Appendix C - Code Assessment

Biodiversity, Waterways and Wetlands Overlay Code


are identified on Queensland Government WetlandInfo       b)   avoiding groundwater extraction;
mapping.                                                  c)   maintaining groundwater recharge and discharge
                                                               processes;
                                                          d)   maintaining natural groundwater fluctuations;
                                                          e)   avoiding causing ingress of saline water into
                                                               freshwater aquifers of wetlands; and
                                                          f)   avoiding contaminants entering groundwater (e.g.
                                                               from runoff, effluent disposal).




Rehabilitation of ecologically important areas Table 8.2.2.3 - Criteria for assessable development (part)

Performance outcomes                                     Acceptable solutions                                          Assessment
Rehabilitation of ecologically important areas

PO10                                                     AO10.1                                                        AO10.1 – Complies
Development provides for ecologically important          Landscaping and rehabilitation complements and                Conditions can be impose to ensure that any
areas to be restored and enhanced through:               supports ecologically important areas by:                     rehabilitation planting will complement the existing
                                                                                                                       ecosystem.
 a)   designing landscaped areas to complement and        a)   utilising local native species;
      enhance existing vegetation and ecological          b)   utilising suitable plant species identified in PSP2
      linkages;                                                Landscaping;
 b)   removing species likely to displace native flora    c)   restoring degraded ecosystems to achieve a
      species or degrade fauna habitat;                        functional ecosystem state that requires minimal
 c)   replanting and rehabilitating degraded habitat;          human intervention;
 d)   replacing any vegetation removed with               d)   replicating adjacent remnant habitats of the same
      suitable local native species;                           type, including the understorey vegetation;
 e)   providing for fauna habitat; and                    e)   creating or enhancing linkages between existing
 f)   avoiding the planting of pest plant species.             habitats;
                                                          f)   avoiding the use of pest plant species listed
                                                               in PSP2 - Landscaping;
                                                          g)   planting riparian zones to filter stormwater run-off,
                                                               stabilise soil and provide for wildlife habitat; and
                                                          h)   providing ground and arboreal structures for fauna,