RFI - Attachment E - Bushfire Response · 132008.1128.04

In terms of the provisions of the guidance material, the ‘Natural
hazards, risk and resilience – Bushfire: State Planning Policy – State
interest guidance material’ is largely intended for local
government integration of bushfire risk and resilience into local
government planning schemes. However, Section 4 of that
document relates to the State Planning Policy assessment
benchmarks which, as noted, are addressed from page 22 of the
updated report.
The ‘Bushfire Resilient Communities – Technical reference guide’
document, which also constitutes State interest guidance material
for bushfire has been fulsomely addressed.
This has been achieved in two ways by the updated report:
   1. The report has been revised to adopt the structure and
      methodologies required by the Bushfire Resilient
      Communities document for the compilation of a bushfire
      hazard assessment and management plan; and
   2. The relevant bushfire resilience policies identified by QFES
      are addressed at Section 5.1.5 of the updated report.
A total of six of the ten policies identified by QFES are relevant to
the development, the balance relate to local government plan
making processes.
Those that are relevant include:
   •   Disaster management capacity and capabilities are
       maintained to mitigate the risks to people and property to
       an acceptable and tolerable level;
   •   Vulnerable uses are not located in bushfire prone areas
       unless there is an overwhelming community need for the
       development of a new or expanded service, there is no
       suitable alternative location and site planning can
       appropriately mitigate the risk;
   •   Lot and neighbourhood layout and design mitigates the
       risks to people and property to an acceptable and
       tolerable level;
   •   Revegetation and rehabilitation avoids an increase in the
       exposure or severity of bushfire hazard;
   •   The protective function of vegetation arrangements that
       can mitigate bushfire risk are maintained;
   •   Community infrastructure for essential services are not
       located in bushfire prone areas unless there is an
       overwhelming community need for the development of a
       new or expanded service, there is no suitable alternative
       location and further, the infrastructure can be
       demonstrated to function effectively during and
       immediately after a bushfire event.
In response to these policies, the following is provided:
   •   This report is accompanied by two detailed emergency
       evacuation plans for the RAC and retirement living
       facilities which seeks to further mitigate risks to people and
       property beyond the planning-related provisions set out by
       this report;