Planning Application

Performance outcomes                        Acceptable outcomes                                               Response   Comment
    bank erosion                            AO4.2 The application of soil absorbed broad spectrum
                                            herbicides does not occur within 50 metres of the defining
(2) water quality by filtering sediments,   bank of a watercourse or drainage feature.
    nutrients and other pollutants
(3) aquatic habitat
(4) terrestrial habitat.

Soil erosion
PO5 Clearing does not result in:            AO5.1 Mechanical clearing:                                        N/A        The proposed development does not involve vegetation
(1) mass movement, gully erosion, rill      (1) is limited to slopes less than 5 per cent                                clearing for encroachment.
    erosion, sheet erosion, tunnel
                                            (2) retains 50 per cent of the ground cover (dead or
    erosion, stream bank erosion, wind
                                                alive) in each 50 by 50 metre (0.25 hectare) area.
    erosion, or scalding
(2) any associated loss of chemical,
    physical or biological fertility —
    including, but not limited to water
    holding capacity, soil structure,
    organic matter, soil biology and
    nutrients
within or outside the lot(s) that are the
subject of the application.

Acid sulfate soils
PO6 Clearing activities do not result in    AO6.1 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 for encroachment.
changes to the hydrology of the location    OR
that will either:
                                            AO6.2 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 for encroachment.
    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,


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