Approved Plan - RAL21/0017

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




                                                              EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

            North Coast Environmental Services have been commissioned to prepare an Ecological Assessment
            Report for Lot 21 on SP316902, located at 25 Pavilion Street, Pomona. The report was requested
            to identify the environmental values of the site and assess the impacts of a proposed reconfiguration
            of a lot development application related to the site. The outcomes of the environmental 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.




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Version: 1, Version Date: 11/08/2021