RFI - Attachment D - Assessment of Environmental values - Callaghan and Toth

Callaghan and Toth Consulting Engineers______________________________________________________
Biodiversity Overlay

                                                                               Feature         Distance
                                                                           Stream order 1 or 2     5m
                                                                           Stream order 3 or 4     10m
                                                                           Stream order > 4       20m

                                                                           AND
                                                                           S5.6 Where Forestry is carried out on that part of
                                                                           premises indicated as Riparian Buffer Area and
                                                                           outside the separation distances specified in S5.5 –
                                                                           a) species planted are of local origin and are
                                                                              harvested through sustainable harvesting;
                                                                           and
                                                                           b) any undesirable plant species are replaced by
                                                                              vegetation of local origin.

     Managing public access and edge                                                                                                                                The proposed carparks and new access roads and
     effects                                                               S6.1 Development adjacent to waterway or wetland                                         pathways will not affect any existing public access to
     O6 Development on land adjacent to a                                  provides that-                                                                           Cooroy Creek.
     waterway or wetland maintains an                                      a) no new lots directly back onto the riparian area,
     appropriate extent of public access to                                    and
     waterways and wetlands and minimises                                  b) new public roads are located between the riparian
     edge effects.                                                             buffer and the proposed development areas.
     Koala Habitat Areas                                                   S7.1 development avoids removing and fragmenting                                         The mapped regional ecosystem on Cooroy Creek is
     O7 development is designed, constructed                               koala habitat and includes koala sensitive design                                        mapped as Koala Core Habitat Area, but is not mapped
     and operated to –                                                     measures consistent with the Nature Conservation                                         as a Koala Priority Area under the Nature Conservation
     a) avoid adverse impacts on koalas and                                (Koala) Conservation Plan 2006-2016 and Koala                                            (Koala) Conservation Plan 2017.
         koala habitat;                                                    Sensitive Design Guideline 2012.
     b) provide measures to assist the                                     S7.2 Where clearing of non-juvenile koala habitat                                        If vegetation within the Core Habitat Area was required to
         survival of koala populations in the                              trees is unavoidable in an area shown as bushland                                        be removed it would be Assessable Development under
         area to mitigate any potential threats                            habitat, high value rehabilitation habitat or medium                                     the Planning Act.
         or risks to koalas;                                               value rehabilitation habitat on the map called ‘Map of
     c) provide for safe and appropriate koala                             Values’ such clearing is minimised and biodiversity                                      Noosa Planning Scheme maps the regional ecosystem as
         movement across the landscape; and                                offset is provided in accordance with the Queensland                                     Remnant Habitat under Schedule 7.
     d) provide for a net gain in mature and                               Environmental Offset Policy.
         actively regenerating koala habitat.                                                                                                                       The Noosa District and Landcare environmental
                                                                                                                                                                    assessment did not find signs of Koalas in the area.

                                                                                                                                                                    Essential Habitat mapping shows the remnant vegetation
                                                                                                                                                                    along Cooroy Creek (within Lot 7) to be koala habitat.

                                                                                                                                                                    The works do not require clearing of any vegetation within
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