Ecological Assessment Letter Report · MCU26/0104

      Council’s overlays; and
▪     Assess the proposed works against Queensland’s Planning Regulation 2017 koala assessment
      provisions where relevant and with respect to applicable clearing exemptions.

3.2       Field Survey
Prior to ESC Consulting’s engagement vegetation removal had already taken place in preparation for the
construction of the dwelling house (refer PLATE 1). Field work was therefore limited to a 10m buffer
surrounding the earthworks. This field survey extent is shown in FIGURE 2 and is herein referred to as the
“Site”.




                                                                   TREE #10




Plate 1: Cleared area looking south-east

On 8 September 2026 one (1) ESC Consulting ecologist completed a field assessment to:
▪     Identify, tag and flag all Non-juvenile koala habitat trees (NJKHT)1 and all other trees with a trunk
      Diameter at Standard Height (DSH) of 150mm or greater within the Site.
▪     Conduct a basic field survey to assess:
      −    Significant native vegetation communities and/or individual trees;
      −    Site habitat qualities including the collection of evidence of fauna use (e.g. scratches, diggings,
           nests, scats, etc.);


1 As defined in the Queensland Environmental Offsets Policy v1.17:

      koala habitat tree means a tree of the Angophora; Blakella, Corymbia; Eucalyptus; Lophostemon or Melaleuca
    genera.
    non-juvenile koala habitat tree means a koala habitat tree that—
          (i) is more than 4m high; or
          (ii) has a trunk circumference of more than 31.5cm at 1.3m above the ground.


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