Pymble Business Park - Ku-ring-gai Council

INTRODUCTION
This Part applies to development that will have an impact on areas
identifi ed as the Greenweb in this DCP.
The Greenweb identifi es lands containing signifi cant strategic biodiversity
values, considered important in the support of native fl ora, fauna and
ecological processes and have a particular focus on key vegetation
communities, threatened populations, species and their habitats.
Lands identifi ed as of biodiversity signifi cance in the Pymble Business
Park LEP are broken down into biodiversity categories:
Category 2 Support for Core Biodiversity Lands
Category 3 Landscape Remnant
Category 4 Biodiversity Corridors and Consolidation
Category 5 Canopy Remnant
as shown on the Greenweb maps in 13R.1 of this Part.
Note: Category 1 Core Biodiversity Lands does not occur in the Pymble
Business Park and has therefore not been included in this DCP.
The majority of areas within the Greenweb include native vegetation
canopy. However in some areas exotic and unvegetated areas have
been included (eg Category 4). Such areas are included to facilitate the
improvement of connectivity between core habitats and may provide
additional functions such as protection of water quality. These measures
will help to maintain and restore the health, diversity and connectivity of
biodiversity within Ku-ring-gai and improve resilience under future climate
change.
Lands excluded from Greenweb may still contain or provide habitat for
threatened ecological communities, species or populations as listed under
the NSW Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995, the NSW Fisheries
Management Act 1994, or the Environment Protection and Biodiversity
Conservation Act 1999. Absence of these areas from the Greenweb does
not prevent the need for consideration and protection under these Acts.
The purpose of the Greenweb is to foster a consistent and strategic
approach to biodiversity management. There are considerable benefi ts
to natural resource planning at this scale, however investigations at a
site scale for individual proposals may identify inaccuracies or on ground
changes. Council will consider on merit, arguments relating to any
proposed mapping variations based on the methodology outlined in the
Ku-ring-gai Biodiversity and Riparian Lands Study. For a brief summary
of the methodology see 13R2 of this Part. In all cases the onus of proof
rests with the proponent.
Where there are inconsistencies between this Part and Part 6.3
(Landscaping) or Part 6.6 (Deep Soil Landscaping) of this DCP, this Part
prevails to the extent of any inconsistency.
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Draft Ku-ring-gai Pymble Business Park Development Control Plan 2012