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Council is striving to keep a corridor at 20 Laycock Street

The 22 unit multi-dwelling proposal lodged in 2017 is still moving along.

In early August an LMCC officer informed the applicant that “The proposed layout … does not realistically facilitate the retention of trees and associated corridor/fauna habitat value that has been identified on site in the long term.

It is recommended that the layout be reconfigured/reviewed to provide for retention of the trees and associated corridor/fauna habitat value that occurs along the site’s western boundary in the long term. Ideally a negotiated vegetation easement under communal ownership would be incorporated along the site’s western boundary … The easement would also provide opportunity for natural tree recruitment / regeneration over time.”

On 22/8/19 council informed the applicant that “The internal advice indicates the information(provided) has not demonstrated trees 3 & 4 can be retained, and their long term survival is questionable. The questions over the retention of these trees reinforces the concerns with the loss of habitat supporting the corridor.

In reviewing the corridor with one of Council’s ecologists, it was identified the corridors at Coal Point are individually weak and therefore it is important to retain as many corridors as possible. Retention and enhancement of vegetation in the corridor is a preferred outcome, with the corridor on the western boundary identified as one of the more viable links at Coal Point.