Town Planning Cover Letter - MCU20-146

BIODIVERSITY, WATERWAYS AND WETLANDS OVERLAY CODE


Performance Outcome               Acceptable Outcome                 Response

PO1                               AO1.3                              In accordance with Noosa
Development is sited and          Where       constructing      a    Council      2020      Overlay
designed to protect the           dwelling        house        or    Mapping,      the    proposed
physical    and     ecological    community            residence​,   development is located within
integrity and biodiversity of     buildings and associated           mapped             ecologically
ecologically important areas      structures are not located on      important       areas.     The
through protection of:            land identified as an area of      proposed development is
 1. existing habitat areas        biodiversity significance on a     located within a cleared area
     and ​ecological linkages​;   Biodiversity, Waterways and        with a minimum setback of
     and                          Wetlands Overlay Map​.             approximately 27m to the
 2. existing       ​riparian                                         northern boundary which
    vegetation​, waterways                                           abuts Middle Creek (mapped
    and ​wetland habitat                                             waterway). The applicant, in
    values.                                                          partnership with Land for
                                                                     Wildlife, has recently planted
                                                                     100 new trees and has
                                                                     cleared weed species to
                                                                     assist in the protection and
                                                                     enhancement of the existing
                                                                     environmental values on the
                                                                     site.

PO6                               AO6.1                              As outlined above:-
The      biodiversity    and      Development and ​clearing of
ecosystem       values     of     vegetation does not occur              ● The        development
waterways, wetlands and           within:                                    does not propose any
adjacent riparian zones are       1. a r​ iparian buffer area​;              vegetation clearing;
protected by:                     2. a w ​ etland​ area; or              ● The development is
 1. avoiding     any     new                                                 located a minimum of
                                  3. 10 metres either side of
    development       in    a                                                27m to the northern
                                      the centre line of other
    riparian buffer area and                                                 boundary which abuts
                                      waterways identified on
    wetland​ area;                                                           Middle Creek;
                                      a               ​Biodiversity,
 2. retaining aquatic and                                                ● The applicant has
                                      Waterways                and
    terrestrial habitat in                                                   planted 100 new trees
                                      Wetlands Overlay Map​.
    riparian zones;                                                          and removed weed
                                                                             species to promote
 3. maintaining           and
                                                                             the rehabilitation of
    enhancing         wildlife
                                                                             the mapped riparian
    corridors             and
                                                                             buffer    area     and
    connectivity        along
                                                                             improve connectivity
    watercourses          and
                                                                             of             existing
    drainage lines for native
                                                                             environmental
    fauna movement;



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