of existing uses and

infrastructure.

Development and Infrastructure Elements

The MPU Master Plan Area Code is to specify the following:- (a) the type, scale, location and timing of development in the MPU

Master Plan Unit; and (b) the type, scale, location and timing of the infrastructure networks

that exist or are to be provided to service development in the MPU Master Plan Unit in accordance with the following:- (i) any infrastructure agreement applying to the MPU Master

Plan Unit; (ii) the Priority Infrastructure Plans to the extent these are not

inconsistent with the infrastructure agreement applying to the MPU Master Plan Unit; and

(iii) the infrastructure networks identified in the Mount Peter Structure Plan.

Master Plan Maps

The MPU Master Plan is to include maps that:- (a) give a spatial dimension to the development and infrastructure

elements; (b) are at a scale of approximately 1:5000; and (c) spatially identify the boundaries of areas for which a Locality

Master Plan is required within the MPU Master Plan Unit, including a land use allocation plan that meets the requirements of Map 09 Development Entitlements.

Other The MPU Master Plan is to:- (a) be prepared in accordance with the guidelines for the preparation

of MPU master plans specified in the Planning Scheme Policy for the Mount Peter Structure Plan;


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(b) demonstrate consistency with the MPU requirements as expressed in the Structure Plan;

(c) be accompanied by:- (i) traffic and transport planning; (ii) flood analysis and stormwater management planning; (iii) open space planning including sport & recreation; (iv) water and sewerage planning; (v) environmental management planning; (vi) community services planning; (vii) cultural heritage planning as directed by Council; and

(d) be consistent with Wrights Creek & Grays Creek management

planning where a MPU is located adjacent to Wrights Creek

and/or Grays Creek.

Locality Master Plans

A Locality Master Plan is to comply with the requirements specified in Table

6.2B (Locality Master Plan Requirements).

Table 6.2B. Locality Master Plan Requirements



Object A Locality Master Plan is to specify in further detail the type, scale, location and timing of development in each Master Plan Unit for any part of that MPU Master Plan Units containing land in any of the following precincts: (a) Business/Technology Park and Integrated Industry

Employment; (b) District Centre Core; (c) District Centre Frame; (d) Mixed Use Centre; and (e) Mixed Use/Employment. (f)

Content A Locality Master Plan is to include the following:- (a) a Locality Master Plan Area Code that:-

(i) states the development entitlements applicable to the Master Plan Unit under the MPU Master Plan and the Mount Peter Structure Plan;

(ii) states the infrastructure requirements applicable to the Master Plan Unit under the MPU Master Plan and the Mount Peter Structure Plan; and

(iii) includes MPU Master Plan Maps that give a spatial dimension to the matters the subject of the Code;

(b) the level of assessment for development in each precinct and sub-precinct within the Locality Master Plan Unit including whether the assessable development identified in the assessment table is self-assessable development, code assessable development or impact assessable development;

(c) other codes applicable to development in the Locality Master Plan Unit;

(d) a concept plan for each precinct.


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Development and Infrastructure Elements

The Locality Master Plan Area Code is to specify the following:- (a) the type, scale, location and timing of development in the

Locality Master Plan Unit; and (b) the type, scale, location and timing of the infrastructure

networks that exist or are to be provided to service development in the Locality Master Plan Unit in accordance with the following:- (i) any infrastructure agreement applying to the Locality

Master Plan Unit; (ii) the Priority infrastructure plans to the extent these

are not inconsistent with the infrastructure agreement applying to the Locality Master Plan Unit; and

(iii) the infrastructure networks identified in the Master Plan and the Mount Peter Structure Plan.

Master Plan Maps The Locality Master Plan Area Code is to include maps that:- (a) give a spatial dimension to the development and

infrastructure elements; and (b) are at a scale of approximately 1:2000.

Other The Locality Master Plan Area Code is to be:- (a) prepared in accordance with the guidelines for the

preparation of master plans specified in the Planning Scheme Policy for the Mount Peter Structure Plan and

(b) accompanied by:- (i) traffic and transport planning; (ii) flood analysis and stormwater management

planning; (iii) open space planning including sport & recreation; (iv) water and sewerage planning; (v) environmental management planning; (vi) community services planning; (vii) cultural heritage planning In respect to any Locality Master Plan containing land within one or more of the District Centre Core, District Frame, Mixed Use Precinct, Business / Technology Park and Integrated Industry Employment Precinct and Mixed Use / Employment Precinct also be accompanied by; (i) Urban Design and Centre Concept Planning (ii) economic, employment and investment planning

that demonstrates development provided for by the Locality Master Plan does not have an adverse impact on the centres hierarchy and in particular, the Gordonvale and Edmonton centres;

(iii) visual assessment; (iv) housing and affordable living planning; (v) tropical design assessment;

6.1.3 Assessment of Master Plans by the State

The Master Plans specified in Column 1 of Table 6.3A (Assessment of Master

Plans by the State) are to be assessed by the State through the following:-

(a) the co-ordinating agency specified in Column 2 of Table 6.3A; and

(b) the participating agencies specified in Column 3 of Table 6.3A.


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Table 6.3A Assessment of MPU Master Plans by the State

Column 1 Master Plans to be assessed by the State

Column 2 Co-ordinating agency

Column 3 Participating agency

MPU Master Plan for Master Plan Unit 1

Chief Executive Officer under the Integrated Planning Act (1997) and the Sustainability Planning Act (2009)

Department of Infrastructure Planning (DIP) Department of Transport & Main Roads (DTMR) Department of Environment & Resource Management (DERM)


Chief Executive Officer under the Integrated Planning Act (1997) and the Sustainability Planning Act (2009)

Department of Infrastructure Planning (DIP) Department of Environment & Resource Management (DERM) Department of Transport & Main Roads (DTMR) Department of Communities (DOC) Department of the Premier and Cabinet (DPC)


Chief Executive Officer under the Integrated Planning Act (1997)and the Sustainability Planning Act (2009)

Department of Infrastructure Planning (DIP) Department of Transport & Main Roads (DTMR) Department of Environment & Resource Management (DERM)



Department of Infrastructure Planning (DIP) Department of Environment & Resource Management (DERM) Department of Transport & Main Roads (DTMR) Department of the Premier and Cabinet (DPC)



Department of Infrastructure Planning (DIP) Department of Environment & Resource Management (DERM) Department of Transport & Main Roads (DTMR)



Department of Infrastructure Planning (DIP) Department of Environment & Resource Management (DERM) Department of Transport & Main Roads (DTMR) Department of the Premier and Cabinet (DPC)



Department of Infrastructure Planning (DIP) Department of Environment & Resource Management (DERM) Department of Transport & Main


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Roads (DTMR) Department of Community Safety (DCS) Department of the Premier and Cabinet (DPC)



Department of Infrastructure Planning (DIP) Department of Transport & Main Roads (DTMR) Department of Communities (DOC) Department of the Premier and Cabinet (DPC)

The co-ordinating agency and participating agencies specified in Column 1 of

Table 6.3B (Jurisdictions of Co-ordinating Agency and Participating Agencies)

have the jurisdictions specified in Column 2 of Table 6.3B.

Table 6.3B Jurisdictions of Co-ordinating Agency and Participating

Agencies

Column 1 Co-ordinating agency and participating agency

Column 2 Jurisdiction of co-ordinating agency and participating agency

DIP Coordinating Agency Main Roads Bruce Highway Interchanges Busway alignment and transit stations Public Transport Railway corridors Waterway Envelopes Wrights Creek - Grays Creek Management Plan Key Resource Areas School Locations Community Services

DTMR Main Roads Bruce Highway Interchanges Busway alignment and transit stations Public Transport Wrights Creek - Grays Creek Management Plan Railway corridors

DERM Waterway Envelopes Wrights Creek - Grays Creek Management Plan Key Resource Areas

DPC School Locations

DOC Community Services Sport & Recreation Plans Wrights Creek - Grays Creek Management Plan

DOC Essential Community Infrastructure (emergency services)


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6.1.4 Public Notification of Master Plans

The Master Plans specified in Column 1 of Table 6.4 (Public Notification

Requirements) are to be publicly notified in accordance with Column 2 of Table

6.4.

Table 6.4 Public Notification Requirements

Column 1

Master Plan

Column 2

Public Notification Requirements

Master Plans 20 Business Days

Locality Master Plans 20 Business Days

6.1.5 Relationship to Integrated Development Assessment System

Development specified in Column 2 of Table 6.5A (Development Not To Be

Carried Out Until Master Plans Have Been Made) cannot be carried out in the

Master Plan Unit of the Mount Peter Structure Plan Area until the master plans

required for the master plan unit or part of the master plan unit have been

made.

Table 6.5A Development Not To Be Carried Out Until Master Plans

Have Been Made

Column 1

Development that can be carried out before the master plans have been made

Column 2

Development that cannot be carried out until the master plans have been made

(1) Exempt development under the Future Urban Table of Development or a Master Plan.

(2) Development for a Detached House

(3) Development for a Home Activity or a Home Based Business.

(4) Development for a Primary Industry.

(5) Development for reconfiguring a lot where not creating any additional lot.

(6) Development for operational work where for environmental rehabilitation or water quality improvement works only.

(7) Development carried out by the local government.

Development not specified in Column 1

A development application for a preliminary approval to which section 3.1.6 of


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the Act applies cannot be made for development in any part of the Mount

Peter Structure Plan Area.

Development stated in the Table of Development Assessment for Material

Change of Use for the Future Urban Planning Area may be made self

assessable development or assessable development requiring code

assessment in a master plan if specified in Table 6.5B (Impact Assessable

Development That May Be Made Self Assessable and Code Assessable).

Table 6.5B Impact Assessable Development That May Be Made Self Assessable

and Code Assessable

Column 1

Impact Assessable Development That May Be Made Self Assessable and Code Assessable

DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY PRECINCT

MATERIAL CHANGE OF USE

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RESIDENTIAL USES House I I I I I I S S I I Illuminated Tennis Court I I I I I I C C C I Caretakers Residence C C C C C C C C I I Multiple Dwelling (Small Scale Development) I I I C C C C I I I


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Multiple Dwelling I I I C C C C I I I Retirement Village I I I C C C C I I I Special Residential Accommodation I I I C C C C I I I Home Activity I I I I I I I I I I Home Based Business I I I I I I I I I I Dual Occupancy I I I C C C S I I I TOURIST AND SHORT TERM ACCOMMODATION USES

Holiday Accommodation I C I C C I I I I I Caravan and Relocatable Home Park I I I I I I C I I I Short Term Accommodation I C I C C C C I I I RETAIL USE Shopping Facilities 0 - 500m2 gfa C C I C C C I I I I Shopping Facilities 0 - 500m2 gfa # S S C S S C I I I I Shopping Facilities 501 - 10,000m2 gfa I I I C C I I I I I Shopping Facilities > - 10,000m2 gfa I I I C I I I I I I Display Facilities C C C C C I I I I I Showroom C C C C C C I I I I Restricted Premises I C I C I I I I I I Detached Bottle Shop I C C C C I I I I I BUSINESS AND COMMERCIAL USES

Business Facilities C C C C C C I I I I Business Facilities # S S C C S S I I I I Tavern C C C C C C I I I I Restaurant C C C C C C I I I I Service Station C C C C C I I I I I Child Care Centre C C C C C I C I I I Veterinary Facilities C C C C C C I I I I Tourist Attraction I I I C C I I I I I Car Park C C C C C C I I I I INDUSTRY AND ASSOCIATED USES

Primary Industry I I I I I I I I I I Aquaculture Minor I I I I I I I I I I Aquaculture Major I I I I I I I I I I Intensive Animal Husbandry I I I I I I I I I I Industry Class A I C C I I C I I I I Industry Class B I I I I I I I I I I Industry Class C I I I I I I I I I I Business and Technology Park C C C I C I I I I I Extractive Industry I I I I I I I I I I COMMUNITY FACILITIES Cemetery and Crematorium I I I I I I I I I I Hospital I I I C C I I I I I Educational Establishment C C I I C C I I I C Park S S S S S S S S S S Place of Assembly C C C C C C C I I I Local Utility S S S S S S S S S S Public Utility S S S S S S S S S I


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Telecommunication Facility I I I I I I I I I I Railway Activities I I I I I I I I I I Institution I C I C C C I I I I


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DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY PLANNING AREA

MATERIAL CHANGE OF USE LAND NOT AFFECTED BY OVERLAY

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RECREATION Indoor Sport and Entertainment Outdoor Sport and Entertainment OTHER Material Change of Use of the respective premises listed in the Schedule that complies with the conditions of the corresponding approval listed in the Schedule of Special Facilities for the district.

S S S S S S S S S S

Material Change of Use of the respective premises listed in the Schedule that complies with the conditions of the corresponding approval listed in the Schedule of Special Facilities for the district and involves a minor change of the approved development.

C C C C C C C C C C

All other Material Change of Use (unless otherwise specified in Schedule 8 of IPA)

I I I I I I I I I I


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INITIAL LEVEL OF ASSESSMENT - OTHER DEVELOPMENT

DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY PLANNING AREA OTHER DEVELOPMENT LAND NOT AFFECTED BY OVERLAY

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Reconfiguring a Lot C C C C C C C C C C Operational Work - associated with Reconfiguring a Lot C C C C C C C C C C

Operational Work - excavation or filling of more than 50m3 of material not associated with a Material Change of Use

C C C C C C C C C C

Operational Work - vegetation clearing not associated with a Material Change of Use

C C C C C C C C C C

Building Work not associated with a Material Change of Use S S S S S S S S S C

Building Work for the demolition of a building or structure identified on the Cultural Heritage Areas Overlay.

C C C C C C C C C C

Footnote # If involving no building work or only minor building work


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Attachment 1 Assessment Table / Initial Level of Assessment – Material Change of Use

DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY PRECINCTS GUIDE TO APPLICABILITY OF CODES MATERIAL CHANGE OF USE LAND NOT AFFECTED BY OVERLAY GENERAL

Defined Use

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RESIDENTIAL USES House I S S S IU I I I I P O A A Illuminated Tennis Court C C C C IU I I I I P O A A A Caretaker's Residence I IU IU IU C C C C I P O A A A Multiple Dwelling (Small Scale Development) IU IU IU IU IU IU IU IU IU P O O O O O A A A A A A

Multiple Dwelling IU IU IU C IU IU IU IU IU P O O O O O A A A A A A Retirement Village IU IU I C IU IU IU IU IU P O O O O O A A A A A A Special Residential Accommodation IU I I C IU IU IU IU IU P O O O O O A A A A A Home Activity S S S S IU I I I IU P A Home Based Business S C I I IU I I I IU P A Dual Occupancy IU IU I C IU IU IU IU IU P O A A A A TOURIST AND SHORT TERM ACCOMMODATION USES


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Holiday Accommodation IU IU IU I IU IU IU IU IU P O O O O O A A A A A A Caravan and Relocatable Home Park IU IU IU I IU IU IU IU IU P O O O O O A A A A A A Short Term Accommodation IU IU IU C IU IU IU IU IU P O O O O O A A A A A A RETAIL USE Shopping Facilities 0 - 500m2 gfa IU I I I I I I IU IU P O A A A A A A Shopping Facilities 0 - 500m2 gfa # IU I I I I I I IU IU P O A A A A A A Shopping Facilities 501 - 10,000m2 gfa IU IU IU IU IU IU IU IU IU P O O O O O A A A A A A Shopping Facilities > - 10,000m2 gfa IU IU IU IU IU IU IU IU IU P O O O O O A A A A A Display Facilities IU IU IU IU C IU IU IU IU P O O O O O A A A A A A Showroom IU IU IU IU I IU IU IU IU P O O O O O A A A A A A Restricted Premises IU IU IU IU IU IU IU IU IU P O O A A A A Detached Bottle Shop IU IU IU IU IU IU IU IU IU P O O A A A A BUSINESS AND COMMERCIAL USES

Business Facilities IU IU IU IU C IU IU IU IU P O O O A A A A A A Business Facilities # IU IU IU IU S IU IU IU IU P O O O A A A A A A Tavern IU IU IU IU I IU IU IU IU P O O A A A A A Restaurant IU IU I I I IU I I IU P O O A A A A A Service Station IU IU I I I IU IU IU IU P O O O O A A A A A A Child Care Centre IU IU I C I I IU IU IU P O O O O A A A A A A Veterinary Facilities IU I I IU C IU IU IU IU P O A A A A A Tourist Attraction IU I IU IU IU IU IU I IU P O O O O O A A A A A Car Park IU IU IU IU I IU IU IU IU P O O O O A A A A A INDUSTRY AND ASSOCIATED USES

Primary Industry S I IU IU IU IU IU IU IU P A Aquaculture Minor S I I I S IU IU IU IU P O O A A A A Aquaculture Major I IU IU IU I IU IU IU IU P O O O O O A A A A Intensive Animal Husbandry C IU IU IU I IU IU IU IU P O O O O A A A A A Industry Class A I IU IU IU S IU IU IU IU P O O O O A A A A A A Industry Class B IU IU IU IU C IU IU IU IU P O O O O A A A A A A Industry Class C IU IU IU IU I IU IU IU IU P O O O O A A A A A A Business and Technology Park IU IU IU IU I IU IU IU IU P O O O A A A A A A Extractive Industry I IU IU IU IU IU IU IU IU P O O O A A A A A A COMMUNITY FACILITIES Cemetery and Crematorium IU IU IU IU IU C IU IU IU P O O O O A A A A Hospital IU IU IU I IU C IU IU IU P O O O O O A A A A A Educational Establishment IU IU IU I I C IU IU IU P O O O O O A A A A A Park IU S S S S S S S C P O O A A A A Place of Assembly IU I I I C C I I IU P O O O O A A A A A Local Utility S S S S S S S S I P O O O O O A A A A Public Utility S S S S S S S S I P O O O O O A A A A Telecommunication Facility C I I I C I I I IU P O O A A A A Railway Activities IU I I I I S I I IU P O A A A A A Institution IU IU IU IU I C IU IU IU P O O O O A A A A A


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DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY PLANNING AREA GUIDE TO APPLICABILITY OF CODES

MATERIAL CHANGE OF USE LAND NOT AFFECTED BY OVERLAY GENERAL

Defined Use

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RECREATION Indoor Sport and Entertainment IU IU IU IU I I I I IU P O O O O A A A A Outdoor Sport and Entertainment IU I IU IU IU C C C IU P O O O A A A A OTHER Material Change of Use of the respective premises listed in the Schedule that complies with the conditions of the corresponding approval listed in the Schedule of Special Facilities for the district.

S S S S S S S S S

P A A A A A

Material Change of Use of the respective premises listed in the Schedule that complies with the conditions of the corresponding approval listed in the Schedule of Special Facilities for the district and involves a minor change of the approved development.

C C C C C C C C C

P O O O O O A A A A A

All other Material Change of Use (unless otherwise specified in Schedule 8 of IPA)

IU IU IU IU IU IU IU IU IU

P O O O O O A A A A A


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Attachment 2 Assessment Table / Initial Level of Assessment – Other Development

DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY PLANNING AREA GUIDE TO APPLICABILITY OF CODES OTHER DEVELOPMENT LAND NOT AFFECTED BY OVERLAY GENERAL

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Reconfiguring a Lot I C C C C C C C C P O O O O O A A A A A

Operational Work - associated with Reconfiguring a Lot C C C C C C C C C

P O O O A A A A

Operational Work - excavation or filling of more than 50m3 of material not associated with a Material Change of Use

I C C C C C C C C

P O O O A

Operational Work - vegetation clearing not associated with a Material Change of Use

I C C C C C C C C

P O

Building Work not associated with a Material Change of Use S S S S S S S S C

P

Building Work for the demolition of a building or structure identified on the Cultural Heritage Areas Overlay.

C C C C C C C C C

P

Footnote: # If involving no building work or only minor building work

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