Ecological Assessment Report

                                                    TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.0                    INTRODUCTION .................................................................................. 1
           1.1         PURPOSE OF THIS REPORT ........................................................................................................ 1
           1.2         SITE DESCRIPTION ....................................................................................................................... 1
           1.3         PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT ........................................................................................................ 4

2.0                    ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY .................................................... 5
           2.1         DESKTOP ASSESSMENT .............................................................................................................. 5
           2.2         FIELD SURVEY ............................................................................................................................... 5
           2.3         ASSESSMENT AND REPORTING ................................................................................................. 6

3.0                    ASSESSMENT OF RESULTS .......................................................... 7
           3.1         REMNANT VEGETATION AND VEGETATION COMMUNITIES .................................................. 7
           3.2         CONSERVATION SIGNIFICANT FLORA AND FAUNA ................................................................ 9
           3.3         SUMMARY OF ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS .................................................................................... 16

4.0                    RECOMMENDATIONS AND SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT
REQUIREMENTS ............................................................................................... 17
           4.1         GENERAL...................................................................................................................................... 17
           4.2         RECOMMENDATIONS ................................................................................................................. 17

5.0                    REFERENCES ............................................................................... 18


                                                          LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1 – Site locality ......................................................................................................................... 1
Figure 2 – Site topography and watercourses ...................................................................................... 2
Figure 3 – Riparian Buffer overlay mapping ......................................................................................... 3
Figure 4 – Biodiversity overlay mapping .............................................................................................. 3
Figure 5 – Approximate location of proposed dwelling within property ............................................... 4
Figure 6 – Regional ecosystem mapping .............................................................................................. 7
Figure 7 – R. rubescens individual observed within the site ............................................................... 10
Figure 8 – Koala habitat mapping (green = core habitat, hatching = koala priority area) ..................... 12




30 September 2021                                                Chris Bentley                                                                                Page: i
Ref: 20-052                                              Ecological Assessment Report
                                                  Proposed Dwelling at 11 Senegal Rise, Doonan