Ecological Assessment Report

                                                                                                                                           Ecological Assessment Report




Koala habitat protection and enhancement

PO11    Development is designed, constructed              AO11.1                                                   Complies with PO11
        and operated to—
                                                          Development design complies with the Koala-              The proposed new dwelling has been located to
            1.       protect and enhance koalas           sensitive Design Guideline: A guide to koala             minimise impacts upon koala vegetation and
                     and koala habitat and avoid          sensitive design measures for planning and               habitat areas, by being located in a semi-cleared
                     adverse impacts;                     development activities.                                  area on the outer edge of the core wildlife habitat
                                                                                                                   area on the site. Koala habitat trees will be
            2.       provide measures to assist           AO11.2
                                                                                                                   retained in the Bushfire APZ as well. The location
                     the      survival     of     koala
                                                          Development      incorporates    revegetation     and    of the proposed development will also not interfere
                     populations in the area to
                                                          landscaping that provides food, shelter and              with the movement of koalas through the site and
                     mitigate any potential threats
                                                          movement opportunities for koalas.                       across the larger landscape.
                     or risk to koalas; and
                                                          AO11.3
            3.       provide      for      safe    and
                     appropriate koala movement           Development is designed to maximise and enhance
                     across the landscape.                connectivity between koala habitat trees and
                                                          ensure safe koala movement.
        Editor's Note—Koala habitat mapping is
        in Schedule 2 Mapping.                            AO11.4

        Editor's   Note—The     Planning    Regulation    During construction, measures are incorporated to
        2017, schedule 10 states that development         not increase the risk of death or injury to koalas, by
        that interferes with koala habitat, in an area    including safe koala movement measures, as
        that is both a koala priority area and a koala    defined in the Planning Regulation 2017.
        habitat area, is prohibited development
        (subject to the exceptions stated in schedule
        10 of the Planning Regulation 2017).

        Editor's Note - These performance outcomes
        and acceptable outcomes apply to:




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