MCU14/0056 Response to SARA - Consulting Report

                   Corner Myall Street & Ferrells Road Cooroy, QLD 4563
                                                  SEQwater Development Guidelines
                          Development Guidelines for Water Quality Management in Drinking Water Catchments


                Specific Outcome                                    Measures                                           Comment
                                                                                                      from the development and allow runoff to
                                                                                                      be captured and filtered prior to entering
                                                                                                      the waterway.
 S13   Riparian Vegetation Management         M13.1 A Vegetation Management Plan is prepared          The project proposed no further
       Plan                                   and implemented that includes:                          encroachment or clearing of riparian
       Manage identified riparian lands in                                                            vegetation. A detailed Vegetation
                                              a) Retention of trees and shrubs along the              Management and Clearing Plan and Weed
       accordance with an approved
                                              approved width of riparian land;                        Management and Rehabilitation Plan will be
       Vegetation Management Plan.
                                              b) Supplementary planting of uniform, dense and         prepared as part of the development at
                                              rough ground cover;                                     operational works. This will include a tree
                                                                                                      retention plan and detail on weed removal
                                                                                                      and replanting of native species within the
                                                                                                      riparian corridor. This plan will be prepared
                                                                                                      by a suitably qualified professional.

Table 5 Element 2: Riparian Land Management Specific Outcomes and Measures cont.

               Specific Outcome                                     Measures                                           Comment

                                              c) Low maintenance, deep rooted vegetation which
                                              increases the density of vegetation;

                                              d) Species appropriate to soils and natural erosion
                                              activity as well as flood, drought and bushfire
                                              characteristics;

                                              e) Native species endemic to the area at a density
                                              and structure representative of nearby undisturbed
                                              areas and reflecting the natural zonation of species;

                                              f) Species which facilitate rehabilitation of