Arborist Report inc VMP

Arborist Report
14 Serenity Close, Noosa Heads



The Arborist Report, including a Vegetation Management Plan (Appendix 2), has been
prepared as part of the change application.

The proposed changes to the original approval, including the approved ‘vegetation
management plan’ (Appendix 1), have been informed by the requirements of the original
approval.

Given the time which has elapsed since the approved ‘vegetation management plan’
(Appendix 1) was prepared (2009), a new tree survey was undertaken. As the proposed
development is for a change to an existing approval, tree survey was limited to areas
currently zoned Environmental Management and Conservation, together with areas
outside of the building footprint indicated by the approved plans. The purpose of the new
tree survey was to:

      1. Audit the precise location and species of the 17 trees indicated to be retained on
         the approved ‘vegetation management plan’,
      2. Inform the design of the proposed development to avoid or minimise impacts on:
         a. the 17 trees to be retained indicated on the approved ‘vegetation management
            plan’,
         b. trees within the Environmental Management and Conservation zone, and,
         c. other trees within the site which were not otherwise within the building
            footprint including koala habitat trees and Allocasuarina spp. trees for Glossy
            Black Cockatoo.

The following sections of the Arborist Report described survey methods and results.




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