Appendix C - Ecological Assessment Report

 PO11                                             AO11.1                                                         AO11.1 – No development is proposed within
 Development is designed, constructed and         Development design complies with the Koala Sensitive           close proximity to the mapped koala habitat within
 operated to—                                     Design Guideline: A guide to koala sensitive design            the south-west of the site. The development retains
    a) protect and enhance koalas and             measures for planning and development activities               the existing extent of koala habitat within the site
        koala habitat and avoid adverse                                                                          within one contiguous unit. The development does
        impacts;                                                                                                 not generate unacceptable impact on existing
    b) provide measures to assist the                                                                            koala movement opportunities through the site and
        survival of koala populations in the      AO11.2                                                         between patches of offsite suitable koala habitat.
        area to mitigate any potential            Development incorporates revegetation and landscaping
        threats or risk to koalas;                that provides food, shelter and movement opportunities for     AO11.2
    c) provide for safe and appropriate           koalas                                                         The revegetation strategy has incorporated
        koala movement across the                                                                                characteristic vineforest species as per the existing
        landscape; and                            AO11.3                                                         riparian vineforest community and does not include
    d) provide for a net gain in mature and       Development is designed to maximise and enhance                koala habitat trees which are generally unsuited to
        actively regenerating koala habitat.      connectivity between koala habitat trees and ensure safe       the high shade conditions of the waterway corridor.
                                                  koala movement.
 Editor's Note—Koala habitat mapping is in                                                                       AO11.3
 Schedule 2 Mapping.                              AO11.4                                                         Development has been located within existing
                                                  During construction, measures are incorporated to not          cleared areas and any available koala movement
 Editor's Note—The Planning Regulation            increase the risk of death or injury to koalas, by including   opportunities are to be maintained via retention of
 2017, schedule 10 states that development        koala movement measures, as defined in the Planning            existing vegetated areas.
 that interferes with koala habitat, in an area   Regulation 2017
 that is both a koala priority area and a koala                                                                  AO11.4
 habitat area, is prohibited development                                                                         N/A - Construction associated with the
 (subject to the exceptions stated in                                                                            development will be for the construction of a small
 schedule 10 of the Planning Regulation                                                                          number of cabins only and is not anticipated to
 2017).                                                                                                          present a risk to koalas if they inhabit the site.

 Editor's Note- These performance
 outcomes and acceptable outcomes apply
 to:

 a) development on land in a koala priority
 area, where the development does not
 interfere with koala habitat and where the
 benchmarks are additional to and not
 inconsistent with, the assessment
 benchmarks stated in schedule 11, part 2 of
 the Planning Regulations 2017; and


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