Planning Report · MCU16/0099.01

                                that can mitigate risks
                                associated with the natural
                                hazard
Biodiversity –                  A development application          The subject site is identified
   •   MSES     -    Wildlife   where the land relates to a        under the SPP mapping as
       habitat                  matter          of         state   containing Wildlife Habitat,
   •   MSES – Regulated         environmental significance,        and Regulated Vegetation
       Vegetation               if the application is for:         (intersecting                a
       (intersecting        a   (a)     operational work, or       watercourse).
       watercourse)             (b)    a material change of        The proposed access and
                                use other than for a dwelling      power    route   will   not
                                house, or                          negatively   impact   upon
                                (c)    reconfiguring a lot         Matters       of      State
                                that results in more than six      Environmental Significance
                                lots or lots less than five        (MSES), for the following
                                hectares.                          reasons:

                                                                   •   No works or vegetation
                                Development:
                                                                       clearing    within     the
                                (1) enhances matters of                Wildlife Habitat areas on
                                state         environmental
                                                                       site is proposed to
                                significance where possible,           establish the proposed
                                and
                                                                       access and power to the
                                (2) identifies any potential           approved facility.
                                significant         adverse        •   All construction activities
                                environmental impacts on               will be managed to avoid
                                matters        of     state            any sediment run-off
                                environmental significance,            during the construction
                                and                                    period in accordance
                                (3) manages the significant            with nbn’s contractor’s
                                adverse       environmental            Construction
                                impacts on matters of state            Environmental
                                environmental significance             Management Plan.
                                by protecting the matters of
                                state         environmental
                                significance    from,     or
                                otherwise mitigating, those
                                impacts.
Water Quality –                 Water quality is to ensure         The proposed access and
                                development is planned,            power    route   will  not
   •   Climatic   regions:
                                designed, constructed and          negatively impact on water
       stormwater
                                operated      to    manage         quality, for the following
       management design
                                stormwater and wastewater          reasons:
       objectives
                                in ways that support the           •   Only minor earthworks
                                protection of environmental            are required to install the
                                values identified in the               power route within the
                                Environmental     Protection           eastern portion of the
                                (Water) Policy 2009.                   subject site. Power will


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