Appendix C - Ecological Assessment Report · RAL26/0026

                                               Revegetation and Rehabilitation Management Plan, as
                                               referred to in PSP3 Ecological assessment guidelines.
Koala habitat protection and enhancement
PO11                                           AO11.1                                                         AO11.1
Development is designed, constructed and       Development design complies with the Koala Sensitive           The development is located adjacent to an area of
operated to—                                   Design Guideline: A guide to koala sensitive design            mapped koala habitat and retains the majority of
    a) protect and enhance koalas and          measures for planning and development activities               koala habitat within the site within one contiguous
         koala habitat and avoid adverse                                                                      unit. The development does not generate
         impacts;                                                                                             unacceptable impact on existing koala movement
    b) provide measures to assist the                                                                         opportunities through the site and between
         survival of koala populations in the  AO11.2                                                         patches of offsite suitable koala habitat.
         area to mitigate any potential        Development incorporates revegetation and landscaping
         threats or risk to koalas;            that provides food, shelter and movement opportunities for     AO11.2
    c) provide for safe and appropriate        koalas                                                         Rehabilitation of the Riparian Protection Area is
         koala movement across the                                                                            proposed and will assist in providing food, shelter
         landscape; and                        AO11.3                                                         and movement opportunities for koalas
    d) provide for a net gain in mature and Development is designed to maximise and enhance
         actively regenerating koala habitat.  connectivity between koala habitat trees and ensure safe
                                               koala movement.
Editor's Note—Koala habitat mapping is in                                                                     AO11.3
Schedule 2 Mapping.                            AO11.4                                                         Development has been located on the edge of the
                                               During construction, measures are incorporated to not          site with any available koala movement
Editor's Note—The Planning Regulation          increase the risk of death or injury to koalas, by including   opportunities to be maintained via retention of
2017, schedule 10 states that development      koala movement measures, as defined in the Planning            existing vegetated areas.
that interferes with koala habitat, in an area Regulation 2017
that is both a koala priority area and a koala                                                                AO11.4
habitat area, is prohibited development                                                                       A fauna spotter/catcher is recommended to be
(subject to the exceptions stated in                                                                          present during any future clearing activities to
schedule 10 of the Planning Regulation                                                                        satisfy the duty of care requirements under the
2017).                                                                                                        Nature Conservation (Animals) Regulation 2020.
                                                                                                              Clearing is also required to be undertaken as per
Editor's Note- These performance                                                                              the sequential clearing requirements for Koala
outcomes and acceptable outcomes apply                                                                        District A as set out in the Nature Conservation
to:                                                                                                           (Koala) Conservation Plan 2017.Compliance with
                                                                                                              AO11.4 can be set as a condition of approval
a) development on land in a koala priority
area, where the development does not
interfere with koala habitat and where the
benchmarks are additional to and not

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