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

                                                                                                                             Ecological Assessment Report
                                                                                                                        327 Kinmond Creek Rd, Cootharaba



          Performance Outcomes                                   Acceptable Outcomes                                           Compliance
                                                A08.5    On properties over 2 hectares in area, a distance
                                                         of not less than 200 metres is provided between a
                                                         sensitive land use and land on an adjacent rural
                                                         zone property over 4 hectares in area mapped
                                                         as Agricultural Land Conservation Area.
 PO12   Development and                         A12      Development and associated site works, including     Complies with AO12
        associated site works do not                     filling and excavation are designed and
        directly, indirectly or cumulatively             constructed to ensure overland flow and/or           The application is for a single dwelling. The
        cause adverse impacts external to                flooding is not worsened, impeded, or otherwise      Development and associated site works are
        the development site by:                         diverted to adversely affect other properties.       designed and constructed to ensure overland
                                                                                                              flow and/or flooding is not worsened,
         1. causing ponding of water;                                                                         impeded, or otherwise diverted to adversely
         2. increasing flooding, which                                                                        affect other properties. The driveway will use
            adversely affects the safety or                                                                   the existing track on site and land clearing will
            use of any land upstream and                                                                      be reduced as much as possible to maintain
            downstream;                                                                                       the natural ecosystem structure.
         3. adversely affecting the flow of
            water in any overland flow
            path.

 P013   Development does not detract from       AO13     Development on land adjoining the major road         Complies with AO13
        the scenic amenity of the hinterland             network, Lake Macdonald or the Noosa River
        as experienced from the major road               system minimises visual impacts on the scenic        The application is for a single dwelling. The
        network or waterways.                            amenity of the roadway or waterway by:               Development and associated site works are
                                                                                                              designed and constructed to ensure overland
                                                          1. sensitive siting and design of buildings,        flow and/or flooding is not worsened,
                                                               structures, driveways and works;               impeded, or otherwise diverted to adversely
                                                          2. retaining existing vegetation;                   affect other properties. The driveway will use
                                                          3. incorporating landscape treatments to            the existing track on site and land clearing will
                                                               visually screen and soften development; and    be reduced as much as possible to maintain
                                                          4. incorporating building materials and external    the natural ecosystem structure.
                                                               finishes that are compatible with the site’s
                                                               visual character and landscape setting.
 P015   The landscape character and visual      AO15.1   To protect scenic amenity and other landscape        Complies with AO15
        amenity quality of hill slopes and               qualities, buildings, structures and associated
        ridgelines are retained and buildings            accessways are not constructed on land with
                                                         a slope greater than 25%.


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