2014-01-28 Planning & Organisation Committee Item 4.4 Attachment 1

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           Noosa Council
Temporary Local Planning Instrument
(Protected Vegetation Overlay) 2014

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                                                 Noosa Council
                                        Temporary Local Planning Instrument
                                        (Protected Vegetation Overlay) 2014

                                                                                  Bach to the Brest
                Intreduction
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                This report addresses a Noosa Shire Council request for a Property Vegetation Management        |
               Plan outlining forestry operations on Lots 1 and 2 SP 175064. ‘The proponent originally
               purchased the land to utilise forest resources and provide a source of income. As tho land is
  |             not suitable for most other forms of primary production, the sustainable harvest of timber
               products is a viable land use. The landholders offorts to date and in future aim to ereate a     |
               secure, productive and sustainable forest, while maintaining important ecological values.
  |            Several documents are attached including a Bushfire Management Report (Peter Turner), a
               report on forestry practice methods to date (Dr G J Bacon) and the ‘code applying w native       |
               forest practice’. These documents are well compiled and | have avoided repetition of their
                content.
  |             This document is divided into 4 sections:                                                       |
                1) Background information —           Page 2
               2) Vegetation assessment —             Page 3
               3) Vegetation manugement —            Page 5                                                    |
                4) summary -                          Page 9
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                Section 1                Background Information
                1.1) Site History                                                                              |
               Much of the site was originally cleared for timber and to open up the land for grazing. Some
 |             areas are still open and dominated by exotic grusses, while others have been allowed to
               regenerate naturally with forest averaging 30 — 50 yrs old,

 |              1.2)  Method
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                * Maps were derived by the current landowner using a Council supplied aerial photo with
                  DCDB and contours as a background and hand drawn overiays.
 |              *  Reference material includes: SEQ Regional Ecosystems (EPA Qld Herbarium ~ Mapping           )
                  Release SEQ 2004 Version 5) and the Code applying to native forest practice (NRM —
                  December 2005),
|               ® Maro Russell carried out ground teuthing and vegetation surveys on 13/7/2006,               |
                  The site was traversed along existing access tracks, along a major gully and parts of the   |
                  creek to cover all represented RE's and one of the drainage lines to determine specics
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               * Species scheduled under the Nature Conservation Act (1994) and EPBC Act (1992) were          |
                   sought and recorded.
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