The Biodiversity and Conservation SEPP is a key environmental planning instrument in New South Wales that aims to protect and manage the natural environment through land use planning. It consolidates and updates provisions from multiple former SEPPs to streamline planning rules for water catchments, urban bushland, and World Heritage properties.
The Biodiversity Offsets Scheme provides a mechanism to avoid, minimise and offset the impacts of development and some types of clearing on biodiversity in New South Wales.
The Land Management (Native Vegetation) Code 2018 provides rules for clearing native vegetation on rural land in NSW. It enables landholders to undertake certain clearing activities to improve agricultural productivity while ensuring environmental safeguards are maintained.