Biodiversity Overlay Review

The Noosa Plan gazetted mapping for the Biodiversity, Waterways and Wetlands Overlay (i) – Area
Subject to Riparian Buffer Overlay- Map Code: OM BWW-(ii)-4 shows no “waterways” are mapped on
the site (Fig 7and Refer Appendix 5). This map shows areas of Riparian Buffer Areas on the site.

There are no mapped waterways on the site.

The northern most 120m portion of the Riparian Buffer Area covers tilled and farmed land. 50m
southeast of this area a drainage line is visibly present on the land and on aerial imagery. This drainage
line is buffered 50m either side (Fig 7).




Fig 7: Map extract OM BWW-(ii)-4

The Biodiversity, Waterways and Wetlands Overlay was informed, in part, by the Noosa Shire –
Waterways Assessment 2017 to ascribe relevant buffers to waterways of the Noosa Shire. The
Waterways assessment catergorised Waterway Management Units according to fluvial geomorphic
principles involves identifying the physical characteristics of the waterway. The best fit waterway
management unit for the site, prior to clearing, could be classified as “Paperbark and Sedgeland
Dominated Non-Riverine Wetlands”. The 2017 assessment states “After analysis of the available data,
and with consideration of the timeframes and scale of this assessment, it was deemed most appropriate
to adopt as the best available data, the Queensland Wetland Program’s Aquabamm methodology and
Aquatic Conservation Assessment (ACA) scores for ecological value prioritization of Paperbark and
Sedgeland Dominated Non-riverine Wetlands…. The ACA scores for Paperbark and Sedgeland Dominated
Non-riverine Wetlands within the Noosa Shire are displayed in Map 6.” (2017:53)

Map 6 shows the site was not considered in the 2017 assessment (Fig 8.)




Ecological assessment V1: 60 Glenridge Drive, Cooroibah, Noosa by Conor Neville, Ecologist Pg. 7