Appendix Q - Planning Scheme Code Responses

                                                                                                                                                         BIODIVERSITY OVERLAY CODE
                                                                                                                                               Specific Outcomes and Probable Solutions




                                                                                                                                           COMMENTS                                   COUNCIL USE
                 SPECIFIC OUTCOMES                                PROBABLE SOLUTIONS                       SOLUTIONS*
                                                                                                                                                                                         ONLY

 Vegetation retention and conservation
 Environmental Protection Area & Environmental Enhancement Area Vegetation & Riparian Buffer Area
 O1     Vegetation of local origin local origin8 on          S1.1 An Ecological Assessment Report              ✓        Complies with O1
        premises identified as—                                   prepared in accordance with
                                                                  Planning Scheme Policy 18 –                           A bushfire hazard report has been prepared, which
      a)     Environmental Protection Area9 or Riparian           Ecological Assessment Guidelines                      describes the vegetation located on-site. The
             Buffer Area on the Biodiversity Overlay              demonstrates that the flora on the                    development has also been sited to avoid significant
             Maps OM1.1 to OM9.1, is retained and                 premises does not constitute                          vegetation.
             conserved in its present form or improved to         Environmental Protection Area or
             ensure its ongoing contribution to the               Environmental Enhancement Area
             natural resources and biological diversity of        vegetation.11
             the former Noosa Shire; and
                                                                   OR
      b)     Environmental Enhancement Area10 on
             Biodiversity Overlay Maps OM1.1 – OM9.1,
             is protected from the impacts of                S1.2 Where constructing a Detached
             development by—                                      House; or Community residence
                                                                  interference with vegetation does
            i. avoiding edge effects;                             not extend beyond—
            ii. avoiding fragmentation; and                      a)     30m of a building or 10m of a
                                                                        structure on lots greater than
            iii. maintaining vegetation in manageable                   10ha; or
                 and viable configurations.
                                                                 b)     10m of a building or structure
        AND                                                             on lots 10ha or less but more
                                                                        than 0.3ha; or
                                                                 c)     3m of a building or structure on
                                                                        lots 0.3ha or less.

 O2     For the purpose of Reconfiguring a Lot new           S2.1 Where interference with vegetation          N/A       Not Applicable
        lots are only created where they minimize the             on the premises is for the purpose
        fragmentation and maximise the retention of               of Reconfiguring a Lot—                               The proposed development is not for reconfiguring a
        existing vegetation.                                                                                            lot.
                                                                 a)     new boundaries to lots do not
                                                                        transect and fragment existing
                                                                        vegetation;




Solution:       ✓      Acceptable Solution                     Amended by Council:                                                                                             August 2011
                A/S    Alternative Solution                    Current as at:                                                                                                  August 2012
                N/A    Not applicable to this proposal
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