2019-04-09 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA   9 APRIL 2019




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PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                        9 APRIL 2019

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    1, Property Description
    The property is situated in the Boreen Point locality and the property description is Lot 3
    RP 186809 1675 Louis Bazzo Drive, Boreen Point. The property owner is Monika Frank.
    There are no dwellings on the site. Map | indicates the cadastral boundaries and the sites
    of survey works. The property is approximately 51.5 hectares and is almost entirely
    covered in native vegetation.

    2. Methodology
    This Conservation Report is based on a site visit, a brief flora and fauna survey of two
    sites of the property, aerial photographic analysis and literature review.

    A brief field survey was conducted on September 13” 1999 after an initial visit to the
    property with the landholders and Noosa Council Environment Officer in August. The
    sites surveyed were after assessment of the aerial photography provided by Council.
    Floristics of each site and fauna (cither by calls, skats, tracks or sightings) were recorded.
    The two sites selected were based on demonstrating the different forest types present on
    site and also accessibility of other sites was difficult, and time and money constraints
    limited the scope of fieldwork. An accurate fauna and flora survey would entail weeks of
    work conducted at differing times of the day and night and would require a number of
    field scientists. This survey was conducted in the late hours of the morning hence a great
    deal of fauna is not captured. Habitat assessment of the forest types present on the site
    can provide an indication of potential fauna capability. The age of the vegetation was
    estimated to be approximately 40 to 50 years old, and there are present small hollows,
    fallen logs and a developed structural forest that provides a viable habitat potential for
    many native fauna species.

    The aerial photography demonstrated a number of different textures indicating a change
    of vegetation community, however from site assessment this change would is more

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