EPBC Act Preliminary Documentation
EPBC Act Preliminary Documentation for Coonara Residential Development at 55 Coonara Avenue, West Pennant Hills (EPBC 2023/09508)
Mirvac is committed to creating a new family friendly community on this project site, that sensitively responds to the natural landscape. The residential community includes 417 dwellings of both houses and apartments with 10 hectares of remnant forest rezoned to C2 environmental conservation being dedicated to NSW Government as public open space.
Mirvac submitted a proposal to develop parts of the project located at 55 Coonara Avenue, West Pennant Hills including demolition of existing buildings, removal and modification of existing infrastructure, and construction of dwellings and apartments, communal facilities, open space and associated infrastructure.
The proposed action has been determined to be a “controlled action” under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (the EPBC Act) and will therefore require assessment and approval under the EPBC Act before it can proceed. The controlling provision under the EPBC Act is “Listed threatened species and communities” (Sections 18 and 18A) and the assessment approach is through Preliminary Documentation.
The proposal was open for public consultation between 7 January and 15 February 2024 and has now closed.
In accordance with section 95B(2) of the EPBC Act, a summary of the submissions received during the public exhibition period has been prepared.
The final documentation and summary of the submissions received will be available for your information only, for a period of 10 business days from Friday 15 March to Thursday 28 March 2024 at the following locations:
• The Hills Shire Council, Administration Centre, 3 Columbia Court Norwest NSW 2153
• The State Library of NSW, LG2, 1 Shakespeare Place, Sydney NSW 2000
The final documentation can also be viewed and downloaded from the document list below.
Please contact Josie Leeson, Community Development Manager if you have any queries or require assistance accessing the material:
Email: coonaracommunity@mirvac.com
Phone: 1800 531 535
Downloadable Documents
EPBC Act Submission Final Document and Summary
Specified information included in the referral to the minister of the proposal to take the action, sent on 1 September 2023:
Referral document – 00-2023-09508 Referral.pdf
Concept Biodiversity Development Assessment Report_Concept Masterplan BDAR.pdf
Concept Vegetation Management Plan_Concept VMP.pdf
Consent Conditions Extracts re Biodiversity Offsetting.pdf
Cumberland Ecology Analysis of EPBC listed communities.pdf
Cumberland Ecology Analysis of Potential Koala Habitat within Coonara Property.pdf
Demolition Biodiversity Development Assessment Report_Demolition BDAR.pdf
Figure 1. Layout of Referred Area.pdf
Figure 2. Location of Development Applications within the Property.pdf
Figure 3. Previous Vegetation Mapping (2021).pdf
Figure 4. Current Vegetation Mapping (2023).pdf
Figure 5. Location of Vegetation Management Areas within Property.pdf
Figure 6. Threatened Ecological Communities within the Property.pdf
Forestry Area - Vegetation Management Plan.pdf
Migratory SPP – Impact Table.pdf
NIAA Correspondence – Mirvac EPBC 2021-8995.pdf
Planet Positive Zero Waste Strategy.pdf
Self-assessment of Excluded Areas.pdf
Summary – Chronology Planning Proposal Consultation Timeline 230223
This Changes Everything Strategy.pdf
Threatened Fauna SPP – Impact Table.pdf
Threatened Flora SPP – Impact Table.pdf
Specified information relating to the action that was received in response to the minister’s request under subsection (2), sent 23 December 2023:
Construction and Environmental Management Plan (CEMP).pdf
Construction Dust Management Plan.pdf
Construction Noise and Vibration Management Plan.pdf
Construction Traffic Management Plan (CTMP).pdf
Vegetation Management Plan.pdf
Mirvac acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the Traditional Owners of the lands and waters of Australia and we pay our respect to their Elders past, present and emerging. We recognise that West Pennant Hills is located on the land of the Dharug people and we thank them for their care of this special place since time immemorial.
Artwork: ‘Reimagining Country’, created by Riki Salam (Mualgal, Kaurareg, Kuku Yalanji) of We are 27 Creative.