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               Bushfire prone area.
         S5 Environmental acknowledges that the SPP’s have not been integrated in to the requirements
         of the Noosa Shire Planning scheme and therefore assessment against Part E: State Interest
         Policies of the SPP (2017) has been detailed below in Table 7. It should be noted that the Natural
         Hazard Assessment (refer to S50335ER002, October, 2017) has included an assessment against
         the Part E: State Interest Policies and benchmarks. The relevant SPP Maps are enclosed in
         Appendix C of this report.
      5.3.1 Part E – State Interest Policies and Assessment Benchmarks
      As outlined in Table 6 above, the development application will be assessed against the following
      requirements as outline in the SPP 2017:

             Planning for the environment and heritage; and
             Planning for safety and resilience to hazards.
      
      Table 7 is an assessment against Part E of the SPP in relation to Biodiversity. The proposal is for the
      Reconfiguration of a Lot with the development of a residential lots and townhouses.



              Table 7 Assessment of Part E State Interest Policies and Assessment Benchmarks

      State Interest Policies          Development                                Response
                                        Outcome
State interest - biodiversity
Matters of environmental significance are valued and protected, and the health and resilience of biodiversity is
maintained or enhanced to support ecological processed.
   All of the following state interest policies must be appropriately integrated in planning and development
                                             outcomes, where relevant.
    (1) Development is located in                      Development avoids impacts on Matters of National
         areas to avoid impacts on                      Environmental Significance (MNES). Section 5.2 and Table
         matters of national                            5 outlines and discusses any relevant matters of
         environmental                                  environmental significance in associated with the subject site
         significance and                               and the proposed development. It has been determined that
         considered the                                 the development proposal would not have implications for or
         requirements of the                            significantly impact any MNES including listed threatened
         Environmental Protection                       species and communities, migratory species, Ramsar
         and Biodiversity                               wetlands, Commonwealth marine environments, world
         Conservation Act 1999                          heritage properties, national heritage places, etc.
    (2) Matters of state                               Matters of State Environmental Significance (MSES) are
         environmental                                  outlined and discussed in relation to the proposed
         significance are identified                    development in Section 5.3 and Table 6. These MSES are
         and development is                             assessed through state level assessment processes.
         located in areas that avoid                    Additionally, the SPP mapping for the site identifies that
         adverse impacts; where                         Biodiversity MSES will not be impacted by the proposal, with
         adverse impacts cannot                         the exception of the MSES High Ecological Value (HEV)
         by reasonably avoided,                         (Watercourse) which was ground-truthed as part of the field
         they are minimised.                            assessment and indicated a modified dam overflow which
                                                        was degraded by erosion, lack of vegetation and historical




       REF:S50335ER001_rev a                            10 & 22 Rose Gum Road and 521 Elm Street, Black Mountain
                                                                                 Detailed Ecological Assessment