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

                                               Figure 15: Extent of biodiversity overlay

               The submitted Terrestrial Ecology Assessment (TEA) identified that the state mapped REs are
               consistent with what is actually located within the area. The TEA further detailed that both indirect
               and direct impacts are likely to occur as a result of the development. Indirect being edge effects
               such as weed invasion and fragmentation and direct being the loss of trees and fauna habitat. It
               is identified that vegetation and individual trees generally along the northern and eastern
               boundary will be retained.
               The site is not mapped as a Koala Priority Area but a small area in the north is mapped as Koala
               Habitat (Core) extending from the bushland north of the road. The previous version of plans
               submitted for assessment resulted in the removal of 19 Non-Juvenile Koala Habitat Trees (NJKHT)
               in an ‘isolated pocket’ to the north and close to Resort Drive. The plans were subsequently
               amended to re-locate the tennis courts which has allowed for the retention of these trees.
               The following image details the location of the NJKHT which were proposed to be removed.




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