Attachment 5 - Bushfire Hazard Assessment & Management Plan

Bushfire Hazard Assessment & Management Plan v1                                      NCES REF: J000542
Lot 9 on RP225312 – 100 Cooyar Street, Noosa Heads




         Plate 18 – Existing emergency access route stemming from Langura Street (looking west)
Overall, the risk of access/egress becoming constrained within the site during a bushfire event
is deemed low. Specific additional road design recommendations for any new roads are
however deemed warranted and comprise:
        The road design complies with the Fire Hydrant and Vehicle Access Guidelines for
         residential, commercial and industrial lots, Queensland Fire and Emergency Services,
         2015, unless otherwise specified by the relevant water entity.

5.6 Landscaping and Regrowth
Existing and future landscaping within the site should avoid increasing the potential for
bushfire hazard. Assessment benchmark 5 of the SPP Bushfire 2019 seeks that the site layout
places the landscape and open spaces within the site between premises and adjacent mapped
medium, high or very high potential bushfire intensity areas. This landscaping and open space
comprises protective landscape treatments that:
1. Comprise only low threat vegetation (for example grassland managed in a minimal fuel
condition, maintained lawns, golf courses and cultivated gardens); or
2. Are designed to ensure a potential available fuel load is maintained at less than 8
tonnes/hectare in aggregate and with a fuel structure that remains discontinuous.
To reduce the potential for bushfire impact to buildings, structures and occupants as a result
of future regrowth and landscaping works within the site, it is recommended:
        Any landscaping within the nominated APZ’s satisfies Assessment Benchmark 5 of the
         SPP Bushfire 2019, including the low threat vegetation criteria prescribed in section
         2.2.3.2 of AS 3959:2018 or later iterations thereof;
        No woody mulch is used within 2m of buildings;
        No trees or shrubs are retained within 6m of the buildings;
        Beyond 6m, any trees desired to be retained are to be continuously defoliated below


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