Pacific Palms Local Environmental Study

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1 Introduction 

1.1 BACKGROUND 

1.2 STUDY AREA

1.3 SPECIALIST STUDIES AND INVESTIGATIONS 

1.4 ROLE OF THE LES

1.5 SCOPE OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY

1.6 PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK 

1.7 CONSIDERATION OF STRATEGIC PLANNING FRAMEWORK

 

2 Geotechnical Assessment 

2.1 STUDY BY D J DOUGLAS AND PARTNERS

2.2 GEOLOGY

2.3 SPECIFIC SITE GEOLOGY

2.4 ASSESSMENT OF SUITABILITY

2.5 FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS

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3 Drainage Investigation 

3.1 REPORT BY GHD 

3.2 STUDY OBJECTIVES AND CONTROL MEASURES

3.3 POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AREA A

3.4 POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AREA B

3.5 DRAINAGE ISSUES OUTSIDE THE GHD REPORT STUDY

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4 Ecological Assessment 

4.1 INTRODUCTION 

4.2 VEGETATION OF THE STUDY AREA

4.3 VEGETATION CONSERVATION 

4.4 FAUNA OF THE STUDY AREA

4.5 FAUNA CONSERVATION VALUES

4.6 KOALA HABITAT ASSESSMENT

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5 Sub-regional Ecological Assessment 

5.1 HABITAT VALUES 

5.2 POPULATION VIABILITY OF THREATENED SPECIES

5.3 SIGNIFICANCE OF VEGETATION TYPES

5.4 FRAGMENTATION AND CONNECTIVITY

5.5 BIODIVERSITY 

5.6 CONCLUSION

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6 Bushfire Hazard Assessment 

6.1 METHODOLOGY

6.2 RECENT CHANGES TO BUSHFIRE PLANNING LEGISLATION 

6.3 Management Of Bushfire Hazard 

6.4 Biodiversity Conservation and Fire Management

6.5 Recommendations for future development

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7 Visual Environment

7.1 LANDSCAPE CHARACTER AND ELEMENTS

7.2 EXISTING LANDSCAPE CHARACTER 

7.3 VISUAL ASSESSMENT 

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8 Archaeological Assessment

8.1 REPORT BY J APPLETON 

8.2 SITE HISTORY

8.3 ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXT

8.4 ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONTEXT

8.5 CONSULTATION 

8.6 SURVEY RESULTS

8.7 ASSESSMENT OF SURVEY RESULTS 

8.8 SIGNIFICANCE OF ASSESSMENT

8.9 RECOMMENDATIONS

 

9 Development Constraints

9.1 OVERVIEW

9.2 IDENTIFICATION OF CONSTRAINTS 

9.3 DEVELOPMENT CONSTRAINTS IN PACIFIC PALMS

9.4 OVERALL SUMMARY OF CONSTRAINTS

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10 Consultation

10.1 PACIFIC PALMS COMMUNITY WORKSHOP 

10.2 RESULTS

 

11 Development Opportunities 

11.1 CONSTRAINTS AND OPPORTUNITIES

11.2 RECOMMENDED MITIGATION MEASURES

11.3 MANAGEMENT OF OTHER CONSTRAINTS

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12 Community Characteristics

12.1 SOCIO ECONOMIC PROFILE

12.2 SUPPLY OF AND DEMAND FOR RESIDENTIAL LAND 

12.3 BUSINESS ACTIVITIES

12.4 COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND SERVICES

12.5 EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES

 

13 Ecologically Sustainable Development

13.1 CURRENT PATTERNS OF GROWTH

13.2 WHAT IS ECOLOGICALLY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT?

13.3 THE LEGISLATIVE CONTEXT

13.4 ESD SIMPLIFIED

13.5 GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF ESD 

13.6 ESD AND PACIFIC PALMS 

13.7 CONCLUSION

 

14 Development Scenarios

14.1 CRITERIA FOR CONSIDERING DEVELOPMENT SCENARIOS

14.2 DEVELOPMENT ELEMENTS

14.3 COSTS AND BENEFITS OF ESD 

14.4 SCENARIO 1 COSTS

14.5 SCENARIO 2 COSTS

14.6 SCENARIO 3 COSTS 

14.7 LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT ASSESSMENT

 

15 Statutory and Non-Statutory Planning Implications 

15.1 DRAFT LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN

15.2 EXISTING VILLAGE ZONES

15.3 INDUSTRIAL/COMMERCIAL/EMPLOYMENT AREAS

15.4 DRAFT DEVELOPMENT CONTROL PLAN 

15.5 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF FUTURE

DEVELOPMENT

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16 Service Capacity 

16.1 SEWER SERVICES 

16.2 WATER SERVICES

16.3 TRAFFIC CIRCULATION AND CAPACITY 

16.4 DRAINAGE 

 

17 Conclusions & Recommendations

17.1 CONCLUSIONS

17.2 PRIMARY RECOMMENDATIONS

17.3 SUMMARY OF FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

 

Volume two Appendices

 

Appendix # Chapter(s) in which appendix is referred to
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  • Completed NSW Coastal Policy Compliance Checklist
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  • Pacific Palms Ecological Assessment - second update (EcoPro, 2004)
  • Results of 1995 Fauna Surveys: Pacific Palms Critical Habitat Assessment (EcoPro, 1995)
  • Habitat Tree Assessment - Lot 191 DP226108 Red Gum Road, Pacific Palms

  • Preferred habitat of known and likely threatened species in the study area (map and table)
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  • Impacts of over-frequent fire in the Pacific Palms study area
  • Extract from Smiths Lake Bushfire Management Plan (Conacher Travers, 2000)
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     Guidelines: Site Assessment for Bushfire Attack (Appendix 3)

     

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  • Consultant’s report containing full text of the workshop responses, summary of the absentee submissions and pre-meetings with stakeholder groups

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  • Calculations (and assumptions) used to determine minimum asset protection zone requirements for potential development areas
    • Performance criteria and code of ethics developed by the Nature and Ecotourism Accreditation Program (2000)

     

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  • Working details for Low, medium and high population projections

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  • Proposed Drainage Strategy – PDA ‘A’ (GHD, 1993)
  • Proposed Drainage Strategy – PDA ‘B’ (GHD, 1993)

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    Last Updated  02 September 2005