2017-06-06 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                             6 JUNE 2017


 Table 7, Column 2 - Assessment Criteria             Assessment
 4. Site design provides safe koala movement         Generally complies.
    opportunities as appropriate to the              Koala movement opportunities are limited in the east-
    development type and habitat connectivity        west direction across the site due to the proposed
    values of the site determined by reference to    development. Vegetation retention aspects can be
    the factors for consideration in Schedule 2.     conditioned to comply.
 5. During construction phases:                      Can be conditioned to comply
    a. measures are taken in construction
    practices to not increase the risk of death or
    injury to koalas; and
    b. native vegetation that is cleared and in an
    area intended to be retained for safe koala
    movement opportunities is progressively
    restored and rehabilitated.
 6. Native vegetation clearing is undertaken as      Can be conditioned to comply
    sequential clearing and under the guidance
    of a koala spotter where the native
    vegetation is a non-juvenile koala habitat
    tree.

 7. Landscaping activities provide food, shelter     The requirement to provide landscaping in
    and movement opportunities for koalas            accordance with the Bushfire requirements effectively
    consistent with the site design.                 limits the opportunity to provide food, shelter and
                                                     movement opportunities. However the retention of
                                                     some of the existing vegetation will provide limited
                                                     food, shelter and movement opportunities.


The development generally complies, or can be conditioned to comply, with the SEQ Koala
Conservation State Planning Regulatory Provisions, with the applicant indicating it intends to
offset clearing of non-juvenile koala habitat trees by a cash contribution. It is important to note
the applicant is able to choose the type of offset it undertakes and Council cannot direct it.
Further detail of the vegetation clearing assessment is included in Section 3.3.1 of this report.


3.3. Statutory Instruments – Planning Scheme
Locality Provisions
The subject site is located in the Noosaville Locality and is in the Shire Business Centre Zone.
The zone is further broken down into precincts, with the development proposed within Precincts
REC/MU OS1 and OS3, as shown in the Business Centre Map below.




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