SARA RFI - Ecological Assessment Report

Ecological Assessment Report – Appendices
14 Serenity Close, Noosa Heads

 Performance outcomes                                    Acceptable outcomes                                      Proposed solution
 Water hydrology Table 8.2.2.3. - Criteria for assessable development
 Surface and ground water hydrology

 PO9                                                     AO9.1                                                    A09.1

 Development ensures that the natural surface water      Development does not impact on the natural surface       Complies. As identified in Section 5.1 of the EAR, the
 and ground water hydrologic regimes of waterways,       water or groundwater hydrologic regimes and this is      proposed change will not result in any direct impacts on
 wetlands and hydrologically-sensitive plant             facilitated by:                                          waterways or wetlands.
 communities are not adversely impacted.                 a) avoiding or minimising channelization, redirection    Indirect impacts on adjacent waterways are avoided or
                                                               or interruption of flow;                           mitigated as the proposed change has been designed to
                                                         b) avoiding groundwater extraction;
                                                                                                                  retain a vegetated buffer along the southern boundary of
                                                         c) maintaining groundwater recharge and discharge
                                                                                                                  the site. Furthermore, the proposed change will
                                                               processes;
                                                                                                                  incorporate the use of a landscaped overland flow path
                                                         d) maintaining natural groundwater fluctuations;
                                                                                                                  and rapid infiltration pit which is designed to facilitate the
                                                         e) avoiding causing ingress of saline water into
                                                               freshwater aquifers of wetlands; and               infiltration of stormwater into the ground and prevent
                                                         f) avoiding contaminants entering groundwater (e.g.      excessive surface flow. Residual indirect impacts will be
                                                               from runoff, effluent disposal).                   mitigated in accordance with the management measures
                                                                                                                  described in Section 6 of the EAR.
 Rehabilitation of ecologically important areas Table 8.2.2.3 - Criteria for assessable development
 Rehabilitation of ecologically important areas

 PO10                                                    AO10.1                                                   AO10.1

 Development provides for ecologically important areas   Landscaping and rehabilitation complements and           Complies. In addition to the landscaping of areas within
 to be restored and enhanced through:                    supports ecologically important areas by:                and adjacent to the building, the area of land zoned
 a) designing landscaped areas to complement and         a) utilising local native species;                       Environmental Management and Conservation should be
      enhance existing vegetation and ecological         b) utilising suitable plant species identified in PSP2   rehabilitated. Refer to Sections 6.4 and 6.5 of the EAR for
      linkages;                                              Landscaping;                                         additional details.
 b) removing species likely to displace native flora     c) restoring degraded ecosystems to achieve a
      species or degrade fauna habitat;                      functional ecosystem state that requires minimal
 c) replanting and rehabilitating degraded habitat;          human intervention;