Developer couple issued enforcement notice over cleared patch of native forest in Adelaide Hills

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An Adelaide Hills couple has been handed an enforcement notice over alleged excessive land cleared on a property.

abc.net.au/news/mount-lofty-native-vegetation-cleared-by-developers/101905758An Adelaide Hills couple has been handed an enforcement notice by the Native Vegetation Council for allegedly excessively clearing land on a property at Mount Lofty.

Its responsibilities also include assessing applications and establishing conditions for the clearance of native vegetation and encouraging the re-establishment of native vegetation on over-cleared land. Under Native Vegetation legislation, authorised officers can issue civil enforcement notices where they suspect there are reasonable grounds to believe a breach has occurred.More serious enforcement orders can only be issued by the Environment, Resources and Development Court, where it is satisfied a breach has occurred.Stephen and Tiffany Connor have been issued with an enforcement notice for the alleged unauthorised clearance.

Tiffany Connor is also listed as a director of Capitoline Property on her LinkedIn profile but told the ABC she was "an emergency nurse who does eye surgery for a living". "How much is hearing the birds singing in the morning, how much is that worth, how can you put a price on that?Ms Connor says the couple plans to plant native vegetation after they connect water.Conservation Council SA tree campaigner Joanna Wells said the incident was "nothing short of scarring".

 

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Wtf asking for donations to fix the damage they did. May as well ask right, not like 'developers' could have a more scummy reputation. Our govt needs to do more to protect the few nice areas we have left.

Have they come out as Australia's first queer land-clearers or something?

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That's national news? A builder removes 1/2 acre instead of 1/10 and the world stops turning?

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