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Delegated Report - Code - Planning OPW26 0033 (As Published)
d. Have ‘Exclusion Zone’ (‘No Go,’ ‘No clearing zone’) signage fixed to the fence at
10m centres.
e. Have no construction material, equipment or personnel entering the Exclusion Zone’
(‘No Go,’ ‘No clearing zone’) except to undertake approved rehabilitation activities.
(*) Refer to Advisory Note
Removal of existing trees and vegetation
17. Approved vegetation removal, felling and lopping must:
a. Be undertaken in a manner that avoids damaging surrounding vegetation and habitat
to be retained.
b. Retain old growth tree hollows and suitably relocate and distribute for nesting fauna.
c. Mulch all other wood and leaf material (without root balls, soil or debris and minimising
weed seeds) for re-usable mulch.
d. Have mulch for re-use in landscape or rehabilitation stockpiled and aged for a minimum
of three months.
e. Have mulch stockpiles no larger than 1000m3, 2.5m in height and with 10m separation
between piles.
(*) Refer to Advisory Note
FAUNA MANAGEMENT
18. Fauna management works must be managed, supervised, undertaken and certified by
qualified persons (*) to:
a. ensure all works, prior to and during clearing, are carried out in accordance with the
approved Fauna Management Plan and fauna management conditions listed in this
Decision Notice; and the Nature Conservation Act 1992.
b. Undertake pre-clearing inspections including fauna relocation and removal or blocking
of all vacant hollows.
c. Ensure clearing works avoids nesting times of animals and birds.
d. Co-ordinate staging and sequence of clearing with fauna protection.
e. Protect and recover fauna during clearing operations (not previously removed).
f. Manage the translocation of animals and recovery procedures in accordance with
relevant legislation.
A qualified person for the purpose of managing and supervising fauna protection, preparing
Fauna reporting and certification and calculating compensatory habitat, is considered to be
an Ecologist and Environmental Scientist with a minimum of three years current experience
in the field of fauna assessment and management and current certification under the
Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service.
(*) Refer to Advisory Note
Pre-clearance site inspection and surveys
19. Prior to any vegetation clearing, a site inspection will be completed by a suitably qualified
person (*) to identify any hollow-bearing trees and/or other significant habitat features (i.e.
den sites, nests, hollowed termitarium etc.) These will be clearly marked in the field with high
visibility paint as well as shown on appropriately scaled plans.
(*) Refer to Advisory Note
20. A thermal drone survey must be undertaken each morning prior to the commencement of
tree removal works to identify the presence of Koalas, where environmental conditions are
suitable for the effective use of thermal imaging technology.
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