Attachment 6 - Ecological Assessment

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



 Editor's Note—Koala habitat mapping is in Schedule 2 Mapping.             Development is designed to maximise and enhance connectivity between koala habitat              additional clearing is now deemed necessary for fire protection hence the
                                                                           trees and ensure safe koala movement.                                                           application does not require referral to SARA for assessment against State
 Editor's Note—The Planning Regulation 2017, schedule 10 states                                                                                                            Code 25.
 that development that interferes with koala habitat, in an area that is   AO11.4
 both a koala priority area and a koala habitat area, is prohibited        During construction, measures are incorporated to not increase the risk of death or injury to   AO11.2 – If required landscaping associated with the proposal can include
 development (subject to the exceptions stated in schedule 10 of the       koalas, by including koala movement measures, as defined in the Planning Regulation 2017        koala habitat trees, however, revegetation design must not conflict with the
 Planning Regulation 2017).                                                                                                                                                bushfire recommendations (refer NCES BHAMP 2022).

 Editor's Note- These performance outcomes and acceptable
 outcomes apply to:                                                                                                                                                        AO11.3 – All of the ground truthed koala habitat onsite (i.e., VC1) will be
                                                                                                                                                                           retained in-situ.
 a) development on land in a koala priority area, where the
 development does not interfere with koala habitat and where the                                                                                                           AO11.4 – A fauna spotter/catcher is recommended to be present during any
 benchmarks are additional to and not inconsistent with, the                                                                                                               future clearing activities to satisfy the duty of care requirements under the
 assessment benchmarks stated in schedule 11, part 2 of the                                                                                                                Nature Conservation (Animals) Regulation 2020. Compliance with AO11.4 can
 Planning Regulations 2017; and                                                                                                                                            be set as a condition of approval.
 b) development on land outside the koala priority area, where the
 development does not interfere with koala habitat in koala habitat
 areas.

 Bushfire Management
 PO12                                                                      No acceptable outcome provided                                                                  Development has been located in the existing modified area of the site (VC3)
 Bushfire management measures are adopted based on ecological                                                                                                              hence minimises the extent of clearing required to facilitate an acceptable to
 principles, which:                                                                                                                                                        tolerable level of bushfire risk.
     a) maintain and enhance biodiversity;
     b) minimise threat of fire to the natural environment, as well as                                                                                                     No additional bushfire mitigation measures are proposed which require
          life and property; and                                                                                                                                           consideration of PO12.
     c) provide for effective use and maintenance of buildings and
          structures.
 Editor's note—The performance outcome applies to properties in
 bushfire hazard areas and only where clearing is reasonably
 necessary for the control of bushfire risk to a building or structure.
 Bushfire hazard areas are shown on Bushfire Hazard Overlay maps
 in Schedule 2.
 Scenic Amenity
 PO13                                                                      AO13.1                                                                                          AO13.1 All vegetation is proposed to be retained as per AO13.1 (where
 The scenic amenity and vegetated character of the landscape is            Vegetation is retained:                                                                         applicable).
 protected by retaining vegetation:                                           a) on and within 30 metres of prominent ridgelines and on sloping sites;
     a) along and around watercourses and drainage lines;                     b) in gullies;
     b) on steep slopes and ridgelines;                                       c) along watercourses and drainage lines;
     c) along the major road network; and                                     d) within 10 metres of the major road network; and
     d) that forms coastal vistas to and from beaches.                        e) along the front coastal dune system.




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