❓ Hon Dr Brad Pettitt questioned the Minister for the Environment regarding a clearing permit decision (CPS 10237/1) in Leeming, specifically concerning the clearing of native vegetation providing black cockatoo habitat and representing Banksia woodlands TEC. The Minister confirmed the site's ecological significance and outlined the assessment process.
AnsweredQoN 490Legislative Council
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Leeming—Clearing permit decision
490. Hon Dr Brad Pettitt to the Minister for the
Environment:
I refer to the
clearing permit decision CPS 10237/1 specifically and I quote:
… the impacts to native vegetation
that provides significant foraging habitat for black cockatoo species,
vegetation representative of the Banksia woodlands TEC, and vegetation that
represents a significant remnant of native vegetation in an area that has been
extensively cleared, are considered significant residual impacts even after the
application minimisation and mitigation measures.
(1) Is the clearing site considered a
threatened and/or priority ecological community containing threatened
ecological species?
(2) If yes, why was greater consideration
not given to retaining the "significant remnant of native vegetation"?
490. Hon Dr Brad Pettitt to the Minister for the
Environment:
I refer to the
clearing permit decision CPS 10237/1 specifically and I quote:
… the impacts to native vegetation
that provides significant foraging habitat for black cockatoo species,
vegetation representative of the Banksia woodlands TEC, and vegetation that
represents a significant remnant of native vegetation in an area that has been
extensively cleared, are considered significant residual impacts even after the
application minimisation and mitigation measures.
(1) Is the clearing site considered a
threatened and/or priority ecological community containing threatened
ecological species?
(2) If yes, why was greater consideration
not given to retaining the "significant remnant of native vegetation"?
AnswerView source ↗
I
thank the member for some notice of the question.
(1) Y es. The site
includes 0.68 hectares of native vegetation that represents the Banksia
Woodlands of the Swan Coastal Plain ecological community. This community is
listed as a "Priority 3, Priority Ecological Community" by the
Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions and as an endangered threatened
ecological community under the Environment
Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 .
(2) The Department of
Water and Environmental Regulation recognised the site as a significant remnant
of native vegetation and undertook its assessment in accordance with Part V,
Division 2 of the Environmental Protection Act
1986 . The assessment had regard to the 10 clearing principles set out in
schedule 5 of the act and the guideline, A guide
to the assessment of applications to clear native vegetation . In making
its decision, the department gave due consideration to the necessity of
clearing, the current planning framework, being public open space, and
appropriate offsets.
thank the member for some notice of the question.
(1) Y es. The site
includes 0.68 hectares of native vegetation that represents the Banksia
Woodlands of the Swan Coastal Plain ecological community. This community is
listed as a "Priority 3, Priority Ecological Community" by the
Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions and as an endangered threatened
ecological community under the Environment
Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 .
(2) The Department of
Water and Environmental Regulation recognised the site as a significant remnant
of native vegetation and undertook its assessment in accordance with Part V,
Division 2 of the Environmental Protection Act
1986 . The assessment had regard to the 10 clearing principles set out in
schedule 5 of the act and the guideline, A guide
to the assessment of applications to clear native vegetation . In making
its decision, the department gave due consideration to the necessity of
clearing, the current planning framework, being public open space, and
appropriate offsets.
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