25Development in Zone 7 (a) Environmental Protection (Wetlands and Littoral Rainforests) and on adjacent land

25 Development in Zone 7 (a) Environmental Protection (Wetlands and Littoral Rainforests) and on adjacent land

25 Development in Zone 7 (a) Environmental Protection (Wetlands and Littoral Rainforests) and on adjacent land

(1) Objective

• to ensure that wetlands and littoral rainforests are preserved and protected in the environmental and economic interests of the area of Tweed.

(2) Unless it is exempt development, a person must not clear vegetation from, drain, excavate or fill land within Zone 7 (a) except with development consent.

(3) Consent must not be granted to the carrying out of development on land within Zone 7 (a) or on land adjacent to land within Zone 7 (a) unless the consent authority has taken into consideration—

(a) the likely effects of the development on the flora and fauna found in the wetlands or littoral rainforest, and

(b) the potential for disturbance of native flora and fauna as a result of intrusion by humans and domestic and feral animals, increased fire risk, rubbish dumping, weed invasion and vegetation clearing, and

(c) a plan of management showing how any adverse effects arising from the development can be mitigated, and

(d) the likely effects of the development on the water table, and

(e) the effect on the wetlands or littoral rainforest of any proposed clearing, draining, excavating or filling.

(4) (Repealed)

cl 25: Am 21.11.2003; 2008 (571), Sch 3.175 [3].