Shoalhaven Environmental Consultants

This section of the Shoalhaven LEP sets out objectives and regulations to avoid, minimise, or mitigate adverse environmental impacts to biodiversity including:

• Adverse impacts to native flora and fauna;
• Adverse impacts to vegetation critical for habitat or survival of native fauna;
• Potential fragmentation or disturbance to the structure, function, and composition of the land; and
• Adverse impacts to the connectivity of the land

Part 7.5 applies to:

• Land identified as containing ‘Terrestrial Biodiversity’ within the Terrestrial Biodiversity Map of the Shoalhaven LEP;
  • You can access the Terrestrial Biodiversity Map by clicking here.
• Land situated within 40m of a natural waterbody (measured from the top of bank).

Where Part 7.5 applies to your proposed development, an Environmental Impact Assessment will need to be prepared by a qualified environmental consultant.

This section of the Shoalhaven LEP sets out similar objectives and regulations pertaining to adverse environmental impacts to riparian land and watercourses including:

• Adverse impacts to:
  • water quality and flow
  • aquatic and riparian species, habitats, and ecosystems
  • bank stability
  • aquatic fauna passage
  • future rehabilitation of the watercourse and riparian areas

Part 7.6 of the Shoalhaven LEP applies to:

• Land identified as containing ‘Riparian Land’ within the Riparian Lands and Watercourses Map of the Shoalhaven LEP; or
• Land that is within 50 metres of a mapped ‘Watercourse Category 1, 2, or 3’ within the Riparian Lands and Watercourses Map.
  • You can access this map from the Shoalhaven LEP by clicking here.

Accordingly, an environmental assessment may be required for your urban development DA.

The Shoalhaven Development Control Plan 2014 (DCP) sets out regulations and provisions for the use of land during a development. Chapter G5, Biodiversity Impact Assessment, outlines developmental controls to protect the biodiversity values of the Shoalhaven LGA.