Biodiversity Development Assessment Report 657-769 Mamre Rd, Kemps Creek, Western Sydney Employment Area Biodiversity Development Assessment Report (BDAR) 657-769 Mamre Rd, Kemps Creek Proposed Warehouse, Logistics and Industrial Facilities Hub Prepared for: ALTIS Property Partners Pty Ltd and Frasers Property Australia 24 July 2020 1 Biodiversity Development Assessment Report 657-769 Mamre Rd, Kemps Creek, Western Sydney Employment Area PROJECT NUMBER 2018-070 Biodiversity Development Assessment Report (BDAR) – 657-769 Mamre Rd, PROJECT NAME Kemps Creek, Western Sydney Employment Area PROJECT Lot 34 // DP 1118173, Lot 1 // DP 1018318, Lot X // DP 421633, Lot Y // DP ADDRESS 421633 and Lot 22 / 258414, Mamre Road, Kemps Creek, NSW, 2178 PREPARED FOR ALTIS Property Partners Pty Ltd and Frasers Property Australia AUTHOR/S Lucas McKinnon, Thomas Hickman, Kieren Northam and Andrea Sabella REVIEW Lucas McKinnon Version Date to client 1.0 – Draft 4 June 2018 1.0 – Final 18 June 2018 2.0 – Draft/final 15 March 2019 2.1 – Final 22 March 2019 2.2 – Final 2 April 2019 2.3 – Final 11 June 2019 VERSION 3.0 – Draft/final 29 October 2019 3.1 – Draft/final 27 November 2019 3.2 – Draft/final 29 November 2019 3.3 – Draft/final 21 February 2020 4.0 – Draft 15 April 2020 5.0 – Draft 27 April 2020 5.1 – Draft/final 11 May 2020 6.0 – Draft/final 24 July 2020 This BDAR has been prepared by Lucas McKinnon, Accredited BDAR Certification Assessor no. BAAS17012, in accordance with the BC Act, Reg and BAM. Scientific Licence SL101557 Bionet Sensitive Species Data Licence 1115 LICENCES Fauna Surveys and Monitoring Animal Research Authority Ethics Licence (16/346) Scientific Collection - Aquatic P19/0009-1.0 & OUT19/2602 ii Biodiversity Development Assessment Report 657-769 Mamre Rd, Kemps Creek, Western Sydney Employment Area This report should be cited as: Ecoplanning (2020). Biodiversity Development Assessment Report – Mamre South Precinct, Kemps Creek, Western Sydney Employment Area (V6.0). Prepared for ALTIS Property Partners Pty Ltd and Frasers Property Australia. ECOPLANNING PTY LTD 74 HUTTON AVE BULLI NSW 2516 T: 02 4244 2836 www.ecoplanning.com.au Disclaimer: This report has been prepared by Ecoplanning Pty Ltd for ALTIS Property Partners Pty Ltd and Frasers Property Australia and may only be used for the purpose agreed between these parties, as described in this report. The opinions, conclusions and recommendations set out in this report are limited to those set out in the scope of works and agreed between these parties. Ecoplanning P/L accepts no responsibility or obligation for any third party that may use this information or for conclusions drawn from this report not provided in the scope of works or following changes occurring after the date that the report was prepared. iii Biodiversity Development Assessment Report 657-769 Mamre Rd, Kemps Creek, Western Sydney Employment Area Contents Executive Summary ................................................................................................................. 1 1. Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 1 Background ................................................................................................................ 1 Location and site identification ................................................................................... 1 Proposed development .............................................................................................. 2 2. Landscape context ............................................................................................................ 6 Identify landscape features......................................................................................... 6 2.1.1 IBRA bioregions and IBRA subregions ................................................................ 6 2.1.2 NSW landscape regions (Mitchell Landscapes)................................................... 6 2.1.3 Other features ..................................................................................................... 6 Determining site context ............................................................................................. 9 2.2.1 Assessing native vegetation cover ...................................................................... 9 2.2.2 Assessing patch size ........................................................................................... 9 3. Native vegetation............................................................................................................. 11 Plant community types (PCTs) and threatened ecological communities ................... 11 3.1.1 Previous vegetation mapping ............................................................................ 11 3.1.2 Field assessment of vegetation communities .................................................... 12 3.1.3 Forest Red Gum – Rough-barked Apple grassy woodland on alluvial flats of the Cumberland Plain, Sydney Basin Bioregion (PCT 835; HN526). ..................................... 17 3.1.4 Grey Box – Forest Red Gum grassy woodland on flats of the Cumberland Plain, Sydney Basin Bioregion (PCT 849; HN528). ................................................................... 20 3.1.5 Other vegetation ................................................................................................ 23 Vegetation zones ..................................................................................................... 24 3.2.1 Condition classes, subcategories and areas ..................................................... 24 3.2.2 Vegetation integrity survey plots ........................................................................ 24 3.2.3 Current and future vegetation integrity scores ................................................... 25 4. Threatened species ......................................................................................................... 28 Identifying threatened species for assessment ......................................................... 28 4.1.1 Ecosystem credit species .................................................................................. 29 4.1.2 Species credit species ....................................................................................... 31 Identify candidate species ........................................................................................ 33 Determine presence or absence of a candidate species credit species .................... 38 4.3.1 Targeted field surveys - flora ............................................................................. 38 4.3.2 Targeted field surveys – fauna .......................................................................... 42 Field survey and results ........................................................................................... 46 iv Biodiversity Development Assessment Report 657-769 Mamre Rd, Kemps Creek, Western Sydney Employment Area 4.4.1 Field survey ....................................................................................................... 46 4.4.2 Field survey results ........................................................................................... 47 5. Avoiding and minimising impacts on biodiversity values .................................................. 50 Avoiding and minimising impacts on native vegetation and habitat during project planning .............................................................................................................................. 50 Avoiding and minimising prescribed biodiversity impacts during project planning ..... 50 6. Assessing and offsetting impacts .................................................................................... 52 Assessment of impacts ............................................................................................ 52 6.1.1 Assessing impacts to native vegetation and habitat .......................................... 52 6.1.2 Assessing indirect impacts on native vegetation and habitat ............................. 52 Assessing prescribed biodiversity impacts ............................................................... 52 Mitigating and managing impacts on biodiversity values .......................................... 52 6.3.1 Pre-clearance protocols .................................................................................... 52 6.3.2 Construction Environmental Management Plan (CEMP) ................................... 53 6.3.3 Waterfront land.................................................................................................. 53 Adaptive management for uncertain impacts ............................................................ 54 Thresholds for the assessment and offsetting of impacts of development ................ 54 6.5.1 Serious and Irreversible impacts ....................................................................... 54 6.5.2 Impacts which require an offset ......................................................................... 59 6.5.3 Impacts that do not require further assessment ................................................. 59 Response to submissions ........................................................................................ 59 6.6.1 SEPP WSEA - Clauses ..................................................................................... 59 6.6.2 Penrith City Council ........................................................................................... 61 7. Final Credit