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Detailed Ecological Assessment Detailed Ecological Assessment St Aidan’s Anglican Girls School Ambiwerra Sports Complex MID 30 Thalia Court, Corinda Client St Aidan’s Anglican Girls School File Ref S520038ER001_v1.5 Date 8 March 2021 ii Quality Control St Aidan’s Anglican Girl’s School Prepared for C/- John Gaskell Planning Consultants S5 Consulting Pty Ltd (ACN 600 187 844) 22 Wolverhampton Street Prepared by Stafford, QLD, 4053 T 3356 0550 www.s5consulting.com.au Date 8 March 2021 Version Control Version Description Date Author Reviewer Approver 1.0 FINAL August 2020 KR (Ecologist) LH (Senior Ecologist) RS (Director) 1.2 FINAL September 2020 KR (Ecologist) LH (Senior Ecologist) RS (Director) 1.3 FINAL November 2020 KR (Ecologist) LH (Senior Ecologist) RS (Director) 1.4 FINAL 17 November 2020 KR (Ecologist) LH (Senior Ecologist) RS (Director) 1.5 FINAL 8 March 2021 RG (Ecologist) LH (Senior Ecologist) RS (Director) S5 Consulting Pty Ltd has prepared this document for the sole use of the Client and for a specific purpose, each as expressly stated in the document. No other party should rely on this document without the prior written consent of S5 Consulting Pty Ltd. These materials or parts of them may not be reproduced in any form, by any method, for any purpose except with written permission from S5 Consulting Pty Ltd. Subject to these conditions, this document may be transmitted, reproduced or disseminated only in its entirety. S520038ER001_v1.5 Ambiwerra Sports Precinct Detailed Ecological Assessment iii Table of Contents ABBREVIATIONS ....................................................................................................................................................... V 1.0 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................. 6 2.0 METHODOLOGY .......................................................................................................................................... 10 2.1 DESKTOP ASSESSMENT .............................................................................................................................. 10 2.2 FIELD SURVEY METHODOLOGY .................................................................................................................... 11 3.0 LEGISLATIVE AND PLANNING OVERVIEW .............................................................................................. 12 3.1 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS ..................................................................................................................... 12 3.2 FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE OVERVIEW ............................................................................................................... 13 3.3 QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT LEGISLATIVE, PLANNING AND POLICY OVERVIEW .............................................. 15 3.4 LOCAL LEGISLATIVE OVERVIEW ................................................................................................................... 19 4.0 VEGETATION AND HABITAT ASSESSMENT ............................................................................................ 23 4.1 VEGETATION COMMUNITY 1 ......................................................................................................................... 24 4.2 VEGETATION COMMUNITY 2 ......................................................................................................................... 25 4.3 AQUATIC HABITAT ....................................................................................................................................... 26 4.4 NATIVE FLORA SPECIES .............................................................................................................................. 26 4.5 EXOTIC FLORA SPECIES .............................................................................................................................. 27 5.0 ECOLOGICAL FUNCTION ........................................................................................................................... 29 5.1 SUMMARY OF LOCAL SITE HABITAT VALUES ................................................................................................. 29 5.2 BIODIVERSITY CORRIDORS AND CONNECTIVITY ............................................................................................ 29 5.3 WATER QUALITY BUFFERING ....................................................................................................................... 29 6.0 LEGISLATIVE DISCUSSION ........................................................................................................................ 31 6.1.1 STATE LEGISLATION .................................................................................................................................... 31 6.1.2 BCC BIODIVERSITY AREAS OVERLAY CODE ................................................................................................. 31 6.1.3 BCC WATERWAY CORRIDORS OVERLAY CODE ............................................................................................ 31 7.0 POTENTIAL IMPACTS, RECOMMENDATIONS AND MITIGATION MEASURES ...................................... 33 8.0 CONCLUSIONS ............................................................................................................................................ 36 9.0 REFERENCES .............................................................................................................................................. 38 APPENDIX A: DATABASE SEARCHES ................................................................................................................... 39 APPENDIX B: STATE MAPPING .............................................................................................................................. 44 APPENDIX C: LOCAL GOVERNMENT MAPPING ................................................................................................... 45 S520038ER001_v1.5 Ambiwerra Sports Precinct Detailed Ecological Assessment iv Figures Figure 1. Site Aerial ...................................................................................................................................... 8 Figure 2. Proposed Master Plan .................................................................................................................. 9 Figure 3. Regulated Vegetation .................................................................................................................. 18 Figure 4. BCC Biodiversity Area Overlay ................................................................................................... 20 Figure 5. BCC Waterway Corridor Overlay ................................................................................................ 21 Figure 6. Vegetation Communities ............................................................................................................. 23 Figure 7. Regional Connectivity ................................................................................................................. 30 Tables Table 1. Site Description .............................................................................................................................. 6 Table 2. Summary of EPBC Threatened Ecological Communities identified as possibly occurring on site 14 Table 3. Regional Ecosystems ................................................................................................................... 18 Table 4. VC1 Vegetation and Habitat Assessment .................................................................................... 24 Table 5. VC2 Vegetation and Habitat Assessment .................................................................................... 25 Table 6. Native Flora Species observed on site ......................................................................................... 26 Table 7. Non-native Flora Species Recorded on site ................................................................................. 27 Table 8. Potential Impacts, Recommendations and Mitigation Measures .................................................. 33 S520038ER001_v1.5 Ambiwerra Sports Precinct Detailed Ecological Assessment v Abbreviations AHD Australian Height Datum BCC Brisbane City Council BONN Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals 1991 (or the BONN ¶Convention) CAMBA China/Australia Migratory Bird Agreement 1988 CE Critically Endangered Cwlth Commonwealth DBH Diameter at Breast Height DES Department of Environment and Science (Qld) DNRME Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy (Qld) DAWE Department of the Agriculture, Water and Environment (Cwlth) DSDMIP Department of State Development, Manufacturing, Infrastructure and Planning (Qld) E Endangered EPBC Act Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cwlth) EVNT Endangered, Vulnerable and Near Threatened JAMBA Japan/Australia Migratory Bird Agreement 1981 KHA Koala Habitat Area KPA Koala Priority Area km Kilometre M Migratory m Meter MNES Matters of National Environmental Significance MSES Matters of State Environmental Significance MLES Matters of Local Environmental Significance NCA Nature Conservation Act 1992 (Qld) NT Near Threatened RE Regional Ecosystem PR Planning Regulation 2017 ROKAMBA Republic of Korea Migratory Bird Agreement 2007 QH Queensland Herbarium QLD Queensland SARA State Assessment and Referral Agency (Qld) SDAP State Development Assessment Provisions SPA Sustainable Planning Act 2009 (Qld) SPP State Planning Policy SPR Sustainable
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