Ecological Assessment Report

Ecological Assessment Report v1                                                                                                                                                                                                 NCES REF: LEA2016-06
Lot 496 on MCH591 - 30 Pottery Street, Pomona



 d) avoiding edge effects and incompatible uses in riparian zones;          situated wholly within the Riparian Buffer Area,
 e) maintaining bank stability by minimising bank erosion and               a) fronting the Noosa River – development is setback a minimum of 40m from mean
 Slumping;                                                                  high water spring or as otherwise prescribed by the Environmental Protection Agency’s
 f) maintaining water quality by filtering sediments, nutrients and other   Erosion Prone Area Maps;
 pollutants; and                                                            b) not fronting the Noosa River – development is located outside the riparian zone and
 g) removing undesirable plant species and replacing them with              setback a suitable distance from the watercourse having regard to the development
 vegetation of local origin.                                                constraints of the property and the need to protect environmental and riparian values;
                                                                            OR
                                                                            S5.3 For Animal husbandry on premises in the Rural Zone—                                        S5.3 – N/A
                                                                            a) stock proof fencing is installed along watercourses at a distance of no less than 10m from
                                                                            the top of the bank;
                                                                            b) stock watering points are located no less than 15m away from the top of the bank of
                                                                            watercourses; and
                                                                            c) stock crossing points across watercourses are defined and controlled with stock proof
                                                                            fencing, to prevent stock from damaging riparian vegetation or banks to watercourses;
                                                                            OR
                                                                            S5.4 Recreational facilities (including playgrounds, pergolas, barbeques etc) are setback a     S5.4 – N/A
                                                                            minimum of 30m from the top of the bank of a watercourse and 10m from the top of the
                                                                            bank of a drainage line;
                                                                            OR
                                                                            S5.5 For Forestry uses the cultivated area is separated from watercourses by a distance not     S5.5 – N/A
                                                                            less than the distances identified below, measured from high water mark or the top of the
                                                                            bank, whichever is the greater distance—
                                                                            Feature Distance
                                                                            Stream order 1 or 2 5 m
                                                                            Stream order 3 or 4 10 m
                                                                            Stream order greater than 4 20 m

                                                                            AND
                                                                            S5.6 Where Forestry is carried out on that part of premises indicated as Riparian Buffer        S5.6 – N/A
                                                                            Area and outside the separation distances specified in S5.5—
                                                                            a) species planted are of local origin and are harvested through sustainable harvesting;
                                                                            and
                                                                            b) any undesirable plant species are replaced by vegetation of local origin.

 Koala Habitat Areas                                                        S6.1 and S7.1 Koala sensitive development design and measures are implemented in                S6.1 and S7.1
 O6 Development is designed, constructed and operated to avoid              accordance with Section 6 Policy 1 – Koala sensitive design as contained in the Nature          The proposed location and volume of clearing complies with the Koala SEQ
 adverse impacts on koalas and koala habitat and includes measures          Conservation (Koala) Conservation Plan 2006 and Management Program 2006 – 2016.                 SPRP May 2010. Mature open eucalypt forest is to be retained and protected
 to assist the survival of koala populations in the area.                                                                                                                   by conservation covenant in the less disturbed west of the site which will
 AND                                                                                                                                                                        facilitate continued movement and foraging opportunities through the westerly
 O7 Development provides for koala movement across the landscape                                                                                                            adjacent corridor. Only two lots will back onto the covenant area thereby
 through its design and layout by incorporating koala sensitive                                                                                                             minimising the potential severity of edge effects acting on the retained koala
 development.                                                                                                                                                               habitat. No evidence of koala habitation was observed within the clearing
                                                                                                                                                                            footprint.


 Open Space Networks & Wildlife Corridors                                   S8.1 Vegetation is enhanced through revegetation and vegetation maintenance in areas            S8.1 – N/A – The site is not mapped in Schedule 5 on Map 3 - Open Space
 O8 Open space networks and wildlife corridors are maintained and           indicated in Schedule 5 on Map 3 - Open Space Networks.                                         Networks.
 embellished to provide for viable connectivity between vegetation by
 protecting and replanting vegetation of local origin—                      AND
 a) along watercourses, drainage lines and ridgelines; and
 b) as linkages between areas of remnant vegetation, including—             S8.2 Existing wildlife corridors are retained and embellished to a minimum width of 100m.       S8.2 – The vegetation within the western extent of the site is proposed to be
 i. across property boundaries;                                                                                                                                             retained within a conservation covenant with a 75-100m east-west width. The
 ii. to areas of national park, conservation park, State forest or                                                                                                          overall width of the local corridor will remain in excess of 100 (approx 190m
 reserve; and                                                                                                                                                               east west).
 iii. into adjoining local government areas.


 Scenic Amenity                                                             S9.1 and S10.1 Vegetation is retained and enhanced—                                             S9.1-S10.1 (a-c) N/A.
 O9 The scenic amenity and vegetated character of the locality and its      a) within 30m of prominent ridgelines and hillslopes;                                           S9.1-S10.1 (d) vegetation within 10m of the adjacent Pottery Street Road
 watercourses, drainage lines, sloping land and ridgelines is retained      b) in gullies;                                                                                  reserve is proposed to be cleared. A reasonable degree of landscape amenity
 and enhanced;                                                              c) along watercourses and drainage lines; and                                                   will be retained by the presence of pre-existing mature trees located in the
 AND                                                                        d) within 10m of road reserves.                                                                 Pottery Street road reserve which will buffer the impact of the development for
                                                                                                                                                                            residents located on the east side of Pottery Street.



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