Ecological Assessment Report

Ecological Assessment Report v2                                                   NCES REF: LEA2016-06
Lot 496 on MCH591 - 30 Pottery Street, Pomona




1.0 INTRODUCTION

North Coast Environmental Services was commissioned by Ellen Leape to prepare an Ecological
Assessment Report (EAR) for Lot 496 on MCH591 located at 30 Pottery Street, Pomona (referenced
hereafter as ‘the site’). The EAR was requested to identify the environmental values of the site and
to determine the suitability of a proposed Reconfiguration of a Lot development application to be
submitted to Noosa Shire Council.

The scope of works addressed in the EAR comprises the following:
    1. A desktop assessment of the potential ecological planning constraints acting on the site
       including but not limited to assessment of:
              a. Noosa Shire Council’s (NSC) The Noosa Plan - Biodiversity Overlay Code;
              b. QLD Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NC Act) species database (Wildlife Online);
              c. QLD Sustainable Development Assessment Provisions Module 8 Native Vegetation
                 Clearing State Code & QLD Vegetation Management Act 1999;
              d. QLD SEQ Koala State Regulatory Planning Provisions;
              e. Commonwealth’s Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
                 (EPBC Act) Protected Matters Search Tool database;
    2. A site inspection to ‘ground truth’ the results of the desktop findings;
    3. A flora and habitat survey of the proposed development area;
    4. Discussion of the likely impacts of the development upon the ecological resources identified
       through the desktop and field investigations;
    5. Analysis of compliance with relevant government environmental assessment frameworks
       identified through the desktop assessment process; and
    6. Identification of suitable mitigation measures to reduce any identified negative environmental
       impacts of the proposed development and to assist in securing necessary government
       assessment agency development permits.




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