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

 Performance outcomes                                     Acceptable outcomes                                 Response
                                                          1. occur in a regional ecosystem in reference
                                                              table 4 of this code that states ‘mechanical
                                                              clearing not permitted’;
                                                          2. disturb more than 50 per cent of the ground
                                                              surface or result in any hectare having less
                                                              than 50 per cent ground cover;
                                                          3. occur on a slope greater than five per cent;
                                                              and
                                                          4. occur within 50 metres of an area of soil
                                                              erosion and instability.
 Acid sulfate soils if the local government is not the assessment manager for the development application
 PO152 Clearing does not result in, or accelerate,        AO152.1 Clearing does not occur in land zone 1,
 disturbance of acid sulfate soils or changes to the      land zone 2 or land zone 3.
 hydrology of the location that will result in either of
 the following:                                           OR
 1. aeration of horizons containing iron sulphides;
 2. mobilisation of acid or metals.                       AO152.2 Clearing in land zone 1, land zone 2 or
                                                          land zone 3 in areas below the five metre
                                                          Australian Height Datum only occurs where:
                                                          1. mechanical clearing does not disturb the soil
                                                              to a depth greater than 30 centimetres; and
                                                          2. acid sulfate soils are managed consistent with
                                                              the soil management guidelines in the
                                                              Queensland Acid Sulfate Soil Technical
                                                              Manual.
 Restoring the regional ecosystem
 PO153 Clearing activities:                              AO153.1 Clearing does not occur in thickets.
 1. restore the natural floristic composition and
     range of sizes of each species of the regional      AND
     ecosystem evenly spaced across the
     application area; and                               AO153.2 Clearing retains:
 2. retain mature trees, habitat trees and tall          1. all mature trees and habitat trees;
     immature trees and thickets.                        2. a full range of sizes and species typical of the
                                                             regional ecosystem in the area; and
                                                         3. where the number of mature trees plus habitat
                                                             trees is less than 20 per hectare, tall immature
                                                             trees to total 20 mature trees, habitat trees
                                                             and tall immature trees per hectare.


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