Lot 8 Management Plan v1 - 30 Pottery St Pomona 2021

Lot 8 Bushfire Management Plan v1                                                      NCES REF: J000864
Lot 496 on MCH591 – 30 Pottery St, Pomona




1     INTRODUCTION

1.1      Background
This Bushfire Management Plan has been prepared to manage the degree of potential bushfire
hazard and associated risk acting on Lot 8 created from the subdivision of Lot 496 on MCH591,
located at 30 Pottery Street, Pomona. A comprehensive Bushfire Hazard Assessment and
Management Plan has been prepared to accompany the development application and which
assesses bushfire matters pertaining to the development as a whole. Noosa Council have
specifically required Lot 8 to contain an Asset Protection Zone and Fire Management Trail which are
to be placed under an easement/legally binding covenant for fire management purposes. Lot 8 will
also contain the retained hazardous vegetation within the site which is to be protected under a
vegetation protection covenant. This Plan has been developed to direct the management of the
covenant areas and to instruct future landowners on their responsibilities in relation to bushfire
management.

1.2 Vegetation
The vegetation within the Lot 8 vegetation protection covenant and immediately adjoining properties
to the west contains Vegetation Hazard Class 9.1 – Moist to dry eucalypt open forests on coastal
lowlands and ranges (classified in accordance with QFES (2019)).
The canopy within VHC 9.1 has attained an average height of 30m and is dominated by a mix of
Eucalypts including Eucalyptus acmenoides (white mahogany) and E. pilularis (blackbutt). Corymbia
intermedia (pink bloodwood) and Eucalyptus propinqua (small-fruited grey gum) were also observed
as a sub-dominant presence within the canopy. Crown cover is approximately 60% with average
diameter at breast height (DBH) of the canopy trees at approximately 300-500mm, with some mature
E. pilularis individuals attaining a DBH of >1000mm.
The mid-storey within VHC 9.1 is sparse and dominated by common open forest species such as
Petalostigma triloculare (quinine) and Lophostemon confertus (brush box). The understorey is
dominated by a range of native grass and sedge species, with areas of localised native shrub
species.
VHC 9.1 is attributed a potential combined surface fuel load of 21 t/ha and a potential total fuel load
of 24.2 t/ha (QFES, 2019). Plate 1 depicts typical conditions within VHC 9.1.




                                  Plate 1 – Characteristic vegetation within VHC 9.1



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