SARA Prelodgement Advice

                                                                                             2512-49690 SPL




               A response to the latest version of the State Development Assessment Provisions, State
                Code 25: Development in South East Queensland Koala Habitat Areas.
                A koala habitat values assessment prepared by a suitably qualified person that:
                    - Provides a tree survey plan that identifies the location of all native trees on site
                        along with:
                        o identification numbers that correspond to each tree;
                        o GPS coordinates for each tree;
                        o the species of each tree;
                        o the height of each tree;
                        o the circumference of each tree at 1.3m above the ground;
                        o the tree protection zone of each tree;
                        o special features that exist on each tree (e.g. hollows (including approximate
                            size), nests, scratches, termitaria, etc.);
                        o what tree species utility it has been assigned by Appendix 4 of Spatial
                            modelling for koalas in South East Queensland;
                        o if a tree is a koala habitat tree, whether it is a non-juvenile koala habitat
                            tree;
                        o whether each tree is inside or outside the mapped koala habitat area; and
                        o whether each tree is to be retained or removed (noting that trees which
                            could be removed by exempted development created as a natural and
                            ordinary consequence of the development being approved (e.g. firebreaks,
                            fire management lines, access tracks, fences) are considered trees to be
                            removed).

               Provide the results of an onsite vegetation survey that:
                   - identifies the regional ecosystem present onsite generally in accordance with
                        Methodology for surveying and mapping regional ecosystems and vegetation
                        communities in Queensland (noting that if the RE present is different to what is
                        mapped sufficient information will need to be provided to demonstrate that this is
                        the case);
                   - the koala suitability ranking assigned to these REs by Appendix 3 of Spatial
                        modelling for koalas in South East Queensland; and
                   - describes the condition of the vegetation present (i.e. identifying areas that have
                        been degraded or are of higher condition and the reasoning for this) (see
                        BioCondition and/or Guide to determining terrestrial habitat quality for
                        information on appropriate methodologies);
                   - Provide the results of onsite koala surveys (in accordance with an appropriate
                        and robust methodology) that identify the use or potential use of koalas (e.g.
                        koala sightings, scats, scratches).
                   - Provide the result of a koala habitat connectivity value assessment for the site
                        and surrounding areas (see section 2.2 of the Koala-sensitive design guideline
                        for information on how to undertake a suitable assessment).
                   - Provide the results of an existing threats to koala assessment (see section 2.2
                        of the Koala-sensitive design guideline and Guide to determining terrestrial
                        habitat quality for information on how to undertake a suitable assessment).
                   - Identifies all MSES that are known to occur, or likely to occur on the site.
                   - A description of how impacts to MSES have been avoided, minimised and
                        mitigated to the greatest extent possible.
                   - A significant residual impact assessment in accordance with the Queensland
                        Environmental Offsets Policy.

2.    Please note, under the Nature Conservation (Koala) Conservation Plan 2017 (the plan), there


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