Biodiversity Recovery Plan for Gatton and Laidley Shires, South-East Queensland 2003-2008

An outcome of the Gatton Shire Biodiversity Strategy was the development of the Biodiversity Recovery Plan for Gatton and Laidley Shires, South-East Queensland 2003-2008. This Recovery Plan takes a multi-species recovery planning approach, addressing the conservation and recovery of all known significant species and ecological communities within the defined local government areas of Gatton and Laidley Shires.

Notable aspects of both the Gatton Shire Biodiversity Strategy and the Biodiversity Recovery Plan for Gatton and Laidley Shires are their linkages to local government planning, as shown in the Biodiversity Code and Policy in the Gatton Planning Scheme and also in the paper 'Managing Biodiversity Through the Gatton Shire IPA Planning Scheme' on pages 125-130 of the 2001 Southern Queensland Biodiversity Recovery Conference Proceedings.

The Gatton Planning Scheme currently remains in force for the former Gatton Shire Council area following the merger with Laidley Shire Council to create the new Lockyer Valley Regional Council. A new overall Planning Scheme for the Lockyer Valley Regional Council area is expected to be developed in the next few years.