59Koala habitat protection

59 Koala habitat protection

59 Koala habitat protection

This clause applies to parcels of land, being all adjacent or adjoining land held in the same ownership, that are—

• greater than 1 hectare in area, and

• potential koala habitat.

Before granting consent to development on land to which this clause applies, the consent authority, on information obtained from a person with appropriate qualifications and experience in biological science and fauna survey and management, must be satisfied as to whether or not the land is core koala habitat.

Development within land that is core koala habitat must be consistent with a plan of management for that habitat prepared in accordance with Schedule 11 (Koala feed tree species and plans of management).

For the purposes of this clause—

core koala habitat consists of an area of land with a resident population of koalas, evidence of which includes breeding females (that is, females with young) and recent sightings of and historical records of a population.

potential koala habitat consists of areas of native vegetation where the trees of the types listed in Schedule 11 constitute at least 15% of the total number of trees in the upper or lower strata of the tree component.