12. Code Assessment

Connectivity Table 8.2.2.3 - Criteria for assessable development (part)



Performance outcomes                    Acceptable outcomes

Connectivity
PO5                                    AO5                                                           Complies
Development is designed and operated Development is designed and operated to                         The proposed hospice extension located outside the
to maintain and enhance connectivity   maintain ecological linkages and maximise opportunity for site’s most environmentally sensitive areas including a
between and across ecologically        connectivity and the movement of fauna by:                    large vegetation stand at the rear of the site. This
important areas and connecting habitat                                                               vegetation forms part of an ecological linkage with
and support unimpeded and safe                  1. ensuring protection of wildlife refuges;          adjoining premises.
movement of terrestrial and aquatic             2. maintaining vegetation in patches of the
fauna.                                               greatest possible size and within the smallest
                                                     possible edge-to-area ratio;
                                                3. enhancing connectivity through planting and
                                                     rehabilitation works, including across property
                                                     boundaries, to areas of national park, state
                                                     forest or reserve;
                                                4. avoiding the creation of physical barriers and
                                                     safety hazards (such as roads,
                                                     pedestrian access and instream structures)
                                                     along and within the ecological linkage;
                                                5. providing mitigation measures such as wildlife
                                                     movement infrastructure, fauna exclusion and
                                                     directional fencing, underpasses/overpasses
                                                     and traffic calming devices, signage and
                                                     lighting; and
                                                6. where offsets are necessary, delivering offsets
                                                     that support and enhance ecological linkages.


Waterways and wetlands Table 8.2.2.3 - Criteria for assessable development (part)

Performance outcomes