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                                                                         b)   maintain the access track (including crossing)
                                                                              adjoining the site; and
                                                                         c)   construct the access track crossing included as
                                                                              Attachment 7.
                                                                     As detailed in section 3.0 of this letter, the proposal
                                                                     complies with the Minor Change of Approval and
                                                                     substantially different development criteria.

 c)   Bushfire Vegetation Management on Council land: Council        The bushfire vegetation management works have been
      agrees in principle to the use of Council land for bushfire    undertaken in accordance with RM2022/09056 (refer to
      vegetation maintenance, maximum total width of 20m             Attachment 4).
      comprising 15m as a fire access trail width and 5m fuel
      reduction zone. The clearing of glossy black cockatoo
      feed trees should be avoided, see further details below.
      The attached RM20205358 Bushfire Vegetation
      Management Conditional Approval requires a further
      application to Council for approval to undertake the
      clearing works prior to the development application being
      lodged to protect existing infrastructure and building works
      on site and people.

            Council’s endorsed Noosa Bushland Reserve
            Strategic Fire management Plan permits a 20m wide
            area in Council’s land comprising 15m as a fire
            access trail width and 5m fuel reduction zone for the
            nursing home.

            This means all vegetation is cleared within the 15m
            Fire Access Trail or the Fuel Free Zone, then 5m Fuel
            Reduction Zone. Fuel Reduction Zone requires
            understorey and mid-storey vegetation removed but
            mature trees(those with stem diameter greater than
            200mm) are retained, lower branches of mature trees
            in this zone should be lift pruned (in accordance with
            AS 4973 - Pruning of Amenity Trees) to 2m above
            ground level to prevent fires moving from ground into
            tree canopy. The below image provides some
            guidance for the Fuel Reduced/Reduction Zone:




            As stated in the FMP, Fire access trails need to be
            well formed (natural surface) drained and works still
            need to achieve biodiversity outcomes. For
            instance, further investigation by the applicant would
            need to be conducted in the northern & southern
            sections with regards to potential glossy black
            cockatoo feed trees and if deemed present retained.

            To properly aid emergency access, piped drainage
            from this development currently hinders vehicle
            throughfare, see below aerial image. It would be

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