Planning-report-12 Figbird Court 1 Dec 2021 Final

 Performance outcomes                      Acceptable outcomes                      Response

 Waterways and wetlands
 PO6                                       AO6.1                                    AO6.1
 The biodiversity and ecosystem values     Development and clearing of              Part of the existing and proposed
 of waterways, wetlands and adjacent       vegetation does not occur within:        development is located within a
 riparian zones are protected by:                                                   riparian buffer area. The proposed
                                           1. a riparian buffer area;               development will extend an existing
  1. avoiding any new development in       2. a wetland area; or                    use (dwelling house) to allow inclusion
     a riparian buffer                     3. 10 metres either side of the centre   of a secondary dwelling.
     area and wetland area;                   line of other waterways identified
  2. retaining aquatic and terrestrial        on a Biodiversity, Waterways and      No clearing of vegetation other than
     habitat in riparian zones;               Wetlands Overlay Map.                 disturbance of an existing grassed
  3. maintaining and enhancing                                                      area for a building pad and ancillary
     wildlife corridors and connectivity                                            structures is proposed or required as
     along watercourses and drainage                                                part of this development.
     lines for native fauna movement;
  4. avoiding edge effects and
     damage from adjacent land uses;
  5. maintaining stream integrity and
     bank stability by minimising bank
     erosion and slumping;
  6. maintaining water quality through
     filtering sediments, nutrients and
     other pollutants; and
  7. removing pest species and
     replacing them with local native
     species.




                                                                                    The proposed development is located
                                                                                    230 metres from the ponded water
                                                                                    level in Lake Macdonald and 90 metres
                                                                                    from the nearest watercourse and is
                                                                                    setback from the lake ponded area
                                                                                    much further than two existing
                                                                                    dwellings.




                                                                                    A secondary dwelling is by definition
                                                                                    part of a Dwelling house involving—
                                                                                     1. one dwelling for a single
                                                                                         household and any domestic
                                                                                         outbuildings associated with the
                                                                                         dwelling; or
                                                                                     2. one dwelling for a single
                                                                                         household, a secondary dwelling
                                                                                         and any domestic outbuildings
                                                                                         associated with either dwelling.

                                                                                    It is considered reasonable to consider
                                                                                    the proposed development as a
                                                                                    modification/ extension to an existing
                                                                                    use (dwelling house) which is already
                                                                                    established in the riparian buffer area




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