2208-30467 SRA - Information request

                                                                                               2208-30467 SRA



                      demonstrates how the proposed elevation of the cabins and boardwalks will be
                      sufficient for maintaining connectivity and safe koala movement through the site
                      (e.g., results of a literature review).
                     Provide further information, prepared by a suitably qualified ecologist, which
                      demonstrates how the impediments to safe movement proposed by the
                      development will not restrict safe koala movement between highly connected
                      patches of mapped KHA.


PO3 of State code 25 – Koala safety from clearing and construction activities
4.          Issue:
            The application does not include a Koala Management Plan, or sufficient information to
            demonstrate that PO3 has been met.

            Action:
            Provide a Koala Management Plan which includes the following (as a minimum):
                 all potential risks to koalas from clearing and construction activities proposed on
                    site, including vegetation clearing, earthworks, plumbing and drainage works and
                    building works
                 all potential risks to koalas from the proposed future use of the site
                 all management measures that will be implemented to address the risks
                 the process and measures to address accidental injury or death of koalas
                 stop work procedures in the event a koala is identified as sick, injured, killed or
                    orphaned on the site
                 procedures for pre-start machinery checks
                 the process for implementing the management plan including:
                         o identifying the person responsible for implementing the plan (e.g., site
                              supervisor, foreman)
                         o the process for training all contractors working on the site to comply with
                              the plan.


PO5 of State code 25 – Avoidance, minimisation and mitigation of impacts on MSES
5.          Issue:
            The application has not demonstrated avoidance of impacts to matters of State
            environmental significance (MSES), as the majority of the site is intended to be developed.

            The application seeks to minimise and mitigate impacts to MSES through the retention of
            individual trees throughout the development impact area, constructing cabins and walkways
            elevated off the ground to allow minimal disturbance to tree roots during construction, and
            through proposed weed control and rehabilitation of the entire site. However, the
            application does not include a weed management plan or rehabilitation plan; nor has
            sufficient information been provided to demonstrate that the elevation of the buildings will
            appropriately minimise the impacts on MSES.

            Furthermore, although the application proposes to retain 276 trees throughout the impact
            area, information included in the Bushfire Hazard Assessment and Mitigation Plan provides
            that the entire impact area would be subject to significant ongoing disturbance of ground
            and understorey vegetation layers through limitations on shrub layer height, mowing and
            removal of leaf litter and woody debris. It is known that structural complexity is important for
            supporting ecological functionality and there is evidence that koalas prefer structurally


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