Planning Application

Performance outcomes                      Acceptable outcomes                                                   Response   Comment
                                          (2) the cleared area cannot be reasonably rehabilitated
                                          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.
Clearing regional ecosystems (land restoration and natural disaster preparation)
PO12 Clearing does not occur in           AO12.1 Clearing does not occur in:                                    N/A        The proposal does not involve necessary environmental
endangered regional ecosystems, of                                                                                         clearing.
concern regional ecosystems or least      (1) an endangered regional ecosystem, or
concern regional ecosystems, or where     (2) an of concern regional ecosystem, or
this is not reasonably possible,
rehabilitate where the clearing cannot be (3) a least concern regional ecosystem.
reasonably avoided and impacts
reasonably minimised.                     OR

                                          AO12.2 Clearing:                                                      N/A        The proposal does not involve necessary environmental
                                          (1) maintains the natural floristic composition and range                        clearing.
                                              of sizes across the application area, or
                                          (2) does not exceed the widths or areas prescribed in
                                              Table 1.
                                          OR

                                          AO12.3 Where it can be demonstrated that clearing                     N/A        The proposal does not involve necessary environmental
                                          cannot be reasonably avoided, and the extent of clearing                         clearing.
                                          has been reasonably minimised, the cleared area is
                                          rehabilitated.

Clearing regional ecosystems (natural channel diversion and contaminants removal)
PO13 Clearing does not occur in             AO13.1 Clearing does not occur in:                                  N/A        The proposal does not involve necessary environmental
endangered regional ecosystems, of                                                                                         clearing.
concern regional ecosystems or least        (1) an endangered regional ecosystem, or
concern regional ecosystems, or where       (2) an of concern regional ecosystem, or
this cannot be reasonably be avoided,
rehabilitate or maintain the current extent (3) a least concern regional ecosystem.
of endangered regional ecosystems and
                                            OR


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