Appendix C - Ecological Assessment Report · RAL26/0026

5.0     DEVELOPMENT IMPACTS
5.1     GENERAL
The Plan of Development depicts a building envelope within an existing cleared area in the south of the
new allotment. The building envelope is 20m x 30m (600m2) and is located within an existing cleared area
and outside of the mapped biodiversity overlays under the Noosa Plan 2020. Only one semi-mature
Melaleuca quinquenervia individual is present within the proposed building envelope.

A bushfire hazard assessment has been prepared by Equilibrium Ecology and submitted concurrently with
the development application. The outcome of the Bushfire Hazard Assessment Report is that a 10m wide
managed Asset Protection Zone is recommended to be maintained around the building envelope to
reduce the risk of direct flame and radiant heat impact to new built infrastructure. The Bushfire Hazard
Assessment Report states that the existing vegetated conditions are to be maintained within the APZ, as
the current vegetation consists of discontinuous fuel loads and constitutes a low threat vegetation type.
No specific tree removal is required for bushfire mitigation purposes.

Access to the existing dwelling within proposed Lot 1 is to be provided via a new access handle and
driveway to be provided along the western site boundary. Approximately 75m of the access handle
traverses through an area of biodiversity significance mapped under the Noosa Plan 2020.

The sections below quantify the proposed development impact with reference to the relevant ecological
matters and legislative constraints identified within the desktop assessment.




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