Farmers
- Assessing your land
- Validation assessment process
- Application fees
- Frequently asked questions
- More information
Assessing your land
- Your land is identified as potential SCL on the trigger map.
You do not need to assess or validate your land to confirm if it is SCL.
If a development application is lodged that covers some or all of your land, the developer will undertake an SCL assessment and cover all application costs.
Separate to any development application, you may decide to assess your land to confirm its status.
- Your land is identified as potential SCL on the trigger map and you want to confirm that it's NOT SCL
You will need to undertake an SCL validation assessment to confirm the status of your land.
If your land is not SCL it will be removed from the trigger map.
- Your land is NOT identified as potential SCL on the trigger map and you want to confirm that it is SCL.
You will need to undertake an SCL validation assessment to confirm the status of your land.
If your land is SCL it will be added to the trigger map.
Validation assessment process
View a flowchart of the assessment process for farmers (PDF, 25K)*.
Step 1:
Is your land shown as potential SCL on the trigger map?
- Yes – You do not need to do anything. If a development is proposed on your land in the future, the development proponent will have to cover all costs of assessing your land. However, separate to any development proposal, you may wish to conduct an assessment to confirm whether or not it is SCL.
- No - You can undertake an SCL validation assessment to confirm the status of your land. Continue to Step 2 .
Step 2:
Identify which zone your land is in
- Western Cropping zone
- Eastern Darling Downs zone
- Coastal Queensland zone
- Wet Tropics zone
- Granite Belt zone
Step 3
Conduct an on-ground assessment using the appropriate SCL criteria and guidelines.
Step 4
Protection areas: If the land is within a protection area, submit Part A and C of the SCL validation form to the Department of Environment and Resource Management (DERM) to confirm the status of your land. If DERM decides the land is SCL, no further validation assessment is required and the land is subject to the SCL development assessment rules for protection areas.
Management area: If the land is within the management area, it will also need to be assessed for a history of cropping. Submit Part A, B and C of the SCL validation form to DERM to confirm the status of your land. If DERM decides the land is SCL and meets the cropping history test, no further validation assessment is required and the land is subject to the SCL development assessment rules for the management area.
Application fees
The SCL fee structure is based on a full cost recovery model and is incorporated into the new Strategic Cropping Land Regulation 2011.
- View the fee structure fact sheet (PDF, 68K)*.
Frequently asked questions
For more information or further clarification on a particular issue, refer to the frequently asked questions.
More information
View Protecting Queensland’s best cropping land for the future (PDF)* (PDF, 80K)* for information about what the new legislation will mean for farmers.
For more information email sclenquiries@dnrm.qld.gov.au or call 13 QGOV (13 74 68).
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Last updated 30 January 2012
