RFI - Ecological Assessment Report

                                                                                                                                       Ecological Assessment Report



       Editor's note—The performance outcome                                                                   The area to be cleared for the APZ is 5,823m2,
       applies to properties in bushfire hazard areas                                                          consisting of an inner protection area of 1,905m2
       and only where clearing is reasonably                                                                   (full vegetation clearing) and an outer protection
       necessary for the control of bushfire risk to a                                                         area of 3,918m2 (understorey clearing only,
       building or structure. Bushfire hazard areas                                                            retention of canopy vegetation). The access track
       are shown on Bushfire Hazard Overlay maps                                                               to the dwelling is already constructed. No further
       in Schedule 2.                                                                                          vegetation clearing is required for access to the
                                                                                                               dwelling.




PO13   The scenic amenity and vegetated                   AO13.1                                               Complies with PO13
       character of the landscape is protected
                                                          Vegetation is retained:                              The proposed dwelling will not negatively impact
       by retaining vegetation:
                                                                                                               upon the scenic amenity and vegetated character
                                                              1.      on and within 30 metres of prominent
           1.        along            and        around                                                        of the landscape.
                                                                      ridgelines and on sloping sites;
                     watercourses and drainage
                                                                                                               No vegetation is impacted along any watercourses
                     lines;                                   2.      in gullies;
                                                                                                               or drainage lines, or along major roads. The site is
           2.        on       steep     slopes     and        3.      along    watercourses   and   drainage   not part of a coastal vista to and from beaches.
                     ridgelines;                                      lines;                                   The development will remove some canopy
                                                              4.      within 10 metres of the major road       vegetation on a ridgeline, but this will be minimised
           3.        along      the     major      road
                                                                      network; and                             as much as is possible given the bushfire
                     network; and
                                                                                                               requirements. The house will likely be visible when
           4.        that forms coastal vistas to             5.      along the front coastal dune system.
                                                                                                               viewed from the north, but it will be surrounded on
                     and from beaches.                                                                         three sides by mature and semi-mature forest and
                                                                                                               will not stick out above the background vegetation
                                                                                                               and be silhouetted against the sky.




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