2 David Low Way - Attachment 2 - Ecological and Bushfire Assessment Report 9-8-17

                                                                                     Ecological and Bushfire Assessment Report
                                                                                         Lot 71 on MCH 2854, Castaways Beach



Table 5-4       Environmental Enhancement Area criteria
 Criteria                                          Site Specific Assessment of Compliance



 Vegetation that falls within the Environmental Enhancement category comprises regional ecosystems that
 possess at least one of the following environmental values or criteria—

 1)   The regional conservation status under       Not Applicable
      the Queensland Vegetation Management
                                                   Neither RE12.2.5 nor RE12.2.14 have an Of Concern status pursuant
      Act 1999 is “Of Concern”; or
                                                   to the VM Act 1999.

 2)   The extent reserved within protected         Not Applicable
      areas in Noosa is ‘medium’, as identified
                                                   The cited report Vegetation of Noosa Shire (ed 2, 2003), Table 17.1
      in Vegetation of Noosa Shire.
                                                   lists both RE12.2.5 and RE12.2.14 as having a High extent reserved
                                                   within the Noosa Shire.



With respect to the classification of the entire Site as a Riparian Buffer Area, it is noted that the Noosa Plan
does not provide specific criteria that need to be satisfied with respect to the Riparian Buffer Area classification.
Nevertheless, the Noosa Plan does contain a number of relevant definitions which can be used to verify
whether or not the classification of the entire Site as a riparian Buffer Area is warranted. Table 5-5 provides
such an analysis of the Riparian Buffer Area classification of the Site.

Table 5-5       Riparian Buffer Area classification assessment
 Definitions                                       Site Specific Assessment

 foreshore means the land in the Noosa Shire       The Site does not encompass any “foreshore” areas as defined. It is
 lying between the high water mark and low         noted that Burgess Creek is a freshwater system not subject to tidal
 water mark at ordinary spring tides and           flows under ordinary spring tide events.
 controlled by the Noosa Shire under the Local
 Government Act 2009.

 riparian zone means land which adjoins,           The northern sector of the Site forms part of a riparian zone in that it
 directly influences, or is influenced by a body   adjoins and interacts with a body of water (i.e. Burgess Creek).
 of water.

 riparian vegetation includes –                    Riparian vegetation within the Site is limited to those parts of the Site
                                                   within 50m of the top bank of Burgess Creek which is a permanent
                                                   freshwater watercourse. This assessment is based on the following.
 a)   vegetation along the foreshore;
                                                   a)   The Site does not encompass and foreshore areas as defined by
                                                        the Noosa Plan.

 b)   vegetation in a permanent freshwater         b)   The northern sector of the Site supports vegetation located along
      watercourse or existing within 50m from           the foreshore of Burgess Creek that could be considered as
      the top of the bank of a permanent                riparian vegetation. Vegetation within 50m of the high bank of
      freshwater watercourse;                           Burgess Creek would satisfy the definition of riparian vegetation.

 c)   vegetation in a permanent tidal              c)   No part of the Site is located within 250m of the top of the bank
      watercourse or within 250m from the top           of a permanent tidal watercourse.
      of the bank of a permanent tidal
      watercourse;

 d)   vegetation in Lake Macdonald or within       d)   The Site is not located within the Lake MacDonald catchment.
      400m of the full level of ponded water
      within Lake Macdonald; or




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