Attachment 3b - Ecological Assessment Report v2- 111 Lake Weyba Drive, NOOSAVILLE

Ecological Assessment Report v2                                                         NCES Ref: J000618
Lot 4 RP36729 – 111 Lake Weyba Drive, Noosaville




                                                   EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

North Coast Environmental Services have been commissioned to prepare an Ecological Assessment
Report for land formally described as Lot 4 on RP36729 located at 111 Lake Weyba Drive,
Noosaville. The report was requested to identify the environmental values of the site and assess the
impacts of a proposed reconfiguration of lot development application related to the site. The
outcomes of the environmental investigations identified the following:
    •    The site supports local and State level biodiversity values.
    •    Part of the site is mapped within the Noosa Plan 2006 Biodiversity Areas Overlay as
         containing Environmental Protection Areas.
    •    Two vegetation communities were observed within the site:
              •   Vegetation Community 1 (VC1) – Melaleuca Open Forest; and
              •   Vegetation Community 2 (VC2) – Open Areas with Scattered Mature Trees.
The application has been assessed against several assessment frameworks and determined to be
compliant as follows:
    •    The Noosa Plan 2006, Code Table 13.2 Biodiversity Overlay – Compliant subject to:
              o   Noosa Shire Council’s acceptance of the removal of a several mature trees occurring
                  on the fringe of the mapped Environmental Protection Area within proposed Lot 12;
                  and
              o   Noosa Shire Council’s acceptance of a conservation covenant and rehabilitation
                  program over the retained bushland in Lot 12 as a compensatory measure to the
                  impacts of the development.
    •    Nature Conservation Act 1992 – Compliant.
    •    Vegetation Management Act 1999 and the associated State Code 16: Native Vegetation
         Clearing – Compliant - No referral required.
    •    SDAP State Code 25 Development in South East Queensland koala habitat areas -
         Compliant - No referral required.
    •    Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 – Generally compliant. No
         significant impacts anticipated to threatened flora of fauna species or threatened ecologically
         communities.




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