Ecological Assessment Report

                                                                                                                                  Ecological Assessment Report




 Legislative / Compliance Element           Desktop Assessment Results                                  Field Survey Results and Assessment

Vegetation Management Act 1999 (VM          The Vegetation Management Report maps the subject          The mapping was determined to be inaccurate during
Act) Regulated Vegetation Management        site as Category B (remnant).                              the site survey. The development footprint area is
Map                                                                                                    clear of vegetation now and should be mapped as
                                                                                                       Category X vegetation. A letter from SARA dated 1
                                                                                                       April 2022 stated that the proposed clearing of native
                                                                                                       vegetation may be undertaken as exempt clearing
                                                                                                       under the Planning Regulation, Schedule 21 Exempt
                                                                                                       clearing work, Part 2, for freehold land, clearing
                                                                                                       vegetation- (a) that is residential clearing. This
                                                                                                       assessment was based on the mapping showing the
                                                                                                       site still being vegetated. No further assessment by
                                                                                                       the State is required.

VM Act Essential Habitat Map                The site of the proposed dwelling is not mapped as         The absence of essential habitat was confirmed by
                                            supporting any essential habitat for endangered,           the site assessment.
                                            vulnerable and near threatened wildlife listed under the
                                            NC Act.

Koala Conservation Plan Map – Koala         The site is mapped as containing within a Koala Habitat    The development area for the dwelling does not
priority areas and Koala habitat areas      Area (KHA).                                                contain koala habitat trees and it is not mapped as a
mapping.                                                                                               koala habitat area, no further assessment is required.

Environmental Protection Act 1994 and       No regulated wetlands are mapped on the site.              The site assessment confirmed that the dwelling site
Environmental   Protection   (Water   and                                                              does not support a wetland area.
Wetland Biodiversity) Policy 2019

Map of Queensland wetland environmental
values




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