Ecological Assessment Report v2- 25 Pavilion St Pomona

Ecological Assessment Report v2                                                      NCES REF: J000908
Lot 21 on SP316902 – 25 Pavilion Street, Pomona




                                                  EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

North Coast Environmental Services have been commissioned to prepare an Ecological Assessment
Report for Lot 21 on SP316902, located at 25 Pavilion Street, Pomona. The report was requested
to identify the environmental values of the site and assess the impacts of a proposed reconfiguration
of a lot development application related to the site. The outcomes of the environmental investigations
identified the following:
    •    The site supports local and State level biodiversity values.
    •    Areas within the site are mapped within the Noosa Plan 2020 Biodiversity, Waterways, and
         Wetlands overlay map as containing the following overlays:
           o Areas of Biodiversity Significance;
           o MSES Environmental Values;
           o Waterways;
           o MSES Regulated Vegetation – Category R GBR riverine; and
           o Riparian Buffer Area.
    •    One vegetation community was observed within the site:
           o Vegetation Community 1 (VC1) – Low density trees over mowed grass
The application has been assessed against several assessment frameworks and determined to be
compliant as follows:
    •    The Noosa Plan 2020, Overlay Code 8.2.2 Biodiversity, Waterways and Wetlands Overlay
         Code – Compliant subject to Council’s acceptance of development in proximity to a mapped
         watercourse and the mitigation strategies proposed to mitigate development impacts.
    •    Nature Conservation Act 1992 – Compliant.
    •    Vegetation Management Act 1999 and the associated State Code 16: Native Vegetation
         Clearing – Compliant - No referral required.
    •    Nature Conservation (Koala) Conservation Plan 2017 - Schedule 11, Part 2 of the Planning
         Regulation 2017 – Proposed development complies with the Assessment Benchmarks.
    •    Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 – Generally compliant. No
         significant impacts anticipated to any matters of national environmental significance.




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