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

PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING REPORT                                    6 MAY 2025


          a. Existing remnant vegetation protection;
          b. Vegetation rehabilitation;
          c. Weed management; and
          d. Performance outcomes and how and when they are to be achieved.
    76.   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.
Fauna Management
    77.   Vegetation must only be removed or disturbed in accordance with a Fauna
          Management Plan (or part thereof) prepared by a qualified person* and endorsed
          through an Operational Works approval. *(Refer to Advisory Note)
    78.   Permanent artificial nesting boxes must be installed within the Koala Habitat (Core) to
          provide compensatory habitat for arboreal mammals and hollow dependent avian
          species. The works must be undertaken in accordance with an Operational Works
          approval.
Bushfire Management
    79.   The development must be carried out in accordance with the approved Bushfire Hazard
          Assessment and Mitigation Plan version 8, prepared by Rob Friend and Associates
          dated 25.02.2025, with the exception of the following:
          a.   Establishment of an additional evacuation point offsite within the golf course that
               is separated from buildings and is located outside of identified bushfire hazard
               prone areas or potential impact buffer.
          The report must be resubmitted to Council incorporating the above amendments prior
          to the issue of any Development Permit for Operational Works. *
          *(Refer to Advisory Note)
    80.   Certification must be submitted to Council from a qualified person* which certifies that
          the development has been constructed in accordance with the bushfire management
          conditions of this Decision Notice. *(Refer to Advisory Note)
    81.   Certification must be submitted to Council from a qualified Person which certifies that
          the development is sufficiently serviced by reticulated water with hydrant standpipes,
          in ground hydrants and water pressure to meet firefighting needs in an emergency.

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