Attachment D - Bushfire Technical Note · 132008.1128.02

5 November 2018


BlueCare Pty Ltd
C/- RPS Group Pty Ltd
PO Box 1559
FORTITUDE VALLEY QLD 4006


ATTN: Ms Penny Cooper, Technical Director – Urban Planning


Dear Penny

Bushfire Technical Note for approved aged care and retirement
facility at 6 Grasstree Court, Sunrise Beach

We write in relation to the abovementioned development
approval for which a minor change application is currently
sought. This bushfire technical note seeks to confirm the nature of
the minor changes proposed continue to comply with or
improve upon the previous assessments completed by Land
Graphics in 2008 and RPS in 2017.
The minor changes proposed, insofar as they relate bushfire
protection, include:
   •   altered building siting for the residential aged care facility
       on Lot 6, and minor changes to the internal layout; and
   •   altered product and layout for the retirement facility on
       Lot 9, including revised vehicle circulation network.
None of the proposed minor changes impact upon the identified
asset protection zones or separation buffers previously noted by
RPS in 2017, or other bushfire protection measures which have
been identified.
The proposed residential aged care facility building is to be
shifted forward on the site to increase the extent of separation to
the narrow vegetated tributary to the rear, between the site and
Sunshine Beach State High School to the north. Whilst this corridor
is constrained by virtue of its dimensions and disturbance /
management, relocation to achieve a separation distance for
BAL-29 is now provided. This represents a substantial
improvement upon the existing separation for Lot 6.
The revised vehicle circulation network across Lot 9 and servicing
the approved retirement facility remains capable of
accommodating emergency fire appliances, as required.