2020-01-13 General Committee Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA   13 JANUARY 2020




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GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                               13 JANUARY 2020

           POLICY GUIDELINE - Private Land Conservation Partnerships
           third party interest holders on the property title (such as a mortgagee) must provide consent for the
           VCA to proceed.
           The Statutory Conservation Protection
           Council offers three statutory conservation protection mechanisms under the VCA program. These
           are:
           Conservation Covenant
           Under the Land Act 1994, a conservation covenant {see-example Appendix 2} is registered over the
           conservation area on the property and runs with the title over successive owners. A conservation
           covenant requires development of a survey plan, preparation of legal documents, and lodgement
           with the Titles Office. The conservation covenant is a legal agreement between the property owner
           (the covenantor) and Council (the covenantee). Compliance action in the event of breaches of the
           covenant conditions is the responsibility of Council.
           Nature Refuge
           A Nature Refuge gazetted under the Nature Conservation Act 1992 can be placed over all or part of
           a property and runs with the title over successive owners. A Nature Refuge offers the highest level of
           protection however is subject to Queensland Government requirements such as minimum size of the
           conservation area (greater than 10ha) and high biodiversity values. Compliance action in the event of
           breaches of the Nature Refuge conditions is the responsibility of the Queensland Government.

           Split Zonin
           Council can also split zone _a property to place the conservation area under Environmental
           Management and Conservation zoning, which is then protected under provisions of the curentand
           future-Noosa Planning Schemes. Split zoning a property requires submitting a planning scheme
           amendment to the State, and is processed as a batch of amendments on a reqular basis. The
           balance of the property outside the conservation area remains in its original zoning (usually rural).
           Compliance action in the event of breaches of the planning scheme provisions is the responsibility of
           Council. Landowners whose properties do not meet the eligibility criteria for a VCA can request that a
           nominated portion of their property be split zoned as Environmental Management and Conservation
           under the Noosa Plan. In this circumstance there would be no formal VCA agreement with Council.

           Environmental Management Plan
           Council will develop an Environmental Management Plan (EMP) in consultation with the landholder
           which-can_be+reviewed with the landholderon-annualbasis. At the end of the 5 year term and at the
           request of the landholder, the EMP may be reviewed to guide landholders with future actions. The
           EMP will include:
           °     a description of the conservation area and its environmental values;
           °     any threatening processes;
           °     management actions required;
           °     timeframes to deliver the EMP.

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