Appendix C - Code Assessment

Biodiversity, Waterways and Wetlands Overlay Code


                                                                        Ecological assessment guidelines.



Koala habitat protection and enhancement Table 8.2.2.3 - Criteria for assessable development (part)

Performance outcomes                                                    Acceptable solutions                                             Assessment
Koala habitat protection and enhancement
PO11                                                                    AO11.1                                                           AO11.1 – Complies
Development is designed, constructed and operated to—                   Development design complies with the Koala-sensitive Design      The proposed subdivision does not propose any development
 a) protect and enhance koalas and koala habitat and avoid              Guideline: A guide to koala sensitive design measures for        that would impact on the movement or safety of koalas.
      adverse impacts;                                                  planning and development activities.
 b) provide measures to assist the survival of koala
      populations in the area to mitigate any potential threats or      AO11.2                                                           AO11.2 – Complies
      risk to koalas; and                                               Development incorporates revegetation and landscaping that       The development facilitates a safe corridor for koala movement
 c) provide for safe and appropriate koala movement across              provides food, shelter and movement opportunities for koalas.    along the waterway transecting the site.
      the landscape.

Editor's Note—Koala habitat mapping is in Schedule 2 Mapping.

Editor's Note—The Planning Regulation 2017, schedule 10 states
that development that interferes with koala habitat, in an area that    AO11.3                                                           AO11.3 – Complies
is both a koala priority area and a koala habitat area, is prohibited   Development is designed to maximise and enhance connectivity     The development facilitates a safe corridor for koala movement
development (subject to the exceptions stated in schedule 10 of         between koala habitat trees and ensure safe koala movement.      along the waterway transecting the site.
the Planning Regulation 2017).
                                                                        AO11.4                                                           AO11.4 – Not Applicable
Editor's Note - These performance outcomes and acceptable               During construction, measures are incorporated to not increase   The proposed subdivision does not involve any construction
outcomes apply to:                                                      the risk of death or injury to koalas, by including safe koala   activities that would cause risk to koalas.
                                                                        movement measures, as defined in the Planning Regulation 2017.
 a)   development on land in a koala priority area, where the
      development does not interfere with koala habitat and
      where the benchmarks are additional to and not
      inconsistent with, the assessment benchmarks stated in
      schedule 11, part 2 of the Planning Regulations 2017; and
 b)   development on land outside the koala priority area, where
      the development does not interfere with koala habitat in
      koala habitat areas.