RFI - Ecological Assessment Report

                                                                                                                               Ecological Assessment Report




 Legislative / Compliance Element          Desktop Assessment Results                                Field Survey Results and Assessment

                                      •    Wallum rocketfrog (Litoria freycineti)

                                      •    Wedge-tailed shearwater (Ardenna pacifica); and,

                                      •    White-throated needletail (Hirundapus caudacutus);

Nature Conservation Act 1992 - Protected   The site is mapped within a mapped high-risk trigger     No listed threatened flora species were detected on
Plants Flora Survey Trigger Map            area for protected plants.                               site during the site assessment.



Vegetation Management Act 1999 (VM Act)    The Vegetation Management Report maps the                The accuracy of this mapping was confirmed during
Regulated Vegetation Management Map        subject site as Category B (remnant) and Category X.     the site survey. No further assessment is required for
                                                                                                    the removal of Category B or X vegetation for
                                                                                                    approved residential dwellings.

VM Act Essential Habitat Map               The site is mapped as supporting essential habitat for   The survey determined the development footprint
                                           endangered, vulnerable and near threatened wildlife      area is not likely to harbour endangered species and
                                           listed under the NC Act.                                 is unlikely to be essential habitat, with the exception
                                                                                                    of the koala and grey headed flying fox. This is
                                                                                                    because the understorey vegetation is already
                                                                                                    managed/mown around the house site, and no
                                                                                                    hollow-bearing trees will be removed. The proposed
                                                                                                    development will have a negligible effect on the
                                                                                                    habitat values for koala and grey headed flying fox
                                                                                                    due to minimal canopy tree clearing for the bushfire
                                                                                                    APZ.




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