2017-06-06 - P&E Agenda Attachment 1 to Item 6 Draft Alignment Amendments Part 1 (Pages 1-907)

      iii   the vegetation is not otherwise required to be retained in accordance with
            a development approval;




                                                                                                      Including amendments to 3 July 2017
                                                                                          The Noosa Plan
i)    clearing vegetation within the path of a utility service;

j)    clearing on a category 1, 2 or 3 lot, where the clearing —

      i     is pruning of native vegetation for the purpose of tree maintenance or
            hazard management; and

      ii    results in no more than 20% loss of the live canopy volume of a tree
            within a 12 month period; and

      iii   does not involve lopping or topping;

k)    the clearing is on a category 1, 2 or 3 lot, where the clearing is to vegetation
      that is regrowth other than the following—

      i     vegetation in an area identified as a landslide hazard area on the Natural
            Resources Overlay maps;

      ii    vegetation which is an endangered, vulnerable and near threatened plant
            as defined by the Nature Conservation (Wildlife) Regulation 2006;

      iii   vegetation which is critically endangered or vulnerable flora as defined by
            the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity
            Conservation Act 1999;

      iv    heathland;

      v     riparian vegetation;

      vi    vegetation in a critical habitat;

      vii   vegetation in an area that has been cleared in contravention of a local
            law including the former local law;

l)    clearing on land in the Agricultural Land Conservation Area (ALCA)
      identified on the Natural Resources Overlay maps;

m)    clearing in the course of a fire management activity;

n)    clearing in the course of a forest practice;

o)    clearing in accordance with a permit under the former local law.

land degradation means the following—

a)    soil erosion;
b)    a rising water table;
c)    the expression of salinity;
d)    mass movement by gravity of soil or rock;
e)    stream bank instability;
f)    a process that results in declining water quality in a river stream, creek or
      watercourse or natural wetland.

clearing means destruction of vegetation or interference with its natural growth, by—



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