Response to Info Request - Attachment 6b - Ecological Assessment Part 2 MCU18-0015 & RAL18-0001 · MCU18/0015

                                                           Ecological Assessment – Attunga Heights



               Specific Outcomes                                     Probable Solutions                                        Response
                                                                                                            the riparian buffer        and    the   proposed
                                                                                                            development areas.
 Koala Habitat Areas
 O7 Development is designed, constructed and           S7.1 Development avoids removing and                 The site is mapped as occurring within a Koala
 operated to:                                          fragmenting koala habitat and includes koala         Habitat Area (FIGURE 14) in association with
 a) avoid adverse impacts on koalas and koala          sensitive design measures consistent with the        remnant vegetation, however no Koala habitat or
 habitat;                                              Nature Conservation (Koala) Plan 2006 and            evidence of Koala activity was located during the
 b) provide measures to assist the survival of koala   Management Program 2006- 2016 and Koala              2018 site inspection. Interestingly, mapping
 populations in the area to mitigate any potential     Sensitive Design Guideline 201214.                   associated with State Planning Policy 2/10: Koala
 threats or risks to koalas;                                                                                Conservation in South East Queensland (Koala
 c) provide for safe and appropriate koala             S7.2 Where clearing of non-juvenile koala habitat    SPP) shows the area as generally not suitable as
 movement across the landscape; and                    trees is unavoidable in an area shown as bushland    koala habitat (FIGURE 6).
 d) provide for a net gain in mature and actively      habitat, high value rehabilitation habitat or
 regenerating koala habitat.                           medium value rehabilitation habitat on the map       No non-juvenile Koala habitat trees will be
                                                       called ‘Map of Values’ 15, such clearing is          removed as a result of the proposed
                                                       minimised and a biodiversity offset is provided in   development.
                                                       accordance with the Queensland Environmental
                                                       Offset Policy.
 Open space networks and ecological linkages
 O8 Open space networks and ecological linkages        S8.1 Vegetation and ecological linkages are          The site is not mapped as occurring within an
 are maintained and enhanced to provide for safe       enhanced through revegetation, rehabilitation        Open Space Corridor on Schedule 5, Map 3 – Open
 movement of fauna and viable connectivity             and vegetation maintenance in areas indicated in     Space Networks. The site is mapped as containing
 between ecologically important areas by               Schedule 5 on Map 4 - Open Space Networks in         ‘Existing Native Vegetation’ on this map. While
 protecting and replanting vegetation of local         such a way as to—                                    the site is not identified as occurring within a
 origin—                                               a) ensure protection of wildlife refuges;            designated wildlife corridor, connectivity through
 a) along and around watercourses, wetlands,           b) facilitate the dispersal and movement of native   the site will be maintained by the retention and
 drainage lines and ridgelines; and                    wildlife; and                                        rehabilitation of a continuous tract of existing
 b) as linkages between areas of remnant               c) maintain vegetation in patches of the greatest    vegetation, with a minimum width of 40 m.
 vegetation, including—                                possible size and with the smallest possible edge-
     i. across property boundaries;                    to-area ratio.




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