Flora & Fauna Survey & Ecological Assessment (pdf. 5MB)

Flora & Fauna Survey & Ecological Assessments – 35 Water Street Wahroonga
4.5 Assessments of Significance - Fauna
A previous report, the Species Impact Statement (Cumberland Ecology 2007) prepared in support of the
earlier Hospital Proposal conducted Assessments of Significance under Part 5(a) of the NSW EP&A Act 1979
(commonly called the Seven-part test) for a number of fauna species; being those species listed in the NSW
Atlas of Wildlife as having been recorded within a 10-km radius of the Subject Property, regardless of where
they occurred on the Subject Property or not. Those species were:
Superb Fruit-dove
Glossy Black cockatoo
Gang-gang cockatoo
Masked Owl
Powerful Owl
Barking Owl
Large-eared Pied Bat
Eastern Bentwing-bat
Yellow-bellied Sheathtail Bat
Eastern Free-tail bat
Grey-headed Flying-fox
Each of the Seven-part Tests carried out concluded that the former Hospital Proposal, which would have
removed ~4.9% of the total area of BGHF Habitat on the Subject Property, was NOT LIKELY to impact on the
habitats or life cycles any of these species.
The Planning Proposal and potential future subdivision, as envisaged on the concept plan accompanying the
Planning Proposal, would remove only 173 sq metres or 2.74% of the BGHF Habitat on the Subject Property
(@ 0.635 ha) and therefore have a significantly reduced impact on the habitat of any of the above-listed (if at
all). Specific habitat requirements for each of these species are outlined in Table 4.4.
However, under the precautionary principle, Seven-part Tests have been undertaken and updated for the
following species; being those species actually recorded on site during field investigations carried out
between 2006 and 2012:
Grey-headed Flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus)
Gang-gang Cockatoo (Callocephalon fimbriatum)
Powerful Owl (Ninox strenua)
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