Brisbane Airport Corporation is urging Brisbane City Council to restrict future home buyers at the master-planned 855-home Bulimba Barracks site from making aircraft noise complaints.
It warns the entire site falls under the airport's flight paths and will endure 60-70 decibel noise daily.
The airport corporation also wants the council to seek independent acoustic assessments from Bulimba Barracks developers Shayher Group, who purchased the $63 million, 20-hectare site from the Department of Defence in 2020.
Last year Shayher Group lodged a request for variation to the master-plan that governs the site, including changes to road layouts and building heights, and adding rooftop gardens to planned homes.
Residents in Bulimba and neighbouring suburbs have made hundreds of noise complaints since Brisbane Airport opened its second parallel runway in 2020, prompting federal MP-led community forums and independent assessments.
In its submission on Shayher Group's application, Brisbane Airport said it had "significant concerns" as a third of the site falls into the airport's Australian Noise Exposure Forecast contours, meaning homes should only be built under certain conditions.
A Brisbane Airport Corporation (BAC) spokesperson said it was concerned that "inappropriate development" around the airport could "result in unnecessary negative impacts on community amenity and constraints on airport operations".
There is no regulated maximum noise level for planes flying over suburbs, the Airservices Australia website says, however a plane flying overheard at 70 decibels would interrupt a conversation inside the home.
Application still being assessed
The BAC spokesperson said effective land use planning had ensured "sensitive developments" were not allowed too close to the airport, allowing it to continue operating without a curfew.
"BAC considers it imperative that future owners are made aware of current and future aircraft operations at Brisbane Airport, and the implications of these operations," the spokesperson said.
Brisbane City Council city planning committee chair Adam Allan said the application remains under assessment.
"Council's independent planning officers are considering aircraft noise as part of their assessment and further acoustic assessment will be required," Cr Allan said.
Federal Griffith MP Terri Butler said she, state MP for Bulimba Di Farmer and local Labor councillor Kara Cook had "fought hard" to have the barracks site master-planned "to prevent unchecked, inappropriate development".
"It is now up to the Schrinner Brisbane City Council administration to uphold that masterplan. I look forward to seeing its outcome," Ms Butler said.
Greens candidate for Griffith Max Chandler-Mather said residents wanted a curfew to be imposed on the airport.
Shayher Group was contacted for comment.
