Snowy Mountains SAP Biodiversity Certification - P23-6057

RGDC is investigating biodiversity certification of the Growth and Catalyst sub-precincts. Biodiversity certification offers a streamlined biodiversity assessment process for areas of land that are proposed for development. Where land is certified, development may proceed without the usual requirement for site by site assessment. Because biodiversity certification addresses the potential impacts on biodiversity during the early planning of land use change, it leads to development footprint design that avoids and minimises impacts on land with biodiversity values. Biodiversity certification results in more a more strategic approach to biodiversity protection, as well as a greater level of certainty for developers and the community.