Attachment 3 - Pre-lodgement Advice

b) Application Pathway: Council’s preference is for a development application to be lodged over both the
   Ozcare land and Council land to accommodate the bushfire mitigation within the approval – this would
   require a Change ‘Other’ Application to development approval 21675 DA dated 7 December 2005, due to the
   application applying to a new parcel of land (i.e. the Council land). The Applicant should contact Denis
   Wallace to arrange the relevant consent to lodge the application over Council land. However, if there are any
   issues with the regional planning designation of Council’s land and the ability to lodge a development
   application, Council will agree to the preparation of an Infrastructure Agreement, at Ozcare’s expense, that
   stipulates the requirements of the above – this would involve a Minor Change Application to development
   approval 21675 DA as there would be no new land parcel added to the application – check that there are no
   new referral agencies and meets the test of a minor change.

c) Bushfire Vegetation Management on Council land: Council agrees in principle to the use of Council land for
   bushfire vegetation maintenance, maximum total width of 20m comprising 15m as a fire access trail width
   and 5m fuel reduction zone. The clearing of glossy black cockatoo feed trees should be avoided, see further
   details below. The attached RM20205358 Bushfire Vegetation Management requires a further application to
   Council for approval by Council to Conditional Approval allows Ozcare to undertake the clearing works prior
   (in addition to the attached Bushfire Management Condition Approval) to the development application
   being lodged to protect existing infrastructure and building works on site and people.

           Council’s endorsed Noosa Bushland Reserve Strategic Fire management Plan permits a 20m wide
           area in Council’s land comprising 15m as a fire access trail width and 5m fuel reduction zone for the
           nursing home.

           This means all vegetation is cleared within the 15m Fire Access Trail or the Fuel Free Zone, then 5m
           Fuel Reduction Zone. Fuel Reduction Zone requires understorey and mid‐storey vegetation removed
           but mature trees(those with stem diameter greater than 200mm) are retained, lower branches of
           mature trees in this zone should be lift pruned (in accordance with AS 4973 ‐ Pruning of Amenity
           Trees) to 2m above ground level to prevent fires moving from ground into tree canopy. The below
           image provides some guidance for the Fuel Reduced/Reduction Zone:




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