Attachment 3 - Bushfire Management Plan · MCU13/0251

SCANLON PROPERTY GROUP

Fire Management Plan – Peregian Beach




The State interest included development decisions which did not place infrastructure and people
into hazardous areas within the State.

The SPP1/03 contained a number of “Outcomes” which a development application outré to
meet as part of its approval process by a Local Government. Additionally, the SPP1/03 was to
be used in the absence of a planning scheme which did not contain codes or planning Scheme
Policies which did not deal with either flood, bushfire and / or landslide.

The SPP1/03 seeks to satisfy a number of “outcomes” and the outcome which are generally
applied to development applications in an area which has been identified as containing
Hazardous Vegetation and therefore require an assessment of the bushfire hazard status using
the SPP1/03 are Outcome 1 and Outcome 2.

Outcome 1 states:
Within natural hazard management areas, development to which this SPP applies is compatible
with the nature of the natural hazard, except where:

ƒ        The development proposal is a development commitment; or
ƒ        There is an overriding need for the development in the public interest and no other site is
         suitable and reasonably available for the proposal.

Outcome 2 states
Development that is not compatible with the nature of the natural hazard but is otherwise
consistent with Outcome 1:

ƒ        Minimises as far as practicable the adverse impacts from natural hazards; and
ƒ        Does not result in an unacceptable risk1 to people or property

The SPP1/03 defines a natural hazard as:
     “Natural hazard: a naturally occurring situation or condition with the potential for
     loss or harm to the community, property or environment. The natural hazards
         addressed in this SPP are flood, bushfire and landslide.”

Additionally the SPP1/03 also defines a Natural Hazard Management Area:
       “Natural hazard management area: an area that has been defined2 for the
       management of a natural hazard (flood, bushfire or landslide), but may not reflect
         the full extent of the area that may be affected by the hazard (e.g. land above the
         1% AEP flood line may flood during a larger flood event). Natural hazard
         management areas for flood, bushfire or landslide are described in Annex 3.”




1
  Unacceptable risk: a situation where people or property are exposed to a predictable hazard event that may result in
serious injury, loss of life, failure of community infrastructure, or property damage that would make a dwelling unfit for
habitation.
2
  A natural hazard management area may be defined using a different term (e.g. bushfire prone area; flood affected
area).


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