MCU14/0056 - Attachment I -Environmental Report

              environmental management
            ecological assessment report



Under the Vegetation Management Framework Amendment Act 2013 (VMFAA), Regulated Vegetation Management
Mapping shows vegetation categories used to determine clearing requirements. While areas shown on the map as
Category X are not regulated under the VMA, those shown as a Category A, B, C or R are subject to clearing
requirements. The latter vegetation categories can only be cleared in accordance with an exemption, self-
assessable vegetation clearing code, area management plan or development approval. A supporting map
defining Regional Ecosystems, wetlands, watercourses and essential habitat is provided with the Regulated
Vegetation Management Map. Approval for clearing of native vegetation is required under the Sustainable
Planning Act 2009 (SPA); specifically assessment is required against Module 8: Native Vegetation Clearing of the
State Development Assessment Provisions (SDAP).

Regulated Vegetation Management Mapping identifies the site as containing Category X vegetation, meaning
that the vegetation is not regulated under the VMA (Figure 3). The site is not mapped as having Regional
Ecosystems containing remnant or regrowth vegetation and the supporting map overlay does not include
vegetation management constraints (Figure 4). As the proposal does not require clearing of mapped regulated
vegetation or essential habitat, and clearing of Category X vegetation is exempt, no approvals are required under
the VMA.


3.4. South East Queensland Koala Conservation State Planning
     Regulatory Provisions
The South East Queensland Koala Conservation State Planning Regulatory Provisions came into effect in May 2010.
The SPRP targets areas of the Koala Coast, and Pine Rivers and areas outside the urban footprint, where koalas are
known to be under the most significant risks (areas previously regulated by the Interim South East Queensland
Koala State Planning Regulatory Provision (February 2010) or the Nature Conservation (Koala) Conservation Plan 2006
and Management Program 2006–2026). The SPRP prohibits clearing bushland habitat in the priority areas of Koala
Coast and Pine Rivers, and in areas outside the urban footprint.

The subject site is not located within a Koala Assessable Development Area protected under the Koala SPRP
(Figure 5). The site is mapped as holding koala habitat value under State Planning Policy (2/10): Koala Conservation
in South East Queensland for medium and low value bushland habitat and low value rehabilitation (Figure 5).




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