28Development in Zone 7 (l) Environmental Protection (Habitat) and on adjacent land

28 Development in Zone 7 (l) Environmental Protection (Habitat) and on adjacent land

28 Development in Zone 7 (l) Environmental Protection (Habitat) and on adjacent land

(1) Objective

• to protect wildlife habitat from the adverse impacts of development.

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

(3) (Repealed)

(4) The consent authority must not grant consent to development on or adjacent to land within Zone 7 (l) unless it has taken into consideration—

(a) the likely effects of the development on the flora and fauna found in the locality, 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 are to be mitigated.

cl 28: Am 2008 (571), Sch 3.175 [7].