Att 5. BAL Report - 555 Louis Bazzo Dr

Figure 9. Koala Feed Trees listed by the Australian Koala Foundation

It is noted that the vegetation communities present do not include any of the tree species listed by the
Australian Koala Foundation for the Noosa Shire area.

Whilst mapped as containing Core Koala Habitat Area, an amount of clearing is proposed which is generally
less than the maximum permissible extent under qualifying clearing for essential management under
Planning Regulation 2017.

Under of Schedule 24 of Planning Regulation 2017, the definition of exempted development includes:

         Clause (n) (vii) is necessary for essential management and is qualifying clearing; or

Essential Management is defined as:

         essential management means clearing native vegetation -

                  (a) for establishing or maintaining a necessary firebreak to protect infrastructure, other than
                      a fence, road or vehicular track, if the maximum width of the firebreak is equal to 1.5
                      times the height of the tallest vegetation next to the infrastructure, or 20m, whichever is
                      the wider; or

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