RFI - Ecological Assessment Report

                                                                                                                                  Ecological Assessment Report




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

Koala Conservation Plan Map – Koala priority   The development footprint area for the proposed        The development site contains koala habitat trees.
areas and Koala habitat areas mapping.         house and shed is mapped within a Koala Priority       Koala presence in the area is likely. The proposed
                                               Area (KPA) but outside of a Koala Habitat Area         development will only remove            mapped native
                                               (KHA). However, the bushfire management buffer will    vegetation in accordance with the definition of
                                               be partly located within the mapped KHA.               Exempted Development in Schedule 24 of the
                                                                                                      Planning Regulation 2017. There will be around
                                                                                                      570m2 of full vegetation removal and a further
                                                                                                      1,900m2       of          understorey          vegetation
                                                                                                      clearing/management within the mapped KHA for the
                                                                                                      bushfire APZ. This complies with the Essential
                                                                                                      Management     clearing     provisions    in    Sch   24
                                                                                                      (Exempted Development definition).

Environmental Protection Act 1994 and          No regulated wetlands are mapped on the site.          The site assessment confirmed that the site does not
Environmental     Protection   (Water    and                                                          support a wetland area.
Wetland Biodiversity) Policy 2019

Map of Queensland wetland environmental
values

 Local Legislation

Noosa Plan 2020                                The proposed development footprint intrudes into the    Vegetation on site within the development footprint
                                               Biodiversity, waterways and Wetlands overlay            area conforms to Council’s overlay mapping.

                                                  •   MSES Environmental Values

                                                  •   Area of Biodiversity Significance




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