12. Code Assessment

         1. protect and enhance koalas and koala                                                           The proposed development is an extension to
            habitat and avoid adverse impacts;                                                             the existing hospice. The extension is proposed
         2. provide measures to assist the survival of                                                     to be located within an existing cleared area.
            koala populations in the area to mitigate                                                      Minimal clearing is proposed as part of the
            any potential threats or risk to koalas; and                                                   development. Accordingly the proposal is
         3. provide for safe and appropriate koala                                                         considered to comply with the Koala sensitive
            movement across the landscape.                                                                 guidelines as the development will incorporate
                                                                                                           the following characteristics:
Editor's Note—Koala habitat mapping is in Schedule                                                               The development does not include a
2 Mapping.                                                                                                          front fence but includes an existing 1.8m
                                                                                                                    timber fence along the side boundaries.
Editor's Note—The Planning Regulation 2017,                                                                      The swimming pool is existing and has
schedule 10 states that development that interferes                                                                 an approved safety fencing to prevent
with koala habitat, in an area that is both a koala                                                                 access to the area.
priority area and a koala habitat area, is prohibited                                                            The proposal does not involve keeping a
development (subject to the exceptions stated in                                                                    dog
schedule 10 of the Planning Regulation 2017).                                                                    The existing fencing is considered koala
                                                                                                                    friendly and does not restrict Koala from
Editor's Note - These performance outcomes and                                                                      passing through the subject site.
acceptable outcomes apply to:
                                                                                                           The provision of a koala fence additional and
         1. development on land in a koala priority                                                        education are not considered necessary in this
            area, where the development does not                                                           situation given the nature of the use and that it is
            interfere with koala habitat and where the                                                     unlikely to impact on koala conservation..
            benchmarks are additional to and not
            inconsistent with, the assessment
            benchmarks stated in schedule 11, part 2
            of the Planning Regulations 2017; and
         2. development on land outside the koala
            priority area, where the development                                                           Not applicable
                                                       AO11.2                                              No additional revegetation works are proposed
            does not interfere with koala habitat in   Development incorporates revegetation and
            koala habitat areas.                                                                           as part of the development.
                                                       landscaping that provides food, shelter and
                                                       movement opportunities for koalas.
                                                                                                            Complies
                                                           AO11.3                                           Refer above.
                                                           Development is designed to maximise and
                                                           enhance connectivity between koala habitat trees
                                                           and ensure safe koala movement.