Bushfire Report

                                  BUSHFIRE ASSESSMENT REPORT
Client: The Knowles Group                                                     Location: Eenie Creek Road, Noosaville

5.8 Noosa Shire Council Bushfire Planning Scheme Policy Assessment
    Methodology

An assessment has been undertaken of the bushfire hazard using the method described in NSC’s
Planning Scheme Policy 1 – Information Council May Request.

The NSC planning scheme policy 1 refers to the methodology outlined in Appendix 3 of the State
Planning Policy 1/03 Guideline: Mitigating the Adverse Impacts of Flood, Bushfire and Landslide.
The assessment methodology uses a combination of vegetation, slope and aspect values to
determine an overall hazard severity score of low (1 to 5.5), medium (6 to 12.5) or high (>13)
severity of bushfire hazard.

Tables 2 outlines the nature of the hazard using this methodology for vegetation surrounding the
site. The assessment indicates that vegetation surrounding the site is part of a medium severity
bushfire prone area. A 50m bushfire safety buffer for medium severity hazard areas is applied from
the edge of these areas. All land within the 50m safety buffer is then also included in the medium
hazard severity area.

Applying the 50m hazard buffer from the edge of the medium hazard bushland surrounding the site
would result in the majority of the subject site being located inside the medium bushfire hazard
severity area. This includes the proposed Aged Care Facility footprint.

Table 2: SPP1/03 Bushfire Assessment Methodology of Vegetation to the north, east and south

Element                                 Site                                      Hazard Score
Vegetation Communities                  Paperbark heath and swamps, eucalypt             8
                                        forest with dry shrub ladder fuels
Hazard Score for Slope                  Plain (0% to 5%)                                 1
Aspect                                  East to south and all land under 5% slope        0
Total                                                                               9 (medium)

6.0 BUSHFIRE ASSESSMENT
6.1 NSC Natural Hazard Areas Overlay Code

Table 3 outlines the proposals compliance with NSC’s Natural Hazard Areas Overlay Code.

Table 3: NSC Assessment Criteria

Specific outcomes                         Probable Solutions                          Proposal

13.33 Effects of use and works
New Uses                                  S4.1
O4                                        The use is sited on land that is not in a   The site is located within the Medium
The proposed use does not compromise      Medium or High Bushfire Hazard Area38;      Bushfire Hazard Area. Proposed
the safety of people or property from     OR                                          mitigation measures will reduce the
bushfire.                                 S4.2                                        risk to people and property to
                                          The use is sited on land that is            acceptable levels. The impact of a
                                          determined as low bushfire risk by a site   large a fire on the property is
.
                                          specific bushfire hazard assessment.39      considered to be a very rare event.




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