The Independent Planning Commission has approved changes to the koala management plan for a 4500-lot residential development on the state’s far north coast.
Property 28 Pty Ltd has sought to implement a new Koala Plan of Management (KPoM) and amend the
conditions of approval for its Kings Forest Residential Subdivision about 15km south of Tweed Heads.
The proposed changes include:
• reducing to eight hectares the amount of koala habitat to be cleared on the development site
• changing a condition of approval to require the planting of 27ha of koala food trees in Cudgen
Nature Reserve or another approved location
• increasing the width of the east-west wildlife corridor from 50m to 100m
• increasing the proposed on-site offsets from 54.71 to 62.51 ha
• increasing the total number of koala food trees from 20,578 to 76,411 and increasing the
proportion of koala habitat from 74% to 95%, and
• amending the fencing details and providing seven koala culvert crossings and one “cattle grid”
to manage koala movements across the site.
