Appendix B - Ecological Assessment Report

Table 2 – CODE 8.2.2.3 - CRITERIA FOR ASSESSABLE DEVELOPMENT
 PERFORMANCE OUTCOMES                           ACCEPTABLE OUTCOMES                                             PROPOSAL COMPLIANCE SUMMARY
 Ecologically Important Areas
 PO1                                            AO1.1                                                           AO1.1
 Development is sited and designed to protect   Ecologically important areas are conserved or improved to       The cleared areas within the site are constrained
 the physical and ecological integrity and      ensure their ongoing contribution to the natural resources      by flood prone areas. The only areas within the site
 biodiversity of ecologically important areas   and biological diversity of Noosa Shire.                        that are located outside of the flood prone area are
 through protection of:                                                                                         considered to be ecologically important areas.
     a) existing habitat areas and ecological   AND                                                             Insufficient cleared area is available within the site
         linkages; and                                                                                          to locate a dwelling and provide a suitable bushfire
     b) existing      riparian    vegetation,   AO1.2                                                           safety setback without clearing vegetation. The
         waterways and wetland habitat          Buildings, structures and associated works are located          applicant has reduced the extent of clearing as far
         values                                 within existing cleared areas or areas of lowest ecological     as possible to that required to facilitate a BAL 29
                                                value.                                                          construction standard under AS3959 and meet the
                                                                                                                requirements of Assessment Benchmark 4 of the
                                                AND                                                             State Planning Policy for Bushfire. The remaining
                                                                                                                ecologically important area is to be retained and a
                                                AO1.3                                                           weed management program enacted to maintain
                                                Where constructing a dwelling house or community                the ongoing contribution to the natural resources
                                                residence, buildings and associated structures are not          and biological diversity of Noosa Shire
                                                located on land identified as an area of biodiversity
                                                significance on a Biodiversity, Waterways and Wetlands          AO1.2
                                                Overlay Map.                                                    The proposed dwelling has been located on the
                                                or                                                              edge of a larger unit of vegetation which is to be
                                                Clearing vegetation (other than for a driveway access) does     retained, therefore the vegetation to be cleared
                                                not extend beyond—                                              represents the area of lowest ecological value in
                                                     30 metres of a habitable building or 10 metres of a       the site.
                                                         class 10 structure on lots greater than 10 hectares;
                                                         or                                                     AO1.3
                                                     10 metres of a habitable building or class 10             The proposed clearing for the building envelope
                                                         structure on lots 10 hectares or less but more than    has been prescribed with reference to AS3959
                                                         3,000m2; or                                            (Construction of Buildings in a Bushfire Prone
                                                     3 metres of a habitable building or class 10 structure    Area) and Assessment Benchmark 4 of the State
                                                         on lots 3,000m2 or less.                               Planning Policy for Bushfire which prescribes an
                                                                                                                equivalent BAL 29 setback (refer to Bushfire
                                                AND                                                             Assessment Report submitted concurrently with
                                                                                                                this application). The 10m setback prescribed in


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