Built form ​

PO1

Buildings and outdoor storage areas:

1. are appropriate to the scale, bulk and character of other buildings and activities in the surrounding industrial area or intended in the zone, and
2. do not result in a significant loss of visual amenity.

PO2

Buildings, structures and high impact industry and specialised industrial activities are setback from the road frontage to mitigate the impact of activities on the streetscape.

AO2

Buildings, structures and industrial activity areas are setback:

1. 10m for land on a sub–arterial or arterial  road, and
2. 6m for land on a road other than a sub–arterial or arterial road.

Land use ​

PO3

Development:

1. does not compromise the use of land for special purposes including public utilities and infrastructure, and
2. requires larger sites in locations that are well separated from sensitive land uses.

PO4

Where in the Gladstone Airport precinct, development:

1. is only associated with air services activities, and
2. ensures the safe operation of air services activities.

Note—Refer also to the Airport overlay code.

Building design ​

PO5

Buildings include features that contribute to an attractive streetscape.

AO5.1

The unarticulated length of external walls along a road frontage does not exceed 15m.

AO5.2

Buildings:

1. are designed and constructed with varying façade treatments and high quality finishes such as brick, painted concrete or masonry, and
2. do not incorporate highly reflective materials.

PO6

Building entrances are legible and safe.

AO6.1

The main entry to the premises is:

1. easily identifiable and directly accessible from the street with a clearly defined entrance point, and
2. separate to vehicle access points.

AO6.2

Each building is provided with a highly visible street number.

AO6.3

Premises are provided with external lighting sufficient to provide safe ingress and egress for site users.

AO6.4

Office space is sited and orientated towards the principal road frontage of a site.

PO7

Development is designed to facilitate the safety and security of people and property having regard to:

1. maximising casual surveillance and sight lines
2. exterior building design that promotes safety
3. adequate lighting
4. appropriate signage and wayfinding
5. minimisation of personal concealment and entrapment locations, and
6. building entrances, parking, loading and storage areas that are well lit and have clearly defined access points.

Note—applicants should have regard to Crime Prevention through Environmental Design Guidelines for Queensland.

Amenity

PO8

Utility elements (including refuse areas, outdoor storage, plant and equipment, loading and unloading areas) are screened from view from the street and land within other zones.

AO8

Utility elements are:

1. located within or behind the building, or
2. screened by a 1.8m high solid wall or fence, or
3. behind landscaping having the same screening effect as a 1.8m screen fence.

Note—Screening can be provided by any combination of the above treatments to meet the acceptable outcome.

PO9

Landscaping is provided to mitigate the visual impact of development and screen unsightly components.

Note—refer also to the Landscaping code.

AO9

Landscaping is provided along the entire principal site frontage, excluding driveway, with a minimum width of:

1. 4m along an arterial road, and
2. 2m along any other road.

PO10

Outdoor lighting does not adversely affect the amenity of adjoining properties or create a traffic hazard on adjacent roads.

AO10.1

Light emanating from any source complies with Australian Standard AS4282 Control of the Obtrusive Effects of Outdoor Lighting.

AO10.2

Outdoor lighting is provided in accordance with Australian Standard AS 1158.1.1 – Road Lighting – Vehicular Traffic Category V) Lighting – Performance and Installation Design Requirements.

Effects of development ​

PO11

Development responds sensitively to on–site and surrounding topography, coastal foreshores, waterways, drainage patterns, utility services, access, vegetation and adjoining land use, such that:

1. any hazards to people or property are avoided
2. any earthworks are minimised
3. the retention of natural drainage lines is maximised
4. the retention of existing vegetation is maximised
5. damage or disruption to sewerage, stormwater and water infrastructure is avoided, and
6. there is adequate buffering, screening or separation to adjoining development.

PO12

Development minimises potential conflicts with, or impacts on, other uses having regard to vibration, odour, dust or other emissions.

AO12.1

Development achieves the air quality design objectives set out in the Environmental Protection (Air) Policy 2008, as amended.

AO12.2

Development that involves the storage of materials on site that are capable of generating air contaminants either by wind or when disturbed are managed by:

1. being wholly enclosed in storage bins, or
2. a watering program so material cannot become airborne.

PO13

Development prevents or minimises the generation of any noise so that:

1. nuisance is not caused to adjoining premises or other nearby sensitive land uses, and
2. desired ambient noise levels in residential areas are not exceeded.

AO13

Development achieves the noise generation levels set out in the Environmental Protection (Noise) Policy 2008, as amended.

PO14

Development provides for the collection, treatment and disposal of liquid wastes or sources of contamination such that off–site releases of contaminants do not occur.

AO14.1

Areas where potentially contaminating substances are stored or used, are:

1. roofed and sealed with concrete, asphalt or similar impervious substance and bunded, and
2. located in an area free of flooding from a 1% AEP flood event, and free from medium or high storm tide inundation.

AO14.2

Provision is made for spills to be bunded and retained on site for removal and disposal by an approved means.

AO14.3

Roof water is piped away from areas of potential contamination.

PO15

Development is located, designed and operated so that adverse environmental impacts and environmental harm on nearby land is minimised.

Use – Caretaker's accommodation ​

PO16

Development for caretaker's accommodation:

1. is subordinate to non–residential uses on the same site, and
2. provides adequate private open space for residents.

AO16.1

No more than 1 caretaker's accommodation unit is established per non–residential land use.

AO16.2

Caretaker's accommodation is a maximum of 100m2 in GFA.

AO16.3

Caretaker's accommodation is provided with a private open space area which:

1. is directly accessible from a habitable room, and
2. where a balcony, a verandah or a deck, has a minimum area of 15m2 with minimum horizontal dimensions of 1.25m.

AO17

Development for caretaker's accommodation provides a safe living environment for residents through:

1. adequate separation from the source of any emissions generated by the primary use of the site, and
2. design and construction features which mitigate noise, lighting and air quality impacts on habitable rooms.