2017-06-06 - P&E Agenda Attachment 1 to Item 6 Draft Alignment Amendments Part 1 (Pages 1-907)

                                                                             viv      kKoala habitat offsets are being applied only as a last resort and achieve
                 Including amendments to 3 July 2017




                                                                                      anachieving an equivalent or better environmental outcome and
The Noosa Plan



                                                                                      additional protection to environmental values at risk or additional
                                                                                      management actions to improve environmental values2;.

                                                                             viv      tTerrestrial and aquatic biodiversity values and water quality within the
                                                                                      Noosa River system is being protected;.

                                                                             viivi    nNatural waterways and wetlands are being maintained in their natural
                                                                                      state with development providing for rehabilitation and enhancement to
                                                                                      improve ecological functioning and water quality;.

                                                                             viiivii cConstructed water bodies including canals are notnot being created
                                                                                     except where maintained as private assets and used for other than water
                                                                                     treatment purposes;.

                                                                             ixviii The protecting and improving the quality of ground and surface water is
                                                                                    protected and improved in a manner that ensures its long term
                                                                                    environmental values, ecological integrity and sustainability;.

                                                                           xix        maintaining cCoastal foreshores including near shore marine
                                                                                      environments, beaches, dunes, rocky headlands, beaches and river
                                                                                      mouths are maintained in their natural state;.

                                                                           xix        ensuring dDevelopment protects coastal resources and values and
                                                                                      provides for physical coastal processes to occur naturally andnaturally
                                                                                      where adverse impacts to beare avoided as far as is practicable, or
                                                                                      where avoidance is not practicable, minimiseds and mitigated;s adverse
                                                                                      impacts.

                                                                                     maintaining the conservation of high proportions of vegetated land, as
                                                                                     compared to developed land, to distinguish Noosa Shire from other parts of
                                                                                     south-east Queensland;

                                                                                     maintaining the distinct vegetated character of Noosa Shire and the
                                                                                     retention of natural vegetation and landscaping with native species;

                                                                                     protecting sensitive areas of native bushland from the impacts of urban
                                                                                     activities such as domestic animals, escaped garden weeds, fertilisers and
                                                                                     stormwater run-off;

                                                                                     increasing the amount of land protected for conservation purposes under
                                                                                     public ownership that ideally represent the full range of habitats and
                                                                                     species found across Noosa Shire, forming corridors for the safe
                                                                                     movement and successful breeding of wildlife within the Shire and beyond;

                                                                                     the integrity of conservation reserves being supported by wider networks of
                                                                                     open space across Noosa Shire and beyond, comprising both natural
                                                                                     habitat and areas capable of regeneration or rehabilitation;

                                                                                     the upper reaches of the Noosa River remaining substantially undeveloped
                                                                                     and development in the lower reaches being consolidated within existing
                                                                                     settlements to protect the integrity of core habitats within ecologically
                                                                                     important areas and connecting linkages; and

                                                                                     development not impacting on views and vistas that characterise particular
                                                                                     localities in Noosa Shire including views to or from watercourses, beaches
                                                                                     or riparian corridors avoiding visual scarring of the hill slopes.


                                                       2
                                                         Koala offsets under the South East Queensland Koala Conservation State Planning Regulatory Provisions (SPRP) may
                                                       only be applied where located in areas shown as bushland habitat, high value rehabilitation habitat or medium value
                                                       rehabilitation habitat identified in the SPRP koala habitat values map.



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