210055 - 327 Kinmond Creek Road, COOTHARABA - Ecological Assessment Report

                                                                                                                              Ecological Assessment Report
                                                                                                                         327 Kinmond Creek Rd, Cootharaba



 Legislative Element     Description                                         Triggers                       Database Search       Applicable to report

                        Act to take, keep, use, or move protected flora
                                                                             Action occurring within a      DES Protected         Yes. The site is mapped
                        and fauna for commercial, recreational or other
                                                                             mapped high-risk area and      Flora Survey          within a high-risk area
                        purposes. Where a proposed development will
                                                                             will directly or indirectly    Trigger Map – as      on the Protected Flora
                        result in such impacts to flora and/or fauna
                                                                             impact (occurring 100 m of)    part of the DNRME     Survey Trigger Map.
                        protected under the NC Act, authorisation from
                                                                             threatened flora species       Vegetation
                        DES will be required.
                                                                             listed under NC Act.           Management
                                                                                                            Report

 Vegetation             The clearing of native vegetation in Queensland is   Clearing of regulated          DNRME Vegetation      No. The site is mapped
 Management Act 1999    regulated by the VM Act, which protects the          vegetation communities,        Management            as supporting regulated
 Vegetation             clearing of remnant vegetation as shown by the       unless exempt under the        Report - Regulated    vegetation (Category B
 Management and         DNRME mapping. The VM Act works in                   Planning Act 2016 and/or       Vegetation            remnant) under the
 Other Legislation      conjunction with the Planning Act 2016 and           Vegetation Management          Management            RVM map, however
 Amendment Bill 2018    Planning Regulation 2017 to ensure that where        Regulation.                    (RVM) Map             vegetation clearing
 (VM Act)               vegetation clearing is for a relevant purpose and                                                         associated with the
                        constitutes assessable development.                                                                       development is exempt
                                                                                                                                  clearing under the VM
                                                                                                                                  Act (lot size is less than
                                                                                                                                  5 ha).

                                                                             Clearing of habitat that is    DNRME Vegetation      Yes. The site is not
                                                                             mapped as essential            Management            mapped as supporting
                                                                             habitat for endangered,        Report - Vegetation   essential habitat for
                                                                             vulnerable or near-            management            koala (Phascolarctos
                                                                             threatened                     supporting map        cinereus).
                                                                             wildlife protected under the
                                                                             NC Act.




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