Compiled Plans & Documents OPW18-0342 02

                                                                Retirement Living & Aged Care Facility
                                                                       Grasstree Court, Sunrise Beach

Importantly, the enhancement of survival of life and property relies upon a range of mitigation
measures, including regular and on-going building and landscaping management as well as BAL
construction requirements. Again, whilst all reasonable care and diligence has been applied
throughout the preparation of this assessment and the identification of BAL provisions, these
provisions in no way form a guarantee against the loss of life or property as a result of bushfire and
it remains the responsibility of facility owners to best protect their property and lives of occupants in
the event of bushfire.

7.6         Access and Egress
Access and egress is significant in terms of a range of aspects of bushfire prevention and ability for
firefighting. It must cater for emergency access and egress in times of potential bushfire events.
Road layout is significant in terms of a range of aspects of bushfire prevention, emergency
evacuation and ability for bushfire fighting.

The site’s primary access to the established road network is provided via Grasstree Court which skirts
the existing shopping centre to the east of the site to join with Ben Lexcen Drive. Grasstree Court is
the central road access connector for the approved development which is a dual carriageway
road with a 50km/hour speed limit. Currently, only the shopping centre and Uniting Church have
access to Grasstree Court and thus, traffic movements are currently low (at least beyond the
shopping centre driveway).

The RAC incorporates three driveway crossovers to Grasstree Court. The main access/egress point
being immediately in front of the main building entry to facilitate service deliveries and emergency
(ambulance) access and egress. This area is a higher-frequency vehicle area, with a wide turning
circle for emergency vehicles. It is further understood this turning circle is cable of allowing a large
fire appliance to turn around completely on-site. A further two driveways connect directly with the
RAC carpark for longer term parking for staff and visitors. It is understood none of the proposed RAC
occupants will own/drive a personal vehicle.

The retirement living facility over Lot 9 includes a central community facility with serviced
apartments, plus independent living apartments and independent living villas. The majority of these
residents will maintain access to their own private vehicle, pending vehicle ownership. Garages and
shared parking facilities are proposed for residents of the retirement facility, with access to the
central formal road network which will link to and from Grasstree Court in a circular fashion. Thus,
two access and egress points to Grasstree Court are provided for the retirement living facility over
Lot 9.

Complimentary to the formalised road network is the vehicle access opportunities to the asset
protection zones which include trafficable areas for occasional land management purposes. Whilst
it is not intended these areas would be used for active or defensive firefighting, in the event that
they are, opportunity for immediate fall-back to the balance of the facility remains available (via
vehicle and on foot) to avoid potential entrapment. That is to say, the proposed built form and
informal and formal road network facilities immediate egress away from potential danger.

The proposed and existing road networks are of a design which seek to facilitate ease of access
and egress across the development without compromising the ability of others in the wider
community to also evacuate. This is explored further below.

7.6.1       Evacuation
Both the RAC and the retirement living facility represent vulnerable facilities by nature of their
respective occupants. To this end, the original approval conditions included provision for the
development bushfire-specific emergency plans to be developed prior to Operational Works stage.
The bushfire emergency provisions relating to each facility are included at Appendix F and G. These
provisions, which includes one document for the RAC and a separate document for the retirement
living facility, set out the specific bushfire monitoring triggers and each are developed on the basis
of a model of early evacuation. These provisions, which have been prepared with the assistance of
the applicant’s WH&S teams, are intended to be integrated into the overall emergency plan for


Status: Final                                                                                   March 2019
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