Appendix I - Bushfire Hazard Report

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Table of Contents

Contents
Abbreviations ........................................................................................................................................... iv
                  INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................. 5
1.1               Site Description .................................................................................................................... 5
1.2               Proposed Development ........................................................................................................ 7
                  METHODOLOGY ................................................................................................................. 8
                  BUSHFIRE HAZARD OVERLAYS ..................................................................................... 10
                  SITE-SPECIFIC BUSHFIRE HAZARD ASSESSMENT ...................................................... 11
4.1               Current conditions .............................................................................................................. 11
4.2               Site Sub-units ..................................................................................................................... 11
4.3               Assessment of Vegetation Communities ............................................................................ 12
4.4               Assessment of Slope .......................................................................................................... 17
4.5               Assessment of Aspect ........................................................................................................ 18
4.6               Field Verification ................................................................................................................. 19
4.7               Severity of Bushfire Hazard ................................................................................................ 19
4.8               Qualitative Review .............................................................................................................. 20
                  BUSHFIRE HAZARD OF ADJACENT LANDS ................................................................... 21
5.1               Safety Buffers ..................................................................................................................... 24
5.2               Overall Hazard Rating of the Site Following Development ................................................. 24
                  Assessment against the SPP ............................................................................................. 25
6.1               Part E – State Interest Policies and Assessment Benchmarks ........................................... 25
                  CONCLUSIONS ................................................................................................................. 28
                  REFERENCES ................................................................................................................... 29




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