MCU14/0106 & OPW15/0001 Town Planning Report & Appendix A Code Compliance

                                                                                                            Town Planning Report
                             28 Eenie Creek Road, Noosaville and parts of the road reserves of Hofmann Drive and Walter Hay Drive



 Assessment Criteria                                           Applicant’s Response
                                                               No waterway corridors or mapped corridors are present
                                                               within the site. However, the existing Covenant J area will
                                                               play some role in wildlife movement.
                                                               2. The attributes of the site, including the following:
                                                               a. presence of koalas;
                                                               Site assessments have confirmed Koala activity although
                                                               the level of activity is regarded as low.
                                                               b. condition of the habitat;
                                                               Vegetation represents regrowth that is generally in good
                                                               condition.
                                                               c. the presence of any of the following on the site:
                                                               i. waterway and ecological corridors;
                                                               No waterway corridors or mapped corridors are present
                                                               within the site. However, the existing Covenant J area will
                                                               play some role in wildlife movement.
                                                               ii. areas that are remnant or regulated regrowth regional
                                                               ecosystems where koalas are known to occur.
                                                               There are no remnant or regulated regrowth regional
                                                               ecosystems within the site.
                                                               3. Any factors which diminish the site’s habitat connectivity
                                                               value for koala movement, including:
                                                               a. edge effects and other indirect impacts of development on
                                                               ecological features; and
                                                               b. the presence of infrastructure and services, such as
                                                               roads, which present barriers for koala movement and
                                                               dispersal.
                                                               The regrowth vegetation of the site, while connected
                                                               southwards to suitable habitat (including remnant
                                                               vegetation) bordering Eenie Creek, is disconnected from the
                                                               northwest and to a lesser extent from the east by Walter Hay
                                                               Drive. That is, roads reduce the landscape connectivity
                                                               value of the site to koalas.
                                                               While there are low Koala activity levels, the proposed
                                                               development responds by retaining Covenant J and
                                                               enhancing movement opportunities to the south by
                                                               integrating a dry cell underpass beneath Hofmann Drive.
 5. During construction phases:                                Complies
 a. measures are taken in construction practices to not        The proposed development will implement a Construction
 increase the risk of death or injury to koalas; and           Environmental Management Plan and sequential clearing of
 b. native vegetation that is cleared and in an area           vegetation will be undertaken under the guidance of a
 intended to be retained for safe koala movement               spotter catcher.
 opportunities is progressively restored and rehabilitated.
 6. Native vegetation clearing is undertaken as sequential     Complies
 clearing and under the guidance of a koala spotter where      Clearing for the proposed development will be under the
 the native vegetation is a non-juvenile koala habitat tree.   guidance of a spotter catcher and in a sequential manner.
 7. Landscaping activities provide food, shelter and           Complies
 movement opportunities for koalas consistent with the         Landscape planting will include the use of koala habitat
 site design.                                                  trees, which may provide food, shelter and movement
                                                               opportunities for koalas.


6.3           State Planning Policies
The development application must have regard to all relevant and applicable State interests identified in the
State Planning Policy.
Of these interests, the following State interests are applicable to the proposed development:
         Biodiversity: The site is identified as containing matters of State environmental significance;



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