Planning Application

Performance outcomes                        Acceptable outcomes                                              Response   Comment
Watercourses and drainage features
PO6 Maintain vegetation associated with     AO6.1 Mechanical clearing does not occur within 20               N/A        The proposed development does not involve vegetation
any watercourse or drainage feature to      metres from the defining bank of any watercourse or                         clearing for fodder harvesting.
protect:                                    drainage feature.
(1) bank stability by protecting against    OR
    bank erosion
                                            AO6.2 Strip harvesting or block harvesting does not occur        N/A        The proposed development does not involve vegetation
(2) water quality by filtering sediments,   within 100 metres of the defining bank of any watercourse                   clearing for fodder harvesting.
    nutrients and other pollutants          or drainage feature.

(3) aquatic habitat
(4) terrestrial habitat.

Soil erosion
PO7 Clearing does not result in:            AO7.1 Strip harvesting or block harvesting:                      N/A        The proposed development does not involve vegetation
(1) mass movement, gully erosion, rill                                                                                  clearing for fodder harvesting.
                                            (1) does not occur on a slope that exceeds 5 per cent
    erosion, sheet erosion, tunnel
    erosion, stream bank erosion, wind      (2) is aligned across the slope.
    erosion, or scalding                    OR
(2) any associated loss of chemical,
    physical or biological fertility —      AO7.2 Harvesting occurs using selective harvesting or            N/A        The proposed development does not involve vegetation
    including, but not limited to water     breaker harvesting methods.                                                 clearing for fodder harvesting.
    holding capacity, soil structure,
    organic matter, soil biology and
    nutrients
within or outside the lot(s) that are the
subject of the application.

Salinity
PO8 Clearing does not contribute to land    AO8.1 Clearing does not occur in or within 200 metres of         N/A        The proposed development does not involve vegetation
degradation through:                        a discharge area or recharge area, or salinity warning                      clearing for fodder harvesting.
                                            area.
(1) waterlogging, or                        OR
(2) the salinisation of groundwater,
    surface water or soil.                  AO8.2 Clearing is less than:                                     N/A        The proposed development does not involve vegetation
                                            (1) 2 hectares, or                                                          clearing for fodder harvesting.




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