Appendix I - Local Planning response

    f)   providing for the rehabilitation and replanting of
         degraded wetlands.
    Riparian Zones                                                                S5.1 No new development occurs on, or partly on,          Complies
    O5 The biodiversity and ecosystem values of                                   premises indicated as Riparian Buffer Area on             The site is within the riparian buffer
    watercourses, drainage lines, wetlands and adjacent                           Biodiversity Overlay Maps OM1.1 to OM9.1, except          area. Some vegetation removal occurred on site for the
    riparian zones are protected by—                                              for—                                                      purpose of site maintenance, and to site the new
    a) avoiding any new development in the riparian                               a) temporary use of the land; or                          boat shed. The project will provide a new landscape
         buffer area;                                                             b) infrastructure which provides access to a              scheme, generally in accordance with the landscape
    b) retaining aquatic and terrestrial habitat in riparian                           watercourse for recreational purposes;               plan at Appendix F. No additional clearing will occur as
         zones;                                                                   OR                                                        a result of the proposed development.
    c) maintaining wildlife corridors along watercourses
         and drainage lines for native fauna movement;                            S5.2 Where constructing a Detached house or
    d) avoiding edge effects and incompatible uses in                             Community residence and on an allotment situated
         riparian zones;                                                          wholly within the Riparian Buffer Area,
    e) maintaining bank stability by minimising bank                              a) fronting the Noosa River – development is setback a
         erosion and slumping;                                                        minimum of 40m from mean high water spring or
    f) maintaining water quality by filtering sediments,                              as otherwise prescribed by the Environmental
         nutrients and other pollutants; and                                          Protection Agency’s Erosion Prone Area Maps;7
    g) removing undesirable plant species and replacing                           b) not fronting the Noosa River – development is
         them with vegetation of local origin;                                        located outside the riparian zone and setback a
                                                                                      suitable distance from the watercourse having
                                                                                      regard to the development constraints of the
                                                                                      property and the need to protect environmental
                                                                                      and riparian values;
                                                                                  OR

                                                                                  S5.3 For Animal husbandry on premises in the Rural
                                                                                  Zone—
                                                                                  a) stock proof fencing is installed along watercourses
                                                                                      at a distance of no less than 10m from the top of
                                                                                      the bank;
                                                                                  b) stock watering points are located no less than 15m
                                                                                      away from the top of the bank of watercourses; and
                                                                                  c) stock crossing points across watercourses are
                                                                                      defined and controlled with stock proof fencing, to
                                                                                      prevent stock from damaging riparian vegetation or
                                                                                      banks to watercourses;
                                                                                  OR

                                                                                  S5.4 Recreational facilities (including playgrounds,
                                                                                  pergolas, barbeques etc) are setback a minimum of 30m
7
    The Erosion Prone Area map for the Noosa River is reproduced in Schedule 5.


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