Appendix G - Bushfire Hazard Assessment

                                                        19 & 20 Trading Post Road Cooroy QLD March 2018
                                                                      Bushfire Hazard Assessment Report

6.0 SUMMARY CONCLUSION

The subject site is located within a designated bushfire prone area. Bushfire overlay mapping
includes areas that have been broadly cleared as part of Palm Lake Resort development that adjoins
the subject site, and within the impact area. Ground truthing and a site specific bushfire hazard
assessment has identified refinements to the Bushfire Hazard overlay, to reflect the current
conditions at the site and surrounds. The site specific Bushfire hazard Assessment is undertaken in
accordance with updated methodology of natural hazard assessment per SPP 2017, considered to
have greater accuracy than the superseded SPP 1/03.

Classified wet eucalypt forest vegetation with High Potential Bushfire Hazard is identified north-east
of the site, at the periphery of the impact assessment area for the site. The vegetation is separated
from the site by an established broad clearing at the electricity lines easement. This forms an
effective existing Building Protection Zone. No further Bushfire Protection Zones are required for
the site.

Other areas mapped in the Bushfire Hazard Overlay are found to be cleared land areas. Access and
egress to the site is via roadways connecting to existing sealed roads. Connections to other parts of
Palm Lake Resort increase the ease of access to the site for emergency services vehicles, with broad
turn-out areas in the surrounds of the club house facilities.

The site specific Bushfire Hazard Assessment finds Site 229 and Site 230 are located within a
Potential Impact Buffer Area for bushfire. The predicted radiant heat exposure at these sites is less
than 12.5kW/m2 or BAL-12.5. The primary risk to structures is ember attack. Construction per AS
3959-2009 is required for deemed to satisfy provisions of the Building Code of Australia. This will
provide increased resilience of the structures to bushfire attack.

All other proposed sites (Sites 221 to 228 inclusive) are in Low Hazard parts of the site. They are
located beyond 100m from classified forest vegetation. In accordance with AS 3959-2009,
Construction of buildings in bushfire prone areas, the risk is considered very low and does not
warrant any special construction requirements.

Entrapment and risk to life from bushfire is not a foreseen event at any of the proposed dwelling
sites. Taking into account the site specific conditions, the proposed more vulnerable resident group
and the low level of risk, the proposal is recommended to be supported without the requirement for
further Bushfire Management Zones.
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