MATER CHRISTI SCHOOL LOT 402 YANGEBUP ROAD YANGEBUP FLORA AND VEGETATION SURVEY AND BLACK COCKATOO HABITAT ASSESSMENT
Prepared for: Barnao Property Group Report Date: 19 July 2021 Version: 2 Report No. 2020-547 CONTENTS
Contents ...... i List of Attachments ...... iii 1 INTRODUCTION ...... 1 1.1 Background ...... 1 1.2 Site Location ...... 1 1.3 Scope of Works ...... 1 Level 2 Flora and Vegetation Survey ...... 1 Black Cockatoo Habitat Assessment ...... 2 2 EXISTING ENVIRONMENT ...... 3 2.1 Historical Land Use ...... 3 2.2 Current Land Use ...... 4 2.3 Surrounding Land Use ...... 4 2.4 Topography ...... 4 2.5 Geology and Soils ...... 4 2.6 Hydrology ...... 4 Surface Hydrology...... 4 Groundwater ...... 4 3 FLORA AND VEGETATION ...... 5 3.1 Methodology ...... 5 3.2 Desktop Studies ...... 5 Flora Database Searches ...... 5 TEC/PEC Database Searches ...... 10 3.3 Survey Results ...... 11 Survey Conditions ...... 11 Flora ...... 12 Vegetation ...... 12 Vegetation Condition ...... 15 3.4 Conservation Significance of Flora and Vegetation ...... 16 Flora ...... 16 Vegetation ...... 16 4 BLACK COCKATOO HABITAT ASSESSMENT ...... 19 4.1 Black Cockatoos ...... 19
10128_016_BH V2.docx i Carnaby’s Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus latirostris) ...... 19 Baudin’s Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus baudinii) ...... 19 Forest Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii naso) ...... 19 4.2 Methodology ...... 19 4.3 Black Cockatoo Habitat ...... 20 Habitat definitions ...... 20 Foraging ...... 20 Roosting ...... 21 Breeding ...... 21 4.4 Significance of Impact ...... 21 4.5 Black Cockatoo Referral Guidelines ...... 24 5 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION ...... 27 5.1 Flora and Vegetation Survey...... 27 5.2 Black Cockatoo Habitat Assessment ...... 27 6 REFERENCES ...... 29
10128_016_BH V2.docx ii LIST OF ATTACHMENTS
Tables
Table 1: Conservation Significant Flora likely to occur within 10km of the Site
Table 2: Likelihood of Identified Significant Flora Species Occurring on the Site
Table 3: Statement of Botanical Survey Conditions
Table 4: Vegetation Type Descriptions
Table 5: Vegetation Condition Rating Scale
Table 6: Foraging Species for Carnaby’s Black Cockatoos Recorded on the Site
Table 7: Significant Trees Recorded on the Site
Plates
Plate 1: Historical Aerial Photography from 1983 (Landgate, 2020)
Plate 2: Historical Aerial Photography from 2020 (Landgate, 2020)
Plate 3: Vegetation South of the Site
Plate 4: Vegetation East of the Site
Figures
Figure 1: Site Location
Figure 2: Site Boundary and Topography
Figure 3: Vegetation Type
Figure 4: Vegetation Condition
Figure 5: Foraging Habitat and Significant Tree Location
Figure 6: Cockatoo Habitat Context Plan
Appendices
Appendix 1: PaWS Flora Database Searches
Appendix 2: Naturemap Report
Appendix 3: Protected Matters Search Tool Report
10128_016_BH V2.docx iii Appendix 4: Conservation Codes
Appendix 5: TEC/PEC Database Search
Appendix 6: Flora List
Appendix 7: Quadrat Data
Appendix 8: Significant Tree Data
10128_016_BH V2.docx iv 1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background
Lot 402 Yangebup Road, Yangebup is and L-shaped parcel of land with a school and church located on the front half with access off Yangebup Road and a southern back section that contains native bushland. This bushland is adjacent to native vegetation in a part of the Beeliar Regional Park to the south. The size of the Lot is 5.6ha and the amount of native vegetation remaining on the Lot is approximately 2ha.
Lot 402 is an amalgamation of two older lots, Lot 6 and Lot 7. The proposal to construct a school and church on Lot 7 (the eastern portion of Lot 402) and an associated oval on Lot 8 to the east was assessed by the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) and given Ministerial Approval via Ministerial Statement (MS) 285 in 1992 (Attachment 1). Condition 3-1 of the MS requires the vegetation on old Lots 6 and 7 to be managed for conservation purposes. However, Condition 4-1 of the MS allows for any future proposals for development on the lots to be referred to the EPA.
The Catholic Education Office (CEO) is planning to develop the remainder of Lot 402. Technical studies of the flora and fauna of the site undertaken in 1992 need to be updated to accompany a proposal for development referred to the EPA. As a result, PGV Environmental was commissioned by the Barnao Property Group on behalf of the CEO to undertake a flora and vegetation survey and a targeted Black Cockatoo habitat survey of the remnant native vegetation on Lot 402.
1.2 Site Location
Lot 402 Yangebup Road, Yangebup (the site) is located in the City of Cockburn approximately 27 km south west of the Perth Central Business District (CBD) (Figure 1). The site is bound by Yangebup Road to the north, Dunraven Drive to the west, and a portion of Beeliar Regional Park to the south and east.
1.3 Scope of Works
Level 2 Flora and Vegetation Survey A Level 2 Flora and Vegetation Survey was undertaken in accordance with Guidance Statement 51: Terrestrial Flora and Vegetation Surveys for Environmental Impact Assessment in Western Australia (EPA, 2004a) and EPA Technical Guidance Flora and Vegetation Surveys for Environmental Impact Assessment (EPA, 2016). The survey included the following:
• Desktop search and review of Parks and Wildlife Service’s (PaWS) (as part of the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA)) Declared Rare and Priority Flora database and Threatened Ecological Communities database; • A search of the Commonwealth Government’s Protected Matters Search Tool to identify species potentially occurring within the area that are protected under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act 1999; • Examination of historic and recent aerial photography and contour and soil maps to provisionally identify vegetation types and condition;
10128_016_BH V2.docx 1 • Field survey using quadrats to record native and introduced species as well as a thorough site walkover of any areas of native vegetation; • Recording of any significant plant species using a hand-held GPS; • Description and mapping of vegetation types and vegetation condition; • Compilation of a flora list; and • Assessment of the conservation significance of flora and vegetation, in particular the potential presence of any Threatened Ecological Communities (both on site and in adjoining bushland).
Black Cockatoo Habitat Assessment A Black Cockatoo habitat assessment (foraging, breeding and roosting) was undertaken using the criteria listed in the EPBC Act referral guidelines for three threatened black cockatoo species. The Black Cockatoo habitat assessment included the following: • Map and describe any potential breeding habitat trees for Black Cockatoos (on this site potentially Jarrah and Tuart) • Look for evidence of foraging on Banksia, Eucalypts and Sheoak (if present); • Search for any evidence of roosting on the site; • Assess the Black Cockatoo habitat in the vicinity of the site using available reports and map; and • Assess the significance of any clearing proposed on the site using the EPBC Act Significant Impact Guidelines and Black Cockatoo Referral Guidelines.
10128_016_BH V2.docx 2 2 EXISTING ENVIRONMENT
2.1 Historical Land Use
Examination of historical aerial photography from 1983 (Landgate, 2020) shows the site prior to construction of the mater Christi Primary School and church (Plate 1). Plate 2 shows the current development on Lot 402.
Plate 1: Historical Aerial Photography from 1983 (Landgate, 2020)
Plate 2: Historical Aerial Photography from 2020 (Landgate, 2020)
10128_016_BH V2.docx 3 2.2 Current Land Use
The northern portion of the site contains the Mater Christi Primary School and church close to Yangebup Road. The vegetation in the south