Appendix D Code Assessment · MCU16/0099.01

                Specific outcomes                           Probable solutions (if code assessment)                                 Comments

                                                         S5.6     Where Forestry is carried out on that
                                                         part of premises indicated as Riparian Buffer
                                                         Area and outside the separation distances
                                                         specified in S5.5—
                                                               species planted are of local origin and are
                                                               harvested through sustainable harvesting;
                                                               and
                                                              any undesirable plant species are replaced
                                                              by vegetation of local origin.
Managing public access and edge effects                  S6.1    Development adjacent to a waterway           O6 is not applicable
O6      Development on land adjacent to a                or wetland provides that—                            The proposed access will not require a new lot and
waterway or wetland maintains an appropriate                  no new lots directly back onto the riparian     will not be a publicly accessible road. No clearing is
extent of public access to waterways and wetlands             area; and                                       required to establish power to the approved facility.
and minimises edge effects.                                   new public roads are located between the
                                                              riparian buffer and the proposed
                                                              development areas.
Koala Habitat Areas                                      S7.1     Development avoids removing and             Complies with O7
O7     Development is designed, constructed and          fragmenting koala habitat and includes koala         The flora survey undertaken in April 2017 confirmed
operated to—                                             sensitive design measures consistent with the        that the three trees proposed for clearing to
     avoid adverse impacts on koalas and koala           Nature Conservation (Koala) Conservation             establish the proposed access to the approved
     habitat;                                            Plan 2006 and Management Program 2006-               facility are not non-juvenile koala habitat trees.
     provide measures to assist the survival of koala    2016 and Koala Sensitive Design Guideline
     populations in the area to mitigate any potential   201210
     threats or risks to koalas;
                                                         S7.2     Where clearing of non-juvenile koala
     provide for safe and appropriate koala              habitat trees is unavoidable in an area shown
     movement across the landscape; and                  as bushland habitat, high value rehabilitation
     provide for a net gain in mature and actively       habitat or medium value rehabilitation habitat
     regenerating koala habitat.                         on the map called ‘Map of Values’11, such
                                                         clearing is minimised, and a biodiversity offset
                                                         is provided in accordance with the Queensland
                                                         Environmental Offset Policy.
Open space networks & ecological linkages                S8.1     Vegetation and ecological linkages are      O8 is not applicable
O8     Open space networks and ecological                enhanced through revegetation, rehabilitation        The proposed access and power route are not


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