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



6    AUSTRALIAN STANDARD 3959:2018 CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS IN
     BUSHFIRE PRONE AREAS (AS 3959:2018) SETBACKS

In general, the majority of the site is mapped within the Bushfire Hazard Overlay in the Noosa
Plan 2020 (refer Plate 19) and SPP Bushfire Hazard Overlay Map (refer Plate 19).




                Plate 19 – NSC Bushfire Hazard Overlay Mapping (Source: NSC IntraMaps)

NCC 2019 Amendment 1 July 2020, Performance Requirement P2.7.5 Buildings in bushfire
prone areas states:
A Class 1 building or a Class 10a building or deck associated with a Class 1 building that is
constructed in a designated bushfire prone area must, to the degree necessary, be designed
and constructed to reduce the risk of ignition from a bushfire, appropriate to the —
(a) potential for ignition caused by burning embers, radiant heat or flame generated by a
bushfire; and
(b) intensity of the bushfire attack on the building.
Under NCC 2019 Amendment 1 July 2020, Section 3.10.5.0 Application states:
(a) Subject to (b), Performance Requirement P2.7.5 is satisfied for:
        A Class 1 building; or
        A Class 10a building or deck associated with a Class 1 building
located in a designated bushfire prone area if it is constructed in accordance with –
        AS3959; or
        NASH Standard – Steel Framed Construction in Bushfire Areas.
(b) The requirements of (a) do not apply when, in accordance with AS 3959, the classified
vegetation is Group F rainforest (excluding wet sclerophyll forest types), mangrove
communities and grasslands under 300 mm high.
The building works are not Class 1 or 10a therefore As3959 does not apply. It is noted however


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