Appendix B - Bushfire Hazard Assessment

1.0     INTRODUCTION
1.1     PURPOSE
This Bushfire Hazard Assessment Report has been prepared to assess the degree of bushfire hazard and
associated risk acting on the proposed development area within Lot 83 on MCH3546 located at 157
Lawnville Road, Black Mountain (herein referred to as ‘the site’). The applicants are seeking an approval
for a Development Permit for Material Change of Use to establish short term accommodation in the form
of four new cabins to be built on the premises. A Site Plan has been provided as Appendix A. This
assessment has been undertaken to determine the specific extent of bushfire hazard acting on the
proposed development.

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)
     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)

1.2     ASSESSMENT AREA
QFES (2019) defines the assessment area as the development footprint and all land within 150m of the
extent of the development footprint. The site is located within a semi-vegetated rural area and covers
approximately 4.19ha. The site is currently improved with a dwelling house, sheds and other associated
infrastructure in the western site extent. Six Mile Creek traverses through the centre of the site. The site
is characterised by generally cleared areas supporting pasture grass, with narrow bands of vegetation
flanking the creek and along the external site boundaries. Semi-vegetated rural allotments dominate the
landscape surrounding the site. Plate 1 depicts the existing site conditions within the assessment area.




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