Ecological Assessment Report

                                                                            Ecological Assessment Report




5.3.2 State Legislation

Vegetation Management Act 1999

The site is mapped as supporting regulated vegetation (Category B) under the RVM map, however
vegetation clearing associated with the development for a residential dwelling is exempt clearing under
the Planning Regulation 2017.

Planning Regulation 2017: Development in South East Queensland koala habitat areas,

The site is mapped in the Koala Priority Area (KPA) and does contains mapped Koala Habitat Area
(KHA) (Koala Conservation Plan Map; administered by DES, Figure 4, Appendix 3). The proposed
house footprint does not intrude into the mapped KHA , but the Bushfire APZ does . The proposed
bushfire APZ will require the removal of native vegetation from within this overlay , including mature
koala habitat trees . Removal of mapped native vegetation in such areas is prohibited in the KPA ,
unless complying with an exemption in schedule 24 of the Planning Regulation 2017.




                    Figure 4: State Koala habitat mapping with development footprint

The definition of Exempted Development in Schedule 24 allows for the removal of vegetation for bushfire
management under item (n) as essential management:

(n) development that is or involves operational work that is the clearing of native vegetation in a koala
habitat area if the clearing—

        (vii) is necessary for essential management and is qualifying clearing;




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