Tree Survey specialises in preparing Arboricultural Impact Assessments (AIA) and Tree Protection Plans (TPP) for State Significant Development (SSD).
State Significant Development (SSD) in New South Wales (NSW) are development projects of significant importance. These projects fall under the jurisdiction of the NSW State Government rather than local councils.
These developments are typically large-scale infrastructure, industrial, commercial, or mining projects that have a substantial impact on the economy, environment, infrastructure, or community. The State Significant Development process typically involves detailed environmental assessment, which includes the assessment of trees within and adjacent to the development footprint.
Our involvement with SSD projects includes:
- Surveying and assessing the existing trees.
- Preparing detailed georeferenced tree layers in DWG or SHP format.
- Acquiring and analyzing the relevant drawings including civil engineering, hydraulic, stormwater, wastewater, electrical, and earthworks (cut and fill).
- Digitising the project impact footprint using the relevant drawings.
- Detailed analysis of tree impacts by comparing the tree protection zones (TPZ) of existing trees to the proposed impact footprint.
- Studying the impacts of the proposal and determining which trees can be successfully retained and which trees must be removed.
- Preparing comprehensive tree protection plans for trees that will be retained.
All work conducted on these projects is drafted using spatial software. This means all tree data, including the tree map layers (tree locations, TPZ, SRZ, etc.), can be exported as georeferenced SHP or DWG files for seamless integration into existing project models (SHP/CAD/DWG).