Planning Scheme Amendment VC67 approved the extension of the UGB and also the public acquisition of 15,000 hectares of western grasslands. The purchase of the 15,000 hectare western grasslands was to be funded by native vegetation offsets in the new growth areas.

The Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE) has supposedly mapped all of the growth areas and applied time-stamping of native vegetation. Many properties have had native vegetation (NV) offsets placed upon them, and the owners are unaware!

Click here to read DSE's Native Vegetation Time-Stamping Data fact sheet.

Many of these NV offsets are estimates and are incorrect. Maximising offsets means more revenue for the Government to pay for the western grasslands. At present NV offset liabilities are $137,500 per hectare. So a 10 hectare patch of native vegetation will incur a liability of $1.375 million plus GAIC.

Click here to check your property on the DSE's Maps of Native Vegetation Habitat Score for Melbourne's Growth Areas.

For more information contact Greg on 0439974523.

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Sasha Janson  - Time Stamping   |123.3.241.xxx |2011-12-08 10:06:35 Greg, thanks for putting up this important information. There will be serious consequences for landholders. Sasha Reply | Quote 3 0

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