Attachment A to Judgment for 19Aug 2024 (6)

    Table 3.2 Potential bushfire intensity
    Assessment           VHC                   Potential fuel load       Slope (o)2     Potential        Bushfire hazard class
    reference                                  (tonnes/ha)1                             bushfire
    point                                                                               intensity
                                                                                        (kW/m)
    G                    VHC 42.6              2                         0              119              Non-bushfire hazard class
    H                    VHC 41.4              3                         0              268              Non-bushfire hazard class
    I                    VHC 22.1              28.4                      0              24,003           High
    J                    VHC 22.1              28.4                      0              24,003           High
    K                    VHC 16.1              16                        0              7,524            Medium
    L                    VHC 16.1              -                         -              < 4,0003         Non-bushfire hazard class
    M                    VHC 42.6              2                         0              119              Non-bushfire hazard class
Notes       1 Potential fuel load taken from Bushfire resilient communities.
            2 Slope defaults to 0° for VHC 41.4 and VHC 42.6 which have discontinuous bushfire fuels.
            3 Assessment reference points C, F and L were assessed in Section 3.4 as meeting the small fragments and narrow corridors
            filter in Section 4.2.6 of Bushfire resilient communities.

3.6          Bushfire hazard areas

Results of the potential bushfire intensity calculations in Table 3.2 confirm the areas of VHC 22.1 at


some variations to the Bushfire overlay map as follows:
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assessment reference points A, I and J, which are shown in Figure 2.1, are high potential bushfire
intensity areas as identified in the Bushfire overlay map shown in Figure 2.1. However, results indicate


        the area of VHC 16.1 at assessment reference point K is a medium potential bushfire intensity area
        as opposed to a high potential bushfire intensity area; and
•       the large residential lots adjoining the southern boundary of the site, ie assessment reference
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        point H, is a non-bushfire hazard class as opposed to a high potential bushfire intensity area.
Land adjacent to medium or high potential bushfire intensity areas are vulnerable from exposure to
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radiant heat, ember attack and burning debris. As a result, a 100 m wide potential impact buffer is
applied to land identified as a medium or high potential bushfire intensity area. Land affected by a
potential impact buffer is defined as a bushfire hazard area for the purposes of land use planning and
development assessment.
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The proposed development, ie assessment reference point M, is within 100 m of medium and high
potential bushfire intensity areas at assessment reference points A, I and J and K. Therefore, the
proposed development is within a bushfire hazard area for the purpose of the application for a
development permit and future applications for building permits.




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