Town Planning Assessment Report

                                        of national park, state forest or
                                        reserve;
                                     d) avoiding the creation of
                                        physical barriers and safety
                                        hazards (such as roads,
                                        pedestrian access and instream
                                        structures) along and within
                                        the ecological linkage;
                                     e) providing mitigation measures
                                        such as wildlife movement
                                        infrastructure, fauna exclusion
                                        and directional fencing,
                                        underpasses/overpasses and
                                        traffic calming devices, signage
                                        and lighting; and
                                     f) where offsets are necessary,
                                        delivering offsets that support
                                        and enhance ecological
                                        linkages.

PO6                                  AO6.1                                  Overall Outcome
The biodiversity and ecosystem       Development                            The proposed dwelling is located
values of waterways, wetlands        and clearing of vegetation does not    within a riparian buffer area and
and adjacent riparian zones are      occur within:                          consequently does not comply
protected by:                                                               with AO6.1 and PO6. Despite the
                                     a) a riparian buffer area;             non-compliance, it is considered
a) avoiding any new                  b) a wetland area; or                  that the proposal complies with
   development in a riparian         c) 10 metres either side of the        the Overall Outcomes, including
   buffer area and wetland area;        centre line of other waterways      2(b),(c),(d) and (e) of the code
b) retaining aquatic and                identified on a Biodiversity,       for the following reasons:-
   terrestrial habitat in riparian      Waterways and Wetlands               + the dwelling has been
   zones;                               Overlay Map.                             designed and sited in a way
c) maintaining and enhancing                                                     that avoids adverse impacts
   wildlife corridors and            AO6.2                                       on ecologically important
   connectivity along                Development provides for the                areas, ecological systems and
   watercourses and drainage         rehabilitation of land within:              processes in that:
   lines for native fauna                                                        o it is setback
   movement;                         a) a riparian buffer area;                      approximately 52m from
d) avoiding edge effects and         b) a wetland area; and                          the riparian zone
   damage from adjacent land         c) 10 metres either side of the                 associated with the
   uses;                                centre line of any                           waterway;
e) maintaining stream integrity         other waterway identified on             o It is positioned adjacent
   and bank stability by                a Biodiversity, Waterways and                to existing farm
   minimising bank erosion and          Wetlands Overlay Map.                        structures in area of the
   slumping;                                                                         site that has already been
f) maintaining water quality         AO6.3                                           disturbed;
   through filtering sediments,      Recreational facilities (eg.                o will not impact on any
   nutrients and other               playgrounds, pergolas, barbeques)               vegetation;
   pollutants; and                   are setback a minimum of 10             + it will maintain an ecological
g) removing pest species and         metres from the top of the bank of          linkage along the waterway
   replacing them with local         a waterway.                                 and avoid any development
   native species.                                                               such as access driveways
                                                                                 needing to transect the
                                                                                 waterway;



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