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Major Development Plan Southern Cross University Building C & At Grade Car Park Gold Coast Campus (Undeveloped Portion) Bilinga, Queensland Gold Coast Airport Pty Ltd Date: September 2015 NOTICE This Major Development Plan has been developed in consultation between Gold Coast Airport Pty Ltd (GCAPL) and Southern Cross University. As the Airport Leasing Company, GCAPL is the proponent for the Major Development Plan. The Major Development Plan has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Airports Act 1996 (Cth). Whilst all care has been taken in preparing this Major Development Plan, GCAPL accepts no liability whatsoever to any person who in any way relies on any information contained in this Major Development Plan. ©COPYRIGHT Copyright in this document vests in GCAPL. No section or element of this document may be removed from, reproduced, electronically stored or transmitted in any form without the written permission of GCAPL other than for the sole purpose of reviewing its contents. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Gold Coast Airport Pty Ltd and Southern Cross University acknowledge the following for their contribution to this document: Bitzios Consulting Land & Fire Assessments Pty Ltd Newton Denny Chapelle Queensland Airports Limited Turner & Townsend plc Table of Contents 1. BACKGROUND ............................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................ 1 1.2 REGIONAL CONTEXT .......................................................................................................................... 1 1.3 LOCATION AND DESCRIPTION .............................................................................................................. 2 1.4 REGULATORY FRAMEWORK ................................................................................................................ 5 1.5 CONSISTENCY WITH STATUTORY DOCUMENTS ........................................................................................ 7 1.6 CONSISTENCY WITH THE AIRPORT AVIATION OPERATIONS ...................................................................... 12 1.7 GOLD COAST AIRPORT'S PRE-EXISTING INTERESTS ................................................................................. 13 1.8 CONSULTATION .............................................................................................................................. 13 2. OBJECTIVES OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT ........................................................................... 14 3. OUTLINE OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT ............................................................................... 15 3.1 PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT ............................................................................................................... 15 3.2 JUSTIFICATION FOR THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT ............................................................................... 19 4. CONSISTENCY WITH THE GOLD COAST AIRPORT MASTER PLAN................................................... 22 4.1 LAND USE PRECINCTS ...................................................................................................................... 22 4.2 TERMINAL PRECINCT ....................................................................................................................... 22 4.3 DESIGN PRINCIPLES ......................................................................................................................... 24 4.4 ACCESS AND PARKING ..................................................................................................................... 26 4.5 PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLE WAYS .......................................................................................................... 35 4.6 RAIL NETWORKS ............................................................................................................................ 37 4.7 SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT ................................................................................................................ 37 5. AVIATION ASSESSMENT ............................................................................................................... 41 5.1 NOISE .......................................................................................................................................... 41 5.2 GASEOUS PLUMES .......................................................................................................................... 44 5.3 WIND SHEAR RISK .......................................................................................................................... 44 5.4 OPERATIONAL CONSIDERATIONS ....................................................................................................... 45 5.5 AIRPORT OPERATIONAL IMPACT MANAGEMENT DURING CONSTRUCTION ................................................. 45 6. ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT .................................................................................................. 46 6.1 LAND, SURFACE AND GROUNDWATER ................................................................................................ 46 6.2 BIODIVERSITY ................................................................................................................................ 54 6.3 CULTURAL HERITAGE....................................................................................................................... 60 6.4 AIR QUALITY ................................................................................................................................. 61 6.5 GROUND-BASED NOISE ................................................................................................................... 62 6.6 WASTE MANAGEMENT & RESOURCE USE ........................................................................................... 63 6.7 HAZARDOUS MATERIAL ................................................................................................................... 65 7. CONSISTENCY WITH THE AIRPORTS ACT 1996 .............................................................................. 66 8. CONCLUSION ............................................................................................................................... 67 REFERENCES ......................................................................................................................................... 68 ATTACHMENT 1 – BUILDING PLANS (BUILDING C) ................................................................................ 69 Acronyms ABC Airport Building Controller AEO Airport Environment Officer (appointed the by the Commonwealth Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development) AEM Airport Environment Manager (Appointed by GCAPL) AEPR 1997 Airports (Environment Protection) Regulations 1997 ASS Acid Sulfate Soils BA Building Application CEMP Construction Environment Management Plan CFA Continuous Flight Auger COGC City of Gold Coast DIRD Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development DOE Department of the Environment ECO Environmental Compliance Officer ESD Environmentally Sustainable Design EFTSL Equivalent Full Time Student Load EPBC Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 ES Environment Strategy ESA Environmentally Significant Area GCC Gold Coast Campus GCA Gold Coast Airport GCAPL Gold Coast Airport Pty Ltd MDP Major Development Plan NASF National Airports Safeguarding Framework NCT North Coast TAFE OLS Obstacle Limitation Surface OMP Operational Management Plan PASS Potential Acid Sulfate Soils PLE Personal Learning Environment QAL Queensland Airports Limited SCU Southern Cross University SPP State Planning Policy (December 2013) TLEP Tweed Local Environmental Plan 2014 List of Figures Figure 1.1 Locality Plan Figure 1.2 Subject Site and Approximate Extent of SCU Campus Figure 3.1 Site Layout of the Proposed Development Figure 3.2 Proposed Reinforced Embankment Detail Figure 3.3 Image of Building C from Different Viewpoints Figure 4.1 2011 Master Plan Land Use Plan Figure 4.2 2016 AM Traffic Volumes (8:00am – 10:00am) Figure 4.3 2016 PM Traffic Volumes (4:00pm – 6:00pm) Figure 4.4 20-Year Transport Land Use Plan Figure 4.5 Footpath Network Figure 4.6 Cycle Network Figure 4.7 Bus Route Network Figure 4.8 Access to Campus by Suburb (Students and Staff Combined) Figure 4.9 Bus Stops in Close Proximity to SCU Figure 5.1 2031 Australian Noise Exposure Forecast Map Figure 5.2 SCU Campus and 2031 ANEF 25 Contour Overlay Figure 6.1 Existing Groundwater Level in the Locality Figure 6.2 Environmental Features Identified at GCA Grounds List of Tables Table 1.1 Project Response to SPP Development Requirements Table 1.2 Project Response to Gold Coast Planning Scheme Development Requirements Table 1.3 Project Response to TLEP Development Requirements Table 3.1 Building C Development Characteristics Table 4.1 Terminal Precinct Development Standards Table 4.2 Trip Generation Assumptions Table 4.3 Development Trip Generation Table 4.4 SCU Target Mode Share Table 4.5 Parking Demand and Supply Table 5.1 Building Site Acceptability Table based on ANEF Zones Table 7.1 Compliance of the MDP against Legislative Requirements 1. Background 1.1 Introduction This Major Development Plan (MDP) outlines the proposed construction of Building C and at-grade car park within the undeveloped portion of the Southern Cross University (SCU) Gold Coast Campus (the Campus) within