MCU14/0056 - Town Planning Report

                               town planning
                                      report



An assessment of the proposal against Division 16 – Specific Outcomes for the Cooroy and Lake
Macdonald Locality is provided within Section 11 of this report. The proposal performs well against these
Specific Outcomes.




7.9.6 Overlays
The Noosa Plan includes 3 Overlays of relevance to the site
OM Map                                   Relevant Constraints                        Relevant Code
OM3.1 Biodiversity Overlay               Riparian Buffer                             Yes
                                         Watercourses and Drainage
                                         EP Area
OM3.3 Landslide and Flooding             Streams Rivers and Drainage Lines           Yes
OM3.5 Natural Resources Overlay          Water Supply Catchment                      Yes




OM3.1 Biodiversity Overlay and OM 3.5 Natural Resources Overlay have been considered within the
attached Ecological Assessment Report. The report concludes:

   
   One (1) critically endangered ecological community (Lowland Rainforest of Subtropical Australia)
       is listed as potentially occurring within the local area. No evidence of this vegetation community
       was observed on or immediately adjacent to the site.
   
   No fauna or flora listed under the EPBC Act (Table 1) or NC Act (Table 2) were recorded in, or are
       expected to inhabit or utilise the study site
   
   The site has been periodically cleared due to historical land use practice. As a consequence the
       site is mapped as Category X vegetation and does not contain regulated vegetation for
       assessment against the VMA.
   
   The site is mapped as containing a Medium and Low value waterway. No works are anticipated to
       occur within the waterways on-site.
   
   The subject site is mapped as containing MSES – Biodiversity (Wildlife), MSES – Biodiversity
       (Regulated Vegetation intersecting a waterway), MSES - Water Quality (Water Supply Buffer Area),
       MSES - Flood Hazard and Bushfire Hazard
   
   The site is heavily disturbed and fragmented due to historical clearing and surrounding major
       arterial transport networks. Site surveys identified that the project area contains limited
       ecological value, with potential features confined to the south-eastern portion of the site
       associated with the waterway.




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