No Council Consent

Some activities are permitted without consent from Council, but might still involve clearing native vegetation.

Are you clearing native vegetation?

Native vegetation means plants native to NSW including trees, understorey plants, groundcover and wetland plants, as well as dead or non-native vegetation on certain types of land defined by section 60B of the Local Land Services Act 2013.

Clearing means cutting down, felling, uprooting, thinning, killing, destroying, poisoning, ringbarking, burning, or otherwise removing native vegetation. Clearing includes the collection of firewood, which is a Key Threatening Process under the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016.

Native vegetation and clearing are defined in Sections 60B and 60C of the Local Land Services Act 2013.

Even if not clearing native vegetation, the applicant may still require a permit for removing other trees or protected plants under the Development Control Plan of the local Council. Some Threatened Species also have habitat in non native vegetation and it is an offense to harm it.

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