MCU14/0056 - Attachment I -Environmental Report

                environmental management
              ecological assessment report



1.          Introduction
The Environmental Management Division of Saunders Havill Group was engaged by Verve Building Design and
Concepts to prepare an Ecological Assessment Report for the proposed Cooroy Centre Development at Myall
Street, Cooroy. This report provides a review of the site’s ecological values in accordance with Commonwealth,
State and Local Government legislation and is intended to support a development application to Noosa Shire
Council for a Material Change of Use (MCU). The site layout is provided in Appendix A.

The subject site covers approximately 6.7 hectares and is approximately 1 km south of Cooroy town centre (refer
to site context and aerial maps at Figure 1& Figure 2). The site is fragmented by major arterial networks (Ferrells
Road to the north-west, Bruce Highway to the south-west and Myall Street to the north-east), and is surrounded
by a mixture of rural and residential land uses. The site has been extensively cleared with vegetated areas
concentrated along the property boundaries and the waterway that traverses its south-eastern portion.




1.1.       Key Site Details
 Address                                     125 Myall Street, Cooroy

 RPD                                         Lot 4 on SP248479

 Local Government Area                       Noosa Shire Council

 Planning Scheme/Local Plan                  The Noosa Plan/ Cooroy and Lake MacDonald Locality Plan

 Area Classification/Zone                    Rural

 Existing Land Use                           Vacant Land

 Proposed Land Use                           Mixed Use –retail, service station, food service, storage units and
                                             caravan park

 VMA                                         Category X

 Fish Habitat                                Moderate and Low Value Waterways

 State Planning Policy                       Wildlife Habitat, Regulated Vegetation (intersecting a watercourse),
                                             Water Supply Buffer Area, Flood and Bushfire Hazards

 Koala Habitat                               Medium and Low Value Bushland, Low Value Rehabilitation




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