Clearing codes

Step 3 – Notify us before clearing

You must notify us before you start to clear under an accepted development vegetation clearing code. You can notify us online or using a hard-copy form.

Do not start any clearing until you’ve received an email or letter from us confirming your notification.

Who can submit a notification

If you’re a landholder undertaking your own work, you can notify us yourself or have someone notify us on your behalf (with your written consent to do so).

If you are making a notification to clear over someone else’s land, you need the landholder’s consent to enter, access and undertake clearing on their land.

Information required for your notification

When you notify us, you’ll need to provide the following information:

• lot on plan of the land (from a rates notice, or the address checker)
• tenure of the property (i.e. freehold, leasehold or other)
• area to be cleared
  • for online notifications, you can draw the area using the online mapping tool, attach a scan of a map, or provide GPS coordinates
  • for hard-copy notifications, attach a map or provide GPS coordinates
• the area (in hectares) to be cleared (the online mapping tool will measure area for you)
• regional ecosystem(s) in which the clearing is proposed (from the property report).

How to submit your notification

You can notify us by either completing the online notification form or downloading a hard-copy version of the form and lodging it at one of our business centres.

Online notification form

Note: Not all clearing activities can be notified online. You will need to submit a hard-copy notification if you are clearing on a road or in a boundary watercourse under the codes for managing weeds, clearing for infrastructure, clearing for an extractive industry or necessary environmental clearing.

Online notification form

If you have any questions about completing the online notification form, you can watch our video below or contact us.

Printable notification forms

To submit a hard-copy notification form, download and print the relevant form below. You can lodge the completed notification form in person or by mail to any of our business centres. You can also email the completed form to vegetation@nrmmrrd.qld.gov.au. There is no lodgement fee.

• Clearing for an extractive industry
  Notification of intention to clear under the Clearing for an extractive industry accepted development vegetation clearing code (PDF, 886.9 KB)
• Clearing for infrastructure
  Notification of intention to clear under the Clearing for infrastructure accepted development vegetation clearing code (PDF, 821.7 KB)
• Clearing to improve agricultural efficiency
  Notification of intention to clear under the Clearing to improve agricultural efficiency accepted development vegetation clearing code (PDF, 887.6 KB)
• Managing encroachment
  Notification of intention to clear under the Managing encroachment accepted development vegetation clearing code (PDF, 878.1 KB)
• Managing fodder harvesting
  Notification of intention to harvest under the Managing fodder harvesting accepted development vegetation clearing code (PDF, 839.5 KB)
• Managing a native forest practice
  Notification of intention to harvest under the Managing a native forest practice accepted development vegetation clearing code (PDF, 1.2 MB)
• Managing necessary environmental clearing
  Notification of intention to clear under the Managing necessary environmental works accepted development vegetation clearing code (PDF, 1.2 MB)
• Managing regulated regrowth vegetation (agriculture)
  Notification of intention to clear for agriculture under the Managing regulated regrowth vegetation accepted development vegetation clearing code (PDF, 824.1 KB)
• Managing regulated regrowth vegetation (coordinated projects)
  Notification of intention to clear for coordinated projects under the Managing regulated regrowth vegetation accepted development vegetation clearing code (PDF, 1.3 MB)
• Managing regulated regrowth vegetation (managing regrowth density)
  Notification of intention to clear for managing regrowth density under the Managing regulated regrowth vegetation accepted development vegetation clearing code (PDF, 1 MB)
• Managing regulated regrowth vegetation (public safety)
  Notification of intention to clear for public safety under the Managing regulated regrowth vegetation accepted development vegetation clearing code (PDF, 1 MB)
• Managing weeds
  Notification of intention to clear under the Managing weeds accepted development vegetation clearing code (PDF, 768.3 KB)

Wait for confirmation

If you’ve notified us online, you should receive confirmation by email shortly after. If you completed a hard-copy form, we will confirm receipt by email or post.

Do not start any clearing until you’ve received confirmation of your notification.

If you don’t receive a confirmation, please contact us.

In this guide

1. Step 1 – Choose the right code
2. Step 2 – Secure exchange areas for vegetation clearing
3. Step 3 – Notify us before clearing
4. Step 4 – Code compliance and recordkeeping

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