APPENDIX C - State Assessment

NATURAL HAZARDS, RISK AND RESILIENCE
Table 1 – State Interest Policies for Natural Hazards, Risk and Resilience

 Policies                                                 Solutions

 All of the following state interest policies must be appropriately integrated in planning and
 development outcomes, where relevant.

 1. Natural hazard areas are identified, including: The proposed development is identified within:
     a) Bushfire prone areas                              • Flood hazard area
     b) Flood hazard areas                                • Erosion prone area
     c) Landslide hazard areas
     d) Storm tide inundation areas
     e) Erosion prone areas.

 2. A fit-for-purpose risk assessment is
    undertaken to identify and achieve an
    acceptable or tolerable level of risk for
    personal safety and property in natural hazard
    areas.

 Bushfire, flood, landslide, storm tide inundation, and erosion prone areas:

 3. Land in an erosion prone area is not to be            Complies
    used for urban purposes, unless the land is           The proposed development is located within the
    located in:
                                                          urban footprint in the SEQ regional plan
     a) an urban area in a planning scheme; or
     b) an urban footprint identified in a regional
        plan

 4. Development in bushfire, flood, landslide,     Complies
    storm tide inundation or erosion prone natural
                                                   The proposed development is a replacing an
    hazard areas:
                                                   existing building which will create no change in
    a) Avoids the natural hazard area; or          the level of risk to people and property.
     b) Where it is not possible to avoid the
        natural hazard area, development
        mitigates the risks to people and property
        to an acceptable or tolerable level.

 5. Development in natural hazard areas:                  Complies
     a) Supports, and does not hinder disaster            The proposed development is a replacing an
        management capacity and capabilities              existing building which will create no change in
     b) Directly, indirectly and cumulatively             the level of access to disaster management,
                                                          increase the severity of natural hazards and does
        avoids an increase in the exposure or
                                                          not change the level of risk to people and
        severity of the natural hazard and the
                                                          property.
        potential for damage on the site or to
        other properties


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