Appendix C - Code Assessment

Biodiversity, Waterways and Wetlands Overlay Code



Bushfire management Table 8.2.2.3 - Criteria for assessable development (part)

Performance outcomes                                                   Acceptable solutions                                        Assessment
Bushfire management

PO12                                                                                                                               PO12 – Complies
Bushfire management measures are adopted based on                      No acceptable outcome provided                              No clearing of vegetation will be required to maintain safety for
ecological principles, which:                                                                                                      people and property for bushfire purposes.

 a)   maintain and enhance biodiversity;
 b)   minimise threat of fire to the natural environment, as well as
      life and property; and
 c)   provide for effective use and maintenance of buildings and
      structures.

Editor's note—The performance outcome applies to properties
in bushfire hazard areas and only where clearing is reasonably
necessary for the control of bushfire risk to a building or
structure. Bushfire hazard areas are shown on Bushfire Hazard
Overlay maps in Schedule 2.

Scenic amenity Table 8.2.2.3 - Criteria for assessable development (part)

Performance outcomes                                                   Acceptable solutions                                        Assessment
Scenic amenity

PO13                                                                   AO13.1                                                      AO13.1 – Not Applicable
The scenic amenity and vegetated character of the landscape is         Vegetation is retained:                                     The proposed subdivision will not involve clearing of vegetation
protected by retaining vegetation:
 a) along and around watercourses and drainage lines;                   a)   on and within 30 metres of prominent ridgelines and
 b) on steep slopes and ridgelines;                                          on sloping sites;
 c) along the major road network; and                                   b)   in gullies;
 d) that forms coastal vistas to and from beaches.                      c)   along watercourses and drainage lines;
                                                                        d)   within 10 metres of the major road network; and
                                                                        e)   along the front coastal dune system.