2020-05-12 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING REPORT                                                                                                           12 MAY 2020


BRANCH ACTIVITIES                          RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                          CURRENT PRIORITIES                          THE NEXT QUARTER
                                               commenced and has a good take by
                                               residents.
                                              Procurement documentation for
                                               small site solar ready for issue.
Private Land Conservation Partnerships -      Land for Wildlife (LFW) – 32 property       Continue     delivering   the    LFW       Continue    delivering   the     LFW
Land for Wildlife and Voluntary                revisits, 12 new properties signed up,       program, new properties, revisits and       program, new properties, revisits and
Conservation Agreements.
                                              Rolled out LFW incentive– providing          contacting owners of deregistered           contacting owners of deregistered
                                               9,275 native tubestock to 35                 properties to reactivate properties         properties to reactivate properties
                                               members,        weed     management          that form strategic linkages in the         that form strategic linkages in the
                                               training to 27 members.                      landscape.                                  landscape.
                                              2 workshops delivered to members in         Continue delivering all elements of
                                               February (Weed management and                VCA program.
                                               revegetation).                              Compile final list of split zoned
                                              Contributed newsletter article.              properties    and     ensure   it is
                                                                                            incorporated into planning scheme.
                                              Participation in SEQ LFW steering
                                               committee meetings.                         Assist Strategic Planning with
                                                                                            biodiversity map layer.
                                              Voluntary Conservation agreements
                                               4 new VCAs established, (one Nature         Update website with better info on
                                               Refuge and 3 split zoned).                   LFW, and info on VCA program.
                                              Reviewed and updated existing VCA
                                               agreements       and    Environmental
                                               management plans.
                                              One LFW landowner given a split
                                               zone designation over his property
                                               without a VCA, with more landowners
                                               expressing interest in this.
                                              Assisting Strategic Planning with
                                               biodiversity map layer.
                                              General       enquiries    from    the
                                               community




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