Appendix B - Bushfire Hazard Assessment · RAL22/0006

1.0     INTRODUCTION
1.1     PURPOSE
This Bushfire Hazard Assessment Report has been prepared to assess the degree of bushfire hazard and
associated risk acting on the proposed new allotment created from the subdivision of Lot 134 on MCH181
located at 74 Pender Creek Rd, Kin Kin (herein referred to as ‘the site’). The applicants are seeking an
approval for a Development Permit for a reconfiguration of a lot. Development Plans have been provided
as Appendix A. This assessment has been undertaken to determine the specific extent of bushfire hazard
acting on the proposed development.

The following documents prescribe the bushfire assessment measures utilised in Queensland and have
been drawn upon in the preparation of this report:
     Natural Hazards, Risk and Resilience –– Bushfire State Planning Policy – state interest guidance
       material (The Department of Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning, 2019)
     Bushfire Resilient Communities. Technical Reference Guide for the State Planning Policy State
       Interest ‘Natural Hazards, Risk and Resilience - Bushfire’ (Queensland Fire and Emergency Services
       (QFES), 2019)

1.2     ASSESSMENT AREA
QFES (2019) defines the assessment area as the development footprint and all land within 150m of the
extent of the development footprint. The overall site is located within a semi-vegetated rural area and
covers approximately 56.2ha. The site is split by Pender Creek Road. The western extent of the site is
currently improved with a dwelling house, sheds and other associated infrastructure, whilst the eastern
site extent is unimproved.
As no new development is proposed within the western extent of the site (proposed Lot 2), this
assessment has been undertaken within 150m of proposed Lot 1. Lot 1 is dominated by improved pasture,
with small patches of degraded vine forest vegetation located flanking drainage lines and in distinct
patches on steeper slopes. The proposed new allotment is flanked by Pender Creek Road on the western
boundary and Strattons Road on the eastern boundary. Vegetated and semi-vegetated rural allotments
dominate the landscape surrounding Lot 1. Plate 1 depicts the existing site conditions within the
assessment area.




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