Ecological Assessment Report

                                                                                                                              Ecological Assessment Report




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Legislative Element   Description                                               Triggers                                       Applicable to report
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                                                                                threatened flora species      Management
                                                                                listed under NC Act.          Report

Vegetation            The clearing of native vegetation in Queensland is        Clearing of regulated         DOR              No. The proposed
Management Act        regulated by the VM Act, which protects the clearing of   vegetation communities,       Vegetation       development does not
1999 Vegetation       remnant vegetation as shown by the DOR mapping. The       unless exempt under the       Management       involve clearing
Management and        VM Act works in conjunction with the Planning Act 2016    Planning Act 2016             Report -         regulated vegetation
Other Legislation     and Planning Regulation 2017 to ensure that where         and/or Vegetation             Regulated        under the RVM map. The
Amendment Bill 2018   vegetation clearing is for a relevant purpose and         Management                    Vegetation       area for the house is
(VM Act)              constitutes assessable development.                       Regulation.                   Management       mapped as containing
                                                                                                              (RVM) Map        remnant vegetation, but
                                                                                                                               the vegetation was
                                                                                                                               previously cleared and
                                                                                                                               the house site is now
                                                                                                                               cleared land.

                                                                                Clearing of habitat that is   DOR              No. The house location is
                                                                                mapped as essential           Vegetation       not mapped as
                                                                                habitat for endangered,       Management       supporting essential
                                                                                vulnerable or near-           Report -         habitat.
                                                                                threatened                    Vegetation
                                                                                wildlife protected under      management
                                                                                the NC Act.                   supporting
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