Martoo Planning Report

                                                                                     proposal report




The applicant proposed revegetation and weeding works within the park corridor to offset the
removal of vegetation on site.




Figure 5: Noosa Plan – Biodiversity Overlay
Source: Noosa Council Mapping


6.1.6 Bushfire Overlay

The front half of the site to Cooroy Noosa Road is mapped as being included in a Bushfire
Potential Impact Buffer. A Bushfire Hazard Assessment has been prepared by Rob Friend &
Associates and is included in Appendix I. The report lists a number of recommendations to
mitigate against external bushfire hazards and include:

     1. All buildings to be set back from retained vegetation by at least 14.1 metres to ensure the
     maximum exposure to a bushfire event is 19kW.m2 as determined using Method 2 in
     AS3959-2009 (see Figure 1).
     2. All buildings to be constructed to a minimum BAL-19 standard as provided by the
     Australian Standard AS3959-2009.
     3. The understorey within the 14.1 metre setback be removed and maintained as
     groundcover less than 200 mm in height.
     4. All trees which have branches that extend closer than 5 metres to any structure be
     trimmed or if an Arborist is of a view the trimming would destabilise the tree then it be
     removed.


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