Council Report - 132005.638.03 - OTHER CHANGE TO AN EXISTING APPROVAL FOR MATERIAL CHANGE OF USE - EXPANSION OF SPECIAL PURPOSE (WASTE DISPOSAL AND RECYCLING FACILITY) & ONGOING CLEARING PURPOSES AT 561 EUMUNDI NOOSA ROAD, DOONAN - Finale

•   The proposed expansion is consistent with the role and function Community facilities zoning
    and annotation as Utility installation (Waste management facility).
•   The proposal supports the role and function of the existing Waste disposal and recycling
    facility
•   The proposal provides improved safety and operational efficiencies within the existing
    resource recovery area
•   The proposal provides a new and improved HES basin providing improved water quality
    outcomes for the adjoining wetlands and watercourses
•   The proposal will involve a 1.8ha offset rehabilitation area to be conserved via an
    environmental covenant.
•   The offset rehabilitation area will be planted out with ‘like for like’ koala habitat species
    present in the area and proposed to be replaced at a ratio of 6:1
•   The proposal will result in an improved ecological outcome for the adjoining remnant
    vegetation through the implementation of a weed management plan and suitable fencing.
•   The proposal will result in improved flood and overland flow outcomes to replicate existing
    flow outcomes and minimise impacts on adjoining vegetation.
•   The proposal will result in all new waste areas being located 300mm above the 1% AEP flood
    event
•   SARA have provided conditions of approval in support of clearing the subject vegetation.