9.5.22 Bushfire Hazard Assessment Management Plan v2 - 60 Glenridge Drive COOROIBAH

Bushfire Hazard Assessment & Management Plan v2                                 NCES REF: J001001
Lot 47 on RP860577 – 60 Glenridge Drive, Cooroibah




     Plate 11 - SPP Bushfire 2019 Assessment Benchmark 4 Table 4 Fire trail specifications

5.5 Vehicular Access
Development in bushfire prone areas should be serviced by safe access/exit points for both
occupants and emergency services personnel.
The development is to be serviced by a new dual lane road with access directly from Glenridge
Drive adjacent to the site’s north-eastern boundary. The total length of the proposed road is
approximately 200m and will generally be constructed on level ground. The proposed new
road will be flanked by the revegetation areas within the site which will represent hazardous
bushland within a few of years of establishment. An emergency access easement is proposed
along the southern boundary of Lot 3 connecting the Lot 3 & 4 access easement with
McKinnon Drive. This emergency access easement will allow safe site evacuation when
fleeing a fire front from the north-east.
Overall, the risk of access/egress becoming constrained within the site during a bushfire event
is deemed low. Specific additional road design recommendations are however deemed
warranted and comprise:
    •    The road design complies with the Fire Hydrant and Vehicle Access Guidelines for
         residential, commercial and industrial lots, Queensland Fire and Emergency Services,
         2015, unless otherwise specified by the relevant water entity; and
    •    The revegetation works within the covenant areas and road verge maximises the use
         of low flammability species for at least 10m width where it interfaces with the proposed
         new road through the site (Refer NCES Concept Covenant Area Rehabilitation Plan
         v2 2022).

5.6 Landscaping and Regrowth
Existing and future landscaping within the site should avoid increasing the potential for
bushfire hazard. Assessment benchmark 5 of the SPP Bushfire 2019 seeks that the site layout
places the landscape and open spaces within the site between premises and adjacent mapped
medium, high or very high potential bushfire intensity areas. This landscaping and open space
comprises protective landscape treatments that:
1. Comprise only low threat vegetation (for example grassland managed in a minimal fuel
condition, maintained lawns, golf courses and cultivated gardens); or
2. Are designed to ensure a potential available fuel load is maintained at less than 8



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