Is a permit required to remove native vegetation from around a house during the clean-up of a site affected by the recent bushfires?
No. The Bushfire Recovery Clause provides that native vegetation can be removed, destroyed or lopped, provided that: – the removal, destroying or lopping of the native vegetation is only to provide access to, make safe or remove building and demolition rubble from a property – no native vegetation is removed, destroyed or lopped after 31 March 2010. Again, the written authorisation of Council is also required in circumstances where the land is subject to any of the overlay controls listed in question 3 above. The Bushfire Recovery Clause also authorises the removal of exotic vegetation, without apparent restriction.
