Nandroya Planning Report

leddy sergiacomi &
associates pty. itd.

LSA Ref: 45-021

 

2.5.3

economic, environmental or social impact. Landowners must take reasonable steps to keep land
free of Class 2 pests. Class 3 declared plants are established in Queensland and although these
plants have the potential to cause adverse economic, environmental and social impacts, their
control is only enforced under the Act on land that is located adjacent to an environmentally
significant area. The remainder of the weed species identified on the site are generally

considered to be environmental weeds.

Habitat, Corridor and Other Values

The overall habitat significance of vegetation occurring on the development is considered to be
low due to the sparse distribution of native vegetation scattered across the property combined
with the substantial level of disturbance and weed invasion associated with the previous use of
the site, which has substantially degraded any potential habitat value. Furthermore, vegetation
occurring on site is likely to provide limited corridor value for local wildlife given the absence of
any significant connectivity of vegetation on the site with any larger areas of contiguous
bushland other than the narrow, isolated band adjoining the watercourse to the south. This
narrow band of vegetation aligning the minor watercourse to the south of the development site is
also considered to hold limited significance as either fauna habitat or as a wildlife corridor given
its small size and limited contiguity with larger areas of suitable habitat being surrounded by
cleared grassland and regrowth vegetation. Although some relatively large eucalypts are
scattered across the site, no existing hollow-bearing or nesting habitat trees were observed.
However, potential does exist for these trees to develop into habitat trees in the future when they
may provide an important refuge for local fauna within quite a disturbed landscape. The majority
of these trees will be retained within the proposed vegetation buffer to be established around the
development site as part of the proposal, with the provision of this 30 metre wide vegetation

buffer likely to significantly enhance the overall habitat value of the site.

Commonwealth Government Requirements

Environment Protection & Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
All flora species identified and recorded as a result of site investigations were cross-referenced
with schedules of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC

Act 1999) for occurrence of rare, threatened or otherwise noteworthy species. No flora species or

 

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