State Environmental Planning Policy (Koala Habitat Protection) 2021 (NSW)

Part 1Preliminary1Name of Policy

This Policy is State Environmental Planning Policy (Koala Habitat Protection) 2021.

2Commencement

This Policy commences on the day on which it is published on the NSW legislation website.

3Aim of Policy

This Policy aims to encourage the conservation and management of areas of natural vegetation that provide habitat for koalas to support a permanent free-living population over their present range and reverse the current trend of koala population decline.

Editorial note—

Guidelines are being made by the Planning Secretary with the agreement of the Secretary of Regional NSW for the purposes of Parts 2 and 3 of this Policy. When the Guidelines are made this Policy is to be amended to incorporate references to the Guidelines.

4Definitions(1)

In this Policy—

approved koala plan of management, for land, means a koala plan of management for the land approved in accordance with clause 16.

core koala habitat means—

• (a)

  an area of land which has been assessed by a suitably qualified and experienced person as being highly suitable koala habitat and where koalas are recorded as being present at the time of assessment of the land as highly suitable koala habitat, or

• (b)

  an area of land which has been assessed by a suitably qualified and experienced person as being highly suitable koala habitat and where koalas have been recorded as being present in the previous 18 years.

equivalent land use zone—see clause 5.

former Koala SEPP, in relation to land to which this Policy applies, means the following—

• (a)

  State Environmental Planning Policy No 44—Koala Habitat Protection,

• (b)

  State Environmental Planning Policy (Koala Habitat Protection) 2019,

• (c)

  State Environmental Planning Policy (Koala Habitat Protection) 2020.

koala habitat means koala habitat however described in a plan of management under this Policy or a former Koala SEPP and includes core koala habitat.

Planning for Bush Fire Protection means the document referred to in clause 272 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000.

suitably qualified and experienced person means a person who has—

• (a)

  a tertiary qualification in ecology, environmental management, forestry or other equivalent qualifications, and

• (b)

  experience in flora and fauna identification, survey and management, including experience in conducting koala surveys.

the Act means the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979.

Note—

The Act and the Interpretation Act 1987 contain definitions and other provisions that affect the interpretation and application of this Policy.

(2)

Notes included in this Policy do not form part of this Policy.

5Equivalent land use zones(1)

A non-standard zone is an equivalent land use zone to 1 of the following land use zones (a standard zone) if the land uses specified for the standard zone are permitted in the non-standard zone—

Land use zone	Permitted land uses
RU1 Primary Production	Primary production, including agriculture and a diverse range of primary industry enterprises
RU2 Rural Landscape	Compatible rural land uses, including extensive agriculture
RU3 Forestry	Forestry land uses and other development compatible with forestry land uses

(2)

The Planning Secretary may declare, by order published in the Gazette, that a non-standard zone is equivalent to a standard zone.

(3)

The order is conclusive that the non-standard zone is an equivalent land use zone to the standard zone.

(4)

In this clause—

non-standard zone means a land use zone in a local environmental planning instrument that was not made in accordance with the relevant standard environmental planning instrument under section 3.20 of the Act.

6Land to which Policy applies(1)

This Policy applies to each local government area listed in Schedule 1.

(2)

The whole of each local government area is—

• (a)

  in the koala management area specified in Schedule 1 opposite the local government area, or

• (b)

  if more than 1 koala management area is specified, in each of those koala management areas.

(3)

Despite subclause (1), this Policy does not apply to—

• (a)

  land dedicated or reserved under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974, or acquired under Part 11 of that Act, or

• (b)

  land dedicated under the Forestry Act 2012 as a State forest or a flora reserve, or

• (c)

  land on which biodiversity certification has been conferred, and is in force, under Part 8 of the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016, or

• (d)

  land in the following land use zones, or an equivalent land use zone, unless the zone is in a local government area marked with an * in Schedule 1—

  • (i)

    Zone RU1 Primary Production,

  • (ii)

    Zone RU2 Rural Landscape,

  • (iii)

    Zone RU3 Forestry.

7Relationship with other environmental planning instruments

In the event of an inconsistency between this Policy and another environmental planning instrument, whether made before or after the commencement of this Policy, this Policy prevails to the extent of the inconsistency.

8Exempt land(1)

The objective of this clause is to enable the clearing of koala use tree species to create an asset protection zone as part of the replacement of a lawfully erected dwelling house that has been damaged or destroyed by a bush fire.

(2)

This Policy does not apply to land forming part of an asset protection zone cleared for a dwelling house if—

• (a)

  the dwelling house is replacing a lawfully erected dwelling house damaged or destroyed by a bush fire, and

• (b)

  the development application for the replacement dwelling house is made to the consent authority no later than 5 years after the day the bush fire caused the damage or destruction, and

• (c)

  the asset protection zone is cleared in accordance with Planning for Bush Fire Protection.

9Maps(1)

A reference in this Policy to a named map adopted by this Policy is a reference to a map by that name—

• (a)

  approved by the Minister when the map is adopted, and

• (b)

  as amended or replaced from time to time by maps declared by environmental planning instruments to amend or replace that map, and approved by the persons making the environmental planning instruments when the instruments are made.

(2)

Any 2 or more named maps may be combined into a single map. In that case, a reference in this Policy to any such named map is a reference to the relevant part or aspect of the single map.

(3)

Any such maps are to be kept and made available for public access in accordance with arrangements approved by the Minister.

(4)

For the purposes of this Policy, a map may be in, and may be kept and made available in, electronic or paper form, or both.

Note—

The maps adopted by this Policy are to be deposited in the head office of the Department of Planning, Industry and Environment and made available for public access.

Part 2Development control of koala habitats10Development assessment process—approved koala plan of management for land(1)

This clause applies to land to which this Policy applies and to which an approved koala plan of management applies.

(2)

The council’s determination of the development application must be consistent with the approved koala plan of management that applies to the land.

11Development assessment process—no approved koala plan of management for land(1)

This clause applies to land to which this Policy applies if the land—

• (a)

  has an area of at least 1 hectare (including adjoining land within the same ownership), and

• (b)

  does not have an approved koala plan of management applying to the land.

(2)

Before a council may grant consent to a development application for consent to carry out development on the land, the council must assess whether the development is likely to have any impact on koalas or koala habitat.

(3)

If the council is satisfied that the development is likely to have low or no impact on koalas or koala habitat, the council may grant consent to the development application.

(4)

If the council is satisfied that the development is likely to have a higher level of impact on koalas or koala habitat, the council must, in deciding whether to grant consent to the development application, take into account a koala assessment report for the development.

(5)

However, despite subclauses (3) and (4), the council may grant development consent if the applicant provides to the council—

• (a)

  information, prepared by a suitably qualified and experienced person, the council is satisfied demonstrates that the land subject of the development application—

  • (i)

    does not include any trees belonging to the koala use tree species listed in Schedule 2 for the relevant koala management area, or

  • (ii)

    is not core koala habitat, or

• (b)

  information the council is satisfied demonstrates that the land subject of the development application—

  • (i)

    does not include any trees with a diameter at breast height over bark of more than 10 centimetres, or

  • (ii)

    includes only horticultural or agricultural plantations.

(6)

In this clause—

koala assessment report, for development, means a report prepared by a suitably qualified and experienced person about the likely and potential impacts of the development on koalas or koala habitat and the proposed management of those impacts.

12Development assessment process—other land

A council is not prevented from granting consent to a development application for consent to carry out development on land if—

• (a)

  the land does not have an approved koala plan of management applying to the land, or

• (b)

  the council is satisfied that the land is not core koala habitat.

Part 3Koala plans of management13Preparation of koala plans of management(1)

A koala plan of management may be prepared for—

• (a)

  the whole of a local government area listed in Schedule 1, or

• (b)

  a part of a local government area listed in Schedule 1.

(2)

A koala plan of management must be prepared—

• (a)

  on behalf of a council by a suitably qualified and experienced person, and

• (b)

  having regard to a survey of the land for core koala habitat conducted by a suitably qualified and experienced person.

(3)

A koala plan of management may—

• (a)

  be a separate document or be part of another document, and

• (b)

  provide for additional matters, whether or not the matters are directly related to the assessment of a development application by the council.

(4)

Land may be identified in a koala plan of management if—

• (a)

  the land is identified on the Site Investigation Area for Koala Plans of Management Map as an area where this Policy applies, and

• (b)

  the land is core koala habitat.

(5)

In this clause—

Site Investigation Area for Koala Plans of Management Map means the State Environmental Planning Policy (Koala Habitat Protection) 2021—Site Investigation Area for Koala Plans of Management Map.

14Consultation on koala plans of management

In preparing a koala plan of management, a council, on behalf of which the plan of management has been prepared, must consult the Chief Executive Officer of Local Land Services and a Public Service employee designated by the Minister for Energy and Environment.

15Public exhibition of draft koala plans of management

Following the preparation of a draft koala plan of management, the council—

• (a)

  must publicly exhibit the draft koala plan of management for a minimum period of 90 days, and

• (b)

  must give public notice on the council’s website and in a local newspaper of the places, dates and times for inspection of the draft koala plan of management, and

• (c)

  must publicly exhibit a copy of the draft koala plan of management at the places, on the dates and during the times set out in the notice, and

• (d)

  must serve notice of the places, dates and times for inspection of the draft koala plan of management on landholders whose land is identified under clause 12(4) in the draft koala plan of management—

  • (i)

    by post, or

  • (ii)

    by email to an email address specified by the landholder for the service of notices by the council, and

• (e)

  must specify, in the notices referred to in paragraphs (b) and (d), the period during which submissions about the draft koala plan of management may be made to the council (which must include the period during which the draft koala plan of management is being publicly exhibited).

16Approval of koala plans of management(1)

A koala plan of management prepared in accordance with clause 13 has no effect unless it is approved by the Planning Secretary.

(2)

The council on behalf of which the koala plan of management has been prepared must provide the following to the Planning Secretary—

• (a)

  a report on submissions received as a result of the public consultation under clause 15,

• (b)

  a report on the survey of the land made under clause 13(2)(b),

• (c)

  any other documents that informed the preparation of the koala plan of management.

(3)

Before approving a koala plan of management, the Planning Secretary must provide the following to the Chief Executive Officer of Local Land Services and a Public Service employee designated by the Minister for Energy and Environment for comment—

• (a)

  a copy of the draft koala plan of management,

• (b)

  a copy of the report on submissions,

• (c)

  a copy of the report on the survey of the land made under clause 13(2)(b),

• (d)

  any other documents that informed the preparation of the koala plan of management.

(4)

Before approving a koala plan of management, the Planning Secretary must obtain the concurrence of the Secretary of Regional NSW.

(5)

Before approving a koala plan of management submitted for approval under this clause, the Planning Secretary may—

• (a)

  request that amendments be made to the koala plan of management, and

• (b)

  approve the koala plan of management conditional on the making of those amendments.

(6)

To avoid doubt, a koala plan of management conditionally approved under subclause (5)(b) is taken to be approved by the Planning Secretary on the making of those amendments.

(7)

A koala plan of management takes effect on—

• (a)

  the day it is approved by the Planning Secretary, or

• (b)

  if a later day is specified in the plan of management—the later day.

17Subsequent koala plans of management(1)

An approved koala plan of management may be amended or replaced by a subsequent koala plan of management prepared and approved in accordance with this Part.

(2)

The subsequent koala plan of management must be exhibited in accordance with this Part if the council is directed to do so by the Planning Secretary.

Part 4Savings and transitional provisions18Existing development applications

A development application made in relation to land, but not finally determined before this Policy applied to the land, must be determined as if this Policy had not commenced in its application to the land.

19Documents taken to be koala plans of management(1)

A plan of management approved under a former Koala SEPP in relation to the whole of a local government area or a part of a local government area and in force immediately before this Policy is taken to be an approved koala plan of management.

(2)

The following documents published on the NSW planning portal are taken to be approved koala plans of management and may be renamed accordingly—

• (a)

  Byron Shire Draft koala plan of management,

• (b)

  Tweed Shire Draft koala plan of management.

(3)

An approved koala plan of management under this clause applies to the land specified in the koala plan of management and accordingly clause 10 extends to apply to that land.

20Documents submitted as plans of management(1)

This clause applies to a document submitted to the Planning Secretary—

• (a)

  for approval as a koala plan of management in relation to the whole of a local government area or a part of a local government area, and

• (b)

  before this Policy applied to the local government area.

(2)

Before approving a koala plan of management submitted for approval under this clause, the Planning Secretary may—

• (a)

  request that amendments be made to the koala plan of management, and

• (b)

  approve the koala plan of management conditional on the making of those amendments.

(3)

To avoid doubt, a koala plan of management conditionally approved under subclause (2)(b) is taken to be approved by the Planning Secretary on the making of those amendments.

(4)

Despite clauses 13–16, the Planning Secretary may approve the document as a koala plan of management for the local government area or part of the local government area.

(5)

To avoid doubt, the Planning Secretary may approve the document as a koala plan of management despite the document not having been prepared in accordance with the provisions of a former Koala SEPP.

(6)

On approval, the document is taken to be an approved koala plan of management.

Schedule 1Local government areas

(Clauses 6(1), 13(1))

Local government area

Koala management area(s)

Armidale Regional

Northern Tablelands

Ballina

North Coast

Bathurst Regional

Central and Southern Tablelands

Bega Valley

South Coast

Bellingen

North Coast

Berrigan

Riverina

Blayney

Central and Southern Tablelands

City of Blue Mountains *

Central and Southern Tablelands

Central Coast

Bourke

Darling Riverine Plains

Far West

Brewarrina

Darling Riverine Plains

Far West

Byron

North Coast

Cabonne

Central and Southern Tablelands

City of Campbelltown *

Central Coast

Central Coast *

Central Coast

Central Darling

Far West

City of Cessnock

Central Coast

Clarence Valley

North Coast

City of Coffs Harbour

North Coast

Coonamble

Darling Riverine Plains

Northwest Slopes

Dungog

Central Coast

Edward River

Riverina

Eurobodalla

South Coast

Federation

Central and Southern Tablelands

Far West

Riverina

Forbes

Far West

Gilgandra

Northwest Slopes

Glen Innes Severn Shire

Northern Tablelands

Goulburn Mulwaree

Central and Southern Tablelands

Greater Hume Shire

Central and Southern Tablelands

Far West

Riverina

Gunnedah

Northwest Slopes

Gwydir

Northwest Slopes

City of Hawkesbury *

Central Coast

Hilltops

Central and Southern Tablelands

Far West

Hornsby *

Central Coast

Inverell

Northern Tablelands

Northwest Slopes

Kempsey

North Coast

Ku-ring-gai *

Central Coast

Kyogle

North Coast

City of Lake Macquarie

Central Coast

Leeton

Far West

Riverina

City of Lismore

North Coast

City of Lithgow

Central and Southern Tablelands

City of Liverpool *

Central Coast

Liverpool Plains

Northwest Slopes

Lockhart

Central and Southern Tablelands

Far West

City of Maitland

Central Coast

Mid-Coast

North Coast

Mid-Western Regional

Northwest Slopes

Moree Plains

Northwest Slopes

Murray River

Far West

Riverina

Muswellbrook

Central Coast

Nambucca Valley

North Coast

Narrabri

Northwest Slopes

Narrandera

Far West

Riverina

Narromine

Darling Riverine Plains

Far West

City of Newcastle

Central Coast

Northern Beaches *

Central Coast

Oberon

Central and Southern Tablelands

Parkes

Far West

Port Macquarie-Hastings

North Coast

Port Stephens

Central Coast

Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional

Central and Southern Tablelands

Richmond Valley

North Coast

City of Shoalhaven

Central and Southern Tablelands

South Coast

Singleton

Central Coast

Snowy Monaro Regional

Central and Southern Tablelands

Snowy Valleys

Central and Southern Tablelands

Tamworth Regional

Northern Tablelands

Tenterfield

Northern Tablelands

Tweed

North Coast

Upper Hunter Shire

Northwest Slopes

Upper Lachlan Shire

Central and Southern Tablelands

Uralla

Northern Tablelands

City of Wagga Wagga

Central and Southern Tablelands

Far West

Walcha

Northern Tablelands

Walgett

Darling Riverine Plains

Northwest Slopes

Warren

Darling Riverine Plains

Warrumbungle Shire

Northwest Slopes

Weddin

Central and Southern Tablelands

Far West

Wentworth

Far West

Riverina

Wingecarribee

Central and Southern Tablelands

Central Coast

Wollondilly *

Central and Southern Tablelands

Central Coast

City of Wollongong

South Coast

Yass Valley

Central and Southern Tablelands

Schedule 2Koala use tree species

(Clause 11)

Central and Southern Tablelands koala management area

Scientific name	Common name(s)
Eucalyptus agglomerata	Blue-leaved Stringybark
Eucalyptus albens	White Box
Eucalyptus amplifolia	Cabbage Gum
Eucalyptus blakelyi	Blakely’s Red Gum
Eucalyptus bosistoana	Coast Grey Box
Eucalyptus bridgesiana	Apple Box
Eucalyptus camaldulensis	River Red Gum
Eucalyptus conica	Fuzzy Box
Eucalyptus cypellocarpa	Monkey Gum
Eucalyptus dalrympleana	Mountain Gum
Eucalyptus dealbata	Tumbledown Red Gum
Eucalyptus dives	Broad-leaved Peppermint
Eucalyptus elata	River Peppermint
Eucalyptus eugenioides	Narrow-leaved Stringybark
Eucalyptus fibrosa	Broad-leaved Red Ironbark
Eucalyptus globoidea	White Stringybark
Eucalyptus goniocalyx	Bundy
Eucalyptus macrorhyncha	Red Stringybark
Eucalyptus maidenii	Maiden’s Blue Gum
Eucalyptus mannifera	Brittle Gum
Eucalyptus melliodora	Yellow Box

Eucalyptus microcarpa	Western Grey Box
Eucalyptus nortonii	Large-flowered Bundy
Eucalyptus obliqua	Messmate
Eucalyptus oblonga	Stringybark
Eucalyptus paniculata	Grey Ironbark
Eucalyptus pauciflora	White Sally, Snow Gum
Eucalyptus piperita	Sydney Peppermint
Eucalyptus polyanthemos	Red Box
Eucalyptus punctata	Grey Gum
Eucalyptus quadrangulata	White-topped Box
Eucalyptus radiata	Narrow leaved Peppermint
Eucalyptus rossii	Inland Scribbly Gum
Eucalyptus rubida	Candlebark
Eucalyptus sclerophylla	Hard-leaved Scribbly Gum
Eucalyptus sideroxylon	Mugga Ironbark
Eucalyptus sieberi	Silvertop Ash
Eucalyptus tereticornis	Forest Red Gum
Eucalyptus viminalis	Ribbon Gum

Central Coast koala management area

Scientific name	Common name(s)
Allocasuarina littoralis	Black She-oak
Allocasuarina torulosa	Forest Oak
Angophora bakeri	Narrow-leaved Apple
Angophora costata	Smooth-barked Apple
Angophora floribunda	Rough-barked Apple
Casuarina glauca	Swamp Oak
Corymbia eximia	Yellow Bloodwood
Corymbia gummifera	Red Bloodwood
Corymbia maculata	Spotted Gum
Eucalyptus acmenoides	White Mahogany
Eucalyptus agglomerata	Blue-leaved Stringybark
Eucalyptus albens	White Box
Eucalyptus amplifolia	Cabbage Gum
Eucalyptus beyeriana	Beyer’s Ironbark
Eucalyptus blakelyi	Blakely’s Red Gum
Eucalyptus bosistoana	Coast Grey Box
Eucalyptus botryoides	Bangalay
Eucalyptus camaldulensis	River Red Gum
Eucalyptus camfieldii	Camfield’s Stringybark
Eucalyptus canaliculata	Large-fruited Grey Gum
Eucalyptus capitellata	Brown Stringybark
Eucalyptus carnea	Thick-leaved Mahogany
Eucalyptus consideniana	Yertchuk
Eucalyptus crebra	Narrow-leaved Ironbark
Eucalyptus cypellocarpa	Monkey Gum
Eucalyptus deanei	Mountain Blue Gum
Eucalyptus eugenioides	Narrow-leaved Stringybark
Eucalyptus fibrosa	Broad-leaved Red Ironbark
Eucalyptus glaucina	Slaty Red Gum
Eucalyptus globoidea	White Stringybark
Eucalyptus grandis	Flooded Gum
Eucalyptus haemastoma	Broad-leaved Scribbly Gum
Eucalyptus imitans	Eucalyptus imitans
Eucalyptus largeana	Craven Grey Box
Eucalyptus longifolia	Woollybutt
Eucalyptus macrorhyncha	Red Stringybark
Eucalyptus melliodora	Yellow Box
Eucalyptus michaeliana	Brittle Gum
Eucalyptus microcorys	Tallowwood
Eucalyptus moluccana	Grey Box
Eucalyptus oblonga	Stringybark
Eucalyptus paniculata	Grey Ironbark
Eucalyptus parramattensis	Parramatta Red Gum
Eucalyptus pilularis	Blackbutt
Eucalyptus piperita	Sydney Peppermint
Eucalyptus propinqua	Small-fruited Grey Gum
Eucalyptus punctata	Grey Gum
Eucalyptus quadrangulata	White-topped Box
Eucalyptus racemosa	Narrow-leaved Scribbly Gum
Eucalyptus resinifera	Red Mahogany
Eucalyptus robusta	Swamp Mahogany
Eucalyptus saligna	Sydney Blue Gum
Eucalyptus scias	Large-fruited Red Mahogany
Eucalyptus sclerophylla	Hard-leaved Scribbly Gum
Eucalyptus siderophloia	Grey Ironbark
Eucalyptus sideroxylon	Mugga Ironbark
Eucalyptus sieberi	Silvertop Ash
Eucalyptus signata	Scribbly Gum
Eucalyptus sparsifolia	Narrow-leaved Stringybark
Eucalyptus squamosa	Scaly Bark
Eucalyptus tereticornis	Forest Red Gum
Eucalyptus umbra	Bastard White Mahogany
Eucalyptus viminalis	Ribbon Gum
Melaleuca quinquenervia	Broad-leaved Paperbark
Syncarpia glomulifera	Turpentine

Darling Riverine Plains koala management area

Scientific name	Common name(s)
Callitris glaucophylla	White Cypress Pine
Eucalyptus albens	White Box
Eucalyptus camaldulensis	River Red Gum
Eucalyptus chloroclada	Dirty Gum
Eucalyptus conica	Fuzzy Box
Eucalyptus coolabah	Coolibah
Eucalyptus crebra	Narrow-leaved Ironbark
Eucalyptus dealbata	Tumbledown Red Gum
Eucalyptus dwyeri	Dwyer’s Red Gum
Eucalyptus largiflorens	Black Box
Eucalyptus melanophloia	Silver-leaved Ironbark
Eucalyptus melliodora	Yellow Box
Eucalyptus microcarpa	Western Grey Box
Eucalyptus pilligaensis	Narrow-leaved Grey Box
Eucalyptus populnea	Bimble Box, Poplar Box
Eucalyptus sideroxylon	Mugga Ironbark

Far West koala management area

Scientific name	Common name(s)
Angophora floribunda	Rough-barked Apple
Callitris glaucophylla	White Cypress Pine
Casuarina cristata	Belah
Eucalyptus albens	White Box
Eucalyptus blakelyi	Blakely’s Red Gum
Eucalyptus camaldulensis	River Red Gum
Eucalyptus chloroclada	Dirty Gum
Eucalyptus coolabah	Coolibah
Eucalyptus crebra	Narrow-leaved Ironbark
Eucalyptus dealbata	Tumbledown Red Gum
Eucalyptus intertexta	Gum Coolibah
Eucalyptus largiflorens	Black Box
Eucalyptus melanophloia	Silver-leaved Ironbark
Eucalyptus melliodora	Yellow Box
Eucalyptus microcarpa	Western Grey Box
Eucalyptus moluccana	Grey Box
Eucalyptus pilligaensis	Narrow-leaved Grey Box
Eucalyptus populnea	Bimble Box
Eucalyptus sideroxylon	Mugga Ironbark
Geijera parviflora	Wilga

North Coast koala management area

Scientific name	Common name(s)
Allocasuarina torulosa	Forest Oak
Angophora floribunda	Rough-barked Apple
Corymbia gummifera	Red Bloodwood
Corymbia henryi	Large-leaved Spotted Gum
Corymbia intermedia	Pink Bloodwood
Corymbia maculata	Spotted Gum
Eucalyptus acmenoides	White Mahogany
Eucalyptus amplifolia	Cabbage Gum
Eucalyptus bancroftii	Orange Gum
Eucalyptus biturbinata	Grey Gum
Eucalyptus campanulata	New England Blackbutt
Eucalyptus canaliculata	Large-fruited Grey Gum
Eucalyptus carnea	Thick-leaved Mahogany
Eucalyptus crebra	Narrow-leaved Ironbark
Eucalyptus eugenoides	Narrow-leaved stringybark
Eucalyptus fibrosa	Broad-leaved Red Ironbark
Eucalyptus glaucina	Slaty Red Gum
Eucalyptus globoidea	White Stringybark
Eucalyptus grandis	Flooded Gum
Eucalyptus laevopinea	Silver-top Stringybark
Eucalyptus largeana	Craven Grey Box
Eucalyptus microcorys	Tallowwood
Eucalyptus moluccana	Grey Box
Eucalyptus nobilis	Forest Ribbon Gum
Eucalyptus pilularis	Blackbutt
Eucalyptus placita	Grey Ironbark
Eucalyptus planchoniana	Bastard Tallowwood
Eucalyptus propinqua	Small-fruited Grey Gum
Eucalyptus psammitica	Bastard White Mahogany
Eucalyptus punctata	Grey Gum
Eucalyptus resinifera	Red Mahogany
Eucalyptus robusta	Swamp Mahogany
Eucalyptus rummeryi	Steel Box
Eucalyptus saligna	Sydney Blue Gum
Eucalyptus scias	Large-fruited Red Mahogany
Eucalyptus seeana	Narrow-leaved Red Gum
Eucalyptus siderophloia	Grey Ironbark
Eucalyptus signata/Eucalyptus racemosa	Scribbly Gum/Narrow-leaved Scribbly Gum
Eucalyptus tereticornis	Forest Red Gum
Eucalyptus tindaliae	Stringybark
Eucalyptus umbra	Bastard White Mahogany
Melaleuca quinquenervia	Broad-leaved Paperbark

Northwest Slopes koala management area

Scientific name	Common name(s)
Angophora floribunda	Rough-barked Apple
Callitris glaucophylla	White Cypress Pine
Casuarina cristata	Belah
Eucalyptus albens	White Box
Eucalyptus blakelyi	Blakely’s Red Gum
Eucalyptus bridgesiana	Apple Box
Eucalyptus caleyi	Drooping Ironbark
Eucalyptus caliginosa	Broad-leaved Stringybark
Eucalyptus camaldulensis	River Red Gum
Eucalyptus canaliculata	Large-fruited Grey Gum
Eucalyptus chloroclada	Dirty Gum
Eucalyptus conica	Fuzzy Box
Eucalyptus coolabah	Coolibah
Eucalyptus crebra	Narrow-leaved Ironbark
Eucalyptus dalrympleana	Mountain Gum
Eucalyptus dealbata	Tumbledown Red Gum
Eucalyptus dwyeri	Dwyer’s Red Gum
Eucalyptus exserta	Peppermint
Eucalyptus fibrosa	Broad-leaved Red Ironbark
Eucalyptus goniocalyx	Bundy
Eucalyptus laevopinea	Silver-top Stringybark
Eucalyptus largiflorens	Black Box
Eucalyptus macrorhyncha	Red Stringybark
Eucalyptus mannifera	Brittle Gum
Eucalyptus melanophloia	Silver-leaved Ironbark
Eucalyptus melliodora	Yellow Box
Eucalyptus microcarpa	Western Grey Box
Eucalyptus moluccana	Grey Box
Eucalyptus nobilis	Forest Ribbon Gum
Eucalyptus parramattensis	Parramatta Red Gum
Eucalyptus pauciflora	White Sally, Snow Gum
Eucalyptus pilligaensis	Narrow-leaved Grey Box
Eucalyptus polyanthemos	Red Box
Eucalyptus populnea	Bimble Box/Poplar Box
Eucalyptus prava	Orange Gum
Eucalyptus punctata	Grey Gum
Eucalyptus quadrangulata	White-topped Box
Eucalyptus sideroxylon	Mugga Ironbark
Eucalyptus viminalis	Ribbon Gum

Northern Tablelands koala management area

Scientific name	Common name(s)
Allocasuarina littoralis	Black She-oak
Angophora floribunda	Rough-barked Apple
Callitris glaucophylla	White Cypress Pine
Eucalyptus acaciiformis	Wattle-leaved Peppermint
Eucalyptus albens	White Box
Eucalyptus amplifolia	Cabbage Gum
Eucalyptus biturbinata	Grey Gum
Eucalyptus blakelyi	Blakely’s Red Gum
Eucalyptus bridgesiana	Apple Box
Eucalyptus brunnea	Mountain Blue Gum
Eucalyptus caleyi	Drooping Ironbark
Eucalyptus caliginosa	Broad-leaved Stringybark
Eucalyptus camaldulensis	River Red Gum
Eucalyptus campanulata	New England Blackbutt
Eucalyptus crebra	Narrow-leaved Ironbark
Eucalyptus dalrympleana	Mountain Gum
Eucalyptus dealbata	Tumbledown Red Gum
Eucalyptus eugenioides	Narrow-leaved Stringybark
Eucalyptus laevopinea	Silver-top Stringybark
Eucalyptus macrorhyncha	Red Stringybark
Eucalyptus melanophloia	Silver-leaved Ironbark
Eucalyptus melliodora	Yellow Box
Eucalyptus michaeliana	Brittle Gum
Eucalyptus microcorys	Tallowwood
Eucalyptus moluccana	Grey Box
Eucalyptus nicholii	Narrow-leaved Black Peppermint
Eucalyptus nobilis	Forest Ribbon Gum
Eucalyptus nova-anglica	New England Peppermint
Eucalyptus obliqua	Messmate
Eucalyptus pauciflora	White Sally, Snow Gum
Eucalyptus prava	Orange Gum
Eucalyptus radiata	Narrow leaved Peppermint
Eucalyptus saligna	Sydney Blue Gum
Eucalyptus sideroxylon	Mugga Ironbark
Eucalyptus stellulata	Black Sally
Eucalyptus subvelutina	Broad-leaved Apple
Eucalyptus tereticornis	Forest Red Gum
Eucalyptus viminalis	Ribbon Gum
Eucalyptus williamsiana	Eucalyptus williamsiana
Eucalyptus youmanii	Youman’s Stringybark

Riverina koala management area

Scientific name	Common name(s)
Callitris glaucophylla	White Cypress Pine
Casuarina cristata	Belah
Eucalyptus albens	White Box
Eucalyptus camaldulensis	River Red Gum
Eucalyptus intertexta	Gum Coolibah
Eucalyptus largiflorens	Black Box
Eucalyptus melliodora	Yellow Box
Eucalyptus microcarpa	Western Grey Box
Eucalyptus populnea	Bimble Box

South Coast koala management area

Scientific name	Common name(s)
Allocasuarina littoralis	Black She-oak
Angophora floribunda	Rough-barked Apple
Corymbia gummifera	Red Bloodwood
Corymbia maculata	Spotted Gum
Eucalyptus agglomerata	Blue-leaved Stringybark
Eucalyptus baueriana	Blue Box
Eucalyptus bosistoana	Coast Grey Box
Eucalyptus consideniana	Yertchuk
Eucalyptus cypellocarpa	Monkey Gum
Eucalyptus elata	River Peppermint
Eucalyptus eugenioides	Narrow-leaved Stringybark
Eucalyptus fastigata	Brown Barrel
Eucalyptus globoidea	White Stringybark
Eucalyptus longifolia	Woollybutt
Eucalyptus maidenii	Maiden’s Blue Gum
Eucalyptus muelleriana	Yellow Stringybark
Eucalyptus obliqua	Messmate
Eucalyptus paniculata	Grey Ironbark
Eucalyptus pilularis	Blackbutt
Eucalyptus piperita	Sydney Peppermint
Eucalyptus punctata	Grey Gum
Eucalyptus saligna	Sydney Blue Gum
Eucalyptus sclerophylla	Hard-leaved Scribbly Gum
Eucalyptus sieberi	Silvertop Ash
Eucalyptus tereticornis	Forest Red Gum
Eucalyptus tricarpa	Mugga (Red) Ironbark
Eucalyptus viminalis	Ribbon Gum

Schedule 3Amendment of State Environmental Planning Policy (Koala Habitat Protection) 2020[1]Clause 5

Omit the clause. Insert instead—

5Land to which Policy applies(1)

This Policy applies to land in the following land use zones, or an equivalent land use zone, in a local government area specified in Schedule 1 of State Environmental Planning Policy (Koala Habitat Protection) 2021, but not if the local government area is marked with an * in that Schedule—

• (a)

  Zone RU1 Primary Production,

• (b)

  Zone RU2 Rural Landscape,

• (c)

  Zone RU3 Forestry.

(2)

In this clause—

equivalent land use zone has the same meaning as it has in State Environmental Planning Policy (Koala Habitat Protection) 2021.

[2]Clause 12 Preparation of plan of management

Omit clause 12(1). Insert instead—

(1)

A plan of management may be prepared for—

• (a)

  all land to which this Policy applies in a local government area,

• (b)

  a part of that land, including an area of land that is the subject of a development application.

[3]Clause 13 Consultation

Omit the clause.

[4]Clause 16 Surveys, environment protection zones and development control plans

Omit “listed in Schedule 1” from clause 16(1).

Insert instead “in which there is land to which this Policy applies”.

[5]Clause 16(1)(a)

Omit “within its area”.

[6]Schedule 1 Local government areas

Omit the Schedule.