2018-09-11 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA   11 SEPTEMBER 2018



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PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                            11 SEPTEMBER 2018

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            | @ |     NOOSA                                                       Policy Guideline
            | @ | COUNCIL                                          CONSERVATION LAND
           Corporate Plan Reference:                  Our environment is protect, enhanced and valued by
                                                      the community
           Endorsed by Council:                       Ordinary Meeting <DD Month, YYYY>
           Guideline Owner and Department:            Director Environment and Sustainable Development

           GUIDELINE BACKGROUND
           The Environment Levy Policy provides the head of power fo             uisition of environmentally
           significant land and the Voluntary Conservation Agreement               m. In addition, the Land
           for Wildlife (LfW) program supports landholders with c         ation        on private land. An
           Environment Levy Working Group (ELWG) makes               mendations         ouncil on the best
           mechanisms to protect environmentally significant la     er these program
           The purpose of the Conservation Land Guidelin         provide a  clear methodo!    or identifying
           land parcels of interest for either voluntary acquis! he VCA       ‘am or the L       ram.
           POLICY GUIDELINE
           Core Protected Areas and Biodivers          sridors
           Consistent with the Environment Levy P             anservatio     d Guideline is based upon the
           principle of consolidating and connecting        ote     Areas      s). CPAs are large areas of
           remnant vegetation which consist collectively ©   0           eady“tinder conservation protection
           such as National Park,    Cg       on Park,    Us    efuge e      hland Reserve. The larger the
           protected area, the    mg    ance     surviva       ertain vegetation types and faunal species.
           Fragmentation of ha       places falinial specieéS iat risk of genetic isolation, predation by pest
           species and impac'        climate change.
           Noosa’s four largest GPAs are               Map       d are Cooloola-Noosa, Tewantin-Pomona
           (including Ringtail and Y         e Fore            Cooroy and Woondum. Map 1 also shows
           mapped B               orriddtS that help connect’CPAs via creek lines and vegetation networks.
           The VG      id LfW prepenties p   an important role in consolidating biodiversity corridors.
           Map     § methodology        lentify   d parcels of interest
           To con      ate and conne'     PAs, land parcels of interest are identified based on the following
          mapping        odology:
           e     Land locé    immedia      ext to or within CPAs;
           °     Land equal      gre     han 30ha in size ;
           °     Land parcels ¥       high biodiversity score (as identified in the Biodiversity Assessment
                 Report mapping).
           The ELWG has recommended that land parcels in or adjacent to the Cooloola-Noosa CPA be
           considered as the highest priority because of the potential threat of development in the lower
           Noosa River catchment. A suitable land parcel is land that:
           e     Is located immediately next to the Noosa River or lakes;
           °     Is located on Noosa North Shore that connects National Park or Bushland Reserve;
           °     May have a lower biodiversity score because the main criteria for these land parcels is ‘threat
                 level’ and lower biodiversity score parcels are still considered a high priority for acquisition in
                 this area;
           °     Are larger parcels of land i.e. zoned Open Space Conservation, Rural Settlement or Rural.
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