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BLUE MOUNTAINS LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN 2005 - REG 52
Significant vegetation communities and rare species of flora
52 Significant vegetation communities and rare species of flora
(1) Where development may have an impact on a significant vegetation community
or rare species of flora, either by the alteration of growth conditions or
removal of that vegetation, consent shall not be granted to the development
unless the consent authority is satisfied, by means of a detailed
environmental assessment, that the development complies with relevant
requirements of clause 44 (Environmental impact).
(2) The detailed
environmental assessment shall include a full description of the proposed
development, including the nature, extent, location, timing and layout and, to
the fullest extent reasonably practicable, the following information-- (a) a
full assessment of the likely effect of the development on the condition,
extent and long term viability of the significant vegetation community or rare
species of flora, and
(b) an assessment showing the impact of the development
on any habitat or wildlife corridor, and
(c) a description of the way the
development will respond to the significant vegetation community or rare
species of flora, and
(d) a description of any feasible alternatives to the
development that are likely to be of lesser effect and the reasons justifying
the carrying out of the development in the manner proposed, having regard to
biophysical, economic and social considerations and the principles of
ecologically sustainable development, and
(e) a full description and
justification of the measures proposed to mitigate any adverse effect of the
development on the species and populations or ecological communities,
including a compilation (in a single section of the statement) of those
measures.
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