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

                                                  13.4       Assessment benchmarks for assessable development and
                                                             requirements for accepted development affected by a Biodiversity
            Including amendments to 3 July 2017
The Noosa Plan



                                                             Overlay

                                                  13.4.1     The relevant assessment benchmarks for development on land subject to the
                                                             Biodiversity Overlay is referred to in column 3 of Table 13.1.

                                                  Table 13.1 Categories of development and assessment for the Biodiversity Overlay—All
                                                  Development
                                                           Column 1                              Column 2                                Column 3
                                                      Type of Development                Categories of development               Assessment benchmarks
                                                                                              and assessment                   for assessable development
                                                                                                                                    and requirements for
                                                                                                                                   accepted development
                                                  Making a material change of           Accepted development if—               If accepted development – no
                                                  use— all uses and use classes;        a)   Detached house or                 assessment benchmarks
                                                                                             Community residence               apply.
                                                  Carrying out building work not
                                                  associated with a material
                                                                                             where located within an
                                                                                             approved building                 If code assessment—
                                                  change of use;
                                                                                             envelope designated for           Biodiversity Overlay Code
                                                                                                     3
                                                  Carrying out building work not             that use ; or
                                                  associated with a material            b)   involving development
                                                  change of use if relocation or                                  4
                                                  removal of a building;
                                                                                             within an EPA Estate ;
                                                                                             or
                                                                                                             5
                                                  Carrying out operational work; or     c)   exempt clearing ; or
                                                  Reconfiguring a lot.                  d)     if the criteria for code
                                                                                               assessment do not
                                                                                               otherwise apply.
                                                                                        Code assessment if
                                                                                        involving—
                                                                                                                     6
                                                                                         a) clearing vegetation on
                                                                                              premises identified as
                                                                                              Environmental
                                                                                              Protection Area,
                                                                                              Environmental
                                                                                              Enhancement Area or
                                                                                              Riparian Buffer Area on
                                                                                              Biodiversity Overlay
                                                                                              Maps OM1.1 to OM9.1;
                                                                                              or
                                                                                         b) development on that
                                                                                              part of the premises
                                                                                              identified as Riparian
                                                                                              Buffer Area on
                                                                                              Biodiversity Overlay
                                                                                              Maps OM1.1 to OM9.1,
                                                                                              except for demolition
                                                                                              works; or
                                                                                         c) Reconfiguring a lot
                                                                                              where the premises
                                                                                              contain vegetation on

                                                  3
                                                    Building envelopes are included on property notations on council’s rates records for affected lots.
                                                  4
                                                    Development within an EPA Estate is managed in accordance with the Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) and the
                                                  provisions of any management plan or conservation agreement under the NCA.
                                                  5
                                                    As defined in section 13.2 above
                                                  6
                                                    As defined in section 13.2 above

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