19/09/2025
What is an Environmental Audit Overlay?
An Environmental Audit Overlay (EAO) is applied to land that may be affected by potential contamination.
The draft planning scheme amendment includes an EAO that will be applied to properties within the precinct nominated as having potentially high risk of contamination.
Where a sensitive land use is proposed on land which the EAO applies, landowners would be required to undertake a preliminary risk screen assessment. This assessment would determine the level of contamination and if any further investigation or remediation works are required, though an environmental audit process.