Gosford Council will request that the NSW Government urgently review the new 10/50 Vegetation Clearing Code of Practice for bushfire prone land.
Since the code was implemented, council has encountered a number of issues ranging from daily investigations of compliance complaints through to instances of vegetation clearing for purposes other than bushfire risk management. In its submission on the draft code in July this year, council warned that rushing to get the code operational before the next bushfire season could impact negatively on the community, council and Gosford’s ecological values.
Email, 9 Sep 2014
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