RESPONSE TO SARA IR - Attachment 1A - RFA24-059-SARA IR Response 310725

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Performance outcomes                                                 Acceptable outcomes                           Response
                                                                             reference table 1 of this code; and
                                                                         2. does not occur within 10 metres of
                                                                            the defining bank, unless
                                                                            clearing is required into or across
                                                                            the watercourse or drainage
                                                                            feature.
PO8 Where clearing of vegetation in a regional ecosystem             No acceptable outcome is prescribed.             No clearing will occur in a Regional
associated with a watercourse and/or drainage feature does not                                                         Ecosystem associated with a watercourse or
maintain the composition, structure and function of the regional                                                       a drainage feature
ecosystem, and cannot be avoided and has been mitigated, an
offset is provided for any acceptable significant residual impact.
Connectivity
PO9 Regional ecosystems on the subject land and any adjacent         AO9.1 Clearing occurs in accordance with         All necessary clearing will not occur or result
land retain sufficient vegetation to:                                reference table 3 in this code.                   in impacts to the coastal regional ecosystem
1. maintain ecological processes; and                                                                                  as specified in Table 3 of State Code 16.

2. ensure the regional ecosystem remains in the landscape
   despite threatening processes.
Soil erosion if the local government is not the assessment manager for the development application
PO10 Clearing of vegetation does not result in accelerated soil      AO10.1 Clearing only occurs if an erosion        The proposed necessary clearing will not
erosion within or outside the land the subject of the development    and sediment control plan is developed            result in Accelerated spoil erosion as the
application.\                                                        and implemented to prevent increased soil         cleared area will be grassed and maintained
                                                                     erosion and instability resulting from the        by Noosa Shire Council
                                                                     clearing.
Salinity
PO11 Clearing of vegetation within 100 metres of a salinity          AO11.1 Clearing does not occur within            no clearing will occur within 100- metres of a
expression area does not contribute to or accelerate land            100 metres of a salinity expression area.         salinity expression area.