Response to Information Request [As Published] · 132007.2399

Urban Koala Area Assessment
Precinct J – Noosa Springs
for StarCo Developments Pty Ltd




Criteria for development within Urban Koala Area (Adapted from Table 12 of the Nature Conservation (Koala) Conservation Plan 2006 – and
Management Program 2006-2016 (Koala Plan).
Criteria                  Solution                            Comments               Compliance
1. Development is         1.1 Development maintains Koala     The  urban intent      1.1 Koala movement to the west and north of
    consistent with the       linkages.                       includes any relevant      Precinct J is limited by the presence of urban
    urban intent of the                                       urban development          developments and Weyba Creek. Koala
                          1.2 The location and design of
    area while                                                objectives and             movement to the south would be via the existing
                              buildings, structures and other
    maintaining Koala                                         commitments                golf course. Whilst not considered to form a
                              works, to the extent
    habitat linkages and                                      contained in:              movement corridor, the Koala habitats within
                              practicable, allows Koalas to
    incorporating koala       traverse the landscape in       •  The  SEQ  Regional      Precinct J provide linkage to a significant area of
    sensitive                 which the development is           Plan;                   high value Koala habitats to the east. Appropriate
    development, where        located. This includes:         • Structure Pan;           road design and tree planting will maintain this
    practicable.                                                                         linkage.
                                (a) siting                    • Planning scheme;
                                    buildings/structures,                            1.2 (a) Koala habitats within Precinct J have been
                                                              • Existing preliminary
                                    roads and works in ways                              highly fragmented and are now restricted to two
                                                                 or development
                                    that minimise the                                    isolated areas towards the southern portion of the
                                                                 approval.
                                    fragmentation of Koala                               site (refer to Figure 4.2, Community 2, BAAM
                                    habitat to be retained.                              2007*). The proposed roadway into Precinct J will
                                                                                         follow the alignment of the existing roadway, and
                                (b) Incorporating layout and
                                                                                         will therefore not fragment retained Koala
                                    design measures to
                                                                                         habitats.
                                    minimise the extent to
                                    which a Koala is impeded                             (b) Koala movement throughout Precinct J will be
                                    from reaching its                                    maintained and enhanced through the retention of
                                    destination either within                            Koala food trees wherever practicable,
                                    the development site, or                             incorporating Koala tree planting into landscaping
                                    on the other side of the                             for the Precinct and by supplementary planting of
                                    site.                                                Koala feed trees outside of the Precinct.
                                (c) Locating                                             (c) The majority of Precinct J is confined to
                                    buildings/structures and                             existing cleared habitats.
                                    other works in existing                              (d) A small area of Koala habitat will be retained
                                    cleared areas.                                       within the south-eastern portion of Precinct J near


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