Attachment 4 - Terrestrial Ecology Report_RACV_2022 June

Rehabilitation of ecologically important areas Table 8.2.2.3 - Criteria for assessable development (part)
Performance outcomes                             Acceptable outcomes                                                               Project Outcomes
Rehabilitation of ecologically important areas
PO10                                             AO10.1                                                                                1.   As described previously, the subject land is to be
Development provides for ecologically            Landscaping and rehabilitation complements and supports ecologically                       rehabilitated and landscaped between the villas and
important areas to be restored and enhanced      important areas by:                                                                        balance areas once construction is completed. Native
through:
                                                                                                                                            understorey (and midstory) is absent, and the canopy
                                                      1.   utilising local native species;                                                  (and groundcover) is dominated/infested with the
    1.   designing landscaped areas to                2.   utilising suitable plant species identified in PSP2 Landscaping;                 creeping vine. Removal/control of this vine will generate a
         complement and enhance existing              3.   restoring degraded ecosystems to achieve a functional
                                                                                                                                            significant ecological improvement. Landscaping and
         vegetation and ecological linkages;               ecosystem state that requires minimal human intervention;
    2.   removing species likely to displace          4.   replicating adjacent remnant habitats of the same type, including                rehabilitation would be expected to use locally native
         native flora species or degrade fauna             the understorey vegetation;                                                      species suitable to the site-specific conditions (and not
         habitat;                                     5.   creating or enhancing linkages between existing habitats;                        compromise bushfire concerns). A detailed
    3.   replanting and rehabilitating                6.   avoiding the use of pest plant species listed in PSP2 -                          landscaping/rehabilitation plan would be expected as part
         degraded habitat;                                 Landscaping;                                                                     of the development approval conditions.
    4.   replacing any vegetation removed             7.   planting riparian zones to filter stormwater run-off, stabilise soil
         with suitable local native species;               and provide for wildlife habitat; and                                       2.   It is expected that the planting of native species on the
    5.   providing for fauna habitat; and             8.   providing ground and arboreal structures for fauna, which may                    project site will far exceed the number of trees removed.
    6.   avoiding the planting of pest plant               include ground depressions, rocks, hollows, nesting boxes and in-
                                                                                                                                            Creating a native understorey is a significant benefit,
         species.                                          stream habitat.
                                                                                                                                            because there currently is none and the land is infested
                                                                                                                                            with non-native and highly invasive species (refer also
                                                 AO10.2
                                                                                                                                            Arborist Consult report regarding the frangipani vine).
                                                 Vegetation cleared is replaced with:

                                                      1.   plantings of equivalent area that replicate the floristic structure
                                                           of the vegetation removed; or
                                                      2.   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.