State environmental planning policy for koala habitat protection is contained in 2 chapters of State Environmental Planning Policy (Biodiversity and Conservation) 2021:
- Chapter 3 ‘Koala habitat protection 2020’ applies to rural zoned land (RU1 Primary Production, RU2 Rural Landscape and RU3 Forestry) in 74 local government areas (LGAs).
- Chapter 4 ‘Koala habitat protection 2021’ applies to the remaining zones in 74 LGAs, and to all zones in Metropolitan Sydney (Blue Mountains, Campbelltown, Hawkesbury, Ku-ring-gai, Liverpool, Northern Beaches, Hornsby, Wollondilly) and the Central Coast.
Timeline
State Environmental Planning Policy 44 – Koala Habitat Protection is introduced.
State Environmental Planning Policy (Koala Habitat Protection) 2019 replaced SEPP 44.
State Environmental Planning Policy (Koala Habitat Protection) 2020 replaced and repealed the 2019 Koala SEPP. The 2020 SEPP largely reinstated SEPP 44.
State Environmental Planning Policy (Koala Habitat Protection) 2021 begins.
Koala SEPPs are consolidated in State Environmental Planning Policy (Biodiversity and Conservation) 2021