Development Application part 2 Report/Plans - MCU11/0254

1.0 INTRODUCTION
Canto Holdings Pty Ltd have commissioned Covey Associates Pty Ltd to provide bushfire
management advice regarding the proposed development of 30 townhouse units at 60 Hoffmann
Drive, Noosaville.

The proposed development is located within a designated bushfire management area as indicated
on Councils Planning Scheme Map. The site directly adjoins bushland which will be handed to
Sunshine Coast Regional Council for future management as bushland conservation reserve. The
adjoining bushland has been placed ‘on-maintenance’. Small vegetated covenant areas are
located on the allotment.

A bushfire management plan was prepared for the parent allotment by James Warren and
Associates in 2007. This bushfire management plan was approved by Council. The proposed
development is required to comply with the requirements of the James Warren Bushfire
Management Plan.

2.0 SCOPE OF WORKS
This report is limited to the following scope:

      Provide recommendations in respect to proposed landscaping of the site;
      Provide recommendations in terms of access for fire fighters;
      Provide a Bushfire Attack Level for units under the provisions of the BCA and
       AS3959:2009.
      Comment on the proposals compliance with the approved Bushfire Management Plan
       prepared by James Warren Associates.

No detailed building, engineering or landscape plans have been reviewed as part of this
assessment. Detailed assessment of compliance with Building Works to AS3959:2009 will be
undertaken by a Building Certifier at Building Works stage.

3.0 DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSAL
The proposed development incorporates 30 slab on ground 2 storey town house units as described
on the plans prepared by Reitsma sheets 1-28 Iss A. The units typically contain 2 bedrooms and
are constructed with reinforced concrete tilt up panel party walls with ‘trimdeck roof’ and painted
FC sheets.

Each townhouse has a single garage fronting the internal driveway area. Bioretention basins are
proposed to be incorporated into the development along the southern boundary.