Attachment D - Bushfire Hazard Assessment

Appendix I – Response to Noosa Plan (2016) Natural Hazards Overlay Code Table 13.9 Bushfire Hazard Areas

                      Specific outcomes                                           Probable solutions                                                Response

13.33 Effects of use and works
New Uses                                                                                                                    R4
O4 The proposed use does not compromise the safety of people S4.1 The use is sited on land that is not in a Bushfire Hazard i.   The proposed change is to an existing development
or property from bushfire.                                   Area                                                                approval which is originally located in a bushfire hazard
                                                             OR                                                                  area.
                                                             S4.2 The use is sited on land that is determined as low ii.         This advice contains additional recommendations that
                                                             bushfire risk by a site specific bushfire hazard assessment         should be integrated into the proposed change to further
                                                                                                                                 mitigate the potential impacts of a fire upon the
                                                                                                                                 temporary structures and guests staying within the site,
                                                                                                                                 see Recommendations above.
Protection of Infrastructure and Community Uses                                                                               R5
O5 Community Uses and Infrastructure Uses, including that S5.1 Community Uses and Infrastructure Uses are not The proposed change is not Community Uses or
identified below, are able to function effectively during and located in Bushfire Hazard Area;                                Infrastructure Uses for the purposes of the Code.
immediately after bushfire events—                              OR
a) Emergency service facilities;                                S5.2 Building work will not involve more than an additional
b) Hospitals;                                                   20m2 of gross floor area to an existing building;
c) Education Type 4 uses, including stores for valuable records OR
     or items of historic or cultural significance; and         S5.3 Where located in a Bushfire Hazard Area, uses are
d) Service and utility uses, including electricity substations, designed to function effectively during and immediately after
     major electrical depots and water treatment plants.        bushfire events and have direct access to low hazard
                                                                evacuation routes
Hazardous materials                                                                                                      R6
O6 Public safety and the environment are not adversely affected S6.1 Hazardous materials are not manufactured and stored i. The proposed change does not involve the storage and
by the detrimental impacts of bushfire on hazardous materials in a Bushfire Hazard Area.                                    manufacturing of hazardous materials in any great
manufactured or stored in bulk.                                                                                             quantities.

13.34 Siting, Design and Construction
O7 Uses and works including building works are sited, designed S7.1 Uses and works including building works are sited—     R7