8. Ecological Assessment Report v1- NOOSA NORTHSHORE RETREAT_Optimized · MCU19/0117

Ecological Assessment Report v1                                                                                                                                                                                                         NCES REF: J000436
Lot 500 on SP215779 – 90 Beach Road, Noosa North Shore



 d) avoiding edge effects and incompatible uses in riparian zones;           situated wholly within the Riparian Buffer Area,
 e) maintaining bank stability by minimising bank erosion and                a) fronting the Noosa River – development is setback a minimum of 40m from mean
 Slumping;                                                                   high water spring or as otherwise prescribed by the Environmental Protection Agency’s
 f) maintaining water quality by filtering sediments, nutrients and other    Erosion Prone Area Maps;
 pollutants; and                                                             b) not fronting the Noosa River – development is located outside the riparian zone and
 g) removing undesirable plant species and replacing them with               setback a suitable distance from the watercourse having regard to the development
 vegetation of local origin.                                                 constraints of the property and the need to protect environmental and riparian values;
                                                                             OR
                                                                             S5.3 For Animal husbandry on premises in the Rural Zone—                                        S5.3 – N/A
                                                                             a) stock proof fencing is installed along watercourses at a distance of no less than 10m from
                                                                             the top of the bank;
                                                                             b) stock watering points are located no less than 15m away from the top of the bank of
                                                                             watercourses; and
                                                                             c) stock crossing points across watercourses are defined and controlled with stock proof




                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               DRAFT NOT FOR SUBMISSION PURPOSES
                                                                             fencing, to prevent stock from damaging riparian vegetation or banks to watercourses;
                                                                             OR
                                                                             S5.4 Recreational facilities (including playgrounds, pergolas, barbeques etc) are setback a     S5.4 – N/A
                                                                             minimum of 30m from the top of the bank of a watercourse and 10m from the top of the
                                                                             bank of a drainage line;
                                                                             OR
                                                                             S5.5 For Forestry uses the cultivated area is separated from watercourses by a distance not     S5.5 – N/A
                                                                             less than the distances identified below, measured from high water mark or the top of the
                                                                             bank, whichever is the greater distance—
                                                                             Feature                            Distance
                                                                             Stream order 1 or 2                 5m
                                                                             Stream order 3 or 4                10 m
                                                                             Stream order greater than 4        20 m

                                                                             AND
                                                                             S5.6 Where Forestry is carried out on that part of premises indicated as Riparian Buffer        S5.6 – N/A
                                                                             Area and outside the separation distances specified in S5.5—
                                                                             a) species planted are of local origin and are harvested through sustainable harvesting;
                                                                             and
                                                                             b) any undesirable plant species are replaced by vegetation of local origin.

 Managing public access and edge effects                                     S6.1 Development adjacent to a waterway or wetland provides that –                              S6.1 – a) No new lots are proposed.
 06 Development on land adjacent to a waterway or wetland                    a) No new lots directly back onto the riparian area; and                                        b) No new public roads are proposed. The adjacent wetland is within National
 maintains an appropriate extent of public access to waterways and           b) New public roads are located between the riparian buffer and the proposed development        Park tenure and the existing level of public access will not be impacted by the
 wetlands and minuses edge effects.                                          areas                                                                                           proposed development.
 Koala Habitat Areas                                                         S7.1 Development avoids removing and fragmenting koala habitat and includes koala               S7.1 – Clearing is proposed within mapped Koala Habitat Regrowth on
 O7 Development is designed, constructed and operated to                     sensitive design measures consistent with the Nature Conservation (Koala) Conservation          Schedule 7 Map – Koala Habitat Areas.
     a) avoid adverse impacts on koalas and koala habitat;                   Plan 2006 and Management Program 2006- 2016 and Koala Sensitive Design Guideline
     b) provide measures to assist the survival of koala populations         2012.
         in the area to mitigate any potential threats or risks to koalas;   S7.2 Where clearing of non-juvenile koala habitat trees is unavoidable in an area shown as
     c) provide for safe and appropriate koala movement across the           bushland habitat, high value rehabilitation habitat or medium value rehabilitation habitat on
         landscape; and                                                      the map called ‘Map of Values’, such clearing is minimised and a biodiversity offset is
     d) provide for a net gain in mature and actively regenerating           provided in accordance with the Queensland Environmental Offset Policy.
         koala habitat.




                                                                                                                                                                             Schedule 7 Map.
                                                                                                                                                                             The extent of clearing retains a clear movement corridor for koalas through the
                                                                                                                                                                             site and an abundance of koala habitat trees would be retained within the site
                                                                                                                                                                             post development. The nature of the development precludes the keeping of
                                                                                                                                                                             dogs on the site hence risk of increased predation of koalas is mitigated. Low
                                                                                                                                                                             traffic volumes are required throughout the Visitor Mixed Use zone as a general
                                                                                                                                                                             precaution to limit risk of impact to fauna including koalas.
                                                                                                                                                                             S7.2 – The site is not within a Koala Assessable Development Area on the
                                                                                                                                                                             Planning Act Schedule 11 mapping hence no offsetting is triggered under the
                                                                                                                                                                             Planning Act 2016.



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