Published on Thursday, 19 June 2025 at 10:30:03 AM
Submissions now open
About this consultation
At the 18 June 2025 Ordinary Council Meeting, Council adopted to endorse the advertising of draft planning policy "Tree Farms and Plantation Projects" for consultation.
Click here to view the Tree Farms and Plantation Projects Local Planning Policy.
The purpose and intent of this draft policy is listed below;
This policy aims to assist the Shire of Koorda in determining applications for a tree farm or carbon sequestration plantation project by setting out matters to have regard for when assessing a Development Application. To provide proponents of tree farms or carbon sequestration plantation projects with guidelines for the matters to be addressed, and likely conditions, to assist with the preparation and lodgement of a DA for a tree farm and carbon sequestration.
The Policy is established in good faith with the following objectives:
• To encourage the integration of tree farms and plantations with existing agricultural uses as complementary but integrated with cropping, grazing, and food production.
• To support a DA that actively integrates a tree farm or plantation with the existing predominant agricultural activity.
• To protect and enhance native vegetation, wetlands and water courses and assist in the reduction of salinity, waterlogging and erosion.
• To minimise the potential for any loss of population through the use of the entire lot area for a tree farm or plantation, particularly business models involving absent landlords.
• To achieve tree farm layouts and amenities so as not to compromise;
• the fire safety of the local community,
• the biodiversity conservation and management of the land or adjacent land,
• the road safety of the community from any increased large fauna and vermin populations.
• To reduce the potential for future financial impact on the local government and community due to an abandoned plantation caused by a business collapse or similar.
How to make a submission
- Complete the submission form below
- Email submissions can be sent to dceo@koorda.wa.gov.au
Submissions must be received by 12.00noon, Friday 11 July 2025.
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