Attachment C - Bushfire Management Plan · 132008.1128.04

                                                                                                 Retirement Living & Aged Care Facility
                                                                                                       6 Grasstree Court, Sunrise Beach



 Uniting Care Queensland and LendLease
 Bushfire Hazard Assessment and Management Plan for 6
 Grasstree Court, Sunrise Beach



CONTENTS
Executive Summary ................................................................................................................................ 7
Construction recommendations ........................................................................................................... 7
Ongoing Operational Recommendations ........................................................................................... 8
1          Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 9
1.1       Impetus for Bushfire Hazard Assessment ................................................................................... 9
1.2       Site Details .................................................................................................................................. 10
2          Site and Locality Context ......................................................................................................... 11
3          Approved Development .......................................................................................................... 13
3.1       2011 Development Approval ................................................................................................... 13
3.2       2017 DA Extension Approval .................................................................................................... 14
3.3       2018 Minor Change Application.............................................................................................. 14
4          Understanding Bushfire Hazard ............................................................................................... 15
4.1       Bushfire Attack ........................................................................................................................... 15
4.1.1           Direct Flame Contact ........................................................................................................ 16
4.1.2           Ember and Firebrand Attack ............................................................................................. 16
4.1.3           Radiant Heat Flux ............................................................................................................... 16
4.1.4           Fire Driven Wind .................................................................................................................. 17
4.1.5           Smoke .................................................................................................................................. 17
4.2       Vegetation Communities ......................................................................................................... 17
4.3       Topography ................................................................................................................................ 17
4.4       Landscape and Localised Fire Hazard ................................................................................... 17
4.5       Fire Weather ............................................................................................................................... 18
5          Regulatory Bushfire Assessment ............................................................................................... 19
5.1       Reliability Assessment ................................................................................................................ 19
5.1.1           Designated Bushfire Prone Area ....................................................................................... 19
5.1.2           Noosa Plan Bushfire Hazard Overlay ................................................................................ 20
5.1.3           State-wide Bushfire Prone Area Mapping ........................................................................ 20
5.1.4           State Planning Policy Assessment ..................................................................................... 21
5.1.5           SPP Guidance Material ...................................................................................................... 23
5.2       AS 3959 – Construction of Buildings in Bushfire Prone Areas ................................................. 24


Status: Final                                                                                                                                         July 2020
Project No.: 18-030                                                                                                                                     Page 4