Appendix A - Response to Noosa Plan

 DEOs                                                                                              Comments
rural areas close to farms or agricultural lands; and
xiii) recognising agriculture as a significant lifestyle contributor with part time small scale,
often high value, operations as an attraction to rural areas.
 g) OPEN SPACE, ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION FUNCTIONS                                               The development protects open space networks and natural environment and minimises
Networks of open space and natural habitat, vegetated lands, wetlands, watercourses                impacts through the dedication of over half the site as parkland, with additional
and riparian zones are sensitivity managed and protected and avoid as far as practicable           vegetation protected by covenant.
or, where avoidance is not practicable, minimise adverse impacts resulting from
development by -                                                                                   This will ensure that the development:
i) protecting and managing the natural environment in a way that—
a. supports the economy through the tourism industry and contributes to the region’s                        maintains and improves landscape character and visual amenity;
competitive advantage and lifestyle;                                                                        protects, rehabilitates and enhances ecologically important areas;
b. maintains and improves landscape character and visual amenity;                                           maintains the conservation of high proportions of vegetated land, as compared
c. builds ecological resilience and capacity to adapt to a changing climate;                                 to developed land, to distinguish Noosa Shire from other parts of south-east
d. provides passive, nature-based recreation and educational opportunities including                         Queensland;
appropriate eco-tourism facilities;                                                                         maintains the distinct vegetated character of Noosa Shire.
e. defines the boundaries to or of each of the distinct urban localities of Noosa Shire; and
f. provides linkages beyond Noosa Shire’s boundaries;                                              Please also refer to Ecological Assessment undertaken by Cardno within Appendix C.
ii) ecologically important areas being protected, rehabilitated and enhanced including
their condition, extent, diversity and connectivity to maintain and improve biodiversity,
landscape stability, resilience and ecological integrity of the natural environment;
iii) koala habitat, connectivity and safety being maintained and improved, contributing to
a net gain in koala habitat assisting with the long term stabilisation and recovery of viable
populations across Noosa Shire, Sunshine Coast and South East Queensland;
iv) koala habitat offsets being applied only as a last resort and achieving an equivalent or
better environmental outcome and additional protection to environmental values at risk
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or additional management actions to improve environmental values ;
v) terrestrial and aquatic biodiversity values and water quality within the Noosa River
system being protected;
vi) natural waterways and wetlands being maintained in their natural state with
development providing for rehabilitation and enhancement to improve ecological
functioning and water quality;
vii) constructed water bodies including canals not being created except where maintained
as private assets and used for other than water treatment purposes;
viii) protecting and improving the quality of ground and surface water in a manner that
ensures its long term environmental values, ecological integrity and sustainability;



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