Reference Document - RAL26 0015 - Bushfire Hazard Assessment (As Published) · RAL26/0015

                 Bushfire Hazard Assessment & Management Plan v2                                  NCES REF: J001445
                 434 Lake Cooroibah Rd Lake Cooroibah, QLD



                 6    BUSHFIRE MANAGEMENT MEASURES

                 6.1 General
                 The following bushfire management measures are to be incorporated into the proposed
                 development to reduce the risk of bushfire impacts to people and property. Implementation of
                 the identified measures is not implied nor intended to advocate that building occupants remain
                 on the site during a bushfire event, nor that people and property will be protected from bushfire
                 impacts. The measures are intended to reduce the potential severity of bushfire impact to the
                 development and not prevent bushfire impact. The bushfire mitigation measures have been
                 derived from:
                     •    Department of State Development, Manufacturing, Infrastructure and Planning’s State
                          Planning Policy – State interest guidance material – Natural hazards, risk and
                          resilience – Bushfire (December 2019) (referenced herein as SPP (Bushfire) 2019);
                     •    Queensland Fire and Emergency Services. (2019). Planning for Bushfire Resilient
                          Communities; and
                     •    Sunshine Coast Planning Scheme (2014). 8.2.4 Bushfire Hazard Overlay Code.

                 6.2 Asset Protection Zones
                 Asset Protection Zones (APZs) provide a defensive tool to assist in the reduction of potential
                 bushfire impact to people and property situated in bushfire prone areas. Plate 8 depicts the
                 concept of an APZ adjacent to a dwelling in a bushfire prone area.




                                                       Plate 8 – Asset Protection Zones

                 The configuration of APZs is typically determined based on the results of the site-specific
                 hazard assessment. Confirmed bushfire hazard areas are located to the east to south-east
                 hence provision of adequate separation between the proposed buildings and the hazardous
                 vegetation is required to provide an acceptable to tolerable level of risk to site occupants and
                 emergency services staff.
                 It is noted that the proposed Lot 7 building envelope is separated from the adjacent VHC 9.1
                 open forest to the north and east by the driveway that will service the existing dwelling retained
                 in Lot 8. This scenario is expected to ensure a cleared firebreak of approximately 8-10m will
                 be available to the benefit of Lot 7 for the life of the development. This cleared separation will
                 also benefit the future BAL rating opportunity within the Lot 7 building envelope.
                 To mitigate the risk of the future regrowth occurring which exacerbates bushfire risk, it is
                 recommended:
                     •    The current extent of low hazard conditions in Lots 7 and 8 be maintained consistent
                          with Assessment Benchmark 5 of the SPP Bushfire 2019 which seeks that landscaping
                          and open space comprises protective landscape treatments that:
                               1. Comprise only low threat vegetation (for example rainforest, grassland
                                  managed in a minimal fuel condition, maintained lawns, golf courses and
                                  cultivated gardens); or


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