AT-1. Plan of Subdivision Version D 386 Agar Road Coronet Bay Permit 150268 AT-2. 386 Agar Road Coronet Bay Locality Plan AT-3. Flora and Fauna Assessment 386 Agar Road Coronet Bay Permit 150268 REVISED Flora and Fauna Assessment, and No Net Loss Analysis 386 Agar Road, Coronet Bay Habitat Zone A Habitat Zone B Habitat Zone E Habitat Zone J April 2016 1 REVISED Flora and Fauna Assessment and No Net Loss Analysis: 386 Agar Road, Coronet Bay REVISED Flora and Fauna Assessment and No Net Loss Analysis: 386 Agar Road, Coronet Bay Prepared by Katherine Smedley PRACTICAL ECOLOGY Pty Ltd ACN: 082 911 377 ABN: 88 082 911 377 PO Box 228 Preston VIC 3072 (2B Stott Street Preston Vic 3072) P: 9484 1555 F: 9484 9133 www.practicalecology.com.au Acknowledgments: Matt Brosnan Client (acting for landholder) Alice Ewing Fieldwork Colin Broughton Map production Karen McGregor Map production Prepared for: Brosnan Engineering PE project BRO 2074 Solutions Pty Ltd number: Version Date Reviewer/Authorised by Notes 0.1 15/07/2015 Alice Ewing Draft for internal review 0.2 27/08/2015 Matt Brosnan Draft for client review 1.0 28/08/2015 N/a Final for submission to Council 2.0 11/04/2016 N/a NLA revisions due to DELWP comments 3.0 13/04/2016 N/a Finalisation of revised report © Copyright: Unless otherwise agreed in writing, this report is the intellectual property of Practical Ecology Pty Ltd. It is designed to be used exclusively by the person or organisation that commissioned it. Permission must be sought prior to reproduction of any portion of this document, and every effort made to ensure proper referencing of this document. 2 REVISED Flora and Fauna Assessment and No Net Loss Analysis: 386 Agar Road, Coronet Bay Contents 1. DELWP REQUEST FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 6 2. INTRODUCTION 8 2.1 Aims 8 2.2 Property Location and Description 9 3. METHODS 10 3.1 Ecological Vegetation Classes 10 3.2 Flora 10 3.2.1 Review of Existing Information 10 3.2.2 Limitations 10 3.3 Fauna 11 3.3.1 Review of Existing Information 11 3.3.2 New information and Limitations 11 3.4 Mapping 11 4. ECOLOGICAL INFORMATION 12 4.1 Ecological Vegetation Classes 12 4.2 Habitat Hectare Assessments 13 4.3 Descriptions of the Habitat Zones 13 4.3.1 Habitat Zone A 13 4.3.2 Habitat Zone B 15 4.3.3 Habitat Zone C 15 4.3.4 Habitat Zone D 16 4.3.5 Habitat Zone E 17 4.3.6 Habitat Zone F 17 4.3.7 Habitat Zones G, H and I 18 3.3.8 Habitat Zone J 19 3.3.9 Habitat Zone K 19 3.3.10 Habitat Zone Road Reserve (RR) 20 4.4 Scattered Trees 20 4.5 Flora 22 4.5.1 State or Nationally Significant Flora Species 22 4.5.2 DELWP Modelled Habitat for Flora 22 4.6 Fauna 23 4.6.1 State or Nationally Significant Fauna Species 24 4.6.2 DEPI Modelled Habitat for Fauna 24 5. RELEVANT POLICY AND LEGISLATION 25 5.1 Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 25 5.2 Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 25 5.2.1 Threatened Species 26 5.2.2 Potentially Threatening Processes 26 5.3 Planning and Environment Act 1987 27 5.3.1 State Planning Policy Framework 27 5.3.2 Zoning 27 5.3.3 Overlays 29 5.3.4 Bushfire Prone Area 29 5.3.5 Clause 52.17 29 5.4 Catchment and Land Protection Act 1994 30 6. MINIMISING BIODIVERSITY IMPACTS: DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL 31 3 REVISED Flora and Fauna Assessment and No Net Loss Analysis: 386 Agar Road, Coronet Bay 7. NO NET LOSS ANALYSIS 33 6.1 Risk-based Pathway 33 6.1.1 Location risk 34 6.1.2 Extent of Losses from Proposed Subdivision: Habitat Zones & Scattered Trees 34 7.1.1 Extent of Losses from Proposed Subdivision: Canopy Trees in HZs 36 7.1.2 Application Requirements to Remove Native Vegetation 37 7.1.3 Application Requirements 38 7.3.1 Offset Targets 39 7.7 Offset Strategy for the Proposed Removal of Native Vegetation 45 8. REFERENCES 48 APPENDIX 1 - FLORA SPECIES LIST 49 APPENDIX 2: SIGNIFICANT FLORA SPECIES DATABASE RECORDS 51 APPENDIX 3: SIGNIFICANT FAUNA SPECIES DATABASE RECORDS 53 APPENDIX 4: PERMIT APPLICATION CHECKLIST 71 APPENDIX 5: FIRST PARTY OFFSET MANAGEMENT COMMITMENTERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED. TABLES Table 1. EVC units occurring at 386 Agar Road, Coronet Bay 12 Table 2. Habitat Hectare Data for 386 Agar Road, Coronet Bay 14 Table 3. Tree Classification for EVCs at Site 20 Table 4. Scattered Tree Census for 386 Agar Road, Coronet Bay 21 Table 5. Summary of plant species recorded 22 Table 6. DEPI modelled rare or threatened flora species’ habitats on site 23 Table 7. Fauna and Habitat observed within the Site 23 Table 8. DELWP modelled rare or threatened fauna species’ habitats on site 24 Table 9. Declared Noxious weeds occurring within the Site 30 Table 10. Steps taken to minimise biodiversity impacts 32 Table 11. Determining risk-based pathway 33 Table 12. Extent of Native Vegetation Loss due to proposed Subdivision 35 Table 13. Extent of Scattered Tree loss due to proposed Subdivision 35 Table 14. Steps taken to minimise biodiversity impacts 38 Table 15. Summary of native vegetation to be removed 39 Table 16. Offsets required if a permit is granted 40 Table 17. Site eligibility criteria 41 Table 18. Habitat gain scoring for rehabilitation of vegetation onsite. 44 Table 19. Balance of losses and gains on-site 45 Table 20. Habitat gain scoring for rehabilitation of vegetation onsite. 47 Figures Figure 1. Looking south across site, .................................................................................................... 9 Figure 2. Looking towards dwellings situated along Agars Road, along the western perimeter of the site ..... 9 Figure 3. Habitat Zone A .................................................................................................................. 15 4 REVISED Flora and Fauna Assessment and No Net Loss Analysis: 386 Agar Road, Coronet Bay Figure 4. Habitat Zone B .................................................................................................................. 15 Figure 5. Habitat Zone C .................................................................................................................. 16 Figure 6. Habitat Zone D .................................................................................................................. 16 Figure 7. Habitat Zone E .................................................................................................................. 17 Figure 8. Habitat Zone F .................................................................................................................. 17 Figure 9. Habitat Zone G .................................................................................................................. 18 Figure 10. Habitat Zone H ............................................................................................................... 18 Figure 11. Habitat Zone I ................................................................................................................ 18 Figure 12. Habitat Zone J ................................................................................................................ 19 Figure 13. Habitat Zone K ............................................................................................................... 19 Figure 14. Habitat Zone RR ............................................................................................................. 20 Figure 15. Scattered Tree 1 ............................................................................................................. 21 Figure 16. Scattered Tree 2 ............................................................................................................. 21 Figure 17. Scattered Tree 3 ............................................................................................................. 21 Figure 18. Scattered Tree 4 ............................................................................................................. 21 Figure 19. Location risk for vegetation to be removed ........................................................................ 34 MAPS Map 1. Ecological Assessment: Existing Site Conditions .................................................................. 73 Map 2. Habitat Zones and the Proposed Subdivision layout with 50m Buffer Zone ........................... 74 Map 3. Original Plan of Subdivision ................................................................................................ 75 5 REVISED Flora and Fauna Assessment and No Net Loss Analysis: 386 Agar Road, Coronet Bay 1. DELWP REQUEST FOR FURTHER INFORMATION On 6th November 2015, the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) issued a letter regarding Planning Permit application 150368, the 63 lot subdivision and vary or remove existing easement and vegetation removal; 386 Agar Road, Coronet Bay; Lot 2 PS714078 and Lot 1 PS714076. The comments and request for further information outlined in the DELWP letter have been copied below, along with responses to these comments which are provided in this REVISED report. Only the comments which required a specific response and the request for further information have been copied and responded to below. As documented in this report, an application has been submitted to remove some native vegetation, whilst retaining the majority of vegetation within the site, as documented in this Flora and Fauna Assessment (refer to Sections 5 and 6). An offset strategy has now been incorporated in Section 7.7 of this REVISED Flora and Fauna Assessment (April 2016). The requirement for a 50m buffer between a dwelling and offset site, does not affect the amount of vegetation which was proposed to be retained