(c) impact assessable development, to the extent relevant.
Note—Where the proposed use in a Specialised centre zone precinct includes a residential use or mixed-use development component, the Centre or mixed use code, Multiple dwelling code, Rooming accommodation code or Short-term accommodation code may form assessment benchmarks where their purpose is applicable to the proposal. For example, major education and research facilities may include colleges or rooming accommodation integrated with other commercial, retail or educational activities on campus.
access and on-site parking and servicing provisions, guidance is provided in the Transport, access, parking and servicing planning scheme policy.
Editor's note—Some land in the Specialised centre zone is regulated by other legislation or is not subject to planning and development control under the planning scheme. For example, land designated for development (such as major education facilities) under section 35 of the Act is accepted development, to the extent that the development would otherwise be accepted development subject to compliance with identified outcomes, or assessable development, under the planning scheme. Details of designations for development are identified in Schedule 5. Where planning control of a site in the Specialised centre zone is relinquished by the relevant legislation or governing authority, the planning scheme provides a default position for describing and assessing desired development outcomes.
Editor's note—For a proposal to be accepted development subject to compliance with identified requirements, it must meet all the identified acceptable outcomes of this code and any other applicable code. Where it does not meet all identified acceptable outcomes, the proposal becomes assessable development and a development application is required. Where a development application is triggered, only the specific acceptable outcomes that the proposal fails to meet need to be assessed against the corresponding assessable acceptable outcomes or performance outcomes and relevant overall outcomes. Other identified acceptable outcomes that are met are not assessed as part of the development application.
(1) The purpose of the Specialised centre code is to assess the suitability of development to which this code applies.
(a) Development contributes to the specific mix or type of activities envisaged in the zone precinct in an integrated and co-located manner to maximise site multifunctionality and efficiency of the use of land, and physical and social infrastructure, particularly where the proposed specialised centre purpose is not intended or cannot be easily accommodated in other centre zones at the scale or concentration required for optimal functioning.
(b) Development protects the viability of the specialised centre purpose by excluding development that could limit the ongoing operation of existing uses or prejudice the establishment of new activities appropriate to the specific nature of the particular zone precinct.
(c) Development for purposes not anticipated in the zone precinct provides for safety, quality design and integration with the surrounding area, and offers compensatory community benefits.
(d) Development is appropriately located according to the activities envisaged in the zone precinct, and building and landscape design are of a scale, height, bulk and nature that provide a high level of amenity, are generally consistent with the character of the area, transition sensitively to surrounding uses, and reinforce the subtropical nature of the city.
(e) Development of buildings and structures in the particular zone precinct is varied to present a variety of building forms, materials and facade treatments.
(f) Development is provided with infrastructure, servicing and utilities commensurate with the level of service demands of the use.
(g) Development is supported by complementary uses of appropriate scale and purpose to directly serve the employees and activities of the zone precinct, and which do not compromise the commercial, retail or community service role and function of nearby centre activities.
(h) Development achieves satisfactory standards in minimising the potential adverse impacts (including glare, odour, light, noise, traffic, parking, servicing and hours of operation) on the health, safety and amenity of adjoining sensitive land uses, predominantly through maintaining adequate buffering between these land uses.
(i) Development achieves a satisfactory standard of environmental performance by integrating into development principles of innovative, sustainable and efficient design, construction and operation, to encourage water conservation and responsiveness to climate.
(j) Development maintains or enhances road, rail, public transport and active transport connectivity and accessibility between the specialised centre and key destinations to improve efficient and safe movement of people and goods, and a high level of accessibility for employees and visitors/patrons of the specialised centre.
(k) Development of highly accessible world class venues for a use which is a significant economic driver, such as a university, consolidates the specialised centre's role in facilitating growth in allied industries such as research and development; drawing visitors and students to the region; and functioning as a major employment generator.
(b) controlled so that the use does not impact on the amenity of residences within the building within which the use is located, and nearby sensitive uses.
Development with a rear or side boundary to a sensitive use, limits the hours of operation for the non-residential component of the development to between 7am and 6pm.
Development limits the operation of delivery vehicles to between 7am and 6pm Monday to Saturday, excluding public holidays.
Development complies with the noise (planning) criteria in Table 9.3.25.3.B, low frequency noise criteria in Table 9.3.25.3.C and night-time noise criteria in Table 9.3.25.3.D at a sensitive use.
A noise impact assessment report prepared in accordance with the Noise impact assessment planning scheme policy can assist in demonstrating achievement of this performance outcome.
Where the development involves an activity regulated by the Entertainment Venues and Events Local Law, the operating noise levels and requirements may be specified on a permit or approval issued under that law.
Development does not generate noise which is clearly audible and creates a disturbance within a sensitive use.
(ii) odour criteria in Table 9.3.25.3.F.
(ii) a minimum of 2m above a thoroughfare or roof with regular foot traffic.
Development ensures that vents and exhausts for a below-ground car park or bus station are separated by a minimum 15m from a sensitive use.
Development for air conditioning, refrigeration and other mechanical plant, vents, exhausts and refuse and recycling storage areas are compatible in appearance and arrangement with nearby premises to ensure adverse amenity impacts associated with the development are ameliorated.
(b) screened from an adjacent sensitive use.
Development ensures that the risk to public safety, property and the environment from technological hazards such as fire, explosion and toxic release from the development achieves the hazard and risk criteria in Table 9.3.25.3.H.
Development does not include the storage of dangerous goods and combustible liquids above the volumes and quantities identified in Table 9.3.25.3.G.
(c) do not compromise the commercial, retail or community service role and function of nearby centres.
(d) does not conflict with the establishment or ongoing operation of uses on the site.
(b) reticulated sewerage or appropriate on-site sewerage, if the development has no access to a reticulated sewer.
Development in the City core and City frame as identified in Figure a in the Transport, access, parking and servicing code provides parking spaces at rates to discourage private car use and encourage walking, cycling and the use of public transport.
Development in the City core and City frame as identified in Figure a of the Transport, access, parking and servicing code apply parking rates in compliance with the standards in the Transport, access, parking and servicing planning scheme policy.
Development outside of the City core and City frame as identified in Figure a of the Transport, access, parking and servicing code provides the number of on-site parking spaces to accommodate design peak parking demands without overflow parking to an adjacent premises or adjacent streets.
(b) that does not result in on-street parking if no parking standards are identified in the Transport, access, parking and servicing planning scheme policy.
Development of outdoor lighting does not have an adverse impact on any person, activity or fauna because of light emissions, either directly or by reflection.
Development ensures that the technical parameters, design, installation, operation and maintenance of outdoor lighting complies with the requirements of AS 428-1997 Control of the obtrusive effects of outdoor lighting.
Note—The effects of outdoor lighting should be mitigated where windows of habitable rooms of nearby dwellings will be illuminated beyond maximum permissible values outlined in AS 4282-1997 Control of the obtrusive effects of outdoor lighting.
Development of floodlighting is restricted to the types that give no upward component of light where mounted horizontally, such as a full cut off luminar.
(b) offers compensatory community benefits.
Note—Compliance can be demonstrated through a redevelopment master plan.
Development not typically anticipated in the relevant Specialised centre zone precinct does not hinder or constrain the ongoing operation and future economic opportunities of uses expected within the relevant Specialised centre zone precinct.
(e) ensures the proposed use does not overshadow adjoining residential premises or public open spaces.
(c) a maximum site cover of 35% if the maximum gross floor area is not specified in a neighbourhood plan or in Section C of this code.
(c) a maximum building height of 3 storeys, if a maximum building height is not specified in a neighbourhood plan or in Section C of this code.
Development ensures that the building height of a building within 10m of a sensitive use is stepped down to a maximum of 2 storeys and 9.5m.
Note—Built to boundary walls are not permitted where a building height transition is required.
Development for a bulky or expansive building is partially sleeved by smaller, complementary uses, ancillary facilities or design features fronting the external environment, such as ground-storey administration offices, entrance foyers or forecourts.
(b) ensure adverse amenity impacts associated with the use are ameliorated.
Development ensures that setbacks of buildings and other structures from the primary street frontage are a minimum of 6m.
Development provides a landscaped strip of a minimum width of 3m along the frontage of the site.
Development located across a street from a sensitive use provides articulation and variations in the building line setback at least every 10m.
(c) an acoustic and visual screen fence of at least 1.8m high is erected and maintained along the entire length of the boundary where adjoining sensitive uses.
(c) have a minimal impact on the residential amenity of premises surrounding the site.
(c) locating any outdoor hardstand storage areas at least 3m from the primary street frontage and providing and maintaining a continuous landscape screening strip of a minimum 3m wide along the frontage of the site.
(iv) encourage a high level of accessibility and activation.
Development designs a new public plaza or enhances an existing public plaza, in compliance with the specifications of the Infrastructure design code and Infrastructure design planning scheme policy.
(d) reduce the height impact of the building and vary the vertical profile.
Development provides a building design which incorporates articulated walls with horizontal and vertical variation, solids and voids, shadow, detail and colour to reduce the impacts of building height and expansive blank walls.
Development ensures that the length of a uniform treatment of elevations above ground level without variation, articulation or openings is no more than 30m.
Development maximises recessed forms and openings around the building perimeter to allow external spaces to merge with building interiors and enhance subtropical design outcomes, except where safety and security would be compromised.
Development for a semi-enclosed arcade and shaded walkway is provided at the ground storey of a building adjoining a pedestrian route, using awnings, pergolas or other devices which may be suspended, freestanding, supported on columns or cantilevered.
Development incorporates external landscaping or planting on upper building levels, particularly on podiums or roof decks if the building design allows.
Development for a building is to be finished with high-quality materials, selected for their durability and the contribution they make to the character and function of the zone precinct.
Development provides materials and finishes which are easily maintained and do not readily stain, discolour or deteriorate.
(e) the rooftop is designed to enable future inclusion of communication structures or telecommunications infrastructure in an unobtrusive manner.
Development provides a high-quality streetscape through landscape and footpath works which are consistent with the desired role and function of the street in the Streetscape hierarchy overlay map.
Development provides for street trees, furniture, lighting, footpath and kerb treatments in compliance with the road corridor design standards in the Infrastructure design planning scheme policy.
Development ensures the building siting and design achieves a pleasant and manageable environment by allowing a passage of cooling breezes, and employing sun-control devices, to reduce glare, shade buildings and maintain comfortable indoor temperatures.
Development use is orientated to allow good access to sunlight and breezes.
Development ensures that the window placement and internal layout allows cross ventilation.
Development of the building has regard for any wind generation or wind tunnel effects it may cause.
Development of outdoor pedestrian spaces is protected from adverse wind impacts.
Development of ventilation in and around buildings is promoted through appropriate building forms, breezeways, open courtyards and landscaped areas.
Development for a building does not incorporate types of glass or other surfaces likely to reflect specular rays that could create undue nuisance, discomfort or hazard to uses in the zone precinct or surrounding locality.
Development ensures that the reflectivity of roofing materials does not impact on the amenity of adjoining premises.
(b) a level of heat transmission of not less than 20%.
(d) assists in highlighting entrances and pedestrian paths.
(b) if an extension of a retaining wall or earth batter, is landscaped or planted.
Development provides appropriate screening and buffering to a neighbouring sensitive use so that the visual amenity is maintained or improved.
(b) if a building wall with openings is the closest element of the proposal to the residential area, a densely planted landscaped and screened buffer area at least 6m wide.
Development provides buffers along the common side and rear boundaries, which consists of tall trees and shrubs, including a mix of fast-growing pioneer species and mature stock of slower growing permanent species, that will form a complete visual screen of a minimum 4m in height with 3 years of planting.
Development of all external areas are landscaped or sealed.
(e) integrate different components of the site or zone precinct, and not quarantine any elements of the development.
Note—Accesses are provided for staff, patrons and visitors in compliance with the Transport, access, parking and servicing planning scheme policy.
Development ensures buildings and activity areas are located to prevent potentially hazardous vehicular or pedestrian movements.
Development minimises the number of vehicle accesses from the street.
Development ensures that the location of accesses maintains the integrity, quality and primacy of footpaths, with convenient and safe pedestrian access provided to the site, along building edges, and through car parks.
Development provides clear, continuous, convenient and safe walking and cycling access from nearby centres, adjoining tenancies, public transport infrastructure and other public areas.
Development provides finished levels that allow easy pedestrian, cyclist, vehicular and car parking interconnection between premises and buildings within the zone precinct.
Development provides common accesses and consolidated parking areas which are shared by different activities and land uses within the zone precinct.
Development designs and locates car parking areas to ensure that employee, patron and visitor parking do not detract from the amenity of nearby residential areas and the streetscape.
Note—On-site parking areas are provided for staff, patrons and visitors in compliance with the Transport, access, parking and servicing planning scheme policy.
Development of all car parking, servicing activities and deliveries occur on site.
Development of large areas of car parking is interspersed with buildings, shade structures or landscaping, to reduce visual prominence.
(b) if the site is opposite a sensitive zone, at-grade in the front setback, other than the landscaped buffer.
Development provides a minimum 2m wide landscaped buffer along the common side and rear boundaries between vehicle accesses and parking and movement areas, and a sensitive use.
Development ensures car parking areas used at night are acoustically screened from adjoining residential dwellings.
(b) openings in parking structure facades are screened to hide the parking operation.
Note—For example, multistorey parking structures may be installed at specialised centre uses with high-volume parking demand, such as entertainment and conference facilities, large-format retail premises that entail car-based access, or to accommodate student parking at major education facilities.
(b) located and managed so that adverse impacts on nearby sensitive uses, neighbouring properties and the public domain are minimised.
(b) locating away from public spaces, primary street frontages and sensitive uses.
Note—Refer to the Refuse planning scheme policy for guidance.
(d) incorporates bold landscape elements that complement the scale and bulk of the built form associated with the use.
Development ensures that landscaping design, location and species selection of street trees and planting beds is integrated with the building design and site layout and is in compliance with the Landscape work code and Planting species planning scheme policy.
(d) balances hardstand areas and provides shade and informal recreation spaces which are of a size and layout directly accessible from ground storey building tenancies or the street frontage.
(b) is located to retain and augment existing large trees on site, and achieves continuity with deep planting adjoining the site.
Development ensures that the development footprint provides for a minimum 10% of the site to be allocated for deep planting, with a minimum dimension of 4m in any direction.
Note—Deep planting requirements form part of the overall open space provision for the development site, and are not an additional impost.
Development ensures that each deep-planting area has a minimum area of 25m2.
Development ensures that each deep-planting area is directly accessible from the ground storey of development.
(c) soften the built form and improve the urban landscape amenity.
Development provides shade trees in open-air car parking areas at a ratio of 1 tree for each 6 car parking spaces.
Development provides trees planted in car parking areas in compliance with the Landscape work code and the Planting species planning scheme policy.
Development provides a minimum 2m wide landscaped buffer along common side and rear boundaries between vehicle accesses and parking and movement areas, and a sensitive use.
Development presents vacant land as attractive temporary parkland.
(g) public access is provided where public safety can be maintained.
(b) facilitates physical and visual integration with the station.
(c) facilitates safe, logical and direct pedestrian access to the transport infrastructure station entry points.
(f) minimising predictable routes and entrapment locations near public spaces such as car parks, public toilets, ATMs and communal areas.
Development reduces the potential for graffiti and vandalism through access control, canvas reduction and easy maintenance selection.
Note—The performance outcomes and acceptable outcomes described below provide more detailed assessment benchmarks for development in particular zone precincts within the Specialised centre zone. To the extent of any contrary direction or inconsistency with the general code provisions listed above, these more specific performance outcomes and acceptable outcomes prevail.
Development for reconfiguring a lot ensures the dimensions of a lot are of a size and shape which cater for large-format retailing activities, where any requirements in relation to plot ratio, gross floor area, site cover, setbacks, car parking and other standards required by the planning scheme or a building regulation can continue to be met.
Development is appropriate to the specific nature, function and large-scale built form typically associated with the Large-format retail zone precinct.
(b) not used for day-to-day retailing functions for the sale of food, clothing items, footwear or personal effects, unless their sale is ancillary to the sale or hire of bulky goods.
Development provides a composition of uses which minimises competition impacts on the surrounding centres network and reduces demand for private vehicle travel by consumers seeking convenience services.
Development does not include centre activities such as supermarkets, restaurants, department stores and grouped small-scale tenancies.
(b) minimise amenity impacts on an adjoining sensitive use, or where viewed from the road.
Development has a site cover which does not exceed 45%.
Development provides a minimum 15m setback from the building to the primary street frontage.
Development building height and scale is appropriate for the display and sale of bulky goods.
(b) 9.5m within 20m of land in the Character residential zone or Low density residential zone.
Development for the purpose of retailing bulky goods has a minimum tenancy size of 500m2.
(b) provide spaces for complementary uses such as food kiosks that serve visitors and employees in the zone precinct.
Development ensures that the design of building facades avoids large blank walls, allows for signage and addresses street frontages.
Development is orientated to address the highest order street frontage.
(d) textural and material variation.
Design of facades allows for large-scale signage.
(e) minimise traffic hazards and inconvenience to pedestrians moving through and around the site.
Development is not accessed from a minor road.
Development for all parking, manoeuvring, loading and servicing occurs on site.
Development provides integrated car parking and access between adjoining large-format retail premises through the creation of internal easements and shared access driveways and car parking.
Note—Creation of easements will require an application for reconfiguring a lot.
Development located opposite a residential area may provide parking at-grade in the front setback, other than the landscaped buffer, to provide greater horizontal separation between residences across the road and the large format retail premises.
AS3962-2001 Guideline for design of marinas and AS4997-2005 Guidelines for the design of maritime structures.
Development ensures that the height and design of buildings and other structures unique to marina activities respects the amenity of the foreshore location.
Development has a maximum building height of 14m if a mixed use development that combines marina-related activities and short-term accommodation for tourists.
Development of boat storage racks and other infrastructure such as cranes are located to minimise impacts on the visual amenity of the streetscape and nearby residential premises.
(e) an attractive appearance appropriate to the surrounding area.
Development of maritime facilities and structures are designed and constructed in compliance with the standards for the structures in the Infrastructure design planning scheme policy, and certified by a Registered Professional Engineer Queensland.
Development for small-scale office uses is limited and established only if the office has a direct association with the marina activities.
Development of an office is complementary to the marina activities and has a maximum gross floor area of 250m2.
Development provides for safe public access along the water’s edge to and from publicly accessible areas or other maritime facilities.
Development provides a pedestrian movement corridor which is a minimum of 4m wide along the water’s edge from the top edge of the bank, to allow for public access along the water frontage and to maritime facilities.
Development ensures that the height and design of buildings and other structures is commensurate to the nature and function of industrial, manufacturing or distribution activities typical within the Mixed industry and business zone precinct, with taller structures provided if required for specific industrial processes.
Development protects nearby sensitive uses from unreasonable visual and amenity impacts.
Development of higher impact activities, large-scale built form and intensive uses are located centrally on the site to provide separation from a sensitive use on adjoining premises.
(d) will not prejudice the establishment or operation of the primarily industrial uses within the area.
(c) 250m2 all other complementary uses.
Development site layout and arrangement of lots provides for a wide range of industry and business uses and facilitates opportunities for future reconfiguring a lot use adaptations to meet emerging industry demands.
(b) site frontage width of 20m.
LAeq,adj,T: The adjusted A-weighted equivalent continuous sound pressure level of the development during the time period T, where T is an 11-hour day (7am– 6pm), 4-hour evening (6pm–10pm) and 9-hour night (10pm–7pm), determined in accordance with the methodology in the Noise impact assessment planning scheme policy.
LCeq,adj,T: The adjusted C-weighted equivalent continuous sound pressure level of the development during the time period T, where T is an 11-hour day (7am–6pm), 4-hour evening (6pm–10pm) and 9-hour night (10pm–7pm), determined in accordance with the methodology in the Noise impact assessment planning scheme policy.
LAmax: The A-weighted maximum sound pressure level determined in accordance with the methodology in the Noise impact assessment planning scheme policy.
LAeq,9hr: The A-weighted equivalent continuous sound pressure level of the development during the night-time period 10pm to 7am, determined in accordance with the methodology in the Noise impact assessment planning scheme policy.
Criteria that are applicable for protecting agriculture or biosystems are not to be used at residential locations.
(b) Societal risk is not acceptable where the societal risk value is above the red line, that is, in the intolerable region, even if individual risk criteria are met.
(c) Societal risk may be considered tolerable where the societal risk value is below the red line, i.e. within the ALARP region, only where the benefits clearly outweigh the risks and provided the other Hazard and risk criteria of this code are met. Where the societal risk value is in the ALARP region the emphasis is on reducing risks as far as possible towards the negligible line and with the development layout locating affected areas as far away from people as possible.