Town Planning Report and Appendices - Cooroibah

                                      capabilities; and               Medium Potential Bushfire
                                   3. Directly, indirectly and        Intensity areas. However,
                                      cumulatively avoids an          the proposed compound
                                      increase in the severity        area is not identified to be
                                      of the natural hazards          within these areas, and
                                      and the potential for           instead is located within the
                                      damage on the site or to        Potential Impact Buffer.
                                      other properties; and           Nonetheless, the proposed
                                   4. Avoids risks to public          facility will not increase the
                                      safety       and      the       habitable      footprint     or
                                      environment from the            number of dwellings in the
                                      location of hazardous           bushfire impact area. A
                                      materials      and    the       telecommunications facility
                                      release      of     these       on the subject site will not
                                      materials as a result of        increase community risk,
                                      a natural hazard; and           vulnerability, exposure or
                                   Maintains   or     enhances        sensitivity     to     bushfire
                                   natural processes and the          hazard,        given      that
                                   protective    function   of        hazardous or combustible
                                   landforms and vegetation           materials are not stored on
                                   that can mitigate risks            site.
                                   associated with the natural
                                   hazard



Biodiversity –                     A development application          The subject site is identified
    •     MSES     -    Wildlife   where the land relates to a        under the SPP mapping as
          habitat                  matter          of         state   containing Wildlife Habitat,
    •     MSES – Regulated         environmental significance,        and Regulated Vegetation
          Vegetation               if the application is for:         (intersecting                a
          (intersecting        a   (a)     operational work, or       watercourse).
          watercourse)             (b)    a material change of        The proposed facility is not
                                   use other than for a               considered to negatively
                                   dwelling house, or                 impact upon Matters of
                                   (c)    reconfiguring a lot         State         Environmental
                                   that results in more than six      Significance (MSES), for the
                                   lots or lots less than five        following reasons:
                                   hectares.
                                                                      •   No works or vegetation
                                                                          clearing    within    the
                                   Development:
                                                                          Wildlife Habitat areas on
                                   (1) enhances matters of                site is proposed for
                                   state         environmental
                                                                          either                the
                                   significance where possible,           Telecommunications
                                   and
                                                                          Facility  or    waterway
                                   (2) identifies any potential           barrier works;
                                   significant         adverse        •   The waterway barrier
                                   environmental impacts on               works associated with
                                   matters        of     state


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