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Pymble Business Park - Ku-ring-gai Council

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13.4 CATEGORY 4 - BIODIVERSITY CORRIDORS<br />

AND CONSOLIDATION<br />

13<br />

Objectives<br />

Controls<br />

1 To manage areas<br />

providing a buffer to Core<br />

and Support for Core<br />

Biodiversity Lands.<br />

2 To reduce edge effects<br />

and to improve the health,<br />

connectivity and function<br />

of local ecosystems.<br />

3 To revegetate and restore<br />

biodiversity corridors,<br />

significant vegetation<br />

and habitat across the<br />

landscape.<br />

Category 4 – Biodiversity corridors and consolidation identifi es lands<br />

where revegetation, rehabilitation or regeneration works are required to<br />

re-connect remnants in Categories 1 to 3, increase remnant size and<br />

buffer edge effects (see Table 4). Larger more consolidated remnants are<br />

more resilient than fragmented or linear remnants.<br />

Category<br />

Category 4<br />

Description<br />

Areas of consolidation for<br />

Category 1 & Category 2<br />

Areas lacking vegetation within<br />

Biodiversity Corridors<br />

Table 4 Areas identified as Greenweb Category 4<br />

1 The siting and design of development within Category 4 on the<br />

Greenweb map (Refer to maps in 13R.1 of this Part), must be<br />

designed to minimise edge effects on Category 1 and 2 areas.<br />

2 Landscaping and revegetation on sites identified as Category 4,<br />

must be designed to consolidate fragmented and linear vegetation<br />

and habitat areas within the site and adjacent sites.<br />

3 Where little or no indigenous vegetation currently exists on the site,<br />

the development must be designed to incorporate revegetation to<br />

restore and strengthen biodiversity corridors.<br />

4 The width of biodiversity corridors should be maximised and gaps<br />

and barriers reduced or minimised.<br />

5 Planting within sites that include land identified as Category 4 is to<br />

consist of :<br />

i) a mix of groundcover, shrubs and trees;<br />

ii) not less than 50% locally native species. Species are to reflect<br />

the relevant vegetation communities within the area.<br />

6 Any permanent fencing should be designed to consider the<br />

movement of small fauna species where relevant.<br />

BIODIVERSITY CONTROLS<br />

Figure 13.4-1: Examples<br />

of Category 4-Biodiverity<br />

corridors and consolidation<br />

adjoining Category 2 lands<br />

Draft <strong>Ku</strong>-<strong>ring</strong>-<strong>gai</strong> <strong>Pymble</strong> <strong>Business</strong> <strong>Park</strong>Development Control Plan 2012<br />

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