Compiled Plans & Documents OPW18-0342 02

                                                                                                     Retirement Living & Aged Care Facility
                                                                                                           6 Grasstree Court, Sunrise Beach



 BlueCare Pty Ltd
 Bushfire Hazard Assessment and Management Plan for 6
 Grasstree Court, Sunrise Beach



CONTENTS
Executive Summary ...................................................................................................................................... 7
1          Introduction ....................................................................................................................................... 9
1.1       Impetus for Bushfire Hazard Assessment ....................................................................................... 9
1.2       Site Details ........................................................................................................................................ 10
2          Site and Locality Context ............................................................................................................. 11
3          Approved Development .............................................................................................................. 13
3.1       2011 Development Approval ....................................................................................................... 13
3.2       2017 DA Extension Approval ......................................................................................................... 14
3.3       2018 Minor Change Application .................................................................................................. 14
4          Understanding Bushfire Hazard .................................................................................................... 15
4.1       Bushfire Attack ................................................................................................................................ 15
4.1.1            Direct Flame Contact ............................................................................................................. 16
4.1.2            Ember and Firebrand Attack ................................................................................................. 16
4.1.3            Radiant Heat Flux .................................................................................................................... 16
4.1.4            Fire Driven Wind ....................................................................................................................... 17
4.1.5            Smoke ........................................................................................................................................ 17
4.2       Vegetation Communities .............................................................................................................. 17
4.3       Topography ..................................................................................................................................... 17
4.4       Landscape and Localised Fire Hazard ....................................................................................... 17
4.5       Fire Weather .................................................................................................................................... 18
5          Regulatory Bushfire Assessment ................................................................................................... 19
5.1       Designated Bushfire Prone Area .................................................................................................. 19
5.1.1            Noosa Plan Bushfire Hazard Overlay .................................................................................... 19
5.2       State Planning Policy ...................................................................................................................... 20
5.2.1            State-wide Bushfire Prone Area Mapping ........................................................................... 20
5.2.2            State Planning Policy Assessment ......................................................................................... 21
5.3       AS 3959 – Construction of Buildings in Bushfire Prone Areas ................................................... 23
6          Site-based Bushfire Hazard Assessment...................................................................................... 25
6.1       Methodology ................................................................................................................................... 25
6.2       Fire Weather .................................................................................................................................... 25


Status: Final                                                                                                                                            March 2019
Project No.: 18-030                                                                                                                                          Page 4