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Pinkenba/Eagle Farm Neighbourhood Plan Code
5.1
General
Performance Criteria
Acceptable Solutions
Where located within a storm tide inundation area (Map K—Storm Tide Inundation and
Maritime Development Areas)
P1 Development ensures that ground levels
and floor levels have an acceptable flood
immunity according to risk
A1.1 All non-residential development (including
ancillary structures and carparking areas)
located within a storm tide inundation area
(high or moderate risk) is at a minimum of
3.1m Australian Height Datum (AHD)
OR
Development is designed and constructed
to withstand hydrostatic and hydrodynamic
forces as a result of inundation by a
defined storm tide event
Note: Compliance with this acceptable
solution can be demonstrated by the
submission of a risk assessment identifying
the risks posed by the defined storm tide
event and measures designed to mitigate
risks potentially through location, design,
construction and operating standards
A1.2 Where involving non-residential
development and located within a storm
tide inundation area (high or moderate
risk), development sites are filled to a
minimum level of 3.1m AHD so that
buildings are constructed above the 100
year ARI flood level
Note: the 100 year ARI level of 3.1m AHD
relates to storm tide inundation
Compliance with this acceptable solution
can be demonstrated by the submission of
a hydraulic and hydrology report
identifying flood levels and development
design levels (as part of a Site Based
Stormwater Management Plan)
P2 Development in a storm tide inundation
area does not increase the severity of
storm tide related impacts for other
property
A2
Where located within a storm tide
inundation area (high or moderate risk),
development does not:
 accelerate or redirect flows towards
neighbouring infrastructure and
development
 increase local water levels on adjacent
land
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P3 Infrastructure for essential services is
designed and located so as not to be
adversely affected by storm tide flooding
in a high risk inundation area
A3
P4 Hazardous materials do not adversely
impact public safety or environment
during a defined storm tide event
A4.1 Hazardous materials are stored above the
defined storm tide flood event level
A4.2 Structures are designed and constructed to
prevent the inundation from storm tides
Development within a storm tide
inundation area (high risk) provides
infrastructure for essential services (e.g.
on-site electricity, gas, water supply,
sewerage and telecommunications) that are
able to function during and immediately
after a defined storm tide event
Reconfiguring a lot
P5 Lot size, dimensions and levels allow a
range of uses and ensures storm surge and
river flooding risks are mitigated
A5.1 The minimum lot size complies with Table
1—Minimum Lot Size and Dimensions
A5.2 Lots contain a minimum square or
rectangular area and minimum frontage in
accordance with Table 1—Minimum Lot Size
and Dimensions
A5.3 Lots contain a minimum square or
rectangular area, at or above the 100 year
ARI flood level in accordance with Table 1—
Minimum Lot Size and Dimensions
Infrastructure
P6 Development provides for the
improvement of the defined carrying
capacity of roads to enable safe and
efficient regional, city and local transport
networks
A6.1 Development dedicates land to Council for
road widening and upgrades in accordance
with Map H—Proposed Road Upgrades
and Streetscapes and the Transport and
Traffic Facilities Planning Scheme Policy
A6.2 A maximum of one vehicle ingress and
egress is provided to each site from an
arterial road
A6.3 Vehicular access to development having
frontage to Kingsford Smith Drive is
provided in the form of rear access lanes
Environmental protection
P7 Development ensures areas of high
ecological significance where in a coastal
management district are protected and
rehabilitated
A7.1 Development does not occur in areas of high
ecological significance where in a coastal
management district as shown on Map L—
High Ecological Significance Areas
including:

Luggage Point—Juno Point
Conservation Area

Myrtletown foreshore

Boggy Creek

the Brisbane River
A7.2 Land within an identified habitat area or
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ecological corridor as shown on Map L—
High Ecological Significance Areas is
rehabilitated with non bird attracting
vegetation species endemic to the local area,
in accordance with Brisbane Airport Safety
Guidelines.
Note: Plant species favoured by wading
birds such as the ibis, egret and heron for
nesting and breeding are not to be used
A7.3 Development within 50m of a habitat area or
ecological corridor as shown on Map L—
High Ecological Significance Areas retains
vegetation
Protection of Operational Airspace
P8 Development ensures aircraft safety in
operational airspace is maintained and
temporary or permanent physical
obstructions do not adversely impact on
operational airspace
A8.1 Buildings, structures and landscaping are
designed, constructed and maintained to
avoid entering operational airspace as shown
on Map I—Operational Airspace and Map
N—Brisbane Airport PANS–OPS Surfaces
A8.2 Development involving temporary or
permanent aviation activities are not located
beneath operational airspace as shown on
Map I—Operational Airspace and Map N—
Brisbane Airport PANS-OPS Surfaces
P9 Development does not increase the risk to
public safety
A9.1 Development is located outside of the public
safety zone as shown on Map J—Australian
Noise Exposure Forecast Contours and
Public Safety Zones
A9.2 Development does not involve the storage of
hazardous materials in the public safety zone
as shown on Map J—Australian Noise
Exposure Forecast Contours and Public
Safety Zones
P10 Emissions do not adversely impact on air
turbulence, visibility or engine operation
in operational airspace
A10.1 Development does not contain stacks (vents)
which emit high velocity gases exceeding
4.3m per second
A10.2 Development does not emit airborne
particulates (steam, ash, dust) which may
impair visual conditions of operational
airspace
P11 External lighting does not adversely
impact on operational airspace
A11.1 Lighting does not distract or interfere with
pilot vision
A11.2 Lighting does not imitate the format of
approach or runway lighting
Note: Compliance may be demonstrated with
standards specified in CASA Guidelines:
Lighting in the vicinity of aerodromes—
Advice to lighting designers
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P12 Wildlife, particularly flying vertebrates
such as birds and bats, are not attracted
into operational airspace in significant
numbers
A12
Potential food/waste sources are covered and
collected so that they are not accessible to
wildlife
Coastal management
P13 Development (other than maritime
development) allows for natural
fluctuations of the coastline, avoids the
need for coastal protection works and
maintains coastal vegetation which if
removed would lead to site destabilisation
and increased erosion
A13.1 Development is located outside the erosion
prone area as shown on Map M—Coastal
Development Control Areas
OR
Where located within an erosion prone area
as shown on Map M—Coastal Development
Control Areas and in a coastal management
district, development is designed and located
to protect the structure and condition of
coastal vegetation
A13.2 Except where located in the Eagle Farm
Precinct:

P14 Development within a storm tide hazard
area does not increase the risk to people
and property from exposure to adverse
storm tide flooding impacts
A14
a 50m wide undeveloped buffer is
provided to Boggy Creek including
filling or excavation associated with
drainage works
Development of sites that are either wholly
or partly located within a storm tide
inundation area as shown on Map K—Storm
Tide Inundation and Maritime Development
Areas provides either:
 a flat impervious area of a size
sufficient to accommodate all occupants
or employees on the site, for people to
take refuge during a defined storm tide
flood event
(Note: dedicated fire evacuation areas
may be used for this purpose)
OR
 an evacuation route (egress) above the
defined storm tide flood level which
remains passable for emergency
evacuations for the defined storm tide
event
The egress in a defined storm tide event
must:
 not expose users to undue risk
 not cause, or have the cumulative
potential to cause, real damage to land
and/or buildings
 not interrupt or materially change the
surface water drainage from or onto
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adjoining land
 not create, in the event of a storm tide
event, a sudden change in flow
distributions, flood level or velocity that
could result in:
 excessive scour, or
 sedimentation, or
 increased flood hazard
Streetscapes
P15 Development provides appropriately sized
footpaths capable of accommodating high
quality, sub-tropical landscaped
streetscapes that encourage pedestrian
activity and amenity
A15.1 Development with a frontage to a
Subtropical Boulevard, as shown on Map
H—Proposed Road Upgrades and
Streetscapes provides a publicly owned
footway with a minimum width of 5m
A15.2 Where the existing footpath width is less
than 5m, a linear land dedication is provided
to achieve the footway width
Sensitive Land Use where within 250m of a Medium Impact Industry or 500m of a High Impact
Industry Use or 1,500m of Noxious and Hazardous Industry
P16 Development within Sensitive Land Use
areas must not compromise the continued
operation of an established industry
A16 Development must demonstrate that levels of
acceptable air quality and noise levels can be
achieved in accordance with Council
standards
Note: Refer to the Air Quality Planning
Scheme Policy and Noise Impact Assessment
Planning Scheme Policy in City Plan 2000
Appendix 2
Land use separation—sensitive land uses
P17 Development must not result in sensitive
land uses being exposed to air, noise and
odour emissions that adversely impact on
human health, amenity and wellbeing
Note: For guidance on assessing impacts
and performance requirments, refer to the
Air Quality Planning Scheme Policy and
the Noise Impact Assessment Planning
Scheme Policy
A17.1 Where a Low Impact Industry, the
development is located a minimum of 150m
from any sensitive land use
A17.2 Where a Medium Impact Industry, the
development is located a minimum of 250m
from any sensitive land use
A17.3 Where a High Impact Industry, the
development is located a minimum of 500m
from any sensitive land use
A17.4 Where a Noxious and Hazardous Industry,
the development is located a minimum of
1,500m from any sensitive land use
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Where a material change of use for Restaurant, Office, Medical Centre or Shop
P18 Development is clustered with existing
retail and commercial uses and does not
adversely impact on the existing road
networks of the locality
5.2
A18.1 Gross floor area is a maximum of 250m2
A18.2 Development adjoins an existing Restaurant,
Office, Medical Centre or Shop
A18.3 Vehicular access is not provided from an
arterial, suburban or district road
Where involving a residential use, community facility, aged care accommodation,
hospital, education purpose or child care facility
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Building design for aircraft noise attenuation
P1 Buildings are designed and constructed to
mitigate adverse amenity impacts on
occupants from aircraft noise
Buildings are designed and constructed to
support the safety and efficiency of
aviation operations
5.3
A1
Indoor areas of buildings are designed and
constructed to attenuate noise from aircraft
where located within Australian Noise
Exposure Forecast (ANEF) contours 20 as
shown on Map J—Australian Noise
Exposure Forecast Contours and Public
Safety Zones in accordance with the Airports
Planning Scheme Policy
Note: Areas outside the ANEF20 contour
may also experience impacts from aircraft
noise
Where in the Myrtletown Precinct
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P1 Development accord with and implement
an approved Structure Plan
A1.1 Development accords with an approved
Structure Plan
OR
A1.2 The application contains a Structure Plan
prepared in accordance with the Structure
Planning Code
P2 An integrated land use and infrastructure
strategy through the preparation of a
Structure Plan demonstrates the
following:
a) development in the precinct
successfully integrates heavy
industry activities, trunk
infrastructure and essential services
with sensitive environmental features
to capitalise upon the area’s
locational and competitive advantage
b) the precinct principally caters for
high impact and noxious and
A2
No Acceptable Solution is prescribed
Performance Criteria
hazardous industries that require
separation from sensitive land uses
c) development avoids adverse effects
on the values of areas of high
ecological significance (where in a
coastal management district) and
other significant environmental
features to protect the area’s
biodiversity, physical coastal
processes and coastal landforms
d) development occurs in accordance
with a sequencing plan to ensure the
precinct is properly drained, provides
adequate flood immunity and
coordinates infrastructure provision
in a timely and cost efficient manner
e) development incorporates best
practice environmental management
measures including appropriate
treatment and reuse of stormwater
f) a minimum 50m wide buffer is
provided along the Brisbane River,
measured from the mean high water
spring mark
g) principally caters for high impact and
noxious and hazardous industrial
uses
h) is adequately serviced and provides
for appropriate road connections and
access, including by public transport
and bicycle
i) Bancroft Road north of Brownlee
Street is maintained as a limited
access road, with ingress/egress
being primarily obtained from either
Main Beach Road or Sandmere Road
j) development is designed to maximise
energy efficiency and exhibit a high
standard of architectural and
landscape design
k) all lots within the precinct are
included in the Structure Plan
l) facilitates the cruise ship terminal
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P3 Lot reconfiguration and site use does not
result in the alienation of land from its
potential long term use as identified on the
precinct maps
A3.1 Lots accord with the approved Structure Plan
A3.2 Lots provides for high impact and noxious
and hazardous industrial development
P4 Development fronting the Brisbane River
enhances this waterway
A4
Development with an interface to the
Brisbane River, or adjoining open space
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along the Brisbane River provides:
a) an articulated building facade to the
river
b) a landscaped buffer of a minimum width
of 50m where land directly adjoins the
Brisbane River
c) high quality building finishes which
incorporate a variety of materials (such
as brick, painted concrete or masonry
and glass)
P5 Access is obtained from an all weather
access road
A5
5.4
Vehicular access is provided from Main
Beach Road or Sandmere Road
Where in the Bulwer Island Precinct
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P1 Development in the Bulwer Island
Precinct is consistent with the precinct
intent and accords with Maps C and H to
M
A1
P2 Development provides for a safe and
efficient road network with:
 alternative emergency road access
 safe rail crossings
A2.1 Development provides for a suitable
controlled rail crossing near the intersection
of Eagle Farm Road and Farrer Street
Note: Compliance may be demonstrated by
providing evidence that there will be no
significant increase in traffic crossing the
rail line created by the development, or there
will be no significant increase in rail
movements and no significant vehicle or
pedestrian safety issues and no significant
traffic delays created from future rail freight
movements
A2.2 Development provides for an alternative road
access linking Bulwer Island with Eagle
Farm Road available at all times for
unhindered access during emergencies
Note: Compliance can be demonstrated by
providing evidence that all-weather road
access is available as an alternative public
road linking Bulwer Island with Eagle Farm.
Development in the Bulwer Island Precinct:
 preserves land for high impact, noxious
and hazardous industry that requires
dedicated access to the Port of Brisbane
or freight logistics services at the
Brisbane Airport
 involves storage of, or operations
associated with hazardous or noxious,
offensive goods or activities
 separates high impact, noxious and
hazardous industry from sensitive land
uses
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5.5
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This alternative access must be available at
all times for unhindered use in emergencies
Where in the Pinkenba Village Precinct
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P1 Development is consistent with the house
character of the precinct
A1
Development involves a house
P2 Development provides a habitable floor
level that mitigates against inundation
from flood and tidal water (including
storm surge) and minimises risks to
human life and property
A2
Where a lot is subject to storm tide
inundation, development has a minimum
habitable floor level of 3.1m AHD
P3 Buildings and structures are of a height
that:
 avoid significant impacts caused by
tidal water (including storm surge)
and flood inundation
 does not significantly obstruct the
outlook obtained from adjoining land
in the Low Density Residential area
 does not result in the significant
overshadowing of adjoining land in
the Low Density Residential area
A3
Where a house is raised to avoid flood
inundation, maximum building height is not
greater than 11m above ground level,
measured to the top of the roofline
Note: Non load bearing aerials, antennas,
flues, roof ventilators and chimneys are not
considered part of the house for the purpose
of determining building height
5.6
Where in the Eagle Farm Precinct
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P1 Development in the Eagle Farm Precinct
provides an attractive and coherent
streetscape along major roads
A1.1 Industrial building facades provide high
quality architectural finishes through
variations in form, colour and materials,
using a combination of construction
materials including brick, masonry, glass and
colourbond steel roofing
A1.2 Development provides a landscaped
vegetated buffer having a minimum width of
3m along the full site frontage to Kingsford
Smith Drive and Eagle Farm Road
(excluding vehicle access points)
A1.3 Building design orientates office components
to address Kingsford Smith Drive and Eagle
Farm Road
A1.4 Vehicle parking and loading areas are
located behind buildings fronting Kingsford
Smith Drive and Eagle Farm Road
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P2 Development provides high quality
landscaping along site boundaries shared
with the Royal Queensland Golf Course
A2
A densely planted landscaped buffer, at least
3m wide, is provided along the whole shared
boundary of the property with the Royal
Queensland Golf Course to effectively
screen the use (including buildings, parking,
vehicle manoeuvring, outdoor storage,
hardstands and outdoor fabrication areas)
from the Royal Queensland Golf Course
P3 Where conducted in association with an
industrial use on the same premises,
commercial offices are ancillary to the
industrial use
A3
On-site commercial premises do not exceed
100m2 or 30% of the gross floor area of the
premises, whichever is the lesser
Table 1—Minimum Lot Size and Dimensions
Area
Minimum Lot Size
Minimum Square or
Rectangle (metres) (1)
Minimum Frontage
(metres)
High Impact Industry
4 hectares
150 x 250
150
Low Impact Industry
1,000m2
20 x 30
25
4 hectares (2)
(10 hectares) (3)
80 x 100 (4)
80 (4)
800m2
20 x 40
20
Bulwer Island Precinct
Myrtletown Precinct
High Impact Industry
Pinkenba Village Precinct
Low Density Residential
(1) Applies to both regular and irregular shaped lots but excludes rear lots
(2) Where in accordance with an approved Structure Plan for the Myrtletown precinct
(3) The figure in brackets is the minimum lot size which applies in the absence of an approved
Structure Plan for the Myrtletown Precinct
(4) Where a minimum lot size of 10 hectares applies
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