Ecological Assessment Report

Ecological Assessment Report v2                                                                                                        NCES REF: LEA2016-06
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                                                                       CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................................................................ 2
1.0 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................. 4
2.0 DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL ......................................................................................................... 5
3.0 SITE DESCRIPTION ......................................................................................................................... 6
   3.1 Topography ............................................................................................................................................ 7
   3.2 Soils........................................................................................................................................................ 7
   3.3 Vegetation .............................................................................................................................................. 7
   3.4 Access .................................................................................................................................................... 7
4.0 SURVEY METHODOLOGY ............................................................................................................. 8
5.0 SURVEY RESULTS ............................................................................................................................ 8
   5.1 Flora Species.......................................................................................................................................... 8
   5.2 Vegetation Communities......................................................................................................................... 8
      5.2.1 Vegetation Unit 1 – Open Eucalypt Forest over grassy to shrubby understorey ...... 9
   5.3 Weeds .................................................................................................................................................. 10
   5.4 Fauna Records ..................................................................................................................................... 10
   5.5 Habitat .................................................................................................................................................. 10
   5.6 Surrounding Habitat and Connectivity .................................................................................................. 11
6.0 DEVELOPMENT IMPACTS ........................................................................................................... 12
   6.1 Vegetation ............................................................................................................................................ 12
      6.1.1 On-site ............................................................................................................................... 12
      6.1.2 Off-site ............................................................................................................................... 12
   6.2 Fauna ................................................................................................................................................... 13
7.0 LEGISLATION AND OVERLAYS ................................................................................................... 14
   7.1 Local Government – Noosa Plan .......................................................................................................... 14
      7.1.1 Biodiversity Overlay Code.............................................................................................. 14
   7.2 State Government ................................................................................................................................ 18
      7.2.1 QLD NRM Remnant Regional Ecosystems ................................................................... 18
      7.2.3 SEQ Koala State Planning Regulatory Provision May 2010 ........................................ 18
      7.2.4 QLD Nature Conservation Act 1992 ............................................................................. 19
   7.3 Commonwealth Government ................................................................................................................ 21
      7.3.1 EPBC Act Protected Matters Search Tool .................................................................... 21
8.0 CONCLUSIONS ........................................................................................................................... 23
9.0 RECOMMENDATIONS ................................................................................................................ 24
10.0 REFERENCES .............................................................................................................................. 25
APPENDIX 1 – PLAN OF DEVELOPMENT ......................................................................................... 26
APPENDIX 2 – FLORA SPECIES LIST .................................................................................................. 27
APPENDIX 4 - WILDLIFE ONLINE DATABASE ................................................................................... 29
APPENDIX 5 – EPBC ACT PROTECTED MATTERS SEARCH TOOL .................................................. 30
APPENDIX 6 – EPBC Act Threatened Species Likelihood of Occurrence Assessment ........... 31




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