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Developer to cough up $60,000
 by Alan Lander

 15th Jun 2018 5:01 AM



 A DEVELOPER has been slammed with a $60,000-plus fine for illegally removing five trees from a
 site in Resort Drive, Noosa Heads, in the Noosa Springs Resort.
 Noosa councillors were happy to receive a report at Tuesdays Planning and Environment Committee meeting to see the
 unnamed developer contribute $6o,8o6 to council to offset the loss of the trees.
 The report said the amount was determined by the Burnley Method which places a monetary value on trees.
 "The financial contribution comprises $58,806 toward the value of the removed trees and $2000 towards council's
 administrative costs associated with the investigation."
 The develoPer also has to provide in-kind assistance to undertake the rehabilitation of a part of Girraween Nature
 Refuge, including maintenance, temporary irrigation, provision of clean topsoil, mulch and weed management, and to
 prepare plans to reinstate koala food trees.


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