3.0 Planning Report

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            5. Development design and layout provides for the protection and establishment of
                appropriate buffers to waterways, wetlands, native vegetation and significant fauna
                habitat.

            6. The terrestrial and aquatic native flora and fauna and their habitats are protected
                and enhanced.

            7. Development and its associated landscaping provides for the rehabilitation
                of ecologically important areas, degraded ecosystems and habitats to achieve a
                functional and healthy ecosystem state that requires minimal human intervention.

            8. Development is designed, sited, constructed and operated to avoid or minimise
                adverse impacts on koalas and their habitat and to provide for connectivity and
                safety for the long term viability of the koala population.

            9. In urban areas, biodiversity values are protected and enhanced to assist with
                ecosystem health, flora and fauna, urban amenity and quality of life

The proposed development achieves the purpose of the respective Overlay in that development
attempts to be consistent with existing land forms, utilizes area of perceived lessor ecological value
with respect to the required clearing of vegetation and avoids amalgamation of all structures to
ensure ecological links around proposed buildings is achieved.

Ecologically Important Areas

PO1
Development is sited and designed to protect the physical and ecological integrity and biodiversity
of ecologically important areas through protection of:

    1. existing habitat areas and ecological linkages; and

    2. existing riparian vegetation, waterways and wetland habitat values.

The proposal, as repeatedly discussed in prior sections of the report seeks to avoid as far practical
removal of existing vegetation on the site. This is achieved in the intentional siting of the proposed
structures on areas of the site which provide existing cleared areas. The cleared have existed on the
site for some time, prior to the current registered ownership of the land. From on-site investigation
the chosen areas reflect loss of vegetation from removal of dead or fallen trees over some time.




2020-420 – 142 Playfords Rd Kin Kin