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                                                                                              Coastal Protection and Management Act 1995



                                                Reconfiguring a lot in a coastal management district
                                                                                                                       assessment of a development
     This document provides guidance to applicants on the information required to support an
                                                                                 Coastal Protection and Management                         Act 1995.
     application to reconfigure a lot in a coastal management district under the




     Introduction
                                                                                     subdivision by lease, realignment
     Reconfiguring a lot includes freehold subdivision, community title subdivision,
                                                        1
                                             easement.    With      exceptions,  reconfiguring a lot is assessable
     of boundaries or creation of an access                    some

                                                                                                                             valuable and finite
     development under the Sustainable Planning Act 2009 (SPA).2 Land on the coast a
                                                                                                                        is

     resource that has important ecological, economic and social
     .

                                                                 values. Any proposals to reconfigure a lot on the
                                                                                            and managed to
     coast can have a major impact on coastal resources and needs to be carefully planned
     minimise adverse impacts.


     Assessment for the purposes of coastal management
                                                                                      land situated completely or
     For reconfiguring a lot that is assessable development under SPA and involves

     partlywithin a coastal
                          management       district, the Department of Environment and Resource Management
                                                                          DERM assesses proposals against the
     (DERM)acts as a concurrence agency for the development application3.
                                                                                        State Coastal
     Coastal Protection and Management Act 1995 (Coastal Act) and the provisions in the
                                                                                     relevant regional coastal
     Management Plan Queensland’s Coastal Policy (2001)(State Coastal Plan) and
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         management plans.4

         Please note that this guideline only covers reconfiguring a lot for the purposes
                                                                                            of subdivision, opening a road or

                 an easement. A separate guideline covers reconfiguring a
                                                                               lot for the purpose of constructing an artificial
         creating
         waterway.

         Information to accompany your application

         To ensure your application can be processed quickly, the following information
                                                                                        should accompany your

                                     must also include the fee prescribed under the Coastal Protection and Management
                    The
         application.       application
         Regulation 2003.

         Information about the land/activity

                                                                                                   boundaries as shown on
               1) Two copies of a plan at a scale not smaller than 1 :2500 of the Real Property
                                                                                                               and parks, and
                  the Certificate of Title of the land marked with proposed boundaries of allotments, roads,
                                                                              related by metric dimensions to the Real
                  the location of any existing buildings or other structures,

                   Property boundaries of the land.



         1
             See section 10(1) of the SPA.
         2
             See schedule 3, part 1, table 3, item 1 of th                               Sustain bf Planning Regulation 2009.
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           See schedule 7, table 2, Item 14(a) of the S stainaQle Planning Regulation 2009.
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           The Coastal Act and coastal plans can be vieweg online at:
         http://www.derm.gld.g v.aulenvironmental management/coast and oceans/coastal management!

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