MINOR CHANGE - Attachment 3 - Updated Ecology Advice Gondwana Ecology Group.pdf

                                                                          Gondwana Ecology Group Pty Ltd
                                                                                             ABN 20 143 747 326


                                                                                             PO Box 535
                                                                                               Kenmore
                                                                                              QLD 4069


Attention: Phil Starkey                                                        18 February 2025
GH Properties
Noosa Springs
[email protected]


Mr Starkey


           RE: MINOR CHANGE - 61 NOOSA SPRINGS DRIVE, NOOSA HEADS
                        ECOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS

1.0 Introduction and Background
The land is part of the existing Noosa Springs Golf Estate with the subject site formally
identified as Lot 4 on SP 178340 and encompasses some 3.8ha (ATTACHMENT A).

Gondwana Ecology Group prepared an ecological assessment report dated February 2020 1.
Site inspections have been completed as follows:


      •      28 October 2017 (preliminary site inspections, threatened species searches)
      •      29 January 2018 (detailed flora survey and target threatened species surveys)
      •      19 September 2020 (threatened species surveys)
      •      6-7 October 2020 (detailed tree survey and threatened species surveys)
      •      Several inspections in 2022 – 2024, including 30 July 2024

I have also completed site inspections with Council’s environmental officer (2022). In
addition, Gondwana Ecology Group is involved (in conjunction with Council) in the
rehabilitation of the land to the east and has completed several targeted surveys for
threatened fauna (i.e. koala and glossy black cockatoo) in the immediate locality.

2.0 Proposed Development
The proposed development is for the redevelopment of part of the land (mostly associated
with the existing tennis courts) to a luxury boutique hotel. The application was formally lodged
with Council in June 2021. Several amendments to the layout/design were made during the
process. These amendments included a redesign to retain the treed area in the north.

The proposed development appropriately complied with the relevant ecological benchmarks
set by the State and Council. I am aware that the revised layout was acceptable to Council
environmental officers and note the State approved the application (March 2023).

There were no “ecologically-relevant” conditions imposed by the State. The proposed (State-
approved) development is provided in ATTACHMENT B.

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    Including subsequent reporting/information responses.
Gondwana Ecology Group Pty Ltd                                                                               1


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Gondwana Ecology Group Pty Ltd
ABN 20 143 747 326

PO Box 535
Kenmore
QLD 4069

 

Attention: Phil Starkey 18 February 2025
GH Properties

Noosa Springs

[email protected]

Mr Starkey

RE: MINOR CHANGE - 61 NOOSA SPRINGS DRIVE, NOOSA HEADS
ECOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS

1.0 Introduction and Background
The land is part of the existing Noosa Springs Golf Estate with the subject site formally
identified as Lot 4 on SP 178340 and encompasses some 3.8ha (ATTACHMENT A).

Gondwana Ecology Group prepared an ecological assessment report dated February 2020'.
Site inspections have been completed as follows:

e 28 October 2017 (preliminary site inspections, threatened species searches)
e 29 January 2018 (detailed flora survey and target threatened species surveys)
e 19 September 2020 (threatened species surveys)

e 6-7 October 2020 (detailed tree survey and threatened species surveys)

e Several inspections in 2022 — 2024, including 30 July 2024

| have also completed site inspections with Council’s environmental officer (2022). In
addition, Gondwana Ecology Group is involved (in conjunction with Council) in the
rehabilitation of the land to the east and has completed several targeted surveys for
threatened fauna (i.e. koala and glossy black cockatoo) in the immediate locality.

2.0 Proposed Development

The proposed development is for the redevelopment of part of the land (mostly associated
with the existing tennis courts) to a luxury boutique hotel. The application was formally lodged
with Council in June 2021. Several amendments to the layout/design were made during the
process. These amendments included a redesign to retain the treed area in the north.

The proposed development appropriately complied with the relevant ecological benchmarks
set by the State and Council. | am aware that the revised layout was acceptable to Council
environmental officers and note the State approved the application (March 2023).

There were no “ecologically-relevant” conditions imposed by the State. The proposed (State-
approved) development is provided in ATTACHMENT B.

’ Including subsequent reporting/information responses.

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