The development proposed the establishment of Marine Industry landuses across five (5) lots with a combined site area of 9.527ha site. The proposed landuses were to integrate with the existing marine industrial operations and consisted of the Hardstand areas for boat storage and maintenance, vehicle and trailer parking areas, boat building/maintenance sheds, associated marine industry facilities i.e. water and sand blasting facilities and pontoon structures attached to the waterfront of lots.
Ecological investigations included detailed marine plant surveys of both seagrass and mangrove communities, as well as management measures to reduce impacts on these marine plants. A Coastal Hazard Assessment was also undertaken assessing the development against the provisions of the State Planning Policy Assessment Benchmarks and State Development Assessment Provisions State Code 8: Coastal Development and Tidal Works.