Attachment C - Biodiversity Code

retained and managed to avoid erosion
and landslide and to protect natural
resources and values.
Engineering and site works
O14 Development is sited and designed        S14.1       Works,     including    roads,    Proposed building are located in an
to— a) provide adequate separation           driveways, fences, sewer lines and            area that contains scattered vegetation.
distance between the vegetation to be        other infrastructure—
protected and the development to avoid        a) do not transect areas of vegetation;
disturbing,      destabilising    and        or
deoxygenating any tree or altering the       b) are co-located within a combined
drainage;                                    utility corridor; and
b) avoid traversing or fragmenting           c) provide for fauna underpasses,
vegetation or habitats for significant       speed        reduction     devices    and
flora or fauna species; and                  associated fencing, lighting and
c) avoid creating barriers to faunal         warning signs, where appropriate; AND
movement                                     S14.2 Development within or adjacent          No fencing is proposed.
                                             to areas of vegetation, incorporate
                                             fauna friendly fences; AND
                                             S14.3 Vegetation is protected from            Proposal able       to    comply   with
                                             interference resulting from clearing or       requirements.
                                             construction activities by—
                                             a) clearly marking vegetation to be
                                             retained with flagging tape;
                                             b) installing protective fencing around
                                             the dripline of the vegetation and avoid
                                             filling and excavation in these fenced
                                             areas; and c) ensuring stock piling,
                                             storage and vehicle parking occur
                                             outside the identified vegetation areas;
                                             AND
                                             S14.4       Low     impact    construction    Proposal able       to    comply   with
                                             techniques are used around vegetation         requirements
                                             to minimise interference with the
                                             vegetation.
Filling and excavation
O15 Vegetation is not adversely              No solution provided                          Detached dwelling to be located above
impacted upon by earthworks and                                                            ground level by means of an elevated
changes to the hydrological regime,                                                        platform.
including changes to ground water
levels, flooding levels, run-off and tidal                                                 Minor filling has been undertaken to
hydraulics.                                                                                create a small pad for the proposed
                                                                                           garage.

Replanting and rehabilitation
O16     Development       provides     for   S16.1 Landscaping and rehabilitation          The applicant has indicated that they
ecologically important areas to be           complements and supports ecologically         have carried out replanting across the
restored and enhanced through the            important habitats by—                        site.
following    measures—        a)   siting    a) utilising native plants of local origin;
landscaped areas to complement and           b) utilising suitable plant species
enhance existing vegetation; b) removal      identified in PSP3 – Landscaping Plants
of all species likely to displace native     and Guidelines;
flora species or degrade fauna habitat;      c)     replicating    adjacent     remnant
c) replanting and rehabilitating16           habitats,       including      understorey
degraded habitat; and d) replacing any       vegetation;
vegetation removed with suitable             d) creating or enhancing linkages
replacement vegetation of local origin.      between existing habitats;
                                             e) avoiding the use of undesirable plant
                                             species listed in Table 9.1 of PSP3
                                             Landscaping Plants and Guidelines;
                                             and
                                             f) planting riparian zones to filter
                                             stormwater run-off and provide for
                                             wildlife habitat; AND
                                             S16.2 Vegetation removed is replaced
                                             with—
                                             a) plantings of equivalent area that
                                             replicate the floristic structure of the
                                             vegetation removed; or
                                             b) where this is not possible due to the
                                             characteristics of the site and the
                                             development, plantings twice the
                                             number of the removed trees and plants
                                             of local origin.