Appendix B - Ecological Assessment Report

                                                 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 and ecological
Development provides for ecologically       Landscaping and rehabilitation complements and supports        rehabilitation are proposed to comply with AO10.1
important areas to be restored and          ecologically important areas by:                               and can be conditioned by Council.
enhanced through:                               a) utilising local native species;
   a) designing landscaped areas to             b) utilising suitable plant species identified in PSP2
       complement and enhance existing              Landscaping;
       vegetation and ecological linkages;      c) restoring degraded ecosystems to achieve a
   b) removing species likely to displace           functional ecosystem state that requires minimal
       native flora species or degrade              human intervention;
       fauna habitat;                           d) replicating adjacent remnant habitats of the same
   c) replanting and rehabilitating                 type, including the understorey vegetation;
       degraded habitat;                        e) creating or enhancing linkages between existing
   d) replacing any vegetation removed              habitats;
       with suitable local native species;      f) avoiding the use of pest plant species listed in
   e) providing for fauna habitat; and              PSP2 - Landscaping;
   f) avoiding the planting of pest plant       g) planting riparian zones to filter stormwater run-off,   AO10.2 – Insufficient cleared and unencumbered
       species.                                     stabilise soil and provide for wildlife habitat; and   land is available within the site to enable any
                                                h) providing ground and arboreal structures for fauna,     replacement planting to be accommodated.
                                                    which may include ground depressions, rocks,           Therefore, a weed management program is
                                                    hollows, nesting boxes and in-stream habitat.          proposed to enhance the ecological value of the
                                                                                                           vegetation to be retained. The weed program is
                                             AO10.2                                                        anticipated to predominantly comprise removal of
                                             Vegetation cleared is replaced with:                          Lantana camara (Lantana).
                                                a) plantings of equivalent area that replicate the
                                                     floristic structure of the vegetation removed; or
                                                b) where this is not possible due to the characteristics
                                                     of the site and the development, plantings twice
                                                     the number of the removed trees and plants.

                                             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

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