Planning-report-12 Figbird Court 1 Dec 2021 Final

Koala habitat protection and enhancement Table 8.2.2.3 - Criteria for assessable development (part)
Performance outcomes              Acceptable outcomes                  Response

Koala habitat protection and enhancement
PO11                                         AO11.1                                  AO11.1
Development is designed, constructed         Development design complies with        The proposed development is located
and operated to—                             the Koala-sensitive Design Guideline: A in a Koala priority area.
                                             guide to koala sensitive design
1. protect and enhance koalas and            measures for planning and development
   koala habitat and avoid adverse           activities.
   impacts;
2. provide measures to assist the
   survival of koala populations in the
   area to mitigate any potential threats
   or risk to koalas; and
3. provide for safe and appropriate
   koala movement across the
   landscape.

Editor's Note—Koala habitat mapping is                                              The legislated purpose of this area is
in Schedule 2 Mapping.                                                              to strategically focus long-term
                                                                                    management and monitoring effort on
Editor's Note—The Planning Regulation                                               areas that have the highest likelihood
2017, schedule 10 states that                                                       of achieving conservation outcomes
development that interferes with koala                                              for koalas.
habitat, in an area that is both a koala
priority area and a koala habitat area, is                                          The proposed development is a
prohibited development (subject to the                                              modest 205.8 SQM overall extension to
exceptions stated in schedule 10 of the                                             an existing dwelling on 9,749 SQM of
Planning Regulation 2017).                                                          rural land. It does not interfere with
                                                                                    existing koala habitat as it is co-
Editor's Note - These performance                                                   located with existing buildings and
outcomes and acceptable outcomes                                                    other structures on cleared land and
apply to:                                                                           retains >90% of the lot area as open
                                                                                    area.
 1. development on land in a koala        AO11.2                                 AO11.2
    priority area, where the              Development incorporates revegetation No vegetation clearing is proposed as
    development does not interfere with and landscaping that provides food,
                                                                                 part of this development.
    koala habitat and where the           shelter and movement opportunities for
    benchmarks are additional to and      koalas.
    not inconsistent with, the
    assessment benchmarks stated in AO11.3                                       AO11.3
    schedule 11, part 2 of the Planning Development is designed to maximise      Development retains >90% of the lot
    Regulations 2017; and                 and enhance connectivity between koala area as open area and does not
                                          habitat trees and ensure safe koala    impede koala movement between core
 2. development on land outside the
                                          movement.                              habitat areas. Fencing where required
    koala priority area, where the
    development does not interfere with                                          can be designed for safe koala
    koala habitat in koala habitat areas.                                        movement through the area.

                                             AO11.4                                   AO11.4
                                             During construction, measures are        Development can comply with
                                             incorporated to not increase the risk of required safe koala movement
                                             death or injury to koalas, by including  measures during construction.
                                             safe koala movement measures, as
                                             defined in the Planning Regulation 2017.




DA forms guide: Planning report template | July 2017                                                                  Page 42 of 48