Attachment K Biodiversity code

Development Permit for Other Change to an Educational Establishment at 35 Rules Road, Pomona and described as Lot
6 on RP484414

 b) avoid traversing or fragmenting                reduction devices and associated fencing,
 vegetation or habitats for significant flora      lighting and warning signs, where
 or fauna species; and                             appropriate; AND
 c) avoid creating barriers to faunal              S14.2 Development within or adjacent to          No new fencing is proposed.
 movement                                          areas of vegetation, incorporate fauna
                                                   friendly fences; AND
                                                   S14.3 Vegetation is protected from               Proposal    able     to    comply    with
                                                   interference resulting from clearing or          requirements.
                                                   construction activities by—
                                                   a) clearly marking vegetation to be
                                                   retained with flagging tape;
                                                   b) installing protective fencing around the
                                                   dripline of the vegetation and avoid filling
                                                   and excavation in these fenced areas;
                                                   and c) ensuring stock piling, storage and
                                                   vehicle parking occur outside the
                                                   identified vegetation areas; AND
                                                   S14.4       Low     impact     construction      Proposal    able     to    comply    with
                                                   techniques are used around vegetation to         requirements
                                                   minimise interference with the vegetation.
 Filling and excavation
 O15 Vegetation is not adversely impacted          No solution provided                             Proposal able to comply.
 upon by earthworks and changes to the
 hydrological regime, including changes to
 ground water levels, flooding levels, run-
 off and tidal hydraulics.
 Replanting and rehabilitation
 O16       Development         provides      for   S16.1 Landscaping and rehabilitation             The applicant has indicated that they are
 ecologically important areas to be                complements and supports ecologically            willing to undertake revegetation on site
 restored and enhanced through the                 important habitats by—                           and have detailed an offset planting area.
 following      measures—         a)     siting    a) utilising native plants of local origin;
 landscaped areas to complement and                b) utilising suitable plant species identified
 enhance existing vegetation; b) removal           in PSP3 – Landscaping Plants and
 of all species likely to displace native flora    Guidelines;
 species or degrade fauna habitat; c)              c) replicating adjacent remnant habitats,
 replanting and rehabilitating16 degraded          including understorey vegetation;
 habitat; and d) replacing any vegetation          d) creating or enhancing linkages
 removed with suitable replacement                 between existing habitats;
 vegetation of local origin.                       e) avoiding the use of undesirable plant
                                                   species listed in Table 9.1 of PSP3
                                                   Landscaping Plants and Guidelines; and
                                                   f) planting riparian zones to filter
                                                   stormwater run-off and provide for wildlife
                                                   habitat; AND
                                                   S16.2 Vegetation removed is replaced
                                                   with—
                                                   a) plantings of equivalent area that
                                                   replicate the floristic structure of the
                                                   vegetation removed; or
                                                   b) 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 of local
                                                   origin.
 Fire management
 O17 Fire management measures are                  No solution provided                             Refer Attachment H - Bushfire
 adopted based on ecological principles,                                                            Management Plan prepared by Wollemi
 which—                                                                                             Eco-Logical. The report concludes that
 a) maintain and enhance biodiversity;                                                              the bushfire hazard is not considered
 b) minimise threat of fire to the natural                                                          extreme of unmanageable given the
 environment, life and property; and                                                                existing development footprint and
 c) provide for effective use and                                                                   associated low potential hazard and
 maintenance of buildings and structures.                                                           appropriate setbacks.
 Clearing protected vegetation in the
 protected vegetation overlay area
 O18 Clearing protected vegetation does            No solution provided                             Refer to Attachment G.
 not involve—
 a) the removal of vegetation in
 ecologically important areas;
 b) removal of vegetation or habitat for
 fauna identified or referred to as requiring
 protection in State or Commonwealth
 legislation;
 c) removal of vegetation located on a