Appendix A - SDAP - State Code 16 - Native vegetation clearing response

 Performance outcomes                               Acceptable outcomes                                   Response
                                                    AO42.3 Total clearing of endangered regional
                                                    ecosystems and of concern regional
                                                    ecosystems combined does not exceed areas
                                                    prescribed in table reference table 1 of this code.
 PO43 Where clearing of vegetation in an            No acceptable outcome is prescribed.
 endangered regional ecosystem or an of concern
 regional ecosystems does not maintain the
 composition, structure and function of the regional
 ecosystem, and cannot be avoided and has been
 mitigated, the cleared area:
 1. is rehabilitated; or
 2. where the cleared area cannot be rehabilitated,
     an offset is provided for any acceptable
     significant residual impact.
 Essential habitat excluding essential habitat for Phascolarctos cinereus (koalas) if development is assessable under Schedule 10, Part 10 of the
 Planning Regulation 2017
 PO44 Clearing of vegetation in a regional            AO44.1 Clearing does not occur in essential
 ecosystem that is an area of essential habitat       habitat.
 maintains the composition, structure and function of
 the regional ecosystem for each protected            OR
 wildlife species individually.
                                                      AO44.2 Clearing in essential habitat does not
                                                      exceed the widths prescribed in table reference
                                                      table 1 of this code.

                                                    OR

                                                    AO44.3 Clearing in essential habitat does not
                                                    exceed the areas prescribed in table reference
                                                    table 1 of this code.
 PO45 Where clearing of vegetation in a regional    No acceptable outcome is prescribed.
 ecosystem that is an area of essential habitat
 does not maintain the composition, structure and
 function of the regional ecosystem, and cannot be
 avoided and has been mitigated, an offset is
 provided for any acceptable significant residual
 impact for each protected wildlife species
 individually.
 Acid sulfate soils if the local government is not the assessment manager for the development application

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