Approved Plan - RAL21/0017

            Ecological Assessment Report v2                                                       NCES REF: J000908
            Lot 21 on SP316902 – 25 Pavilion Street, Pomona



            7     CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

            7.1       Conclusion
            A desktop and field investigation have been undertaken to determine the environmental values
            present within Lot 21 on SP316902, located at 25 pavilion Street Pomona. The outcomes of the
            desktop and field investigations identified the following:
                  •    The site supports local and State level biodiversity values.
                  •    Areas within the site are mapped within the Noosa Plan 2020 Biodiversity, Waterways, and
                       Wetlands overlay map as containing the following overlays:
                        o Areas of Biodiversity Significance;
                        o MSES Environmental Values;
                        o Waterways;
                        o MSES Regulated Vegetation – Category R GBR riverine; and
                        o Riparian Buffer Area.
                  •    One vegetation community was observed within the site:
                        o Vegetation Community 1 (VC1) – Low density trees over mowed grass
            The application has been assessed against several assessment frameworks and determined to be
            compliant as follows:
                  •    The Noosa Plan 2020, Overlay Code 8.2.2 Biodiversity, Waterways and Wetlands Overlay
                       Code – Compliant subject to Council’s acceptance of development in proximity to a mapped
                       watercourse and the mitigation strategies proposed to mitigate development impacts.
                  •    Nature Conservation Act 1992 – Compliant.
                  •    Vegetation Management Act 1999 and the associated State Code 16: Native Vegetation
                       Clearing – Compliant - No referral required.
                  •    Nature Conservation (Koala) Conservation Plan 2017 - Schedule 11, Part 2 of the Planning
                       Regulation 2017 – Proposed development complies with the Assessment Benchmarks.
                  •    Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 – Generally compliant. No
                       significant impacts anticipated to any matters of national environmental significance.

            7.2       Recommendations
            The following recommendations are set to reduce the environmental impact of the proposal:
                  •    A suitably qualified and experienced fauna spotter/catcher is present during any vegetation
                       clearing; and
                  •    A conservation covenant is be registered over the mapped riparian protection area and the
                       area revegetated.




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