New South Wales Consolidated Regulations New South Wales Consolidated RegulationsThe consent authority must not consent to development on wetlands unless it has considered the following matters that are of relevance to the development--
(a) any potential that the proposed development has to fragment, pollute, disturb or diminish the values of wetlands,
(b) the extent to which the proposed development will restore, protect or maintain ecological processes, natural systems and biodiversity within wetlands,
(c) the extent to which the proposed development will incorporate best practice environmental design measures to maintain or improve the sustainability of wetlands,
(d) the extent to which the proposed development will restore existing degraded wetlands or water sources to compensate for the loss or degradation of those wetlands or water sources,
(e) in the case of land that is also bush fire prone land--the extent to which fire management regimes will be in place, and bush fire hazard reduction techniques will be used, that are appropriate in terms of their impact on wetlands.