Appendix D Code Assessment · MCU16/0099.01

                 Specific outcomes                            Probable solutions (if code assessment)                                Comments

                                                                new lots are created to allow for suitable
                                                                house site areas or other future buildings
                                                                and works to be located within existing
                                                                cleared areas or areas of low ecological
                                                                value; and
                                                                building envelopes are designated for each
                                                                lot.
O3     Clearing vegetation only occurs where—              No solution provided                                Complies with O3
     no other suitable cleared or partially cleared                                                            The proposed access to the approved facility is
     area is available on the premises;                                                                        designed to minimise clearing vegetation to a
     the development minimises the total footprint                                                             greater extent than the originally approved access,
     within which all activities, buildings, structures,                                                       which originally proposed to clear
     driveways and other works are contained; and                                                              approximately 30 m2 of vegetation. The proposed
                                                                                                               access will no longer require extensive vegetation
     the development is located in areas of low                                                                disturbance within the Riparian Buffer Area.
     ecological value over other areas, to the                                                                 Approximately three trees are to be removed to
     greatest extent practicable.                                                                              establish the proposed access.

Editor’s note:
Environmental Protection category
Vegetation that falls within the Environmental
Protection category comprises regional
ecosystems that possess at least one of the
following environmental values or criteria—
• The regional conservation status under the
  Queensland Vegetation Management Act 1999 is
  “Endangered”;
• It forms habitat for threatened or protected fauna
  species, as identified in Vegetation of Noosa
  Shire;
• It is ‘rare’ or naturally restricted regionally or
  locally, as identified in Vegetation of Noosa Shire;
  or


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