08/0176 - DNR Referral Agency Response [As Published] · 132008.176

Schedule A - Glossary
Clearing, for vegetation
 • means remove, cut down, ringbark, push over, poison or destroy in any way
      including by burning, flooding or draining, but
 • does not include destroying standing vegetation by stock, or lopping a tree

Clearing as a result of the MCU includes
  • clearing of assessable vegetation that will result from the change in use,
       consisting of any of the following
         - clearing for infrastructure-including buildings, stormwater management
             systems, water supply and sewerage systems that are proposed as part
             of the MCU application
         - clearing for roads, vehicle parking, vehicle and pedestrian access, utilities
             corridors, services, fences, firebreaks and fire management lines that are
             proposed as part of the MCU application
         - clearing that may not be necessary for developing infrastructure but is
             associated with the use applied for.
And
  • clearing of assessable vegetation that will become exempt if the development
       application is approved This includes any of the following examples
         - clearing for routine management and essential management purposes
             associated with the approved development including clearing to maintain
              proposed infrastructure, facilities, roads, access routes, utilities, services
             and fences, and clearing to maintain the safety of persons and property
             that will be associated with the development
         - clearing for necessary fire breaks and fire management lines associated
             with the development This will be assessed as follows
                  i all built infrastructure other than underground services, roads and
                    fences will be assessed as requiring clearing for firebreaks with a
                    width of 15 times the height of the tallest vegetation adjacent to the
                    infrastructure, or 20m, whichever is the greater However, evidence
                    may be provided to NRW that confirms that an alternative firebreak
                    width is required that is consistent with the State Planning Policy
                    (SPP) 1/03 Guideline
                ii all proposed allotment boundaries will be assessed as requiring
                    clearing for fire management lines with a width of 10m constructed
                    on either side of the allotment boundary, unless NRW is provided
                    with evidence that confirms that an alternative width of fire
                    management line is required or an alternative configuration of fire
                    management lines are required that is consistent with the SPP 1/03
                    Guideline
               ell in the case of evidence being presented that demonstrates
                    alternative fire management guidelines as being sufficient and
                    consistent with the SPP 1/03, NRW may condition the development
                    so that the full extent of exempt clearing prescribed for essential
                    management under Schedule 8 of the IPA cannot be carved out by
                    current or future landholders
        - where there is a concurrent application for Reconfiguring of a Lot (RaL)
             for the same land that has not yet been decided-clearing as a result of
             the RaL as set out in the RaL Policy item 2 will be assessed
Endangered Regional Ecosystem means a regional ecosystem that is prescribed
under a regulation and has either-
(a) less than 10% of its pre-clearing extent remaining, or



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