Development Application Part 2 - Report/ Plans

KHA DEVELOPMENT MANAGERS                                                                                     100350   -
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                                                                  intended to be retained for          vegetation is proposed.
                                                                  safe      koala     movement
                                                                  opportunities is progressively
                                                                  restored and rehabilitated.


                                                            6. Native    vegetation clearing      is   Not Applicable
                                                            undertaken as sequential clearing          No   clearing of native
                                                            and    under    the   guidance   of   a    vegetation is proposed
                                                            koala spotter where the native             or required.

                                                            vegetation is a non-juvenile koala
                                                            habitat tree.


                                                            7. Landscaping activities provide          Not Applicable
                                                            food, shelter and movement                 The proposal is for infill
                                                            opportunities for koalas consistent        residential    development
                                                            with the site design.                      in     an        established
                                                                                                       residential          locality,
                                                                                                       bordered      by established
                                                                                                       dwellings          to      all
                                                                                                       directions. There is       no

                                                                                                       Koala habitat on, or in
                                                                                                       proximity of the site,
                                                                                                       and    opportunities      for
                                                                                                       Koala foot, shelter and
                                                                                                       movement         are    non-

                                                                                                       existent.



Comment: The subject allotment is included in a Koala Assessable Development Area. However, the
site is mapped     as   ’generally not suitable’ for Koala habitat. The site represents a cleared parcel of
land with no native vegetation in an established residential locality that is surrounded by established
residential dwellings in all directions. There is no koala habitat on, or in close proximity to the site and
no   opportunity to provide and usable habitat or movement corridors for Koalas on or through the site.



!5.3 THE NOOSA PLAN
Under The Noosa Plan, the site is included in the Semi-attached Housing Zone of the Eastern Beaches

Locality.

An assessment of the applicable provisions of The Noosa Plan has been undertaken in the following

sections of this Town Planning Report.


5.3.1 LEVEL OF ASSESSMENT


The following assessment table extract for development other than Material Change of Use within the
Eastern Beaches Locality identifies the proposed reconfiguring a lot is subject to code assessment.


              Column 1                                 Column 2                                         Column 3

        Type of development                       Assessment Category                    Relevant assessment criteria             -




                                                                                       applicable code if development is
                                                                                        self-assessable or requires code
                                                                                                       assessment

Reconfiguring    a lot                    Code assessable                            If code assessable-

                                                                                     a) Eastern Beaches Locality
                                                                                     Code; and
                                                                                     b) Reconfiguring a Lot Code;
                                                                                     and

                                                                                     c) Landscaping Code; and
                                                                                     d) Engineering Works Codes




Development Application For Reconfiguring a Lot                                                                            Page 8
2 Lots and Common Property
42 Avocet Parade, Peregian Beach