Common reasons for clearing
Browse information about a range of common reasons for clearing, including what you need to do to seek approval for a clearing activity.
Building, development and infrastructure
- New house, shed, or other building
- Around an existing building or dwelling
- Fences
- Residential subdivision
- Tracks for walking or vehicles.
- Track for recreation
- Infrastructure: construction or expansion
- Infrastructure: maintenance
- Commercial vehicle access track
- Roadside, rail corridor or railway crossing
- Highways
- Mining and exploration
- Impact assessed/major projects
Agriculture and land management
- Maintain existing agriculture, forestry or farming
- Ecological restoration
- Dam: create new or expand existing dam
- Dam: repair or maintain existing
- Grazing: ongoing practices
- Grazing: changed practices
- Landscape management problems or plant and animal control
- Regrowth management
- Stubble burning fact sheet
- Farming activities fact sheet
- Post River Murray flood recovery clearance
Collecting and using vegetation
