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

                                                                                                                                    Ecological Assessment Report
                                                                                                                               327 Kinmond Creek Rd, Cootharaba


Table of Contents
1.       INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................... 1
     1.1    BACKGROUND ................................................................................................................................................................ 1
     1.2    PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT .......................................................................................................................................... 1
     1.3    SITE DESCRIPTION ........................................................................................................................................................ 1
     1.4    SCOPE OF WORKS.......................................................................................................................................................... 2
2.       METHODOLOGY ............................................................................................................................................... 4
     2.1     DESKTOP ASSESSMENT ................................................................................................................................................ 4
     2.2     FIELD SURVEY................................................................................................................................................................ 5
       2.2.1    Flora Species Survey ................................................................................................................................................... 5
       2.2.2   Fauna Species and Habitat Survey........................................................................................................................ 5
       2.2.3   Survey Limitations ........................................................................................................................................................ 6
3.          ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATORY FRAMEWORK .................................................................................. 7
4.          ECOLOGICAL VALUES ASSESSMENT........................................................................................................ 13
5.       PROPOSED IMPACTS AND MITIGATION MEASURES......................................................................... 19
     5.1    POTENTIAL IMPACTS ................................................................................................................................................. 19
     5.2    MITIGATION MEASURES ........................................................................................................................................... 19
     5.3    OFFSETS ........................................................................................................... ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED.
     5.2    ASSESSMENT AGAINST THE LEGISLATION .............................................................................................................. 23
              Council’s legislation .................................................................................................................................................. 23
              State legislation .......................................................................................................................................................... 29
6.          CONCLUSION ................................................................................................................................................... 30
7.        REFERENCES ................................................................................................................................................... 31
        Appendix 1 – EPBC Act Protected Matters Search ........................................................................................................ 32
        Appendix 2 – Wildlife Online Database .............................................................................................................................. 33
        Appendix 3 – DNRME Vegetation Management Report ............................................................................................. 34
        Appendix 4 - Council Planning Scheme Overlay Maps................................................................................................. 35
        Appendix 5 - Threatened Flora and Fauna Species Assessment of Likelihood ................................................. 36
        Appendix 6 – Species List .......................................................................................................................................................... 50

TABLES
Table 1: Property Information .................................................................................................................................................. 1
Table 2: Legislative Framework. .............................................................................................................................................. 7
Table 3: Summary of desktop and site assessment results. ...................................................................................... 16
Table 4: Tree Schedule (for tree located near the proposed development) ....................................................... 21
Table 5: Assessment against the Noosa Planning Scheme 2015 Rural Zone Code (as per table of
    assessment – only AO2.4, AO7.1, AO7.2, AO7.3, AO8.4, AO8.5, AO12, AO13 and AO15. ....................... 24

FIGURES
Figure 1: Site location (Source: Queensland Globe)......................................................................................................... 2
Figure 2: Proposed Development Layout ............................................................................................................................. 3
Figure 3: Tree Survey Map ...................................................................................................................................................... 20
Figure 4: Biodiversity, Waterways and Wetlands Overlay Map .............................................................................. 23

PLATES
Plate 1: Gympie messmate (E. cloeziana) open forest. ................................................................................................ 13




PR20257_EA_327 Kinmond Creek Rd, Cootharaba                                                                                                                         Page iii