3365 261022 report · RAL19/0014.01

OWAD Environment have stated their view that “an area is Koala habitat so long as
Koala are present in the said area.”

No koalas are present in the neighbourhood of the subject site.

A fauna management plan (FMP) was required under condition 35 of RAL19/0014.
Such was commissioned and prepared by Equilibrium Ecology in January 2025 and
approved by Council under OPW26/0033 in August 2026.

The FMP reports in Table 1 – Habitat value for previously recorded conservation
significant fauna species: -

“Whilst general habitat is present for koalas, no recent records of koalas occur in
proximity to the site. The ecology surveys undertaken (including targeted koala
survey) did not record any evidence of koala habitation.”

Table 1 in the FMP provides an assessment of the habitat values present for the
conservation significant fauna species recorded on a Wildnet database search within
a 2km radius of the site.

The owner / applicants contend that no records of conservation significant fauna
species on the site exist, recent or otherwise.




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