Appendix Q - Planning Scheme Code Responses

                                                                                                                                                          BIODIVERSITY OVERLAY CODE
                                                                                                                                                Specific Outcomes and Probable Solutions



                                                                                                                                            COMMENTS                                 COUNCIL USE
               SPECIFIC OUTCOMES                                     PROBABLE SOLUTIONS                     SOLUTIONS*
                                                                                                                                                                                        ONLY
                                                                    b)   new lots are created to allow
                                                                         for suitable house site areas or
                                                                         other future buildings and
                                                                         works to be located within
                                                                         existing cleared areas or areas
                                                                         of low ecological value; and
                                                                    c)   building envelopes are
                                                                         designated for each lot.

 O3     Interference with vegetation only occurs                S3.1 No solution provided                       ✓        Complies with O3
        where—
                                                                                                                         Interference with vegetation only occurs where the
      a)    no other suitable cleared or partially cleared                                                               development is located in areas of low ecological
            area is available on the premises;                                                                           value. Mapped vegetation is not to be interfered with.
      b)    the development minimises the total
            footprint within which all activities, buildings,
            structures, driveways and other works are
            contained; and
      c)    c) the development is located in areas of
            low ecological value over other areas, to the
            greatest extent practicable.

 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 rare, 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




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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