Attachment 3 - Koala Impact Assesssment

Strategically placed exclusion fencing to separate koalas from the risk of road
trauma in combination with koala-permeable fencing to encourage movement of
koalas in safer areas will meet the koala-sensitive fencing guideline. Prohibiting
dogs from the site will remove the risk of attack and signage will aid community
information on living with wildlife – another element of koala-sensitive design.
This will be challenging in the connection between the council reserve (toward
the creek) and the subject site because free access for fauna must be retained
to ensure the permeability of the landscape and avoid directing fauna to the
road (Noosa Drive).


State Code 25: Development in South East Queensland koala habitat
areas.


Because this proposal sits within mapped koala habitat in southeast
Queensland, any development that interferes with koala habitat must comply
with State Code 25: Development in South East Queensland koala habitat
areas.


The purpose of State Code 25 is to ensure development:


1)       does not cause an unacceptable impact on mapped koala habitat areas;
2)       is designed and located to avoid impacts or, where the matters of state
environmental significance cannot be reasonably avoided, impacts are
reasonably minimised and mitigated;
3)       does not result in a significant residual impact on a matter of state
environmental significance unless the significant residual impact is acceptable,
and an offset is provided.


Within the development guidelines associated with State Code 25 lies a table,
guiding the approach to koala habitat based on patch size:



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                       Lot 3 on SP 126203 Report prepared for Aspect Architects June 2022