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                       ● estimates of Bushfire Attack Level (Standards Australia 2018), which can provide a
                         connection between landscape scale bushfire metrics and site level decisions for
                         building design.

                 The new methodology also excludes extraneous variables such as an ambiguous weighting of
                 hazard according to topographic aspect. The improved hazard assessment methodology
                 provides for more accurate identification of bushfire prone areas and the potential severity of
                 bushfires — providing the basis for planning and development strategies which are
                 proportional to the level of bushfire hazard.

                 4 REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
                 Management of bushfire hazard in Queensland is considered an integral component of land
                 use planning and development decisions given the potential significant impact on people,
                 social wellbeing, property, the economy, the environment and infrastructure.

                 There are two (2) bushfire hazard planning instruments considered as part of this BHA that
                 regulate development to avoid and mitigate potential impacts associated with bushfire
                 hazard, namely:

                       ● State Planning Policy (SPP) under the Planning Act 2016 (Qld); and,
                       ● Noosa Plan (2020).

                 4.1     STATE PLANNING POLICY

                 The SPP identifies the Queensland Government’s policies about matters of state interest in
                 land use planning and development (Department of Infrastructure Local Government and
                 Planning 2017). The SPP is a broad and comprehensive statutory planning instrument which
                 sits above regional plans, standard planning scheme provisions and local government
                 planning schemes within the hierarchy of planning instruments outlined in the Planning Act
                 2016 (Qld).

                 The SPP identifies the State interest in relation to bushfire hazard planning and management
                 outcomes for development in bushfire prone areas. It sets out, inter alia, development
                 assessment requirements for certain applications where a local planning scheme has not yet
                 appropriately integrated the SPP and includes a State-wide map of bushfire prone areas. The
                 SPP map of bushfire prone areas (SPP map) is based on modelled potential fireline intensity
                 according to the method described by Leonard et al. (2014) The SPP identifies land that
                 could support a significant bushfire or be subject to significant bushfire attack. It includes
                 areas of hazardous vegetation with a Very High, High or Medium Potential Bushfire Intensity,
                 together with land within 100m of bushfire prone areas as a potential impact buffer. The
                 potential impact buffer identifies land that may be subject to significant flame attack, radiant
                 heat or ember attack. Research indicates that not only does a very high intensity bushfire


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