2019-12-11 SM Agenda - Item 1 - Attachment 7 - Final New Noosa Plan - Part 8-10 Schedule Appendix - Clean version

PO9                                                                  AO9.1
Development ensures that the natural surface water and ground        Development does not impact on the natural surface water or
water hydrologic regimes of waterways, wetlands and                  groundwater hydrologic regimes and this is facilitated by:
hydrologically­sensitive plant communities are not adversely         (a)   avoiding or minimising channelization, redirection or
impacted.                                                                  interruption of flow;
                                                                           avoiding groundwater extraction;
Editor's Note—Groundwater dependent ecosystems are identified (b)
on Queensland Government Wetland Info mapping.                (c)          maintaining groundwater recharge and discharge
                                                                           processes;
                                                                     (d)   maintaining natural groundwater fluctuations;
                                                                     (e)   avoiding causing ingress of saline water into freshwater
                                                                           aquifers of wetlands; and
                                                                     (f)   avoiding contaminants entering groundwater (e.g. from
                                                                           runoff, effluent disposal).



Rehabilitation of ecologically important areas                      Table 8.2.2.3 ­ Criteria for assessable development
(part)
Performance outcomes                                                 Acceptable outcomes
Rehabilitation of ecologically important areas
PO10                                                                 AO10.1
Development provides for ecologically important areas to be          Landscaping and rehabilitation complements and supports
restored and enhanced through:                                       ecologically important areas by:
(a)   designing landscaped areas to complement and enhance           (a)   utilising local native species;
      existing vegetation and ecological linkages;                   (b)   utilising suitable plant species identified in PSP2
(b)   removing species likely to displace native flora species or          Landscaping;
      degrade fauna habitat;                                         (c)   restoring degraded ecosystems to achieve a functional
(c)   replanting and rehabilitating degraded habitat;                      ecosystem state that requires minimal human intervention;
(d)   replacing any vegetation removed with suitable local native    (d)   replicating adjacent remnant habitats of the same type,
      species;                                                             including the understorey vegetation;
(e)   providing for fauna habitat; and                               (e)   creating or enhancing linkages between existing habitats;
(f)   avoiding the planting of pest plant species.                   (f)   avoiding the use of pest plant species listed in PSP2 ­
                                                                           Landscaping;
                                                                     (g)   planting riparian zones to filter stormwater run­off, stabilise
                                                                           soil and provide for wildlife habitat; and
                                                                     (h)   providing ground and arboreal structures for fauna, which
                                                                           may include ground depressions, rocks, hollows, nesting
                                                                           boxes and in­stream habitat.

                                                                     AO10.2
                                                                     Vegetation cleared is replaced with:
                                                                     (a)   plantings of equivalent area that replicate the floristic
                                                                           structure of the vegetation removed; or
                                                                     (b)   where this is not possible due to the characteristics of the
                                                                           site and the development, plantings twice the number of the
                                                                           removed trees and plants.

                                                                     Editor’s Note — Revegetation and rehabilitation works are to be
                                                                     carried out in accordance with an approved Revegetation and
                                                                     Rehabilitation Management Plan, as referred to in PSP3
                                                                     Ecological assessment guidelines.



  **FINAL DRAFT ­ Post Consultation 2019**
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