Appendix D - Bushfire Assessment · RAL26/0026

1.0     INTRODUCTION
1.1     PURPOSE
This Bushfire Hazard Assessment and Management Plan has been prepared to assess the degree of
bushfire hazard and associated risk acting on Lot 5 on RP136445 located at 380 Mckinnon Drive,
Cooroibah (herein referred to as ‘the site’). The applicant is seeking a reconfiguration of a lot development
permit from Noosa Council for a rural residential subdivision (1 Lot into 2 Lots). The proposed Plan of
Development has been provided as Appendix A.

This assessment has been undertaken to determine the specific extent of bushfire hazard acting on the
proposed development and the bushfire mitigation measures required to safely undertake the
development. This report provides a bushfire management plan including requirements for asset
protection zones, fuel management, access and evacuation requirements, and emergency response
measures. Recommendations made within the bushfire management plan are consistent with legislative
requirements to reduce the risk to life and property as a result of a bushfire event.

The following documents prescribe the bushfire assessment measures utilised in Queensland and have
been drawn upon in the preparation of this report:
     Natural Hazards, Risk and Resilience –– Bushfire State Planning Policy – state interest guidance
       material (The Department of Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning, 2019) – referred to
       herein as SPP Bushfire 2019.
     Bushfire Resilient Communities. Technical Reference Guide for the State Planning Policy State
       Interest ‘Natural Hazards, Risk and Resilience - Bushfire’ (Queensland Fire and Emergency Services
       (QFES), 2019) – referred to herein as BRC.

1.2     ASSESSMENT AREA
BRC defines the assessment area as the development footprint and all land within 150m of the extent of
the development footprint. In this instance, the existing dwelling is proposed to be retained within Lot 1
within the northern site extent. New development is only proposed within proposed Lot 2. Therefore, the
assessment has been limited to Lot 2 and all land within 150m of the development footprint.

The overall site is approximately 3.94ha and currently contains an existing dwelling and associated
outbuildings in the northern extent. The majority of the site has historically been cleared of vegetation
and utilised for horse grazing. The vegetation within the site is characterised by low grass with sparse
regrowth of woody vegetation. A tributary to Cooroibah Creek flows through the centre of the site and
has been impounded to form a small dam of approximately 1,300m2. Regrowth vegetation occurs along
the waterway, particularly to the east of the dam. Rural-residential allotments with similar vegetated
conditions are located to the east and west of the site. Extensive areas of remnant native vegetation are
located within Tewantin National Park immediately to the south of the site (across Mckinnon Drive). Plate
1 depicts the existing site conditions within the assessment area.




AUGUST 2026                  BUSHFIRE HAZARD ASSESSMENT & MANAGEMENT PLAN                             Page: 1
                                     380 MCKINNON DRIVE, COOROIBAH