Appendix C - Code Assessment · RAL24/0003

Biodiversity, Waterways and Wetlands Overlay Code


                                                                     c)   maintaining groundwater recharge and discharge
                                                                          processes;
                                                                     d)   maintaining natural groundwater fluctuations;
                                                                     e)   avoiding causing ingress of saline water into freshwater
                                                                          aquifers of wetlands; and
                                                                     f)   avoiding contaminants entering groundwater (e.g. from
                                                                          runoff, effluent disposal).




Rehabilitation of ecologically important areas Table 8.2.2.3 - Criteria for assessable development (part)

Performance outcomes                                                Acceptable solutions                                                    Assessment
Rehabilitation of ecologically important areas

PO10                                                                AO10.1                                                                  AO10.1 – Complies
Development provides for ecologically important areas to be         Landscaping and rehabilitation complements and                          Any landscaping to be undertaken will complement the local
restored and enhanced through:                                      supports ecologically important areas by:                               ecosystem.

 a)   designing landscaped areas to complement and enhance           a)   utilising local native species;
      existing vegetation and ecological linkages;                   b)   utilising suitable plant species identified in PSP2
 b)   removing species likely to displace native flora species or         Landscaping;
      degrade fauna habitat;                                         c)   restoring degraded ecosystems to achieve a functional
 c)   replanting and rehabilitating degraded habitat;                     ecosystem state that requires minimal human intervention;
 d)   replacing any vegetation removed with suitable local native    d)   replicating adjacent remnant habitats of the same type,
      species;                                                            including the understorey vegetation;
 e)   providing for fauna habitat; and                               e)   creating or enhancing linkages between existing habitats;
 f)   avoiding the planting of pest plant species.                   f)   avoiding the use of pest plant species listed in PSP2 -
                                                                          Landscaping;
                                                                     g)   planting riparian zones to filter stormwater run-off, stabilise
                                                                          soil and provide for wildlife habitat; and
                                                                     h)   providing ground and arboreal structures for fauna, which
                                                                          may include ground depressions, rocks, hollows, nesting
                                                                          boxes and in-stream habitat.

                                                                    AO10.2