Attachment E - Assessment Env Values Report

Callaghan and Toth Consulting Engineers______________________________________________________
Biodiversity Overlay

        native fauna movement;                                             Community residence and on an allotment situated                                        of the Lower Mill site. This riparian zone does provide a
     d) avoiding edge effects and                                          wholly within the Riparian Buffer Area,                                                 wildlife corridor along Cooroy Creek and down to Six Mile
        incompatible uses in riparian zones;                               a) fronting the Noosa River – development is                                            Creek.
     e) maintaining bank stability by                                         setback a minimum of 40m from mean high water
        minimising bank erosion and                                           spring or as otherwise prescribed by the                                             As part of the proposed development water quality will be
        slumping;                                                             Environmental Protection Agency’s Erosion prone                                      managed as per the attached Stormwater Quality
     f) maintaining water quality by filtering                                Area Maps;                                                                           Management Plan (SWQMP) by Callaghan and Toth Pty
        sediments, nutrients and other                                     b) not fronting Noosa River –                                                           Ltd. The existing biobasins (refurbished) and some
        pollutants; and                                                       development is located outside the riparian zone                                     existing and new swales will treat sediment and nutrients
     g) removing undesirable plant species                                    and setback a suitable distance from the                                             loads in the stormwater flows, to protect the water quality
        and replacing them with vegetation of                                 watercourse having regard to the development                                         of the adjacent watercourse.
        local origin;                                                         constraints of the property and the need to protect
                                                                              environmental and riparian values;
                                                                           OR
                                                                           S5.3 For Animal husbandry on premises in the
                                                                              Rural Zone –
                                                                           a) stock proof fencing is installed along watercourses
                                                                              at a distance of no less than 10m from the top of
                                                                              the bank;
                                                                           b) stock watering points are located no less than
                                                                              15m away from the top of the bank of
                                                                              watercourses; and
                                                                           c) stock crossing points across watercourses are
                                                                              defined and controlled with stock proof fencing, to
                                                                              prevent stock from damaging riparian vegetation
                                                                              or banks to watercourses;
                                                                           OR
                                                                           S5.4 Recreational facilities (including playgrounds,
                                                                           pergolas, barbeques etc) are setback a minimum of
                                                                           30m from the top of the bank of a watercourse and
                                                                           10m from the top of the bank of a drainage line;

                                                                           OR
                                                                           S5.5 For Forestry uses the cultivated area is
                                                                           separated from watercourses by a distance not less
                                                                           than the distances identified below, measured from
                                                                           high water mark or the top the bank, whichever is the
                                                                           greater distance –

                                                                               Feature         Distance
                                                                           Stream order 1 or 2     5m

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