MCU14/0056 - Attachment I -Environmental Report

               environmental management
             ecological assessment report

Biodiversity Code Response
Specific outcomes                                      Probable solutions (if code assessable)                    Preferred Solution

13.9      Vegetation retention and conservation7
 Environmental Protection Area &
 Environmental Enhancement Area
 Vegetation & Riparian Buffer Area
 O1 Vegetation of local origin local origin8 on         S1.1 An Ecological Assessment Report prepared in          The proposed development will occur on premises
 premises identified as—                                accordance with Planning Scheme Policy 18 –               containing a mapped Environmental Protection Area
  a)   Environmental Protection Area9 or Riparian       Ecological Assessment Guidelines demonstrates that        and Riparian Buffer Area. This Ecological Assessment
       Buffer Area on the Biodiversity Overlay Maps     the flora on the premises does not constitute             Report has been prepared for the proposed
       OM1.1 to OM9.1, is retained and conserved in
                                                        Environmental Protection Area or Environmental            development in accordance with Planning Scheme
       its present form or improved to ensure its
       ongoing contribution to the natural resources    Enhancement Area vegetation.11                            Policy 18- Ecological Assessment Guidelines and ground-
       and biological diversity of the former Noosa                                                               truths on site ecological and potential habitat values.
       Shire; and                                       OR                                                        Site surveys have identified the project area contains
  b) Environmental Enhancement Area10 on
                                                                                                                  species naturally occurring in the local Noosa area
       Biodiversity Overlay Maps OM1.1 – OM9.1, is      S1.2 Where constructing a Detached House; or
                                                                                                                  however retains limited habitat value due to historical
       protected from the impacts of development        Community residence interference with vegetation
                                                                                                                  clearing and adjacent arterial road development.
       by—                                              does not extend beyond—
                                                                                                                  Remaining habitat values are confined to the south-
        i.    avoiding edge effects;                    a) 30m of a building or 10m of a structure on lots
                                                                                                                  eastern portion of the site surrounding the waterway
        ii. avoiding fragmentation; and                     greater than 10ha; or
                                                        b) 10m of a building or structure on lots 10ha or less    and a few mature scattered eucalypts along the site
        iii. maintaining vegetation in
                                                            but more than 0.3ha; or                               boundaries. The remainder of the site, including areas
                manageable and viable
                configurations.                         c) 3m of a building or structure on lots 0.3ha or less.   mapped within the Riparian Buffer Area, has been
 AND                                                                                                              cleared.

                                                                                                                  The proposed development intends to retain and
                                                                                                                  conserve the Environmental Protection Area in its
                                                                                                                  present form. In addition, potential ecological values
                                                                                                                  associated with the south-eastern waterway will be
                                                                                                                  protected through strengthening of vegetation buffers
                                                                                                                  and installation of bio-retention basins.



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