07/0466 - Modification to Alternative Siting Provisions [As Published] · 132007.466

 

INTEGRATED PLANNING ACT 1997

IDAS Assessment Checklist, Vession 19.0, 2 March 2007

SECTION 2 - ASSESSMENT IN A WILD RIVER AREA
(completion mandatory if the proposed development is located in a wild river area)

 

 

Wild River Area

tt the responsibility of the applicant to
determine if the development is proposed in
a wild river area.

Information about wild river areas including the
geographical location and position of
management areas In retalion to properties, can
be accessed by contacting the Department of
Natural Resources and Water (NRW), accessing
the department's website www.nnw.gld.gov.au or
contacting the department by email on:

wild. [email protected]
Note on Referrals

Referrals for development in a wild river area
{other than for agricultural activities and animal
husbandry activities} are not changed from the
existing referral arrangements.

Notes on development assessable
against the Wild Rivers Code

For information regarding development in a wild
river area, see the relevant wild river declaration
and Guide 27. The relevant wid river
declaration will provide information regarding
which types of development must be assessed
against ihe Wild Rivers Code, and in some
cases which types of development are exempt
from wild river requirements.

‘The notes on development assessable against
the Wild Rivers Code in this section of the
checklist provide some guklance however this
may vary between wild river areas. The relevant
declaration will provide the information applying
to each wild river area,

Applications for some new developments will not
be accepted if the proposed development is in a
high preservation area (HPA). Most applications
for development activities which may be made
including those in a preservation area (PA), must
be assessed agains! and must comply with the
Wild Rivers Code where indicated in a relevant
wild river declaration,

 

1.

Which wild river area is the development proposed in?

 

 

 

 

The proposed development is to be located in: (tick the applicable box/es)
(i) a high preservation area (HPA);

(Jil) apreservation area (PA);

J ili) a wild river floodplain management area (FMA);

[Jiv) a wild river nominated waterway;

_ [)v) a designated urban area (DUA).

 

Environmentally relevant activities
(ERAs) in a designated urban area

Ifyou answered YES, your application for an
ERA is exempt from any wild river requirements
and provided there are no other aspects of this
development Ihat require assessment against
wild rivers, you do not need to complete the
remaining questions In Section 2.

If you answered NO to Q2, please complete the
temaining questions in Section 2.

Does the proposed development only involve any of the following environmentally relevant
activities (ERAs) in a designated urban area (as mapped in the relevant wild. river declaration)?

i) An ERA 28 or ERA 14; or
it) A level 2 ERA except ERA 1, 2, 3, 4, 20, 22 or 59.
Ono (11 YES (ensure you have completed Part G of Form 1)

 

* Clearing native vegetation

IF YES, there are a limited number of purposes
for which an application to clear native,
vegetation may be accepted in a HPA. See
Guide 27 for a list of relevant purposes for
which an application may be made in a HPA.

 HEYES and you ticked Q4 box i) the application
may be made and is assessable against the Wild
Rivers Code. ff YES and you ticked 04 box ii)
the application will not be accepted.

Note: If clearing native vegelation is in a PA,
there are no wild river requirements and
provided thera are no other aspects of this
development where wild river requirements
apply, do not complete the remaining questions
in Section 2.

 

4.

Is the application operational work for clearing native vegetation in a HPA?
(CJ No [1 YES (ensure you have completed Part J of Form 1)

If YES, is the clearing?

Oi clearing regrowth (as defined in the Vegetation Management Act 1999) in a registered
area of agriculture in a HPA (see Guide 27); or

(2 ii) in aHPA outside a registered area of agriculture?

 

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