Site Planning

9 - Site Planning

Site Planning

Biodiversity

The Parramatta LGA currently contains 412ha of bushland which contains several examples of endangered ecological communities and vulnerable or endangered flora and fauna species under the Threatened Species Conservation Act, 1995. There are also significant specimens of indigenous, native and cultural trees that are present in the public domain and on private property, that contribute to Parramatta's biodiversity.

Parramatta is a City that values, protects and conserves its locally occurring native plants, animals and other living things, the environment they live in and the way they interact, so that biodiversity is sustained and enhanced.

Objectives
  1. O.1To minimise the impact of development on the City's biodiversity by:
    • minimising the removal of indigenous vegetation and naturally occurring soils;
    • conserving existing significant indigenous and native trees; and
    • encouraging planting of indigenous and native plants and trees on private property
Design Principles
  1. P.1Development is to be sited and designed to minimise the impact on indigenous flora and fauna, including canopy trees and understorey vegetation, and on remnant native ground cover species.
  2. P.2Preference is to be given to the planting of species indigenous to the vegetation community of the local area. Refer to Appendix Vegetation Communities for listing of appropriate species.
  3. P.3Development is to be sited and designed to minimise the impact on cultural trees and plantings and consideration is to be given to further planting of cultural trees and landscaping where appropriate.
  4. P.4Council will require the submission of a Statement of Flora/Fauna Impact (SFFI) for all development in or adjacent to bushland with respect to the impact on biodiversity. Development in or adjacent to bushland is to have regard to the impact on biodiversity.
  5. P.5Where a SFFI identifies species, populations or ecological communities listed under Schedules 1 and 2 of the Threatened Species Conservation Act, 1995, Section 5A of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act, 1979 applies, and an "eight part test" must be prepared and submitted to Council in addition to the SFFI.
  6. P.6Preference is to be given to landscaping elements that provide/promote faunal habitat, eg. natural rock, dry walling and frog ponds.
Further Information
  • Parramatta City Council, 2003 Parramatta Biodiversity Plan
  • Parramatta City Council, 1996 Tree Preservation Order
  • Parramatta City Council, 2002 Parramatta Planting Strategy
  • Environmental Planning and Assessment Act, 1979 (Clause 5A)
  • Threatened Species Conservation Act, 1995
  • Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act, 1999
  • State Environmental Planning Policy No. 19 – Bushland in Urban Areas
  • State Environmental Planning Policy No. 44 – Koala Habitat Protection