Attachment 3 - Bushfire Management Plan · MCU13/0251

SCANLON PROPERTY GROUP

Fire Management Plan – Peregian Beach




1.0 INTRODUCTION
1.1          BACKGROUND
As per Noosa Shire Council’s Information Request (8 August 2007, item 12) Natural Solutions
Environmental Consultants (Natural Solutions) has been requested to prepare a Fire
Management Plan (FMP) for the Scanlon Property Group’s proposed ‘Essence of Peregian’
development located at 215-219 David Low Way, Peregian.

Previous reporting and site assessments conducted in 2004 for the site by Natural Solution’s
personnel (then C&B Group) have been consulted during the reporting of the Ecological
Assessment. Two independent bushfire management consultants, Rod Friend (historically) and
Tony Sambrooks (November 2007), have also been consulted in the preparation of this plan.


1.2          SCOPE OF WORK / OBJECTIVES
The primary objectives of the FMP are to:

ƒ        Assess the site’s topography and vegetation, as well as the proposed development and
         identify any possible fire hazards and risks associated with the vegetation on and
         adjacent to the site; and
ƒ        Identify management actions and mitigation measures to help protect the proposed
         development and subsequent human use of the site from fire hazards and risks.


1.3          SITE DESCRIPTION & CONTEXT
The site is approximately 2ha in size and is located on a relatively flat (< 1%) landscape located
behind (west of) the Peregian Beach Hotel on the western side of David Low Way. Roughly
two-thirds of the site is used as a caravan park and camping grounds, and so has been largely
cleared of understorey, mid-storey, and ground cover vegetation. Several mature canopy trees,
primarily Broad-leaved Paperbark (Melaleuca quinquenervia) have been retained on site. The
ground cover within the caravan park area is currently maintained as mown grass.

The remaining third of the site (western portion) consists of remnant and regrowth vegetation.
Much of the regrowth vegetation occurs between the cleared caravan park area and the
remnant heath area, and is comprised of a dense mixture of native and exotic plant species.
The remnant vegetation occurring west of the regrowth vegetation, along the western boundary,
is dominated by native plants and is an extension of the Noosa National Park.

The site is bounded to the north by a narrow strip of regrowth vegetation adjacent to council-
owned playing fields, sporting complexes and associated infrastructure, and semi-attached
housing. To the east of the site is the Peregian Beach Hotel and David Low Way. A narrow
block of commercial buildings occur at the south-east site boundary, with the remainder of the
southern and the entire western site boundaries being shared with remnant wet heath
communities of Noosa National Park.




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