Ozcare Noosa Minor Change v1

Furthermore, pursuant to the Schedule 10 of the Planning Regulation 2017 (‘the regulation’) the development does
not trigger referral to the chief executive:
• Schedule 10, Part 3 ‘Clearing Native Vegetation’, Division 4, Table 2 – the development for a minor change for a
  material change of use is assessable, the site contains Category B least concern regional ecosystem vegetation
  but the site is less than 5ha in area.
• Schedule 10, Part 10 ‘Koala Habitat in SEQ Region’, Division 4, Table 2 – the development for a minor change
  for a material change of use is assessable, the site contains Locally Refined Koala Habitat Area but is not
  located within a Koala Priority Area, the clearing occurring within the KHA accounts for an area of 427m2 and
  noting that the mapped area does not contain koala habitat trees. The clearing is exempt development under
  Item K of the Exempted Development definition contained within Schedule 24 of the Planning Regulation 2017
  which allows for a one-off clearing exemption of up to 500m2 of mapped KHA. It is also noted clearing can be
  undertaken for exempt bushfire management purposes under Schedule 6 of the Regulation.
Pursuant to Schedule 1 of the Development Assessment Rules’ definition of ‘substantially different development’,
the proposed changes do not introduce new impacts or increase the severity of known impacts in regard to
vegetation removal and impacts biodiversity values of the site, where acknowledging that the original development
required the removal of vegetation, the proposal requires a relatively low value trees to be removed in an already
modified area, and any impacts can be offset within replanting to detailed within a subsequent Operational Works
application.




80 Cooyar Street, Noosa Heads | 216575 DA | 7190526                                                              13