2021-10-12 Planning & Environment Committee Meeting Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                 12 OCTOBER 2021


Firebreaks and fire access tracks
O11    Firebreaks or fire access tracks provide—
      a) adequate access for fire fighting and other emergency vehicles; and
      b) adequate width to minimise the risk of fire crossover
Reconfiguring a Lot Code
O20 Filling or excavation only occurs where it does not adversely impact on—
a) watercourses, drainage lines and wetlands; or
b) vegetation on land identified on Biodiversity Overlay Maps OM1.1-OM9.1; or
c) water levels on properties elsewhere
O22 Native vegetation, including individual mature trees are retained, protected, maintained and
supplemented, with particular consideration given to—
a) roadsides;
b) the amenity of adjoining land uses; and
c) the protection of environmentally sensitive areas.
Assessment
As a result of the vehicle access and for firefighting purposes, clearing of vegetation is required
within the riparian buffer area. Benchmark 4 of the State Planning Policy – State Interest Guidance
Material (Natural Hazards, Risks and Resilience – Bushfire) (SPP) requires a 20m wide easement
consisting of a 4m wide trafficable area suitable for a firefighting vehicle with no embankments or
retaining walls, an additional 3m on each side of the driveway clear of vegetation and the balance
10m, a managed area. This means that a 10m wide corridor clear of vegetation through the riparian
buffer is required, and then a further 10m clear of major surface hazards. A copy of Table 4 of the
SPP is provided below for reference.




   Figure 6 – State Planning Policy – State Interest Guidance Material (Natural Hazards, Risks and
                                   Resilience – Bushfire) Table 4.




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