Environmental Approvals
Expert environmental approval advice to help development projects navigate planning, regulatory and environmental requirements.
Our services in Environmental Approvals:
Our environmental consultants support development projects across Queensland with environmental approvals, permits and planning requirements. We work across land development, extractive industries, public infrastructure, mining and environmental policy development.
Ecology Reports
We provide a full range of ecology reporting to accompany a new development or investigate the environmental values of a region.
EPBC Act
The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 gives the federal government the ability to call in project activities that could impact a matter of national environmental significance for assessment. This can be a complicated process without our input.
Code Compliance
We provide expert assistance in responding to planning scheme and state planning policy codes relating to environmental overlays. This gives your application the best chances of success.
Tree Retention Plans
Where trees are on immediately adjacent to a site, a tree retention or clearing plan is often required for development and clearing applications. We can provide accurate tree retention plans to support town planning applications.
Rehab Management Plan
Need to rehabilitate an environmental area such as a waterway corridor or an area of disturbance? We can prepare detailed rehabilitation management plans for approval by the relevant approval authority.
Vegetation Clearing
Clearing vegetation may require approval dependant upon the planning overlays that might affect the property. We can check for you and go through the process of approval (if needed).
Streamline your development approvals
Contact our environmental consultants to discuss the approval requirements for your development project. Whether you need a vegetation clearing permit, development approval, management plan or environmental authority, we can help you understand the requirements and navigate the approval process.
Environmental approvals
Expert advice for environmental approvals
Our experienced environmental consultants provide practical advice on environmental approvals for projects ranging from individual tree removal through to larger greenfield developments.
FAQs
Can we assist with NALL permits?
Yes. New Ground can prepare your NALL application and co-ordinate the Council assessment and approval process on your behalf.
What does an ecologist do?
An ecologist studies relationships between plants, animals and humans and their environment. They hold minimum undergraduate tertiary qualifications in the field and apply their theoretical and practical knowledge to assess ecological attributes of land and seek to guide land management toward outcomes that balance human and environmental process interactions.
What does an arborist do?
An arborist is a person that is a qualified specialist in the assessment of trees, review of disturbance impacts on trees and mitigation of impacts on trees. Level 5 arborist AQF qualifications represent the gold standard in the development industry.
Do I need a permit to remove a tree?
Regulatory requirements around tree removal for vary depending on the Local Government area that the given property is in. Factors such as type of tree, size of tree and context of tree all have a bearing on whether an approval is actually required.
We strongly suggest that you check local area requirements with Council before clearing. Note that many Local Councils have vegetation management fact sheets on their website.
What is an environmental approval?
An environmental approval is a regulatory authority to undertake a specified development/disturbance activity in a particular manner. Environmental approval requirements can be called up from Local, State and Federal Government legislation/policy and approvals processes can be particular to the nature of development/disturbance works proposed.
Who is best to respond to Biodiversity overlay codes?
Biodiversity overlay codes should be addressed by a qualified environmental planner, ecologist or town planner with reference to site-specific ecological site assessment and impact assessment findings.
Can I remove some shrubs without approval?
Regulatory requirements around vegetation removal for vary depending on the Local Government area that the given property is in. Often, all native vegetation is subject to a level of
We strongly suggest that you check local area requirements with Council before clearing. Note that many Local Councils have vegetation management fact sheets on their website.
What is the EPBC Act?
The EPBC Act is an abbreviation for the Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. The EPBC Act was enacted in 1999 by the Commonwealth Government of Australia (Federal Government) to, amongst other things, regulate the impact of development and other activities on prescribed Matters of National Environmental Significance.
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