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Environmental Significance Opinions - Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate - Planning
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What is the ESO process?
What information is required to lodge an ESO application?
Current environmental significance opinions
An environmental significance opinion (ESO) is an opinion given by the Conservator of Flora and Fauna, the Heritage Council or the planning and land authority, that a proposal is not likely to have a significant adverse environmental or heritage impact. If an opinion is given to that effect, the proposal is taken out of the impact track, unless other reasons apply. The proponent can then submit a merit track development application or consider the exemptions available in the Planning and Development Act 2007.
The items that a proponent can seek an ESO for are outlined in Schedule 4 of the Planning and Development Act 2007, outlined in the table below:
Part 4.2 Item 3(c) or 3(d) Proposal for construction of a water storage dam—
in the river corridor zone under the territory plan
on a continuously flowing river in a non-urban zone under the territory plan
Part 4.2 Item 11 Proposal that involves storage of the placard quantity of a dangerous substance on land, or in a building or structure on the land, that, immediately before the commencement day, was not registered in the placard quantity register. Planning and land authority
Part 4.3 Item 1 Proposal that is likely to have a significant adverse environmental impact on 1 or more of the following:
a conservation dependent species
a provisionally listed threatened species
a protected native species
a Ramsar wetland
any other protected matter.
Part 4.3 Item 2(a) or (b) Proposal involving—
the clearing of more than 0.5ha of native vegetation in a native vegetation area, other than on land that is designated as a future urban area under the territory plan
the clearing of more than 5.0ha of native vegetation in a native vegetation area, on land that is designated as a future urban area under the territory plan.
Part 4.3 Item 3 Proposal for development on land reserved under s315 for the purpose of a wilderness area, national park, nature reserve or special purpose reserve. Conservator of Flora and Fauna
Part 4.3 Item 6 Proposal that is likely to have a significant adverse impact on the heritage significance of a place or object registered under the Heritage Act 2004. Heritage Council
Part 4.3 Item 7 Proposal involving land included on the register of contaminated sites under the Environment Protection Act 1997. Planning and land authority
Once granted, an ESO is publically notified and valid for 18 months. ESOs can be conditional.
If an ESO is not granted for a proposal, the proposal will be assessed in the impact track and an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) or EIS exemption application will be required prior to development application lodgement.
Further information is available in the Proponent's Guide to Environmental Significance Opinions.
An Assessment Officer will perform a 'completeness check' of the documentation against the requirements listed below. The completeness check is to ensure all necessary information has been provided to be able to proceed with lodgement and assessment of the application.
Once a completeness check is passed, a fee needs to be paid before the ESO can be lodged and assessed. The current fees for ESOs are outlined in the Fees and Charges Booklet. In addition, section 138AC of the Act enables the relevant agency to recover costs from an application for an ESO.
Once the fee is paid and the application is accepted for lodgement, the ESO application is referred to the relevant agency. The agency may request further information from the applicant at this stage.
If the agency decides to give an ESO, then the proponent can submit a merit track development application or consider the exemptions available in the Planning and Development Act 2007.
The ESO will be included on the ACT Legislation Register as a Notifiable Instrument (NI). Under section 138AD(6) of the Planning and Development Act 2007, an ESO expires 18 months after the day it is notified.
If an ESO is not given, an EIS or EIS exemption application must be lodged for consideration before a development application can be lodged in the impact track.
To apply for an environmental significance opinion (ESO), the proponent must lodge a completed Application for Environmental Impact Assessment Processes (Form 1M) with the following attached:
a description of the nature/type of project proposed by providing location map(s) of the project site(s), preliminary design drawings and satellite/aerial photographs
a description of the natural conservation values of the site based on the considerations listed in the Proponent’s Guide to Environmental Significance Opinions (not required for an ESO application for Section 4.2 Item 11 or Section 4.3 Item 7)
a description of measures within the proposal that seek to avoid and minimise impacts on identified conservation values
information on any decision made under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 in relation to this proposal.
Applications are lodged via email to epdcustomerservices@act.gov.au.
ESOs notified in 2019
ESO given by
ESO expiry
NI2019-631 Planning and Development (Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion – Block 11, Cotter River District, Yellow Rabbit Road – Dam Decommissioning) Notice 2019 Conservator of Flora and Fauna 26 March 2021
NI2019-682 Planning and Development (Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion – Numerous Blocks, Jerrabomberra and Tuggeranong – Installation of ADSS Cable to Existing 11kV Power Lines) Notice 2019 (No 1) Conservator of Flora and Fauna 8 April 2021
NI2019-683 Planning and Development (Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion – Numerous Blocks, Jerrabomberra and Tuggeranong – Installation of ADSS Cable to Existing 11kV Power Lines) Notice 2019 (No 2) ACT Heritage Council 8 April 2021
NI2019-643 Planning and Development (Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion – Blocks 199, 237, 340 and 353 Paddys River and Block 4, Section 12 Tharwa – Crown Lease Subdivision) Notice 2019 ACT Heritage Council 8 April 2021
NI2019-644 Planning and Development (Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion – Block 15, Section 65, Gilmore to Block 103, Section 7, Hume – Cable Installation) Notice 2019 (No 2) ACT Heritage Council 8 April 2021
NI2019-596 Planning and Development (Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion – Block 12 Section 30, Fyshwick – Hydrogen Refuelling Facility) Notice 2019 Planning and Land Authority 19 March 2021
NI2019-452 Planning and Development (Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion – Block 1, Section 85, Calwell – Stormwater upgrade within Tuggeranong Hill Nature Reserve) Notice 2019 Conservator of Flora and Fauna 11 January 2021
NI2019-513 Planning and Development (Environmental Significance Opinion – Blocks 832 and 843 Gungahlin – Kinlyside Nature Reserve tree thinning works) Notice 2019 Conservator of Flora and Fauna 12 February 2021
NI2019-514 Planning and Development (Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion – Numerous Blocks – erosion control works) Notice 2019 Conservator of Flora and Fauna 12 February 2021
NI2019-515 Planning and Development (Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion – Block 15, Section 65, Gilmore to Block 103, Section 7, Hume – Cable Installation) Notice 2019 (No 1) Conservator of Flora and Fauna 12 February 2021
NI2019-536 Planning and Development (Environmental Significance Opinion – Numerous Blocks – Kmart Tyre and Auto Service Centre Rebranding) Notice 2019 Planning and Land Authority 22 February 2021
NI2019-498 Planning and Development (Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion – Block 1 Section 82, Weston – Weston Residential Estate) Notice 2019 Planning and Land Authority 5 February 2021
NI2019-386 Planning and Development (Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion – Block 1, Section 35 Strathnairn – Carpark) Notice 2019 Planning and Land Authority 20 December 2020
NI2019-382 Planning and Development (Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion – Blocks 88 & 120 Tennent and Block 8 Rendezvous Creek – Infrastructure Upgrades) Notice 2019 Conservator of Flora and Fauna 17 December 2020
NI2019-355 Planning and Development (Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion – Blocks 7, 8 and 9, Section 18 Braddon – Midnight Signage) Notice 2019 Planning and Land Authority 6 December 2020
NI2019-5 Planning and Development (Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion – Block 12, Rendezvous Creek – Gudgenby Homestead Remote Power Supply) Notice 2019 Planning and Land Authority 10 July 2020
NI2019-6 Planning and Development (Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion – Numerous blocks, Belconnen, Molonglo Valley, Weston Creek and Curtin – Evoenergy Transmission Line Replacement) Notice 2019 (No 2) ACT Heritage Council 10 July 2028
NI2019-8 Planning and Development (Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion – Numerous blocks, Belconnen, Molonglo Valley, Weston Creek and Curtin – Evoenergy Transmission Line Replacement) Notice 2019 (No 1) Conservator of Flora and Fauna 10 July 2020
NI2019-11 Planning and Development (Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion – Block 611, Gungahlin – Installation of a Water Trough in Mulanggari Grassland Nature Reserve) Notice 2019 Conservator of Flora and Fauna 10 July 2020
NI2019-12 Planning and Development (Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion – Blocks 62, 221 and 225, Coree – Uriarra Non-Potable Water Main Replacement) Notice 2019 ACT Heritage Council 10 July 2020
NI2019-219 Planning and Development (Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion – Numerous Blocks, Nature Reserves – Roadside Vegetation Management and Fire Trail Upgrades) Notice 2019 Conservator of Flora and Fauna 29 October 2020
NI2019-191 Planning and Development (Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion – Blocks 6 and 7, Molonglo Valley – Arboretum Woodlands Restoration Work) Notice 2019 Conservator of Flora and Fauna 11 October 2020
NI2019-135 Planning and Development (Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion – Block 1 Section 52, Holt – Holt 7-Eleven Service Station) Notice 2019 Planning and Land Authority 18 September 2020
NI2019-103 Planning and Development (Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion – Block 120, Tennent – Art Installation at Honeysuckle Creek) Notice 2019 Conservator of Flora and Fauna 31 August 2020
NI2019-104 Planning and Development (Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion – Blocks 741, 784 and 851, Gungahlin – Rabbit Eradication at Mulligans Flat Woodland Sanctuary) Notice 2019 Conservator of Flora and Fauna 31 August 2020
ESOs notified in 2018
NI2018-682 Planning and Development (Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion - Block 21, Cotter River - Power Cable Works) Notice 2018 Conservator of Flora and Fauna 7 December 2018 - 6 June 2020
NI2019-5 Planning and Development (Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion – Block 12, Rendezvous Creek – Gudgenby Homestead Remote Power Supply) Notice 2019 Conservator of Flora and Fauna 10 July 2020
NI2019-6 Planning and Development (Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion – Numerous blocks, Belconnen, Molonglo Valley, Weston Creek and Curtin – Evoenergy Transmission Line Replacement) Notice 2019 (No 2) ACT Heritage Council 10 July 2020
NI2018-647 Planning and Development (Environmental Significance Opinion – Block 1639, Belconnen – Installation of Water Monitoring Equipment) Notice 2018 Conservator of Flora and Fauna 23 November 2018 – 22 May 2020
NI2018-648 Planning and Development (Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion – Block 18, Booth – Installation of Water Monitoring Equipment) Notice 2018 Conservator of Flora and Fauna 23 November 2018 – 22 May 2020
NI2018-649 Planning and Development (Environmental Significance Opinion – Block 12, Molonglo Valley– Installation of Water Monitoring Equipment) Notice 2018 Conservator of Flora and Fauna 23 November 2018 - 22 May 2020
NI2018-606 Planning and Development (Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion – Block 66, Kowen and Blocks 680, 681 and 699, Majura – Upper Molonglo River Erosion Control Project) Notice 2018 Conservator of Flora and Fauna 1 May 2020
NI2018-558 Planning and Development (Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion – Block 15, Section 121 & Block 1, Section 125 Nicholls – Stormwater Investigation At Schow Place) Notice 2018 Conservator of Flora and Fauna 11 April 2020
NI2018-557 Planning and Development (Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion – Block 12, Section 52 Coombs – Pedestrian Movement Network) Notice 2018 Conservator of Flora and Fauna 11 April 2020
NI2018-501 Planning and Development (Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion – Block 14 & Block 21, Cotter River – Bendora Dam Right Abutment and Access Repairs) Notice 2018 Conservator of Flora and Fauna 7 March 2020
NI2018-486 Planning and Development (Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion – Block 2 Section 67 Kingston – Mixed-Use Development and Associated Works) Notice 2018 Planning and land authority 27 February 2020
NI2018-473 Planning and Development (Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion – Blocks 851, 784, 741 and 673, Gungahlin – Mulligans Flat and Goorooyarroo Nature Reserves Signage) Notice 2018 Conservator of Flora and Fauna 24 February 2020
NI2018-239 Planning and Development (Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion – Block 1 Section 20 Braddon – Shell/Coles Express Drainage Works) Notice 2018 Planning and land authority 14 November 2019
NI2018-424 Planning and Development (Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion – Block 1, Section 47 Mawson – 7-Eleven Sign Upgrade) Notice 2018 Planning and land authority 9 February 2020
NI2018-427 Planning and Development (Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion – Block 1, Section 52 Holt – 7-Eleven Sign Upgrade) Notice 2018 Planning and land authority 9 February 2020
NI2018-425 Planning and Development (Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion – Block 15, Section 127 Wanniassa – 7-Eleven Sign Upgrade) Notice 2018 Planning and land authority 9 February 2020
NI2018-426 Planning and Development (Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion – Block 19, Section 28 Braddon – 7-Eleven Sign Upgrade) Notice 2018 Planning and land authority 9 February 2020
NI2018-286 Planning and Development (Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion – Block 240 Paddys River –Tidbinbilla Playground Extension) Notice 2018 Conservator of Flora and Fauna 29 November 2019
NI2018-240 Planning and Development (Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion – Block 7 Section 12 Deakin – Shell/Coles Express Drainage Works) Notice 2018 Planning and land authority 14 November 2019
NI2018-379 Planning and Development (Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion – Block 7 Section 72 Watson – Justice Robert Hope Park Walking Track) Notice 2018 Conservator of Flora and Fauna 16 January 2020
NI2018-332 Planning and Development (Environmental Significance Opinion – Block 221,Coree – Cotter Dam Fence) Notice 2018 Conservator of Flora and Fauna 25 December 2019
NI2018-331 Planning and Development (Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion – Block 363, Paddys River – Cultural Scar Tree Installation) Notice 2018 (No 2) ACT Heritage Council 25 December 2019
NI2018-330 Planning and Development (Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion – Block 363, Paddys River – Cultural Scar Tree Installation) Notice 2018 (No 1) Conservator of Flora and Fauna 25 December 2019
NI2018-221 Planning and Development (Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion – Block 64 Coree – Demolition of Ranger’s Residence) Conservator of Flora and Fauna 3 November 2019
NI2018-183 Planning and Development (Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion – Block 851 Gungahlin – Throsby North and Throsby East Stock Water Infrastructure) Notice 2018 (No 2) ACT Heritage Council 12 October 2019
NI2018-166 Planning and Development (Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion – Block 851 Gungahlin – Throsby North and Throsby East Stock Water Infrastructure) Conservator of Flora and Fauna 28 September 2019
NI2018-165 Planning and Development (Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion – Block 851 Gungahlin – Goorooyarroo Nature Reserve Predator Proof Fence Culvert/Causeway) Conservator of Flora and Fauna 29 September 2019
NI2018-117 Planning and Development (Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion – Block 1553 Belconnen – Solar Photovoltaic System Installation) Conservator of Flora and Fauna 5 September 2019
NI2018-106 Planning and Development (Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion – Block 4 Section 64 Bonython – Telecommunications Facility Upgrade) Conservator of Flora and Fauna 26 August 2019
NI2018-105 Planning and Development (Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion – Mechanical Vegetation Removal on Fire Trails) Conservator of Flora and Fauna 26 August 2019
NI2018-37 Planning and Development (Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion – Numerous blocks, Gungahlin – Predator Proof Fence) Conservator of Flora and Fauna 1 August 2019
NI2018-36 Planning and Development (Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion – Block 9, Section 3 Bruce - University of Canberra Health Precinct) Conservator of Flora and Fauna 1 August 2019
NI2018-28 Planning and Development (Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion – Block 78 Coree – Solar Panel Array) Conservator of Flora and Fauna 25 July 2019
NI2018-11 Planning and Development (Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion – Block 1, Section 125 and Block 3, Section 157, Nicholls – Crace Odour Ventilation) Notice 2018 ACT Heritage Council 11 July 2019
NI2018-10 Planning and Development (Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion – Block 1620, Belconnen – Jarramlee Detailed Site Investigation) Notice 2018 Conservator of Flora and Fauna 8 July 2019
ESOs notified in 2017
NI2017-664 Planning and Development (Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion – Block 71, Molonglo Valley – Molonglo Landscaping Works) Notice 2017 Conservator of Flora and Fauna 14 June 2019
NI2017-663 Planning and Development (Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion – Namadgi National Park – Old Boboyan Road Upgrade) Notice 2017 Conservator of Flora and Fauna 14 June 2019
NI2017-637 Planning and Development (Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion – Block 9, Section 54, Phillip – Phillip Bus Depot Redevelopment) Notice 2017 Planning and land authority 7 June 2019
NI2017-636 Planning and Development (Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion – Block 1, Section 125 Nicholls and Block 3, Section 157 Nicholls – Crace Odour Ventilation) Notice 2017 Conservator of Flora and Fauna 7 June 2019
NI2017-635 Planning and Development (Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion – Block 1, Section 60, Kingston – Mixed Use Development) Notice 2017 Planning and land authority 7 June 2019
NI2017-588 Planning and Development (Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion – Numerous Blocks, Tuggeranong – Replacement of Overhead Wires between the Theodore Substation and the Gilmore Substation) Notice 2017 Conservator of Flora and Fauna 8 May 2019
NI2017-573 Planning and Development (Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion – Block 29, Section 36, Mawson – Public Housing Units) Notice 2017 Conservator of Flora and Fauna 6 May 2019
NI2017-572 Planning and Development (Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion – Tharwa Fish Habitat Project Stage 2) Notice 2017 Conservator of Flora and Fauna 6 May 2019
NI2017-553 Planning and Development (Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion – Block 71 Molonglo – Molonglo River Reserve Rehabilitation Works) Notice 2017 Conservator of Flora and Fauna 26 April 2019
NI2017-552 Planning and Development (Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion – Blocks 1553, 1613 and 1614, Belconnen – Lower Molonglo Water Quality Control Centre) Notice 2017 (No 2) Conservator of Flora and Fauna 26 April 2019
NI2017-527 Planning and Development (Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion – Blocks 1553, 1613 and 1614, Belconnen – Lower Molonglo Water Quality Control Centre) Notice 2017 ACT Heritage Council 16 April 2019
NI2017-526 Planning and Development (Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion – Block 1633, Belconnen – West Belconnen Trunk Sewer Geotechnical Investigation) Notice 2017 (No 2) ACT Heritage Council 16 April 2019
NI2017-503 Planning and Development (Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion – Boboyan Road and Smiths Road Upgrades) Notice 2017 (No 2) ACT Heritage Council 3 April 2019
NI2017-494 Planning and Development (Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion – Block 1633, Belconnen – West Belconnen Trunk Sewer Geotechnical Investigation) Notice 2017 Conservator of Flora and Fauna 26 March 2019
NI2017-493 Planning and Development (Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion – Boboyan Road and Smiths Road Upgrades) Notice 2017 Conservator of Flora and Fauna 26 March 2019
NI2017-471 Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion – Block 4, Section 682, Theodore – ACTEW Theodore Fence) Conservator of Flora and Fauna 28 February 2019
NI2017-444 Planning and Development (Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion – Block 363, Paddys River – Mouat Tree Shelter and Interpretive Structure) Notice 2017 Conservator of Flora and Fauna 18 February 2018
NI2017-443 Planning and Development (Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion –Lawson Residential Estate Stage 2 Urban Development) Notice 2017 Conservator of Flora and Fauna 18 February 2018
NI2017-385 Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion – Block 240, Paddys River – Removal of Underground Fuel Storage Tanks Conservator of Flora and Fauna 20 January 2019
NI2017-380 Conditional Environmental Significance Opinion – Block 71, Molonglo Valley – Molonglo River Reserve Boundary Fence Conservator of Flora and Fauna 17 January 2019
NI2017-379 Environmental Significance Opinion – Block 851, Gungahlin – Throsby North Walking Track Conservator of Flora and Fauna 17 January 2019