Ecological Assessment Report

                                                                                                                                            Ecological Assessment Report



                                                         Queensland Wetland Program mapping

                                                         Editor's Note—Any clearing of vegetation also needs to
                                                         meet the outcomes of the Earthworks Code and the
                                                         Water Quality and Drainage Code.


PO7     Vegetation within 400 metres of the full         No acceptable outcome provided.                          Not applicable – the development is not located
        ponded water within Lake Macdonald is                                                                     within 400m of Lake Macdonald
        retained.


PO8     Development on land adjacent to a                AO8.1                                                    Not applicable – the development footprint is not
        waterway        or     wetland     maintains                                                              adjacent to a waterway or wetland
                                                         Development adjacent to a waterway or wetland
        appropriate extent of public access to
                                                         provides that:
        waterways and wetlands and minimises
        edge effects.                                        1. no new lots directly back onto a riparian
                                                                 buffer area; and

                                                             2. 2.        new public roads are located
                                                                 between a riparian buffer area or riparian
                                                                 zone and the proposed development area.

Surface and Ground Water Hydrology

PO9     Development ensures that the natural             AO9.1                                                    Complies with PO9
        surface      water    and    ground      water
                                                             1. Development does not impact on the                The proposed dwelling is located on top of a
        hydrologic      regimes     of   waterways,
                                                                 natural surface water or groundwater             ridgeline,   and   will    not   require   extensive
        wetlands     and     hydrologically-sensitive
                                                                 hydrologic regimes and this is facilitated by:   earthworks. It is also not located anywhere near a
        plant communities are not adversely
                                                                                                                  waterway, wetland or hydrologically-sensitive
        impacted.                                            2. avoiding or minimising channelization,
                                                                                                                  plant communities. Therefore, the proposal will not
                                                                 redirection or interruption of flow;
        Editor's Note—Groundwater dependent                                                                       impact upon that the natural surface water and
        ecosystems           are    identified     on        3. avoiding groundwater extraction;                  ground water hydrologic regimes of waterways,




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