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Schedule A - Glossary
Clearing, for vegetabon
* means remove, cut down, nngbark, push over, porson or destroy in any way
including by burning, flooding or draining, but
* does not include destroying standing vegetation by stock, or lopping a tree

Clearing as a result of the MCU includes
* clearing of assessable vegetation that will result from the change in use,
consisting of any of the following
— leaning for infrastructure—including buildings, stormwater management
systems, water supply and sewerage systems—that are proposed as part
of the MCU application
— cleaning for roads, vehicle parking, vehicle and pedestnan access, utilities
comidors, services, fences, firebreaks and fire management lines that are
proposed as part of the MCU application
~ Cleanng that may not be necessary for developing infrastructure but is
associated with the use applied for.
And
* cleanng of assessable vegetation that will become exempt if the development
application ts approved This includes any of the following examples
— cleaning for routine management and essential management purposes
associated with the approved development including clearing to maintain
proposed infrastructure, facilities, roads, access routes, utilities, services
and fences, and clearing to maintain the safety of persons and property
that will be associated with the development
=~ cleaning for necessary fire breaks and fire management lines associated
with the development This will be assessed as follows
1 all built infrastructure other than underground services, roads and
fences will be assessed as requiring cleanng for firebreaks with a
width of 1 5 times the height of the tallest vegetation adjacent to the
infrastructure, or 20m, whichever is the greater However, evidence
may be provided to NRW that confirms that an alternative firebreak
width is required that is consistent wth the State Planning Pohcy
(SPP) 1/03 Guideline
all proposed allotment boundaries will be assessed as requinng
clearing for fire management lines with a width of 10m constructed
on either side of the allotment boundary, unless NRW ts provided
with evidence that confirms that an alternative width of fire
management line 1s required or an alternative configuration of fire
management lines are required that ts consistent with the SPP 1/03
Guideline
jm in the case of evdence being presented that demonstrates
alternative fire management guidelines as being sufficient and
consistent with the SPP 1/03, NRW may condition the development
so that the full extent of exempt clearing prescribed for essential
management under Schedule 8 of the IPA cannot be carned out by
current or future landholders
— where there is a concurrent application for Reconfiguring of a Lot (RaL)
for the same land that has not yet been decided—cleanng as a result of
the RaL as set out in the Ral Policy item 2 will be assessed
Endangered Regional Ecosystem means a regional ecosystem that is prescribed
under a regulation and has either—
(a) less than 10% of its pre-clearing extent remaining, or

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