2022-02-14 - General Committee Agenda - Item 4 -Attachment 1 - ECOLOGICAL VALUES REPORT 30 Toulambi St

Ecological Values Report v1                                                        NCES REF: J001021
Lot 15 on RP129286 – 30 Toulambi Street, Noosa Heads



1.0 INTRODUCTION
North Coast Environmental Services (NCES) have undertaken a desktop and site-based
assessment of the ecological values relevant to Lot 15 on RP129286, located at 30 Toulambi Street,
Noosa heads (herein referred as ‘the site’). The site measures 789m² and is zoned as Low-Density
Residential Zone under the NC Planning Scheme 2020.

2.0 SURVEY METHODOLOGY

2.1 Desktop Assessment
The desktop assessment comprised an investigation of the previously mapped and recorded
vegetation communities and species, as well as vegetation communities and species which have
the potential to be present. The following resources were accessed during the desktop assessment:
    •    Noosa Council Planning Scheme 2020 Biodiversity, Waterways and Wetlands overlay
         mapping;
    •    The Department of Resources (DoR) Vegetation Management Supporting Map;
    •    South East Queensland Koala Conservation Strategy, Koala habitat mapping;
    •    The Department of Environment and Science’s (DES) Protected Plants Flora Survey Trigger
         Area mapping;
    •    Nearmap imagery;
    •    The Department of Environment and Science’s (DES) Wildlife Online database; and
    •    The Commonwealth Department of the Environment and Energy’s Environment Protection
         and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) Protected Matters Search Tool.

2.2 Field Survey
A field survey was undertaken on 07 February 2022 to verify the composition and extent of native
plant species, vegetation communities and fauna habitat within the site. The field survey
methodology comprised a walking meander through the various vegetation communities within the
site whilst observations were made of the in-situ vegetation species and habitat elements including
adjoining vegetation communities and specific habitat features such as nests and tree hollows. The
survey included a targeted search for the presence of any flora species listed under the Nature
Conservation Act 1992 (NC Act) and/or the EPBC Act.




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