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                    Noosa Plan 2020
                     Part 8 Overlay (see attached Appendix C) provides general advice in relation
                    to Overlay Codes. In particular, Section 8.1 Preliminary describes how the
                    Codes are presented in the Plan, and how they are to be utilised.
                    In particular, Section (5) cites:
                    “Where development is proposed on premises partly affected by an overlay,
                    the assessment benchmarks for the overlay only relate to the part of the
                    premises affected by the overlay”

                    State Planning Policy 2017
                    Table B State Interest Topic Natural l Hazards and Risks defines a Bushfire (
                    see attached Appendix D) defines a bushfire prone area as being in a
                    (paraphrased) Very High, High, Medium bushfire Area, and a Potential impact
                    buffer.

Based on the above investigations we believe that The Noosa Plan 2020 quite clearly
enumerates the circumstances under which the provisions of the Overlay Code, in this case ,
the Bushfire Hazard Overlay Code, are applicable.

It is evident from the Noosa Plan 2020 and State Planning Policy that as the proposed
buildings are in the part of the premises mapped as Low Hazard Area, the Noosa Plan
Overlay Code and the various State Guidelines in relation to development in Bushfire Hazard
Area, are not applicable.


Yours faithfully



………………………………..
Eldon Bottcher
Grad. Dip. DBPA (UWS) Dip. Arch. (QIT), Cert. R.F.M. (USQ), F.R.A.I.A., M.A.I.E.S. AIFireE
Architect
BPAD-L3 Practitioner




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