Reference Document - Flora and Fauna Assessment - 132005.638.04

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                      Act,          Statutory Obligation
                      Regulation or
                      Policy
                      Nature        Are any MSES present ? ☒ YES ☐NO            .
                      Conservation
                      Act 1992          - Impacts to MSES must be avoided wherever possible.
                                        - Under the Environmental Offsets Act 2014 and Environmental Offsets Regulation
                                            2014, offset requirements may apply to assessable developments where it has
                                            been determined that there will be a significant residual impact on a prescribed
                                            environmental matter.
                                        - A Significant Residual Impact (SRI) Assessment is required to determine whether
                                            residual impacts to MSES trigger significance criteria.

                                       Is the IA mapped as a Protected Plants Flora Survey Trigger Area?
                                       ☒ HIGH RISK ☐ NOT MAPPED

                                            -    The IA is partly mapped as Protected Plants High-risk area. As such a protected plant
                                                 survey of the CIA (IA and 100m buffer) will be required.

                                       Are there any Protected Plants present in the IA or CIA ? ☐ YES ☒NO

                                            -    If no listed flora species are found, clearing can occur under Section 45 of the Nature
                                                 Conservation (Plants) Regulation 2020.

                                       Animal Breeding Places present ☒ YES ☐NO

                                            -    A permit is required to tamper with Animal Breeding Places under the Nature
                                                 Conservation (Animals) Regulation 2020.
                                            -    To manage impacts to breeding places of Least concern species, works must be
                                                 carried out under the Noosa Council Generic Species Management Plan – Low Risk
                                                 of Impacts (SMP-Low Risk).
                                            -    If impacts to breeding habitat of CREVNT and SLC or colonial-breeding species
                                                 including indirect impacts cannot be avoided, a DESI-approved Species
                                                 Management Plan – High Risk of Impacts (SMP – High Risk) will be required to
                                                 manage impacts to breeding places of threatened or special least concern species.
                                            -    The SMP must be implemented during site disturbance in collaboration with the
                                                 Fauna Spotter and a register of animal breeding places must be maintained.

                      Vegetation       Regulated vegetation present ☒ YES ☐NO
                      Management
                      Act 1999              -    The northern edge of the eastern parcel includes a limited area mapped as regulated
                                                 vegetation. However, the flora survey found that this area was comprised of young
                                                 regrowth, and as such, clearing works associated within the proposed expansion do
                                                 not require assessment under the Planning Regulation 2017 and the VMA 1999.




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Version: 1, Version Date: 05/03/2025