The Department of Environment and Heritage Protection (EHP), as a result of reviewing its IDAS referral triggers under the Sustainable Planning Regulation 2009, has removed a number of triggers.
The triggers include:
- two advice triggers relating to wetlands
- three advice triggers relating to conservation estate
- two advice triggers relating to cultural heritage
- three concurrence sub-triggers relating to coastal management.
|
Trigger title |
SP Regulation Details |
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Land in or near a wetland |
Schedule 7, Table 2, Item 43
Schedule 7, Table 3, Item 21 |
|
Land in or near a conservation estate |
Schedule 7, table 2, item 44
Schedule 7, table 2, item 45
Schedule 7, table 3, item 22 |
|
Land adjacent to or including a Queensland heritage place |
Schedule 7, table 3, item 23
Schedule 7, table 2, item 46 |
|
Tidal works, or development in a coastal management district |
Schedule 3, part 1, table 43, item 5, sections iii, iv and viii |
By removing these triggers, these applications can now be considered without the need for EHP’s advice, saving time and money for applicants.
The following benefits are expected:
- removal of the wetlands triggers will provide an estimated reduction of 820 development applications to EHP / year
- removal of the conservation estate triggers will provide an estimated reduction of 354 development applications to EHP / year
- removal of the cultural heritage triggers will provide an estimated reduction of 78 development applications to EHP / year
- removal of the coastal management sub-triggers will provide a reduction in regulatory complexity.
The removal of these triggers took effect from 3 August 2012.
