Planning Application

Performance outcomes                        Acceptable outcomes                                                   Response   Comment
                                            AO9.3 Clearing only occurs where an area of essential
                                            habitat is isolated and small in size and at risk from
                                            threatening processes, for the prescribed species.
                                            OR

                                            AO9.4 Where it can be demonstrated that clearing cannot               N/A        The proposed development does not involve vegetation
                                            be reasonably avoided, and the extent of clearing has                            clearing.
                                            been reasonably minimised, an environmental offset is
                                            provided for any significant residual impact from clearing
                                            of essential habitat.
                                            Editor’s note: Applications for development should identify
                                            whether there is likely to be a significant residual impact and a
                                            need for an environmental offset having regard to Section 3.1
                                            (Regulated vegetation) of the Significant Residual Impact
                                            Guideline and the relevant Queensland Environmental Offsets
                                            Policy.
Acid sulfate soils
PO10 Clearing activities do not result in   AO10.1 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:
(1) aerate horizons containing iron         AO10.2 Clearing in land zone 1, land zone 2 or land zone              N/A        The proposed development does not involve vegetation
     sulfides, or                           3 in areas below the 5 metre Australian Height Datum only                        clearing.
                                            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,
                                                Department of Science, Information Technology,
                                                Innovation and the Arts, 2014.
                                            OR

                                            AO10.3 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 8.1.5: Extractive industry
Performance outcomes                        Acceptable outcomes                                                   Response   Comment
Limits to clearing for an extractive industry


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