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 1.0       INTRODUCTION

       1.1       Preamble

       Duke Environmental was commissioned by Altum Constructions to undertake this
       Bushfire Hazard Assessment and Management Plan. This document has been
       prepared in response to Condition 12 of a Decision Notice issued by Council for a
       Change to an Existing Approval (Ref: 132005.1133.4 (05/1133), dated 11 March
       2016.

       This Assessment and Management Plan has been compiled generally in accordance
       with relevant aspects of the Natural Hazards Overlay Code of the Noosa Plan,
       specifically Table 13.9 Bushfire hazard areas and the State Planning Policy (2014).

       1.2       Aims

       The aims of this study were to:

       1) Provide assessment of the subject site with specific reference to Bushfire Hazard
          Issues;

       2) Provide discussion with regard to the Local and State Legislation.

       Specific objectives involved the following:

       -      Site Assessment (vegetation communities/types);

       -      Desktop research (existing available government and other information); and

       -      State and Local Government agency consultation.

       1.3       Site Location

       The site is located at Resort Drive, Noosa Springs, Noosa Heads and is described as
       Lot 7 SP178340 (Precinct F). The site is located approximately 2.5kms south of
       Noosa Heads. Noosa Springs Golf and Spa resort is located to the west of the site on
       Resort Drive. Residential units are located opposite the site to the west on Resort
       Drive, with the golf fairways located behind these buildings. Precinct E2 (subject of a
       separate development application) separates the site from Noosa National Park on
       the southern boundary of the site. A Council Environmental Park adjoins the site to the
       east.

       Refer Duke Environmental Drawing DE1345/02 for Site Locality and Aerial
       Photograph.

       1.4       Site Characteristics

       A large section of the site has been historically cleared, with remnant Allocasuarina
       littoralis and Lophostemon confertus in the northern corner of the site. This lot has
       been subject to historical sand mining and slopes from 12m to 15m (AHD) in the
       centre of the site, before rising steeply to 30m. The site area of Lot 7 is approximately
       4.262ha.

       Refer Duke Environmental Drawing 1345/02 for Site Locality and Aerial Photograph
       and Appendix B for Site Photographs.




AC1345BFIRE                                  Rev. 1
August 2016
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