2019-10-28 Special Meeting Agenda - Item 1 - Attachment 4 - RAL18-0023 - Master Plan Stage 2

CHOOSING FUTURES: Shire Business Centre Master Plan - Stage 2                                                                  7


2.0 BACKGROUND
           MP2 draws from a number of sources including:

                      The 1997 Strategic Plan;
                      MP1 (Shire Business Centre Master Plan: Stage 1 – Concepts dated May 2001) which included
                      consultation with the Noosa Shire community,
                      State agencies and representatives of a proponent conducted as part of the initial phase of developing
                      Stage 1 of the master plan (Council decision 15/04/1999) refers);
                      Comments from reference groups; and
                      Design workshop held on 5 September 2002

2.1        STRATEGIC PLAN
           The 1997 Strategic Plan provides the foundation from which the Master Plan was developed. The Strategic Plan
           has an important influence on decision-making associated with any development application and also provides a
           significant indication of the way in which the site should be developed. For these reasons, a number of extracts
           from the Strategic Plan were included in the text of MP1 at Section 2.1.
           The preparation of the master plan (MP1 and MP2) is consistent with the procedural requirements of Sections
           19.3.1.4 to 19.3.1.5 of the Strategic Plan.

2.2        ECOLOGICAL VALUES
           The Site has a range of significant ecological values that need to be carefully considered and incorporated into
           the planning, development and operation of the Site. These values are summarised below:

           a.         The Site provides habitat for endemic species and the southern half also functions as an important link
                      between the significant habitats of the National Park to the east and the Wooroi State Forest to the west
                      (the ‘Doonan Link’).

           b.         Eenie Creek and its associated wetlands, which include the wetlands and drainage lines of the Site, are an
                      integral part of the Noosa River system hydrology and ecology.

           c.         The Site supports two plant communities of conservation significance whose conservation status has been
                      classified as being ‘Of Concern’ by the Environmental Protection Agency. These are:
                      •      Regional Ecosystem 12.3.5 Paperbark tall open forest with various eucalypt species located
                             adjacent to Eenie Creek, and
                      •      Regional Ecosystem 12.3.11 Tall eucalytus woodland with paperbarks in the drainage lines located
                             throughout the lower and poorly-drained parts of the Site.
           d.         Four wildlife species of conservation significance under the Nature Conservation (Wildlife) Regulation
                      1994 have been recorded at the Site. These are:
                      •      Elf Skink (listed as Rare): Recorded in the flooded gum open forest regrowth in the north-western
                             part of the Site and in the low-lying paperbark/swamp messmate regrowth in the southern part of the
                             Site.
                      •      Sylvia’s Blind Snake (listed as Rare): Recorded in the southern part of the Site below RL 3.0 metres.
                      •      Wallum Froglets (listed as Vulnerable): Recorded in the paperbark wetlands and the farm dam.
                      •      Koala (listed as Common but a ‘special cultural’ species): Recorded in the dry open forest adjacent to
                             the disused quarry in the north-western part of the Site.




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