Attachment 2 - Advice from Ecoteam Environmental · 132006.1395.05

(c)    The change plan and proposed conditions will update the approval
       to better reflect the current standard for koala conservation under
       the Noosa Planning Scheme 2006 compared to the currently
       approved plan.

Koala Assessment Framework

The Planning Regulations 2017 state that a material change of use for an
urban activity is prohibited development to the extent the premises are in;

(d)    A priority koala assessable area;

(e)    A koala habitat area;

(f)    An area designated under a local categorising instrument for
       conservation, open space, rural or rural residential purposes.

The regulatory maps published by the Queensland government do not
include the land in the priority koala assessable areas but rather
designate the land as 'generally not suitable'. These plans are
Attachment 3.

The part of the land that is proposed to be developed is not in the
conservation, open space, rural or residential zones (it is in the semi-
attached housing zone).

Accordingly, my understanding is that the State regulatory provisions for
koala management do not apply to the assessment of development on
this site.

Under the Noosa Planning Scheme 2006, the site is mapped within the
Biodiversity overlay as an environmental protection area - Attachment 4.
The site is not mapped in the Koala Habitat Areas - Attachment 5,
however, its significance is indicated in the Koala Habitat Mapping and
Habitat Risk Assessment of Noosa Council – Attachment 6.