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



                                                                             c) ensuring stock piling, storage and vehicle parking occur outside the identified vegetation
                                                                             areas;
                                                                             AND
                                                                             S14.4 Low impact construction techniques are used around vegetation to minimise
                                                                             interference with the vegetation.

 Filling and Excavation                                                      No solution provided.                                                                           A Vegetation Management Plan is to be prepared to direct the protection of
 O15 Vegetation is not adversely impacted upon by earthworks and                                                                                                             vegetation during civil works.
 changes to the hydrological regime, including changes to
 ground water levels, flooding levels, run-off and tidal hydraulics.

 13.10 VEGETATION MANAGEMENT
 Replanting and Rehabilitation                                               S16.1 Landscaping complements and supports important habitats by—                               S16.1 – Site landscaping is proposed to comply with S16.1 as demonstrated
 O16 Development provides for ecologically important areas to be             a) utilising native plants of local origin;                                                     in a Landscape Plan to be prepared for the application at OPW stage.




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 restored and enhanced through the following measures --                     b) utilising suitable plant species identified in PSP3 – Landscaping Plants and Guidelines;
 a) siting landscaped areas to complement and enhance existing               c) replicating adjacent remnant habitats, including understorey vegetation;                     S16.2 – A weed control program is proposed to be enacted across the site to
 vegetation;                                                                 d) creating or enhancing linkages between existing habitats;                                    reduce the level of weed populations and as a counter measure to the level of
 b) removal of all species likely to displace native flora species or        e) avoiding the use of Undesirable Plant Species listed in Table 9.1 of PSP3 Landscaping        proposed clearing. Natural regeneration as a result of the weed control will
 degrade fauna habitat;                                                      Plants and Guidelines; and                                                                      assist to balance the clearing impacts and net loss of vegetation.
 c) replanting and rehabilitating degraded habitat; and                      f) planting riparian zones to filter stormwater run-off and provide for wildlife habitat;
 d) replacing any vegetation removed with suitable replacement               AND
 vegetation of local origin.                                                 S16.2 Vegetation removed is replaced with—
                                                                             a) plantings of equivalent area that replicate the floristic structure of the vegetation
                                                                             removed; or
                                                                             b) where this is not possible due to the characteristics of the site and the development,
                                                                             plantings twice the number of the removed trees and plants of local origin.
 Fire Management                                                             No solution provided                                                                            A Bushfire Attack Level Assessment Report has been prepared to assess the
 O17 Fire management measures are adopted based on ecological                                                                                                                required setback distances to the proposed dwelling unit and has incorporated
 principles, which—                                                                                                                                                          the general principles of O17 as far as practicable by promoting selective
 a) maintain and enhance biodiversity;                                                                                                                                       vegetation clearing within the bushfire setbacks rather than complete removal
 b) minimise threat of fire to the natural environment, life and property;                                                                                                   of vegetation.
 and
 c) provide for effective use and maintenance of buildings and
 structures.

Editors Note
Environmental Protection category
        Vegetation that falls within the Environmental Protection category comprises regional ecosystems that possess at least one of the following environmental values or criteria—
        - The regional conservation status under the Queensland Vegetation Management Act 1999 is “Endangered”;
        - It forms habitat for threatened or protected fauna species, as identified in Vegetation of Noosa Shire;
        - It is ‘rare’ or naturally restricted regionally or locally, as identified in Vegetation of Noosa Shire; or
        - The extent reserved within protected areas in Noosa is ‘low’, as identified in Vegetation of Noosa Shire.
Environmental Enhancement category
        Vegetation that falls within the Environmental Enhancement category comprises regional ecosystems that possess at least one of the following environmental values or criteria—
        - The regional conservation status under the Queensland Vegetation Management Act 1999 is “Of Concern”; or
        - The extent reserved within protected areas in Noosa is ‘medium’, as identified in Vegetation of Noosa Shire




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