Attachment 6a - Ecological Assessment Part 1 · MCU18/0015

                          Ecological Assessment – Attunga Heights



7.7.2 Site Assessment
Current mapping shows that the subject site does not occur within the Coastal Management
District.


7.8 The Noosa Plan (as amended 2017)
7.8.1 Background
The Noosa Plan (as amended 2017) was prepared in accordance with the requirements of
the Integrated Planning Act 1997 which requires Councils to have a planning scheme that
is prepared in accordance with the provisions of the Act. The Noosa Plan first commenced
in February 2006. The current version of The Noosa Plan is dated the 3rd July 2017.

The purpose of the Noosa Plan is to provide a framework for managing development in a
way that advances the purpose of the Integrated Planning Act 1997 by:
   •   identifying assessable, self-assessable and exempt development;
   •   identifying outcomes sought to be achieved in the local government area as the
       context for assessing development; and
   •   identifying the criteria for assessment of development that is not exempt
       development.


7.8.2 Zoning
Under the current Noosa Plan (as amended 2017) the site is located within the Noosa Heads
locality and is zoned as Open space conservation, Attached housing and Detached housing
(FIGURE 3).


7.8.3 Biodiversity Overlay Code
The subject site is mapped under the Noosa Plan (as amended 2017) locality biodiversity
overlay map as containing an Environmental Protection Area (FIGURE 11). The proposed
development will remove approximately 0.53 ha of land identified as an Environmental
Protection Area for proposed buildings, roads and infrastructure (FIGURE 13). A further
approximately 0.46 ha of land identified as an Environmental Protection Area will be
impacted by proposed APZs (FIGURE 13). The proposed development is therefore
assessable under the Biodiversity overlay code.

An assessment of the proposed development against the relevant Performance Objectives
and Acceptable Outcomes of the biodiversity overlay code has been completed (APPENDIX
4) and has determined that the proposed development generally complies with the code.




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