Bushfire Report

1. Property regions
Table 1 provides a summary of the regions that property Lot: 3 Plan: SP246584 is located within.

Table 1: Property regions


 Local Government(s)
 Noosa Shire



 Bioregion(s)              Subregion(s)
 Southeast                 Sunshine Coast - Gold Coast Lowlands
 Queensland



 Catchment(s)
 Noosa



Area Management Plan(s): Nil




2. Vegetation management framework
Vegetation clearing is regulated under the Vegetation Management Act 1999 (VMA) and the Sustainable Planning Act 2009
(SPA). A development approval is required to clear where the clearing is not exempt under the SPA, or where it cannot be
carried out under a self-assessable clearing code or an area management plan under the VMA.

The VMA does not apply to all land tenures or vegetation types. State forests, national parks, forest reserves and some
tenure types as defined under the Forestry Act 1959 and Nature Conservation Act 1992 are not regulated by the VMA.
Managing vegetation not regulated under the VMA may require permits under these laws.

The following native vegetation is not regulated under the VMA but may require permit(s) under other laws:
       a) grass or non-woody herbage;
       b) a plant within a grassland regional ecosystem; and
       c) a mangrove.

The regulated vegetation management map, the vegetation management map, the land suitability map and the protected
plants map provided in section 4 and the information provided in section 2 and 3 of this report will assist you in identifying
clearing suitability and enable you to determine whether your proposed clearing is:

       • exempt;
       • requires notification and compliance with a self-assessable code or area management plan; or
       • requires a development approval.



2.1 Exemptions
The vegetation management framework allows clearing for certain purposes without approval, known as an exemption.

Areas that are mapped as Category X (white in colour) on the regulated vegetation management map (section 5.1) on most
State land tenures are exempt and therefore do not require a development approval or notification.

There are other exemptions that apply to a range of routine property management activities. A list of these is available at
https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/land/vegetation/exemptions/.

Although vegetation management laws may allow clearing under an exemption, there may be other state, local or
Commonwealth laws that apply. Exemptions may not apply if the vegetation is subject to permit conditions, a covenant, an

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