SARA_Information response

4, The application material mentions a previous development approval over the lot issued
by Noosa Shire Council. The development approval and development plans were not
provided with the application material.

Please refer to Appendix 1 of the EAR which contains the development approval
and development plans.

5. The application material has not provided an assessment of the koala habitat area on site.
An arborists report was provided for the additional area of proposed clearing, however an
ecological assessment report is required for the whole site.

An ecological assessment was undertaken generally in accordance with the Noosa
Council Planning Scheme Policy 3 - Ecological assessment guidelines. As part of
the assessment, a desktop review and field investigations, including targeted koala
survey with purpose-bred detection dogs, was undertaken to assess impacts to
koala habitat on site. The results of the koala survey indicated no evidence of koala
on the site, with no evidence of either individuals or scat present. The results of the
survey are contained in Section 4.5.2 and Appendix 5 of the EAR.

Results of the ecological assessment indicated that the proposed change to the
approval will result in a net positive impact in terms of koala habitat retention and
no significant loss of functional habitat connectivity within the landscape.

6. The application material has not discussed how the remaining mapped koala habitat on
site will be protected in perpetuity. The application material should discuss legal security
measures such as environmental covenants to protect the proposed eco zones.

Retention of mapped koala habitat on site can be conditioned as part of a
development permit.

7. The application material does not demonstrate any mitigation of impacts to koala habitat.

The EAR and Vegetation Management Plan (Litoria Consulting, Issue A, 7 October
2022) (VMP) (encl.) outline proposed avoidance, mitigation and management
measures.

Impact mitigation is achieved via the implementation of detailed fauna
management measures and development design measures outlined in Section 6.3
of the EAR.

Additional impacts resulting from the proposed change are minor and mitigated by
the fact that the proposed change will result in a net positive impact to koala
habitat on site.

8 The application material has not demonstrated how the design of the proposed
development will not adversely impact the movement of koalas through the site.

The EAR and VMP provide detailed development design and management
measures which demonstrate how the proposed change will not adversely impact

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