6. Appendix C - Noosa Assessment Benchmark Assessment

Scenic amenity                   S9.1 and S10.1                    S9.1 and S10.1 Complies
                                 Vegetation is retained and        The proposed drainage
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                                 enhanced—                         infrastructure will be located
The scenic amenity and            a)    within 30m of              approximately 150m from the
vegetated character of the              prominent ridgelines       environmental reserve on the
locality and its watercourses,          and hill slopes;           southern boundary of Lot 5 on
drainage lines, sloping land      b)    in gullies;                SP222982. This area of the site
and ridgelines is retained and    c)    along watercourses         currently occupied by the
enhanced;                                and drainage lines;       environmental covenant area.
AND                                      and                       Therefore, the vegetation will be
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                                        reserves.                  development and enhanced in
Vegetation which makes a
                                                                   accordance with the Landscape
positive contribution to the
                                                                   design concept in Appendix F.
streetscape or major road
network is retained.

Habitat trees                    S11.1                             S11.1 and S11.2 Complies
                                 No clearing of koala habitat      The site is largely cleared of
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                                 trees greater than 4m in height   vegetation. There are
Habitat trees (including dead    or with a diameter greater than   pockets of remaining
trees) and recruitment habitat   100mm at 1.3m above the
trees are protected for native                                     vegetation along the eastern
                                 ground;
fauna habitat, where                                               and southern portion of the
practicable.                     AND                               site. These areas will remain
                                                                   protected with no
                                 S11.2                             development occurring in
                                 No clearing of other habitat      accordance with the terms
                                 trees or recruitment habitat      and conditions specified in
                                 trees.                            the registered covenant
                                                                   documents. The previous
                                                                   Masters approval exists over the
                                                                   site which possesses a similar
                                                                   layout and development
                                                                   footprint for the site.

Lake Macdonald                   No solution provided.             Not Applicable
                                                                   The development is not located
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                                                                   within or within proximity to Lake
Vegetation within 400m of the                                      Macdonald
full ponded water within Lake
Macdonald is retained.

Steep slopes                     No solution provided.             Not Applicable
                                                                   The development site is
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                                                                   relatively flat.
Vegetation on steep slopes is
retained and managed to
avoid erosion and landslide
and to protect natural
resources and values.




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