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




            8.2 State Planning Policy – Natural Hazards, Risk and Resilience
            The Department of State Development, Manufacturing, Infrastructure and Planning’s State Planning
            Policy – State interest guidance material – Natural hazards, risk and resilience – Bushfire (December
            2019) contains the development assessment benchmarks for natural hazards, risk and resilience -
            bushfire. The SPP assessment benchmarks prevail over those prescribed in the SCRC Bushfire
            Hazard Overlay Code where they involve the same design elements.
            An assessment of the proposed development’s compliance with each of the assessment
            benchmarks has been provided below.
            Assessment Benchmark 4
            To ensure emergency services can respond effectively, development is located within a reticulated
            water supply area or includes a dedicated static water supply that is available solely for fire-fighting
            purposes and can be accessed by fire-fighting vehicles.
            Reticulated water supply is not available to the development. A dedicated water supply is required
            that satisfies Assessment Benchmark 4.
            Where reconfiguring a lot creating lots of greater than 2000 square metres
            To ensure emergency access and operational space for firefighters, include a development footprint
            plan that is separated from the closest edge of the adjacent mapped medium, high or very high
            potential bushfire intensity area by a distance that achieves a radiant heat flux level of 29 kilowatt
            per square metre or less.
            The plan of development satisfies the <29kW/m2 RHF setback requirement for Lot 7 which will host
            a new dwelling.
            Where reconfiguring a lot creating additional lots for the purpose of residential development and a
            reticulated water supply is not provided.
            The recommendations set in Section 5.3 herein require the development to include a dedicated static
            water supply that is available solely for fire-fighting purposes and can be suitably accessed by fire-
            fighting vehicles.
            To ensure safe access and egress and operational space for rural fire-fighting vehicles, a fire trail
            and working area is provided that separates the new residential lot or development footprint plans
            from adjacent mapped medium, high or very high potential bushfire intensity areas (refer diagram
            below) and is designed and constructed in accordance with the design parameters in Table 4.




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