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

Callaghan and Toth Consulting Engineers______________________________________________________
Biodiversity Overlay

     c) maintaining wildlife corridors along                               OR                                                                                       Landcare on behalf of Council to improve connectivity of
        watercourses and drainage lines for                                S5.2 Where constructing a Detached house or                                              vegetation communities both upstream and downstream
        native fauna movement;                                             Community residence and on an allotment situated                                         of the Lower Mill site. This riparian zone does provide a
     d) avoiding edge effects and                                          wholly within the Riparian Buffer Area,                                                  wildlife corridor along Cooroy Creek and down to Six Mile
        incompatible uses in riparian zones;                               a) fronting the Noosa River – development is                                             Creek.
     e) maintaining bank stability by                                         setback a minimum of 40m from mean high water
        minimising bank erosion and                                           spring or as otherwise prescribed by the                                              The proposed works will partly occur within the mapped
        slumping;                                                             Environmental Protection Agency’s Erosion prone                                       riparian buffer area and the following should be noted:
     f) maintaining water quality by filtering                                Area Maps;                                                                                 No clearing of environmental protection areas are
        sediments, nutrients and other                                     b) not fronting Noosa River –                                                                     proposed.
        pollutants; and                                                       development is located outside the riparian zone                                           The aquatic habitat of Cooroy Creek will not be
     g) removing undesirable plant species                                    and setback a suitable distance from the                                                       impacted by works, as the outlet pipes of the
        and replacing them with vegetation of                                 watercourse having regard to the development                                                   biobasin are still in working order. The
        local origin;                                                         constraints of the property and the need to protect                                            improvement in sw quality will benefit the aquatic
                                                                              environmental and riparian values;                                                             habitat health of Cooroy Creek.
                                                                           OR                                                                                            No clearing of existing vegetation is required for
                                                                           S5.3 For Animal husbandry on premises in the                                                      new carparking areas or hardstand areas. Swale
                                                                              Rural Zone –                                                                                   2 is on the edge of the existing vegetation, but will
                                                                           a) stock proof fencing is installed along watercourses                                            not require clearing to construct.
                                                                              at a distance of no less than 10m from the top of                                          The existing wildlife corridor along Cooroy Creek
                                                                              the bank;                                                                                      will not be altered by the work.
                                                                           b) stock watering points are located no less than                                             Council is willing to undertake rehabilitation works
                                                                              15m away from the top of the bank of                                                           in the form of weed control and plantings to offset
                                                                              watercourses; and                                                                              any required clearing of vegetation. The
                                                                           c) stock crossing points across watercourses are                                                  rehabilitation area is proposed to be located on
                                                                              defined and controlled with stock proof fencing, to                                            the northern bank in the vicinity of the biobasin
                                                                              prevent stock from damaging riparian vegetation                                                adjacent to the Lower Mill site – see Plan 2001-02
                                                                              or banks to watercourses;                                                                      prepared by Callaghan & Toth.
                                                                           OR                                                                                            The works will not affect the bank stability of
                                                                           S5.4 Recreational facilities (including playgrounds,                                              Cooroy Creek as no new structures are proposed
                                                                           pergolas, barbeques etc) are setback a minimum of                                                 within the waterway cross-section.
                                                                           30m from the top of the bank of a watercourse and
                                                                           10m from the top of the bank of a drainage line;
                                                                                                                                                                    As part of the proposed development water quality will be
                                                                                                                                                                    managed as per the attached Stormwater Quality
                                                                           OR
                                                                                                                                                                    Management Plan (SWQMP) by Callaghan and Toth Pty
                                                                           S5.5 For Forestry uses the cultivated area is
                                                                                                                                                                    Ltd. The existing biobasins (refurbished) and some
                                                                           separated from watercourses by a distance not less
                                                                                                                                                                    existing and new swales will treat sediment and nutrients
                                                                           than the distances identified below, measured from
                                                                                                                                                                    loads in the stormwater flows, to protect the water quality
                                                                           high water mark or the top the bank, whichever is the
                                                                                                                                                                    of the adjacent watercourse.
                                                                           greater distance –


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