FURTHER REPORT - Planning & Environment Committee 6 May 2025 MCU21/0110

               Retention of Existing Trees
               70.    Existing trees on the development site and in the road reserve must be retained in
                      accordance with an Arborist Report (or part thereof) prepared by a qualified person* and
                      endorsed through an Operational Works approval. The Arborist Report must include:
                      a.      Tree removal/retention plan that includes all native trees and identifies in particular all
                              native trees to be removed with a diameter greater than 200mm measured at 1.2m
                              from ground surface level.
                                   *(Refer to Advisory Note)
               71.    Vegetation identified as not approved for removal within ‘Attachment E - Tree Removal Plan’
                      within the approved Terrestrial Ecological Assessment report, and as amended by the letter,
                      attached plans and tree survey prepared by Gondwana Ecology dated 9 February 2023,
                      must be protected.
               72.    The trees identified for retention in the conditions of this approval must be maintained in good
                      health for the life of the tree.
               Vegetation Removal
               73.    ‘Attachment E - Tree Removal Plan’ within the approved Terrestrial Ecological Assessment
                      report and as amended by the letter, attached plans and tree survey prepared by Gondwana
                      Ecology dated 9 February 2023 identifies the vegetation approved for removal.
               74.    Any removal of vegetation must be in accordance with the conditions of this approval. Land
                      Rehabilitation
               75.    The land area containing retained vegetation is required to be rehabilitated with local native
                      species suitable for the area and the species selection consistent with the naturally occurring
                      species in the area whilst maintaining compliance with bushfire conditions within this
                      approval. The works must be undertaken in accordance with an Operational Works approval.
               76.    A Vegetation Management and Rehabilitation Plan is to be prepared by a qualified person*
                      and submitted for approval as part of the operational works application. This plan must
                      include (but not limited to):
                      a.      Existing remnant vegetation protection;
                      b.      Vegetation rehabilitation;
                      c.      Weed management; and
                      d.      Performance outcomes and how and when they are to be achieved.
               77.    A “no clearing zone” must be established and maintained over the area identified as ‘1 –
                      Existing Remnant Vegetation to be retained with weed management implementation’ within
                      the Landscape Concept Design Package plan LCP5 listed within this Decision Notice. With
                      the exception of the trees approved to be removed in the conditions of this approval. The
                      following activities must not be carried out within the no clearing zone:
                      a.      clearing, cutting down, poisoning, lopping or pruning of native vegetation which is
                              indigenous to, or planted within, the zone
                      b.      soil/spoil dumping and/or compacting
                      c.      soil excavation, other than for planting indigenous native plants.
                      The following exceptions apply:
                      a.      declared plants under the Land Protection (Pest and Stock Route Management) Act
                              2002 and sub-ordinate Regulation 2003, and any Council Listed Environmental
                              Weeds, Exotic Grasses and other plants identified in writing by Council
                      b.      indigenous native trees which pose a well-founded threat to persons or property as
                              approved in writing by Council
                      c.      controlled bushfire burns to maintain ecological processes subject to submission of a
                              Bushfire Management Plan and agreed in writing by Council.



                                                                                                          Page 9 of 10

Document Set ID: 22632986
Version: 7, Version Date: 07/11/2023