OPW052025 Report - Part 2

8.2.3              Bushfire Hazard Overlay Code


Table 8.2.3.3 - Criteria for assessable development
Performance outcomes                                                   Acceptable outcomes                                                                      Response

Safety of people and property
PO1                                                                    AO1.1                                                            Not applicable as the proposed driveway follows an
Development maintains the safety of people and property from the       Development which will materially increase the number of         existing track located through the allotment and is not
adverse impacts of bushfire.                                                                                                            reconfiguring a lot.
                                                                       people living or congregating on premises, including
                                                                       reconfiguring a lot, is not located within a medium or high
                                                                       bushfire hazard area.

                                                                       AO1.2
                                                                       Development maximises setbacks from hazardous vegetation to
                                                                       achieve an acceptable risk.

                                                                       Editor’s Note — PSP8 Natural Hazards provides guidance for
                                                                       assessing bushfire hazard risk and preparing a bushfire hazard
                                                                       management plan.

Impacts on Ecologically Important Areas
PO2                                                                                                                                     Not applicable as the proposed driveway follows an
Bushfire mitigation measures do not adversely impact on:               No acceptable outcome provided                                   existing track located through the allotment which does
                                                                                                                                        not impact on biodiversity values, connectivity and
(a)     biodiversity values, connectivity and ecosystem functioning;                                                                    ecosystem functioning and the long-term physical integrity
        and                                                                                                                             of waterways, wetlands and areas of native vegetation.
(b)     the long term physical integrity of waterways, wetland and
        areas of native vegetation.