MCU14/0106 Appendix H - Bushfire Assessment Report

Noosa Civic Expansion
Bushfire Assessment Report



Table 5-2        Noosa Plan Natural Hazards Overlay Code compliance assessment
Specific Outcomes                     Probable Solutions                       Proposed Response

13.33 Effects of use and works
New Uses

O4 The proposed use does not          S4.1 The use is sited on land that is    Complies:
compromise the safety of people or    not in a Medium or High Bushfire         The proposed Noosa Civic expansion
property from bushfire.               Hazard Area38; or                        involves the establishment of new retail
                                                                               buildings within a Medium Bushfire
                                      S4.2 The use is sited on land that is    Hazard Area. For the reasons specified
                                      determined as low bushfire risk by a     in Section 4, the proposed use does not
                                      site   specific   bushfire    hazard     compromise the safety of people or
                                      assessment.                              property from bushfire.
Protection of Infrastructure and
Community Uses

O5         Community Uses and         S5.1      Community      Uses     and    Complies:
Infrastructure Uses, including that   Infrastructure Uses are not located in   The proposed development does make
identified below, are able to         a High or Medium Bushfire Hazard
function effectively during and                                                provision for the establishment of a new
                                      Area identified on Overlay Maps          electricity     distribution    substation
immediately after bushfire events—    OM1.4 to OM9.4;                          (33/11kV). The proposed location for
a) Emergency service facilities;      OR                                       this electricity sub-station is shown in
b) Hospitals;                         S5.2 Building work will not involve      Plan Ref: DA-TBG-AR-1001-001(A)
c)      Education Type 4 uses,        more than an additional 20m2 of          presented in Appendix B.
including stores for valuable         gross floor area to an existing          The proposed location for the electricity
records or items of historic or       building;                                sub-station is considered to be
cultural significance; and            OR                                       acceptable given that it is separated
d)      Service and utility uses,                                              from adjacent medium bushfire hazard
                                      S5.3 Where located in a High or          rated vegetation to the south by the
including electricity substations,    Medium Bushfire Hazard Area
major electrical depots and water                                              proposed extension to Hofmann Drive.
                                      identified on Overlay Maps OM1.4 to      It is also noted that the adjacent area of
treatment plants.                     OM9.4, uses are designed to function     hazardous vegetation will eventually be
                                      effectively during and immediately       removed when the land is developed
                                      after bushfire events.                   generally in accordance with the Shire
                                                                               Business Centre Map.
                                                                               Consideration of the potential for the
                                                                               electricity substation (or associated
                                                                               distribution network) to be impacted by
                                                                               (or a source of) bushfire within adjacent
                                                                               areas of hazardous vegetation will also
                                                                               be required during the detailed design
                                                                               and        operational       phases     of
                                                                               development.
Hazardous materials

O6     Public   safety   and the      S6.1 Hazardous materials are not         Not     applicable: The   proposed
environment are not adversely         manufactured and stored on the site.     development will not involve any
affected by the detrimental impacts                                            hazardous materials manufacture or
of bushfire on hazardous materials                                             bulk storage.
manufactured or stored in bulk.

13.34 Siting, design and construction




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