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

 Performance outcomes                                 Acceptable outcomes                               Response
 2. where the cleared area cannot reasonably 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
 PO16 Clearing of vegetation in a regional            AO16.1 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.
                                                      AO16.2 Clearing in essential habitat does not
                                                      exceed the widths prescribed in reference table 1
                                                      of this code.

                                                    OR

                                                    AO16.3 Clearing in essential habitat does not
                                                    exceed the areas prescribed in table reference
                                                    table 1 of this code.
 PO17 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
 PO18 Clearing of vegetation does not result in, or    AO18.1 Clearing does not occur in land zone 1,
 accelerate, disturbance of acid sulfate soils or      land zone 2 or land zone 3.
 changes to the 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.                    AO18.2 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


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