Attachment H - Environmental Values Assesment

Callaghan and Toth Consulting Engineers______________________________________________________
Biodiversity Overlay

                                                                           Feature         Distance
                                                                       Stream order 1 or 2     5m
                                                                       Stream order 3 or 4     10m
                                                                       Stream order > 4       20m

                                                                       AND
                                                                       S5.6 Where Forestry is carried out on that part of
                                                                       premises indicated as Riparian Buffer 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.

     Managing public access and edge                                                                                                                           The proposed Hinterland Playground will not affect any
     effects                                                           S6.1 Development adjacent to waterway or wetland                                        existing public access to Cooroy Creek.
     O6 Development on land adjacent to a                              provides that-
     waterway or wetland maintains an                                  a) no new lots directly back onto the riparian area,
     appropriate extent of public access to                                and
     waterways and wetlands and minimises                              b) new public roads are located between the riparian
     edge effects.                                                         buffer and the proposed development areas.
     Koala Habitat Areas                                               S7.1 development avoids removing and fragmenting                                        The area does not fall within a Koala Priority Area or a
     O7 development is designed, constructed                           koala habitat and includes koala sensitive design                                       Koala Habitat Area, but it is in a Koala Habitat Restoration
     and operated to –                                                 measures consistent with the Nature Conservation                                        area. Essential Habitat mapping shows the remnant
     a) avoid adverse impacts on koalas and                            (Koala) Conservation Plan 2006-2016 and Koala                                           vegetation to the north of the playground site along
         koala habitat;                                                Sensitive Design Guideline 2012.                                                        Cooroy Creek (within Lot 7) to be koala habitat.
     b) provide measures to assist the                                 S7.2 Where clearing of non-juvenile koala habitat
         survival of koala populations in the                          trees is unavoidable in an area shown as bushland                                       The Noosa District and Landcare environmental
         area to mitigate any potential threats                        habitat, high value rehabilitation habitat or medium                                    assessment did not find signs of Koalas in the area.
         or risks to koalas;                                           value rehabilitation habitat on the map called ‘Map of
     c) provide for safe and appropriate koala                         Values’ such clearing is minimised and biodiversity                                     The works do not require clearing of any vegetation and
         movement across the landscape; and                            offset is provided in accordance with the Queensland                                    as such no koala trees should be cleared as a result of
     d) provide for a net gain in mature and                           Environmental Offset Policy.                                                            works. If clearing of any koala trees occurs during works,
         actively regenerating koala habitat.                                                                                                                  planting to offset this loss of koala trees will be in
                                                                                                                                                               accordance with the Nature Conservation (Koala)
                                                                                                                                                               Conservation Plan 2017.
     Open space networks & ecological                                   S8.1 Vegetation and ecological linkages are                                            The community use lots adjacent to Cooroy Creek allow
     linkages                                                          enhanced through vegetation, rehabilitation and                                         for the open space network and corridors to be maintained
                                                                       vegetation maintenance in areas indicated in                                            along the creek.
     O8 Open space networks and ecological                             Schedule 5 on Map 3 – Open Space Networks in
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