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Updates to the Biodiversity Values Map

Stay informed about Biodiversity Values Map changes, including colours, reports and removals.

 

Colours on the Biodiversity Values Map

From time to time, the Biodiversity Values Map is updated to add or remove mapped areas. Updates may be due to new information or targeted reviews.

The Biodiversity Values Map displays 2 colours:

  • Areas shown on the map longer than 90 days are light purple: The areas that are mapped as light purple have been mapped for more than 90 days and a development in these areas will exceed the Biodiversity Offsets Scheme threshold.
  • Areas added to the Biodiversity Values Map in the last 90 days are dark purple : If a development application is submitted for land mapped as 'added to the Biodiversity Values Map in the last 90 days', the application does not exceed the Biodiversity Offsets Scheme threshold.

For areas added in the last 90 days, the report generated by the Biodiversity Values Map and Threshold Tool states when this 90-day period expires. If you lodge a development application after this date, a Biodiversity Development Assessment Report will be required for native vegetation clearing in these areas.

As development applications are not considered formally lodged until the fees are paid, proponents with land added to the Biodiversity Values Map in the last 90 days should submit their development application to the council at least 2 weeks before the 90-day period expires to allow time for the fees to be determined and paid.

Map updates may sometimes remove land from the map

Periodic updates to the Biodiversity Values Map may sometimes involve the removal of mapping based on new information.

If you are proposing to undertake a local development on mapped land on the Biodiversity Values Map, you should regularly check if your development site is still mapped on the Biodiversity Values Map during the development application process.

Removal of mapping over the development site may mean that you can avoid or reduce costs associated with developing a Biodiversity Development Assessment Report or meeting biodiversity credit requirements.

Table of Biodiversity Values Map updates

The table below provides an overview of updates made to the Biodiversity Values Map, from the most recent updates to the release of the original statewide map on 25 August 2017.