Planning Application

Performance outcomes                        Acceptable outcomes                                                   Response   Comment
                                            AO8.3 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

                                            AO8.4 Where it can be demonstrated that clearing cannot               N/A        The proposal does not involve agricultural clearing.
                                            be reasonably avoided, and the extent of clearing has
                                            been reasonably minimised, an environmental offset is
                                            provided for any significant residual impact for the 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
PO9 Clearing activities do not result in    AO9.1 Clearing does not occur in land zone 1, land zone               N/A        The proposal does not involve agricultural clearing.
the disturbance of acid sulfate soils or    2 or land zone 3.
changes to the hydrology of the location    OR
that will either:
                                            AO9.2 Clearing in land zone 1, land zone 2 or land zone 3             N/A        The proposal does not involve agricultural clearing.
(1) aerate horizons containing iron         in areas below the 5 metre Australian Height Datum only
    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,
                                                 Department of Science, Information Technology,
                                                 Innovation and the Arts, 2014.
                                            OR

                                            AO9.3 The application is a development application                    N/A        The proposal does not involve agricultural clearing.
                                            where a local government is the assessment manager.


Table 8.1.7: Necessary environmental clearing
Performance outcomes                        Acceptable outcomes                                                   Response   Comment
Limits to clearing
PO1 Clearing is reasonably avoided, or is   No acceptable outcome is prescribed.                                  N/A        The proposal does not involve necessary environmental


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