Appendix B - Ecological Assessment Report

PO11                                             AO11.1                                                         AO11.1 – The development is located within an
Development is designed, constructed and         Development design complies with the Koala Sensitive           area of mapped koala habitat and retains the
operated to—                                     Design Guideline: A guide to koala sensitive design            majority of koala habitat within the site within one
   a) protect and enhance koalas and             measures for planning and development activities               contiguous unit. The development does not
       koala habitat and avoid adverse                                                                          generate unacceptable impact on existing koala
       impacts;                                                                                                 movement opportunities through the site and
   b) provide measures to assist the                                                                            between patches of offsite suitable koala habitat.
       survival of koala populations in the      AO11.2
       area to mitigate any potential            Development incorporates revegetation and landscaping
       threats or risk to koalas;                that provides food, shelter and movement opportunities for
   c) provide for safe and appropriate           koalas                                                         AO11.2 – Insufficient cleared and unencumbered
       koala movement across the                                                                                land is available within the site to enable any
       landscape; and                            AO11.3                                                         replacement planting of koala habitat to be
   d) provide for a net gain in mature and       Development is designed to maximise and enhance                accommodated. Therefore, a weed management
       actively regenerating koala habitat.      connectivity between koala habitat trees and ensure safe       program is proposed to enhance the ecological
                                                 koala movement.                                                value of the vegetation to be retained. The weed
Editor's Note—Koala habitat mapping is in                                                                       program is anticipated to predominantly comprise
Schedule 2 Mapping.                              AO11.4                                                         removal of Lantana camara (Lantana).
                                                 During construction, measures are incorporated to not
Editor's Note—The Planning Regulation            increase the risk of death or injury to koalas, by including
2017, schedule 10 states that development        koala movement measures, as defined in the Planning
that interferes with koala habitat, in an area   Regulation 2017                                                AO11.3 – Development has been located on the
that is both a koala priority area and a koala                                                                  edge of the site with any available koala movement
habitat area, is prohibited development                                                                         opportunities to be maintained via retention of
(subject to the exceptions stated in                                                                            existing vegetated areas.
schedule 10 of the Planning Regulation
2017).                                                                                                          AO11.4 - A fauna spotter/catcher is recommended
                                                                                                                to be present during any future clearing activities to
Editor's Note- These performance                                                                                satisfy the duty of care requirements under the
outcomes and acceptable outcomes apply                                                                          Nature Conservation (Animals) Regulation 2020.
to:                                                                                                             Clearing is also required to be undertaken as per
                                                                                                                the sequential clearing requirements for Koala
a) development on land in a koala priority                                                                      District A as set out in the Nature Conservation
area, where the development does not                                                                            (Koala) Conservation Plan 2017.Compliance with
interfere with koala habitat and where the                                                                      AO11.4 can be set as a condition of approval
benchmarks are additional to and not
inconsistent with, the assessment
benchmarks stated in schedule 11, part 2 of
the Planning Regulations 2017; and


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