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Environmental Law in the Tweed World Environment Day, Murwillumbah 1 June 2014 Nina Lucas Outreach Solicitor Presentation overview Snapshot: environmental laws in the Tweed Local issues: Illegal land clearing Northern
World Environment Day, Murwillumbah
1 June 2014 Nina Lucas – Outreach Solicitor
Presentation overview
laws in the Tweed
– Illegal land clearing – Northern Councils Environmental Zones Review
decisions & tips on being effective
Image: Howard Lake
Tweed Valley: Biodiversity hotspot
Image: Michael Dawes
Layers of environmental laws and regulation
Int
National
Conservation Act
State
Local
Tweed Local Environmental Plans
Vegetation clearing
Vegetation clearing
Vegetation clearing
Enforcement: What you can do
– Access to approvals – any reports released by the developer – independent evidence to establish a breach (photographs etc.)
– Office of Environment & Heritage (OEH) Environment Line on 131 555
Northern Councils Environmental Zones Review
Northern Councils EZone Review Interim Report
– Ezones should only be applied to those areas which have important environmental values – E2 and E3 zoning should only be applied where there is proven evidence of significant environmental values that meet the specific criteria – Land that does not meet the criteria should be zoned according to its primary use
Northern Councils EZone Review Interim Report
– Where environmental value is identified which may not warrant an ezone, it should be protected through an environmental overlay on the LEP map e.g. drinking water catchment areas, scenic protection areas, coastal risk areas and terrestrial biodiversity – Extensive agriculture should be permitted without consent on E3 zoned land – Aesthetic values should be removed as an attribute from the E3 zone
Draft recommendations for Tweed LEP 2014
should be transferred to the E2 zone in Tweed LEP 2014
zone
consent in the E3 zone
biodiversity purposes and does not meet the recommended criteria for E2 or E3 zoning, should be zoned according to its primary use.
Northern Councils EZone Review Interim Report
Lodge your submission
Director, Planning Coordination and Support Department of Planning & Environment GPO Box 39, Sydney 2001
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policy objectives
Writing an effective submission
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– you; – the environment; – the local economy; – social factors.
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