Our decisions
The Department of Environment and Resource Management was formed on 26 March 2009 by merging the former Department of Natural Resources and Water and the former Environmental Protection Agency.
In some cases, the documents referred to below relate to these former agencies.
- Appeals
- Development assessment decisons
- Impact assessments
- Major policy proposals and decisions
- Plans, strategies and agreements
- Prosecutions
- Public consultations
- Public notices
Appeals
General information about decisions made by the department can be found in our annual reports.
Development assessment decisons
Advice Agency role under IPA/IDAS
The department has an advice agency role under the Integrated Development Assessment System (IDAS) in relation to the following areas: Wetlands, Conservation Estate, Places on the Queensland Heritage Register.
Development approvals
The Integrated Planning Act 1997 (IPA) established a system for assessing and placing conditions on development applications in Queensland. This system is known as IDAS - the Integrated Development Assessment System. IDAS aims to co-ordinate and integrate the assessment and conditioning powers of government agencies responsible for administering a range of legislation dealing with development approvals. Environmentally relevant activities (ERAs) are assessed through the IDAS process.
Development approvals (coastal)
Coastal development approvals.
Ecoaccess
Environmental licences and permits. Pre-design conferencing and application forms, information sheets and guidelines relevant to a range of activities that require an environmental licence or permit.
Koala plan
Development assessment in Koala Habitat Areas in SEQ.
Impact assessments
Environmental impact assessment is used to integrate environmental management with the approvals process for proposals.
Internal guidance
Information about our policies and standards is available from the policy section of the Resource Centre.
Major policy proposals and decisions
Information on major policy proposals and decisions is available on our website.
Plans, strategies and agreements
You can access business and operational plans, strategies and agreements used to guide the decision-making process.
Prosecutions
Information on finalised prosecutions and restraint orders are available in our annual reports.
Public consultations
Information on consultations that are currently open for public submission are available from:
Public notices
Public notices are used to inform the public of decisions and other important information.
Last updated: 09 October 2009