Request for Further Information - 010.2008.00001128.001 [As Published] · 132008.1128

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14.   Clarify the car parking area (13 spaces) / service yard adjacent to the Residential Aged Care
      Facility. Notations on the plan suggest 13 spaces, yet only 11 spaces are identifiable.
      Demonstrate how the service yard be used as there is no clear provision for a loading bay.
Biodiversity
15.   The site contains known populations of rare and threatened plants species (NCA 1992) (inter
      alia. Acacia baueri, Gompholobium virgata v. emarginatum, Macarthuria complanata,
      Schoenus scabripes). Please provide a comprehensive flora survey and plan of the subject
      site, documenting the locations of the rare and threatened plants, species of the plants,
      abundance, damage avoidance/mitigation strategies likely to be engaged. The flora survey is
      to be undertaken by a suitably qualified botanist with field experience in the identification of the
      species known to occur on the site, and with suitable knowledge of the heathland vegetation of
      the Sunshine Coast.
16.   Please provide an assessment of the subject site with relation to the Environmental protection
      Agency's Biodiversity Assessment Panel mapping of State Significant Bioregional Wildlife
      corridors. This report is to be authored by a suitably qualified and experienced Ecologist or
      equivalent persons.
17.   Please provide an assessment of the ecological matters relevant to the site in accordance with
      the guidelines contained within Planning Scheme Policy 18 Ecological Assessment
      Guidelines. Targeted species are to include rare and threatened species listed under EPBC
      1999 and NCA 1992.
18.   Please provide an assessment of the impacts of the proposed development on the ecological
      values (including edge effects) of the adjacent National Park and riparian habitat. This report is
      to be authored by a suitably qualified and experienced Ecologist or equivalent persons.
19.   Please provide supporting information that documents the current run-off water quality and
      quantity (pre-developed) for the site. Please provide estimated nutrient loads, water quantities
      and velocities expected to leave the site and detail mitigation methods should these values
      appear to detrimental to the local environs.
20.   Please provide details of the proposed earthworks on the hydrological regime of the site and
      the possible off-site impacts.
Bushfire
21.   The plan contained within the bushfire assessment report does not clearly identify the required
      location of fire breaks and any other fire mitigation measures.
22.   Please provide documentary evidence that the current bush fire management accesses and
      trails is an acceptable standard for Queensland Fire and Rescue fire fighting personnel and
      equipment.
Cultural Heritage
23.   It has been identified that there is a high possibility that the site contains Aboriginal Cultural
      Heritage sites or significant objects. Their relevant location should be identified on a plan.
      Council recommends that you contact the Department of Natural Resources and Water
      Cultural Heritage Co-ordination Unit, who administer the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003
      to discuss your obligations under the ACH Act. The Cultural Heritage Co-ordination Unit can
      be contacted on 07 3238 3838.
Land Development
Rainwater Tanks
24.   There is no “Noosa Rainwater Tank Policy”. Advise Council of the actual source that was used
      to size the rainwater storage tanks as referred to in Section 2.6 of the Cardno Engineering
      Report (24 June 2008).