Appendix B - Arborist Report 22 August 2025 · OPW16/0303.02

Arboricultural Impact Assessment - Palm Lakes Resort Cooroy - Revision 1 - IAS17818 - 22 August 2025




Arborist Comments

To facilitate swale installation to manage overland flows and site drainage a proposed drain is to be
installed with a 1.0m setback from the property boundary within TMR land. 25 trees have been
identified for removal with major incursion to facilitate installation. The subject trees identified for
removal are a mix of private and TMR assets. Ensure all approvals are in place prior to undertaking
removal. A 2.0m landscape buffer has been nominated from the existing fenceline as part of the design.
It is recommended any replacement species are not “like for like” replacements given the limited
growing environment, limited soil volume and profile, built environment and potential suppression,
phototropism, water logging, destabilisation and pest and disease. It is recommended to aid
stabilisation, a combination of native groundcovers, installed within pinned jute mat is undertaken.
Given the corridor alignment, it is not recommended mulch is used as part of the planting to ensure
waterway is not contaminated. Engage a suitable qualified landscape/natural regeneration company to
facilitate installation. Suitable replacement planting should consider the following species;

    •    Myoporum parvifolium
    •    Myoporum boninense
    •    Lomandra hystrix
    •    Lomandra longifolia
    •    Dianella caerulea
    •    Dianella brevipedunculata
    •    Scaevola albida
    •    Scaevola aemula
    •    Westringia spp.
    •    Ficinia nodosa
    •    Viola hederacea
    •    Grevillea spp.




Additionally, it is not recommended to replant within the TMR nominated land opposite the property
boundary with “like for like” species due to the pre-existing firebreak separating the remnant bushland
parcel and the property boundary. This exclusion should be maintained to allow sufficient access and


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