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SCANLON PROPERTY GROUP &

Ecological Assessment =
natural solutions

environmental consultants

Draft Report

An area along the southern site boundary is additionally mapped as a ‘High Bushfire
Hazard Area’ (Figure 5). Bushfire protection measures will need to be integrated into the
proposed development layout and it is considered that a long-term Bushfire Management
Plan will also need to be prepared for the proposed development.

Local Law No. 10 — Vegetation Management 2003

All vegetation in Noosa Shire is protected from vegetation interference under Council’s Local
Law No. 10 — Vegetation Management 2003 (Appendix A). Vegetation refers to all native
“...trees, plants and all other organisms of vegetable origin (whether dead or living) but does not
include declared plants within the meaning of the Rural Lands Protection Act 1985 or
undesirable species as described in a current landscaping guideline or pest management plan
adopted by Noosa Shire Council.” (Local Law No. 10 — Vegetation Management 2003, Part 1,
Section 4).

Accordingly, all vegetation management and rehabilitation activities proposed for within the
subject site must comply with the combined restrictions of Local Law No. 10 — Vegetation
Management 2003 for a Category C lot (i.e. freehold lot > 2 ha without an existing agreed
property vegetation management plan), and the relevant codes associated with the maps
outlined above. The following information outlines exempt and permitted vegetation
interference activities, as they relate to the proposed vegetation management and rehabilitation
of the subject site, and in accordance with the combined restrictions.

Exempt Vegetation Interference Activities
Vegetation interference activities relevant to the development and rehabilitation of the site and
which do not require Council approval (i.e. are exempt) are:

. The removal of undesirable vegetation;

. Pruning of native vegetation for the purpose of tree maintenance of hazard management,
where pruning results in no more than 20% loss of live canopy volume, per tree, per year.

(Note: Pruning does not include lopping or topping)

Permit Required Vegetation Interference Activities
Vegetation interference activities that do require Council approval (i.e. are not exempt) and so
will require an application under The Noosa Plan, are:

. Completely cutting down vegetation;

. Cutting or tearing branches, stems or roots, topping, pruning or lopping;

. Poisoning;

. Releasing oil, petroleum, paint, cement or any other deleterious substances to a root
zone;

7 Ringbarking;
. Scar barking;

 

. Fixing any object into the vegetation (e.g., into bark/trunk/branches) that may destroy or
seriously affect the vegetation;

. Using any tree climbing spikes that may destroy or seriously affect the vegetation;

June 2007 (12 )

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