Attachment 6 - Ecological Assessment

Ecological Assessment Report v1                                                                                                                                                                                                       NCES REF: J000542
Lot 9 on RP225312 – 100 Cooyar Street, Noosa Heads



                                                                           Editor’s Note—Setbacks to waterways for certain uses and works are also specified in the
                                                                           relevant codes.

                                                                           Editor's Note—Wetland areas are identified on the Queensland Wetland Program mapping

                                                                           Editor’s Note – Any clearing of vegetation also needs to meet the outcomes of the
                                                                           Earthworks Code and the Water Quality and Drainage Code.
 PO7                                                                       No acceptable outcome provided.                                                                N/A
 Vegetation within 400 metres of the full ponded water within Lake
 Macdonald is retained.
 PO8                                                                       AO8.1                                                                                          AO8.1
 Development on land adjacent to a waterway or wetland maintains           Development adjacent to a waterway or wetland provides that:                                   a) N/A – No new lots are proposed.
 appropriate extent of public access to waterways and wetlands and            a) no new lots directly back onto a riparian buffer area; and                               b) N/A – No new public roads are proposed.
 minimises edge effects.                                                      b) new public roads are located between a riparian buffer area or riparian zone and
                                                                                  the proposed development area.
 Surface and ground water hydrology
 PO9                                                                       AO9.1                                                                                          The development is not proposing activities which are likely to affect natural
 Development ensures that the natural surface water and ground             Development does not impact on the natural surface water or groundwater hydrologic             groundwater hydrologic regimes.
 water hydrologic regimes of waterways, wetlands and hydrologically-       regimes and this is facilitated by:
 sensitive plant communities are not adversely impacted.                       a) avoiding or minimising channelization, redirection or interruption of flow;             Civil engineering plan to be provided by others. Appropriate erosion and
                                                                               b) avoiding groundwater extraction;                                                        sediment control works are expected to control the potential adverse impacts
 Editor's Note—Groundwater dependent ecosystems are identified on              c) maintaining groundwater recharge and discharge processes;                               to the adjacent waterway and wetland area.
 Queensland Government Wetland Info mapping.                                   d) maintaining natural groundwater fluctuations;
                                                                               e) avoiding causing ingress of saline water into freshwater aquifers of wetlands; and
                                                                               f) avoiding contaminants entering groundwater (e.g. from runoff, effluent disposal).
 Rehabilitation of ecologically important areas
 PO10                                                                      AO10.1                                                                                         AO10.1 - Site landscaping is proposed to comply with AO10.1 as
 Development provides for ecologically important areas to be restored      Landscaping and rehabilitation complements and supports ecologically important areas by:       demonstrated in a Landscape Plan at OPW Stage.
 and enhanced through:                                                        a) utilising local native species;
    a) designing landscaped areas to complement and enhance                   b) utilising suitable plant species identified in PSP2 Landscaping;
        existing vegetation and ecological linkages;                          c) restoring degraded ecosystems to achieve a functional ecosystem state that
    b) removing species likely to displace native flora species or                requires minimal human intervention;
        degrade fauna habitat;                                                d) replicating adjacent remnant habitats of the same type, including the understorey
    c) replanting and rehabilitating degraded habitat;                            vegetation;
    d) replacing any vegetation removed with suitable local native            e) creating or enhancing linkages between existing habitats;
        species;                                                              f) avoiding the use of pest plant species listed in PSP2 - Landscaping;
    e) providing for fauna habitat; and                                       g) planting riparian zones to filter stormwater run-off, stabilise soil and provide for
    f) avoiding the planting of pest plant species.                               wildlife habitat; and
                                                                              h) providing ground and arboreal structures for fauna, which may include ground
                                                                                  depressions, rocks, hollows, nesting boxes and in-stream habitat.

                                                                           AO10.2
                                                                           Vegetation cleared is replaced with:                                                           AO10.2 – Compliance with AO10.2 can be set as a condition of approval.
                                                                              a) plantings of equivalent area that replicate the floristic structure of the vegetation    Compliance with AO10.2 is expected to be achieved at OPW stage via
                                                                                   removed; or                                                                            additional reporting noting the vegetation to be impacted can already be legally
                                                                              b) where this is not possible due to the characteristics of the site and the development,   cleared under exempt development and is largely confined to natives trees and
                                                                                   plantings twice the number of the removed trees and plants.                            shrubs in garden beds flanking the existing building.

                                                                           Editor’s Note — Revegetation and rehabilitation works are to be carried out in accordance
                                                                           with an approved Revegetation and Rehabilitation Management Plan, as referred to in
                                                                           PSP3 Ecological assessment guidelines.
 Koala habitat protection and enhancement
 PO11                                                                      AO11.1                                                                                         AO11.1 – The SEQ Koala Conservation Strategy Koala Habitat Mapping
 Development is designed, constructed and operated to—                     Development design complies with the Koala Sensitive Design Guideline: A guide to koala        identifies that the site occurs outside of a Koala Priority Area but does contain
    a) protect and enhance koalas and koala habitat and avoid              sensitive design measures for planning and development activities                              Koala Habitat Area (locally refined) in its northern and southern corners (refer
        adverse impacts;                                                                                                                                                  section 3.4). The proposed development footprint intercepts approximately
    b) provide measures to assist the survival of koala populations                                                                                                       427m²of the mapped KHA in the south of the site. The impacted KHA currently
        in the area to mitigate any potential threats or risk to koalas;                                                                                                  exhibits no koala habitat trees. The proposed impact can be considered exempt
    c) provide for safe and appropriate koala movement across the          AO11.2                                                                                         development under Item K of the Exempted Development definition contained
        landscape; and                                                     Development incorporates revegetation and landscaping that provides food, shelter and          within Schedule 24 of the Planning Regulation 2017 which allows for a one-off
    d) provide for a net gain in mature and actively regenerating          movement opportunities for koalas                                                              clearing exemption of up to 500m² of mapped KHA and can also be undertaken
        koala habitat.                                                                                                                                                    for exempt bushfire management purposes under Schedule 6 of the Planning
                                                                           AO11.3                                                                                         Regulation to protect the existing building (which has recently occurred). No



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