Fauna Management Plan v2 - Essence Peregian Beach

Fauna Management Plan v2                                                                                    NCES REF: J000488
215 David Low Way, Peregian Beach



Table 2 – Assessment benchmarks — development in koala assessable development area

 Assessment Benchmarks                                        Response

 The development does not involve clearing non-               N/A – The proposed development is located within the SEQ
 juvenile koala habitat trees in an area that—                urban footprint.
 (i) is a bushland habitat area; and
 (ii) is not in the SEQ urban footprint; and
 (iii) is not designated in a local instrument for urban
 purposes;

 The development avoids clearing non-juvenile koala           The proposed development will involve the clearing of 18 non-
 habitat trees in an area that—                               juvenile koala habitat trees within mapped Low Value
                                                              Bushland habitat.
 (i) is a bushland habitat area and is in the SEQ urban
 footprint; or                                                As a part of the previous development approval for this site,
                                                              Thomco No 2087 Pty Ltd has dedicated some 5276m2 of Low
 (ii) is a high value rehabilitation habitat area; or         Value Bushland Koala Habitat to Noosa Council for
 (iii) is a medium value rehabilitation habitat area;         ‘environmental purposes’ (Lot 900 on SP 286680 to the
                                                              immediate west of the site). Thomco No 2087 Pty Ltd
                                                              proposes that this koala habitat dedication compensates (over
                                                              and above) the required clearing of 18 non juvenile koala
                                                              habitat trees on the site and therefore no further offsets should
                                                              be attributable to the current development.

 If the clearing of non-juvenile koala habitat trees cannot   The clearing of non-juvenile koala habitat trees cannot be
 be avoided in an area stated in paragraph (b)—               avoided by virtue of the scale of the development and its
                                                              drainage requirements.
 (i) the amount of clearing is minimised; and
                                                              As a part of the previous development approval for this site,
 (ii) any significant residual impact of the clearing is      Thomco No 2087 Pty Ltd has dedicated some 5276m2 of Low
 offset;                                                      Value Bushland Koala Habitat to Noosa Council for
                                                              ‘environmental purposes’ (Lot 900 on SP 286680 to the
                                                              immediate west of the site). Thomco No 2087 Pty Ltd
                                                              proposes that this koala habitat dedication compensates (over
                                                              and above) the required clearing of 18 non juvenile koala
                                                              habitat trees on the site and therefore no further offsets should
                                                              be attributable to the current development.

 The development provides, to the greatest extent             There is no east-west connectivity through the site for koala
 practicable, safe koala movement measures that are           movement due to the Hotel and IGA. No barriers for koala
 appropriate for—                                             movement will be created north-south as the primary north-
                                                              south corridor is through the Council Reserve which has a
 (i) the development; and                                     stand of juvenile melaleuca’s connecting remnant habitat
 (ii) the habitat connectivity value of the premises.         north and south.

 Any clearing of native vegetation complies with part 3*.     All clearing of vegetation will comply with Part 3*.

 Measures are implemented to ensure that construction         A fauna/spotter will be present during vegetation clearing
 activities on the premises do not increase the risk of       works to manage fauna and clearing activities. The fauna
 death or injury to koalas.                                   spotter/catcher will be responsible for performing pre-clearing
                                                              surveys to identify the presence of koalas.

 Any area on the premises that is cleared of native           The development        will   comply   with   the   Assessment
 vegetation is progressively rehabilitated, if —              Benchmark.
 (i) the vegetation was removed as a result of
 construction activities; and
 (ii) the area is to be used to provide for safe koala
 movement measures, including, if appropriate, koala
 movement infrastructure.

 If an area is to be used to provide for safe koala           The development footprint is not intended to be used to
 movement measures—the development involves                   provide safe koala movement opportunities due to its
                                                              inherently low value to support koalas.




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