Town Planning Assessment Report · MCU26/0099

                                      e) avoiding causing ingress of saline     the potential for contaminants to
                                         water into freshwater aquifers         enter surface water or
                                         of wetlands; and                       groundwater.
                                      f) avoiding contaminants entering
                                         groundwater (e.g. from runoff,
                                         effluent disposal).


PO10                                  AO10.1                                    AO10.1 - Complies
Development provides                  Landscaping and                           Landscaping and ecological
for ecologically important areas to   rehabilitation complements and            rehabilitation associated with the
be restored and enhanced through:     supports ecologically important           development can be undertaken
                                      areas by:                                 using local native species and in a
a) designing landscaped areas to                                                manner that complements the
   complement and enhance             a) utilising local native species;        retained vegetation and ecological
   existing vegetation and ecologi    b) utilising suitable plant species       linkages. Pest plant species will be
   cal linkages;                         identified in PSP2 Landscaping;        avoided and weed management
b) removing species likely to         c) restoring degraded ecosystems          within retained vegetation can be
   displace native flora species or      to achieve a functional                undertaken to improve ecological
   degrade fauna habitat;                ecosystem state that requires          condition and habitat quality. These
c) replanting and rehabilitating         minimal human intervention;            measures can be secured by
   degraded habitat;                  d) replicating adjacent remnant           conditions of approval.
d) replacing                             habitats of the same type,
   any vegetation removed with           including the                          AO10.2 - Performance Outcome
   suitable local native species;        understorey vegetation;                PO10
e) providing for fauna habitat; and   e) creating or enhancing linkages         Equivalent-area replacement
f) avoiding the planting of pest         between existing habitats;             planting within the bushfire
   plant species.                     f) avoiding the use of pest plant         protection area would be
                                         species listed in PSP2 -               inconsistent with the need to
                                         Landscaping;                           maintain the required defendable
                                      g) planting riparian zones to filter      space around the dwelling and
                                         stormwater run-off, stabilise soil     associated structures. Instead, the
                                         and provide for wildlife habitat;      proposal retains the substantial
                                         and                                    majority of native vegetation on the
                                      h) providing ground and arboreal          property and residual impacts can
                                         structures for fauna, which may        be addressed through
                                         include ground depressions,            rehabilitation and weed
                                         rocks, hollows, nesting boxes and      management within retained
                                         in-stream habitat.                     vegetation. This approach
                                                                                maintains and enhances the
                                      AO10.2                                    broader ecological values and
                                      Vegetation cleared is replaced with:      habitat function of the site and is
                                                                                consistent with PO10.
                                      a) plantings of equivalent area that
                                         replicate the floristic structure of
                                         the vegetation removed; or
                                      b) where this is not possible due to
                                         the characteristics of the site and
                                         the development, plantings twice
                                         the number of the removed trees
                                         and plants.


PO11                                  AO11.1                                    AO11.1 - Complies
Development is designed,              Development design complies with          The development is located within
constructed and operated to—          the Koala-sensitive Design Guideline:     mapped koala habitat but is
                                      A guide to koala sensitive design         concentrated within and adjoining
a) protect and enhance koalas         measures for planning and                 a previously disturbed area. The
   and koala habitat and avoid        development activities.                   substantial majority of koala habitat
   adverse impacts;                                                             on the property will remain as a


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