Planning Report

                                                         depressions, rocks, hollows,
                                                         nesting boxes and in-stream
                                                         habitat.


                                                    Vegetation cleared is replaced
                                        AO10.2                                              The clearing of
                                                    with:
                                                                                            vegetation has been
                                                    a.   Planting of equivalent area        minimized to ensure
                                                         that replicate the floristic       ecological linkages are
                                                         structure of the vegetation        maintained.
                                                                                            Approximately 80% of
                                                         removed; or
                                                                                            the sites vegetation
                                                    b.   Where this is not possible due     has been retained.
                                                         to the characteristics of the
                                                         site and the development,
                                                         planting twice the number of
                                                         the removed trees and plants.




Koala habitat protection and enhancement
PO11     Development is designed,          PO11.1   Development design complies with
         constructed and operated to-                                                       The proposed dwelling
                                                    the Koala-sensitive Design              has been sited and
         a. Protect and enhance                     Guideline: A guide to koala             designed to avoid
              koalas and koala habitat              sensitive design measures for           adverse impacts on
              and avoid adverse
                                                    planning and development                koalas, koala habitat
              impacts;
                                                    activities.                             values and habitat
         b. Provide measures to                                                             connectivity by siting
              assist the survival of koala                                                  the dwelling within an
              populations in the area to                                                    area that has
                                                    Development incorporates
              mitigate any potential       PO11.2                                           previously been
              threats or risk to koalas;            revegetation and landscaping that
                                                                                            partially cleared,
              and                                   provides food, shelter and
                                                                                            minimizing the
         c. Provide for safe and                    movement opportunities for              proposed clearing area
              appropriate koala                     koalas.                                 and ensuring adequate
              movement across the                                                           area is maintained
              landscape.                                                                    between the dwelling
                                           PO11.3   Development is designed to              and koala habitat
                                                    maximise and enhance                    trees.
                                                    connectivity between koala habitat
                                                    trees and ensure safe koala             The proposed dwelling
                                                                                            has retained
                                                    movement.
                                                                                            approximately 80% of
                                                                                            the existing vegetation
                                                                                            to ensure koalas are
                                         PO11.4     During construction, measures are       provided food, shelter
                                                    incorporated to not increase the        and movement
                                                    risk of death or injury to koalas, by   opportunities.
                                                    including safe koala movement
                                                    measures, as defined in the             The proposed dwelling
                                                    Planning Regulation 2017.               has been designed in
                                                                                            accordance with
                                                                                            Schedule 11, Part 1, 1,
                                                                                            g of the Planning
                                                                                            Regulations 2017 to
                                                                                            ensure development
                                                                                            does not result in a
                                                                                            footprint exceeding
                                                                                            500m2.

                                                                                            During the construction
                                                                                            of the dwelling an

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