Planning Application

Performance outcomes                       Acceptable outcomes                                               Response   Comment
                                           (3) retain the range of tree sizes that would normally
                                               occur
                                           (4) space immature trees as evenly as possible across
                                               the thinned area.
                                           AND

                                           AO6.3 Thinning is not undertaken:                                 N/A        The proposed development does not involve vegetation
                                           (1) by ground application of soil absorbed broad                             clearing.
                                               spectrum herbicides, or
                                           (2) aerial application of any herbicides.

Acid sulfate soils
PO7 Clearing activities do not result in   AO7.1 Clearing does not occur in land zone 1, land zone           N/A        The proposed development does not involve vegetation
disturbance of acid sulfate soils or       2 or land zone 3.                                                            clearing.
changes to the hydrology of the location   OR
that will either:
                                           AO7.2 Clearing in land zone 1, land zone 2 or land zone 3         N/A        The proposed development does not involve vegetation
(1) aerate horizons containing iron
                                           in areas below the 5 metre Australian Height Datum only                      clearing.
    sulfides, or                           occurs where:
(2) mobilise acid or metals.               (1) it does not involve mechanical clearing
                                           (2) the acid sulfate soils are managed consistent with the
                                               State Planning Policy, Department of State
                                               Development, Infrastructure and Planning, 2014, and
                                               with the Soil Management Guidelines in the
                                               Queensland Acid Sulfate Soil Technical Manual a,
                                               Department of Science, Information Technology,
                                               Innovation and the Arts, 2014.
                                           OR

                                           AO7.3 The application is a development application                N/A        The proposed development does not involve vegetation
                                           where a local government is the assessment manager.                          clearing.

Table 8.1.10: Encroachment
Performance outcomes                       Acceptable outcomes                                               Response   Comment
Clearing limited to specific regional ecosystems



State development assessment provisions                              Module 8 — Native vegetation clearing                            8.1 Queensland vegetation management state code
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