Appendix F - Bushfire Hazard Assessment & Management Plan

Bushfire Hazard Assessment & Management Plan v1                               NCES REF: J000669
Lot 2 on RP131369 – 108 Black Mountain Range Road, Black Mountain




Contents

1   INTRODUCTION                                                                        4

1.1 BACKGROUND                                                                                4
1.2 STATE PLANNING POLICY BUSHFIRE INTENSITY OVERLAY MAP                                      4
1.3 DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL                                                                      4

2   SITE DESCRIPTION                                                                    5

2.1 GENERAL                                                                                   5
2.2 TOPOGRAPHY                                                                                5
2.3 VEGETATION                                                                                6
2.3.1 VEGETATION HAZARD CLASS 3.1 – NOTOPHYLL VINE FOREST                                     8
2.3.2 VEGETATION HAZARD CLASS 9.1 – MOIST TO DRY EUCALYPT OPEN FORESTS ON COASTAL
LOWLANDS AND RANGES                                                                           8
2.3.3 VEGETATION HAZARD CLASS 39.2 – LOW TO MODERATE TREE COVER IN BUILT UP AREAS             9
2.4 VEGETATION EXTERNAL OF THE 150M ASSESSMENT BUFFER                                         9

3   HAZARD ASSESSMENT                                                                  11

3.1 HAZARD ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY                                                            11
3.2 LOCAL HAZARD AREA MAP                                                                    11
3.3 QUANTITATIVE MODELLING                                                                   15

4   BUSHFIRE RISK ASSESSMENT                                                           17

4.1 GENERAL                                                                                  17
4.2 RISK FROM IDENTIFIED HAZARDOUS VEGETATION                                                18
4.3 SUMMARY                                                                                  18

5   BUSHFIRE IMPACT REDUCTION MEASURES                                                 20

5.1 GENERAL                                                                                  20
5.2 ASSET PROTECTION ZONES                                                                   20
5.2.1 GENERAL                                                                                20
5.2.2 STATE PLANNING POLICY – STATE INTEREST GUIDANCE MATERIAL (NATURAL HAZARDS, RISKS AND
RESILIENCE – BUSHFIRE) DECEMBER 2019 REQUIREMENTS                                            20
5.3 WATER SUPPLY                                                                             21
5.4 FIRE BREAKS                                                                              22
5.5 VEHICULAR ACCESS                                                                         22
5.6 LANDSCAPING AND REGROWTH                                                                 22
5.7 GENERAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE                                                             23

6 AUSTRALIAN STANDARD 3959:2018 CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS IN
BUSHFIRE PRONE AREAS (AS 3959:2018) SETBACKS                                           24

7   LEGISLATION AND OVERLAYS                                                           25

7.1 NOOSA PLAN 2020 – NATURAL HAZARDS OVERLAY CODE                                           25
7.2 STATE PLANNING POLICY – NATURAL HAZARDS, RISK AND RESILIENCE                             29

8   CONCLUSIONS                                                                        30

8.1 CERTIFICATION MATTERS                                                                    30




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