RFI - Ecological Assessment Report

                                                                              Ecological Assessment Report




      Introduction
Green Tape Solutions was engaged by Paul Desouza to undertake an ecological assessment of a site
located at 178 Davis Road, Cootharaba comprising Lot 7 on SP115866 (also referred to as the ‘site’).
The report has been prepared in support of a development application for a dwelling house on the site.

This report identifies the ecological values associated with the site, the potential presence of threatened
species listed under Local, State and Commonwealth legislation, fauna and flora habitat and ecological
corridor values. This report also assesses potential impacts associated within the proposed
development and where required, provides mitigation measures to ensure that the proposal complies
with relevant environmental legislation.

1.1    Site Description
Table 1 provides the detail of the development site. Figure 1 depicts the location of the site.
                                      Table 1: Property Information


                  Address         178 Davies Road, Cootharaba

                  Lot / Plan      Lot 7 on SP115866

                  Area (m2)       112, 583.26m2 (11.25 ha)

                  LGA             Noosa Council

                  Zone            Rural Zone


The site is located on a single lot comprising a total area of approximately 112, 583.26 m2 (11.25 ha)
within the Noosa Council local government area Figure 1 The site is bounded by Davis Road to the
south and rural residential lots to the north, west and east. Two mapped waterways (QLD waterways
for waterway barrier works) are located to the east and west of the site. The site connects to Ringtail
Forest Reserve to the south.

The site is currently vacant and heavily vegetated. The site contains dense remnant vegetation with a
small patch of cleared land to the north. Vegetation on site consists of two remnant vegetation
communities, one regrowth community and one non-remnant vegetation community. A description of
the vegetation communities is provided in Section 4.0.




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