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When do I need an Accredited Consultant?

Accredited Consultants prepare Data Reports for applications to clear native vegetation.

Data reports may be prepared for applications under:

  • Section 28 of the Native Vegetation Act 1991
  • the Risk Assessment pathway (Regulation 12) of the Native Vegetation Regulations 2017).

Accredited Consultants can also be engaged to undertake vegetation assessments or to develop Significant Environmental Benefit (SEB) Management Plans.

List of Accredited Consultants

View a list of Accredited Consultants.

Contact consultants to enquire about their services for clearance applications, vegetation assessments and other associated works. Please note that not all consultants undertake all application and assessment types or service all regions of the South Australia. Work undertaken is at the consultant’s discretion.

Engaging an Accredited Consultant

If you need a Data Report for an application to clear native vegetation, you must engage a Native Vegetation Council endorsed Accredited Consultant.

The Accredited Consultant will prepare your application and send it to the Native Vegetation Council. The consultant will apply the Native Vegetation Council's policies to prepare the Data Report which forms the main part of any clearance application.

Applications submitted under the Native Vegetation Act 1991 or Native Vegetation Regulations 2017 will be made public and be savailable for public inspection for 28 days.

If you are not sure whether you need to engage an Accredited Consultant:

  • use the Clearing Native Vegetation Decision Tool
  • visit our Clearing Native Vegetation page to determine which activities require an Accredited Consultant Data Report
  • check with the department’s Native Vegetation Branch, especially for minor clearances, on (08) 8303 9777 or nvc@sa.gov.au.

Arborists and Regulation 8(6) Safety

If native vegetation poses an unacceptable risk to the safety of people and property and a clearance is proposed, a Native Vegetation Trained Arborist should be engaged to conduct an assessment and submit a Tree Risk Assessment Report in accordance with Regulation 8(6) - safety of persons or property

Find a Native Vegetation Trained Arborist.

Acknowledgement of Country

Acknowledgement of Country

The state government acknowledges Aboriginal people as the First Peoples and Nations of the lands and waters we live and work upon and we pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging. We acknowledge and respect the deep spiritual connection and the relationship that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have to Country.

We work in partnership with the First Peoples of South Australia and support their Nations to take a leading role in caring for their Country.