Appendix 7. Flora Assessment [As Published] · 132007.2399

Flora Assessment
Noosa Springs Development Precinct J
for StarCo Developments Pty Ltd




1.0    INTRODUCTION                                    2.3    PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT
This report has been prepared by Biodiversity          The proposed development is intended to
Assessment and Management (BAAM) Pty Ltd               provide 27 dwellings with landscaped surrounds
for StarCo Developments Pty Ltd for the purpose        and including vehicle access. Realignment of
of providing an independent assessment of flora        the 18th tee and the modification of the drainage
occurring within the proposed Noosa Springs            line to the south-west into a small water body is
Development Precinct “J”, located within the           required to facilitate the proposal.
Noosa local government area (Figure 1.1).

The specific aims of the assessment are:               3.0    STUDY METHODOLOGY
x     To describe the flora values of the subject      Methodologies as described in the following
      site, including an inventory of all species      sections were employed for the flora
      observed, together with their status under the   assessment.
      provision of the Commonwealth Environment
      Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act
      (EPBC) 1999, the Queensland Nature               3.1    DESK TOP
      Conservation Act (NCA) 1992, the
      Queensland Land Protection (Pest and Stock       Prior to the field survey, public databases were
      Route) Management Act (LPA) 2002 and the         searched in order to provide background
      Noosa Plan 2003; and                             information regarding flora species known from
                                                       the region and local area. This included
x     To provide a vegetation map of the subject       searches of the Commonwealth’s EPBC Online
      area.                                            Protected Matters Search Tool database and the
                                                       Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s)
All of the observations made in this report are        Wildlife Online databases for the subject site and
based on a review of available literature and site     surrounds.
investigations undertaken by Dr Chris Schell and
Adam Abbott on the 7th November 2007.                  Information gained from this phase of the study
                                                       has been used to:

2.0    SUBJECT SITE DESCRIPTION                        x     Target communities and species of
                                                             significance known from the region; and
2.1    LOCATION                                        x     Determine which species are most likely to
                                                             occur if suitable habitat was located within
The subject site is located within the Noosa                 the subject site. Those species that are
Springs Development (Figure 2.1). The site is                known from recent, nearby records are
approximately 3.06 ha in size and is located to              considered more likely to occur if suitable
the west of a large area of remnant bushland. A              habitat is located.
golf course surrounds the remainder of the site
with patches of revegetated and native vegetation      All other available and relevant information
between the fairways.                                  relating to the project, subject site and the
                                                       survey/assessment was also reviewed,
2.2    TERRESTRIAL AND DRAINAGE FEATURES               including aerial photography, mapping of
                                                       vegetation, geology, land zones and
The subject site is vegetated around the               topography.
perimeter, with the central area being used as a
nursery for palms. Recruitment of native flora is
evident and large numbers of exotic species are
also present.

The site slopes gently to the south-west, leading to
a drainage line and a constructed pond.




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