Compiled Plans & Documents OPW18-0342 02

                                                               Retirement Living & Aged Care Facility
                                                                      Grasstree Court, Sunrise Beach


3           Approved Development
3.1         2011 Development Approval
A development approval for the site was issued by Council in 2011, and an application to extend
the expiry date was further granted in late 2017. The previously approved development included
the following:

     •    Multiple housing – Type 3 Retirement and Special Needs (109 x 2 bedroom units);

     •    Commercial Business – Type 2 Medical; and

     •    Wellbeing – Type 1 Health (118 beds).

The approved development also included the cancelling of Lot 1 and 9 on SP177650. The plan
outlining the lot reconfiguration (lot cancelling) included a 10m wide buffer zone along the entire
southern boundary of Lot 9, and a 10m + 20m wide buffer zone along the western boundary of Lot
9. There are no other buffer zones or Asset Protection Zones identified on the approved plans listed
on page 17 of the Decision Notice.

Several Permit Conditions detailed in the Decision Notice directly related to bushfire hazard
management.

Condition 21 and 22 require the Bushfire Management Plan (BMP) submitted with the original
application to be amended and updated, including the preparation of a bushfire evacuation plan.
In addition to the recommendations contained in the original BMP prepared by LandGraphics (peer
reviewed in 2016 as part of the approval extension process by RPS Group), the updated BMP is to
provide (but not limited to) the following:

     •    Building setbacks (Asset Protection Zones);

     •    Bushfire Attack Levels (BALs) to determine level of construction under AS3959-2009;

     •    Emergency evacuation procedures; and

     •    Landscaping strategy to include local native species.

The original approved site plan is included at Appendix A.

The recommendations of the original LandGraphics BMP prepared in 2008 included:

     •    Fire Breaks – 12m – 15m fire break;

     •    Fire Trails – along western and southern side of the proposed development;

     •    Water supplies – connection to reticulated water supplies;

     •    Gas and electricity supplies – installed and maintained in accordance with AS1596;

     •    Building Construction Standards – AS3959-1999 Level 1 for buildings within 50m of the
          vegetation and

     •    Level 2 for buildings directly adjoining the vegetation on the southern and western
          boundaries;

     •    Street numbering – easily identifiable;

     •    Internal roads – capable for use by urban 2 wheel drive vehicle;

     •    First Aid Fire Fighting – provide hose reels on all buildings on western and southern side of
          perimeter road;




Status: Final                                                                                   March 2019
Project No.: 18-030                                                                                Page 13