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Draft Report

2.2 STATE CONSIDERATIONS

224 Integrated Planning Act 1997
The Integrated Planning Act 1997 (IPA) seeks to achieve ecological sustainability by:

a) Coordinating and integrating planning at the local, regional, and State levels;

b) Managing the process by which development occurs; and

c) Managing the effects of development on the environment (including managing the use of
premises).

Compliance under this Act needs to be achieved. The Act identifies referral agencies and their
jurisdiction relevant to the assessment of development application.

The potential environmental impacts of the proposed development and the recommended
mitigation measures are outlined in Section 8.0. Other specific planning issues will be dealt
with by qualified town planners in other specialist reports.

2.2.2 Vegetation Management Act 1999

The purpose of the Vegetation Management Act 1999 (VMA) is to regulate clearing of remnant
vegetation on freehold and leasehold land by:

s Preserving remnant endangered, of concern, and not of concern Regional Ecosystems;
. Vegetation in areas of high nature conservation value; and
. Considering areas vulnerable to land degradation.

Analysis of the current mapping by the Department of Natural Resources and Water (DNRW)
indicates that the subject site contains two DNRW mapped Regional Ecosystems
(Section 3.1.3). The development works, within the site, will therefore need to adhere to the
regulations outlined in the VMA.

The Vegetation Management Act 1999 (VMA) is to be read in conjunction with the /ntegrated
Planning Act 1997 (IPA) with respect to the protection of remnant vegetation or category 1,
category 2, category 3, or category X vegetation.

The act restricts its reference to the removal of vegetation to section 22A: -
22A Particular vegetation clearing applications may be assessed
2) A vegetation clearing application is for a relevant purpose under this section if the applicant
satisfies the chief executive that the development applied for is —
(d) for establishing a necessary fence, firebreak, road or other built infrastructure, if there
is no suitable alternative site for the fence, firebreak, road or infrastructure;

The guidelines associated with the VMA 1999 provides for the removal of vegetation protected
under the VMA 1999 without a permit where that vegetation removal is for “Essential
Management”. Essential management is defined by the Act as: -

 

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