2014-03-25 Planning & Organisation Committee Agenda Pages 81-167

PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                25 MARCH 2014




   The proposal that koala protection will be
    managed by the Noosa on Weyba Body
    Corporate under Body Corporate By-laws is
    unrealistic and unlikely to succeed. There is no
    guarantee that the Body Corporate committee
    members will have the competency and
    commitment to implement the Koala
    Management Plan effectively. Who will police
    the keeping of domestic dogs and where they
    roam.
   Development site currently supports conditions
    suitable for endangered ground parrot.
   No ongoing monitoring of species is proposed.
   Proposed development includes filling a
    wetland that is home to the vulnerable wallum
    froglet, wallum rocket frog and wallum sedge
    frog, all listed as Vulnerable under the QLD
    Nature Conservation (Wildlife) Regulation
    2006.
   The widening of Tidswell and Hollett roads to
    22 metres will result in destruction of habitat
    with removal of old growth trees.
Environmental Corridors
 The land forms part of a critical corridor           See above.
  connecting conservation reserve and bushland         The applicant’s proposal for manmade
  around Lake Weyba to similar areas to the            fauna crossings of unfenced roads and
  south and to Noosa’s forested heartland via          restricted movement corridors would
  the Tewantin National Park. The proposed             create unacceptable risks to fauna in the
  development and associated road network will         area.
  sever the linkages in both directions and
  alienate remaining areas of open space within
  the site, diminishing their ecological value and
  impacting upon fauna movement.             These
  corridors have been planned since the 1980’s
  and have been protected by successive
  planning instruments.
 Fences are counter- productive to the natural
  movements of the fauna in this area.
 There is high value native bushland habitat
  along both sides of Tidswell Road which
  requires road widening.
 No provision has been made for fauna fencing
  along Tidswell Road and fauna kills will occur.




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