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



       Coastal Environment: The site is located within the Coastal Management District;
       Water Quality (Receiving Waters): The site is larger than 2,500m2 and will result in an impervious area
        greater than 25 per cent of the net developable area;
       Water quality (Acid Sulfate Soils) – land at or below 5 metres AHD where the natural ground level is
        below 20 metres AHD, where excavating or otherwise removing 100 cubic metres of more of soil or
        sediment; and
       Natural Hazards, Risk and Resilience: The site is located in a bushfire hazard area and a flood hazard
        area.
A response to the applicable requirements for each of the above State interests is provided in the following
sections.

6.3.1         Biodiversity
The below table provides a response to the requirements of the Biodiversity State interest.

 Requirement                                                  Applicant’s Response
 Development:
 (1) enhances matters of state environmental significance     Complies
 where possible, and                                          The SPP interactive mapping system identifies the presence
                                                              of MSES Wildlife Habitat within the Noosa Civic expansion
                                                              footprint.
                                                              The development proposal unavoidably impacts most of this
                                                              area, outside of Covenant J which will be retained.
                                                              The existing culvert crossing at the southern extent of
                                                              Covenant J will be upgraded, therefore enhancing the MSES
                                                              Wildlife Habitat by improving wildlife connectivity into this
                                                              area.
 (2) identifies any potential significant adverse             Complies
 environmental impacts on matters of state environmental      The area mapped as MSES Wildlife Habitat corresponds
 significance, and                                            with areas mapped as medium value bushland habitat for
                                                              the purposes of the South East Queensland Koala
                                                              Conservation State Planning Regulatory Provisions.
                                                              The proposed development will result in the clearing of
                                                              approximately 7.2ha of koala medium value bushland
                                                              habitat and medium value rehabilitation habitat that supports
                                                              approximately 3,118 non-juvenile koala habitat trees.
 (3) manages the significant adverse environmental            Complies
 impacts on matters of state environmental significance       The proposed Noosa Civic expansion will necessitate the
 by protecting the matters of state environmental             clearing of approximately 7.2ha of koala medium value
 significance from, or otherwise mitigating, those impacts.   bushland habitat and medium value rehabilitation habitat
                                                              that supports approximately 3,118 non-juvenile koala habitat
                                                              trees.
                                                              This unavoidable clearing will be offset as a financial
                                                              settlement under the Queensland Environmental Offset
                                                              Policy 2014, calculated based on the application of the
                                                              Department of Environment and Heritage Protection’s online
                                                              offset calculator.
                                                              In addition to this offset, mitigation measures will include the
                                                              provision of a dry cell underpass for wildlife movement at the
                                                              southern extent of Covenant J.
                                                              Clearing will be undertaken in a sequential manner under
                                                              the guidance of a spotter catcher.




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