2021-06-08 Planning & Environment Committee Meeting Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                    8 JUNE 2021


8.2.2.3
 Performance Outcomes                                    Acceptable Outcomes
 PO6                                                     AO6.1
 The biodiversity and ecosystem values of                Development and clearing of vegetation does not
 waterways, wetlands and adjacent riparian zones         occur within:
 are protected by:                                        a.    a riparian buffer area;
 a.     avoiding any new development in a riparian        b.    a wetland area; or
        buffer area and wetland area;
                                                          c.    10 metres either side of the centre line of
 b.     retaining aquatic and terrestrial habitat in            other      waterways      identified    on
        riparian zones;                                         a Biodiversity, Waterways and Wetlands
 c.     maintaining and enhancing wildlife corridors            Overlay Map.
        and connectivity along watercourses and
        drainage lines for native fauna movement;        AO6.2
 d.     avoiding edge effects and damage from            Development provides for the rehabilitation of land
        adjacent land uses;                              within:
 e.     maintaining stream integrity and bank            a riparian buffer area;
        stability by minimising bank erosion and         d.      a wetland area; and
        slumping;
                                                         e.      10 metres either side of the centre line of any
 f.     maintaining water quality through filtering              other waterway identified on a Biodiversity,
        sediments, nutrients and other pollutants;               Waterways and Wetlands Overlay Map.
        and
 g.     removing pest species and replacing them
        with local native species.
 PO10                                                    AO10.1
 Development provides for ecologically important         Landscaping and rehabilitation complements and
 areas to be restored and enhanced through:              supports ecologically important areas by:
 a.     designing landscaped areas to complement         a.    utilising local native species;
        and                                  enhance     b.    utilising suitable plant species identified
        existing vegetation and ecological linkages;           in PSP2 Landscaping;
 b.     removing species likely to displace native       c.    restoring degraded ecosystems to achieve a
        flora species or degrade fauna habitat;                functional ecosystem state that requires
 c.     replanting and rehabilitating degraded                 minimal human intervention;
        habitat;                                         d.    replicating adjacent remnant habitats of the
 d.     replacing    any vegetation removed       with         same           type,        including       the
        suitable local native species;                         understorey vegetation;
 e.     providing for fauna habitat; and                 e.    creating        or     enhancing      linkages
 f.     avoiding the planting of pest plant species.           between existing 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,      which     may     include   ground
                                                               depressions, rocks, hollows, nesting boxes
                                                               and in-stream habitat.
                                                         AO10.2
                                                         Vegetation cleared is replaced with:
                                                            a.   plantings of equivalent area that replicate
                                                                 the floristic structure of the vegetation
                                                                 removed; or




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