Planning Report

      Management of impacts                        Table 8.2.2.3 ­ Criteria for assessable development
      (part)
Performance outcomes                         Acceptable outcomes
Management of impacts                                                                  Justification
PO3                                          AO3.1                                     The development has been designed to
Development is designed and sited to         Where clearing of vegetation cannot       minimise the required vegetation clearing.
manage adverse impactson ecologically        be practicably avoided, the               The proposal is consistent with development
                                                                                       seen on adjoining allotments and will retain
important areas by:                          development:
                                                                                       the vast majority of existing vegetation.
(a)   minimising the total footprint         (a)     ensures the design and
      within which all activities,                   siting limits the loss of
      buildings, structures driveways                vegetationto the smallest
      and other works are                            extent possible;
      contained;                             (b)     protects and retains ecological
(b)   locating development in existing               values and ecosystem
      cleared areas or areas of low                  processes to the
      ecological value over other areas              greatest extent
      to the greatest extent possible; and           possible within and
(c)   incorporating siting and design                adjacent to the site;
      measures to protect and retain         (c)     provides measures to
      ecological values and ecosystem                allow for safe movement
      processes withinor adjacent to the             of faunathrough the site;
      development site; and                          and
(d)   where adverse impacts                  (d)     provides suitable habitat
      have been minimised, any                       replacement and replanting
      residual impacts on                            in accordance with PSP3
      ecological values are                          Ecological Assessment
      compensatedfor through                         Guidelines.
      suitable habitat replacement           AO3.2
      and replanting on site in the          Habitat trees, recruitment habitat
      first instance or in a way             trees, and roosting, breedingand
      that results in anet gain and          feeding areas are protected for
      enhancement of the overall             native fauna habitat.
      habitat values of Noosa
      Shire.




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