08/0176 - EPA Information Request [As Published] · 132008.176

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Information Request

EPA Project Reference Number: 324907

Date of Request: 11 JUNE 2008

Permit Type: Concurrence Response for Development in a Koala Habitat Area

Act: Integrated Planning Act 1997

Activity: Material Change of Use in a Koala Conservation Area resulting in clearing more than 2500m2 of
native vegetation and additional traffic between 6pm and 6am

Location: 1 Serenity Close, Noosa Heads (proposed lots 10 & 11 SP188270) -

Information Request:

Background

EPA’s concurrence response in relation to the application is subject to the requirements of the Nature
Conservation (Koala) Conservation Plan 2006 and Management Program 2006-2016 (the Koala Plan). Please
refer to the EPA website for a copy of the Koala Plan:

www.epa.qid.gov.au/nature_conservation/wildlife/koala_plan/.

For the purposes of assessing the application against the Koala Plan, EPA has made an initial determination,
based on information provided, that the application is for general committed development within an Urban
Koala Area. The subject site is mapped as containing both Koala Conservation Area (KCA) and Urban Koala
Area (UKA). As proposed lots 10 and 11 are wholly contained within the UKA, the application will be assessed
against Table 12 (p39). The EPA is assessing the application as a concurrence agency due to the site containing
KCA, however, intends on providing advice only to the Sunshine Coast Regional Council as the development
footprint is located within the Urban Koala Area.

Terms and definitions are contained in Annex 2 — Glossary (p54) of the Koala Plan.
To enable a complete assessment of the application, EPA requires the following information:

Information required

1. Conduct a vegetation survey of the subject site (proposed lots 10 & 11 on SP188270) to map koala
habitat trees as per the following:

> Identify and map all koala habitat trees including details of tree size, species and condition.
> Provide a description (map) of the extent to which koala habitat trees will be disrupted by the
proposed development, together with an estimate of the total fragmentation or isolation of significant

stands of koala habitat trees.

Koala habitat trees are defined in the Nature Conservation (Koala) Conservation Plan 2006. They
include Angophora, Corymbia, Eucalyptus, Lophostemon and Melaleuca genera.