Town Planning Report - Material Change of Use Outdoor Sport and Recreation - Temporary relocation ~ Lake Macdonald Dr Lake Mac

Town Planning Report
Material Change of Use – Outdoor Sport and Recreation (Temporary Use)




 Koala habitat protection and enhancement

PO11                                                                                                               AO11.1
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Complies
Development is designed, constructed and operated to—                                                              Development design complies with the Koala-sensitive Design Guideline: A guide to koala
(a) protect and enhance koalas and koala habitat and avoid adverse impacts;                                        sensitive design measures for planning and development activities.                                                                  AO11.1 – Koala-sensitive design
(b) provide measures to assist the survival of koala populations in the area to mitigate                           AO11.2
      any potential threats or risk to koalas; and                                                                 Development incorporates revegetation and landscaping that provides food, shelter and                                               The subject site is not mapped as MSES Wildlife Habitat (Koala habitat areas – core or
(c) provide for safe and appropriate koala movement across the landscape.                                          movement opportunities for koalas.                                                                                                  locally refined) under the relevant planning overlays. Notwithstanding this, the proposed
Editor's Note—Koala habitat mapping is in Schedule 2 Mapping.                                                      AO11.3                                                                                                                              development is minor in nature, comprising a lightweight, relocatable structure, and is
Editor's Note—The Planning Regulation 2017, schedule 10 states that development that interferes with               Development is designed to maximise and enhance connectivity between koala habitat trees                                            located wholly within an existing cleared area. No trees will be removed or disturbed,
koala habitat, in an area that is both a koala priority area and a koala habitat area, is prohibited               and ensure safe koala movement.                                                                                                     and the proposal does not introduce barriers or hazards to koalas. Accordingly, the
development (subject to the exceptions stated in schedule 10 of the Planning Regulation 2017).
                                                                                                                   AO11.4                                                                                                                              development complies with the intent of the Koala-sensitive Design Guideline.
Editor's Note - These performance outcomes and acceptable outcomes apply to:
(a)     development on land in a koala priority area, where the development does not interfere with koala During construction, measures are incorporated to not increase the risk of death or injury to
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       AO11.2 – Revegetation and landscaping
        habitat and where the benchmarks are additional to and not inconsistent with, the assessment koalas, by including safe koala movement measures, as defined in the Planning Regulation
        benchmarks stated in schedule 11, part 2 of the Planning Regulations 2017; and                                                                                                                                                                 No revegetation or landscaping is proposed as part of the development and no koala
                                                                                                          2017.
(b)     development on land outside the koala priority area, where the development does not interfere
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       habitat trees will be removed or impacted. The site forms part of the established Lake
        with koala habitat in koala habitat areas.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Macdonald Park and continues to rely on the existing vegetated landscape to provide
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       habitat and movement opportunities for fauna, including koalas. Consequently, the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       development does not diminish koala food or shelter resources.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       AO11.3 – Habitat connectivity and movement
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       The development does not result in the removal of koala habitat trees or fragment
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       existing vegetation. Given the small footprint, lightweight nature, and placement within
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       a cleared area, the proposal does not affect connectivity between koala habitat areas or
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       interfere with safe koala movement. Existing habitat linkages within and beyond the site
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       are maintained.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       AO11.4 – Construction impacts
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Construction activities are minor and confined to an already cleared area. No vegetation
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       removal, earthworks, or roadworks are proposed that would increase the risk of death or
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       injury to koalas. As such, additional koala movement or exclusion measures are not
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       required, and the proposal will not elevate construction-related risks to koalas.

 Bushfire management

PO12
                                                                                                                   No acceptable outcome provided                                                                                                      Not Applicable
Bushfire management measures are adopted based on ecological principles, which:
(a) maintain and enhance biodiversity;                                                                                                                                                                                                                 The subject site is not located within a Bushfire Hazard Area as identified on the
(b) minimise threat of fire to the natural environment, as well as life and property; and                                                                                                                                                              Bushfire Hazard Overlay Maps in Schedule 2 of the Planning Scheme. Accordingly,
(c) provide for effective use and maintenance of buildings and structures.                                                                                                                                                                             bushfire management measures and vegetation clearing for bushfire risk mitigation are
Editor's note—The performance outcome applies to properties in bushfire hazard areas and only where                                                                                                                                                    not required for the proposed development.
clearing is reasonably necessary for the control of bushfire risk to a building or structure. Bushfire
hazard areas are shown on Bushfire Hazard Overlay maps in Schedule 2.

 Scenic amenity

PO13                                                                                                               AO13.1
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Not applicable
The scenic amenity and vegetated character of the landscape is protected by retaining                              Vegetation is retained:
vegetation:                                                                                                        (a) on and within 30 metres of prominent ridgelines and on sloping sites;                                                           All vegetation within the site is retained. The proposed development is confined to an
(a) along and around watercourses and drainage lines;                                                              (b) in gullies;                                                                                                                     existing cleared and disturbed area and does not involve any vegetation removal or
(b) on steep slopes and ridgelines;                                                                                (c) along watercourses and drainage lines;                                                                                          disturbance.
(c) along the major road network; and                                                                              (d) within 10 metres of the major road network; and



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