Appendix G - Bushfire Hazard Assessment

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

described in SPP 2016 Technical manual and further refinements adopted by the State of
Queensland, described in Leonard & Opie (2017). The assessment includes the following:

-Bushfire Hazard Assessment per State Planning Policy 2017 and SPP 2016 Guideline, Natural
hazards, Risk and Resilience – Technical Manual – A ‘fit for purpose’ approach in undertaking natural
hazard studies and risk assessments, April 2016 (Queensland Government) and Potential Fireline
Intensity Equations.

-Compliance with the assessment criteria of The Noosa Plan, Bushfire Overlay Code is demonstrated.

-Vegetation Hazard Classes are identified and site specific Potential Fuel Loads are adopted per PSBA
Redi-portal data (Queensland Government). Site specific FFDI (1:20 year) data is used for Potential
Fireline Intensity equations.

-Bushfire Attack Level (BAL) assessment is undertaken for the proposed new sites in accordance with
AS 3959-2009 Construction of Buildings in bushfire prone areas.

1.2       SITE AND SURROUNDS
The rural zoned land adjoins Palm Lake development and is proposed to Form Stage 6 of the project,
with roadway connections. It is proposed to develop the site as 10 No. Multiple Housing Sites, with
a Type 3 Retirement and Special Needs residential occupancy. The proposed user group includes a
more vulnerable section of the community. The site has shallow grade fall to the north-east.
Adjoining areas east to south-east in the assessment is established low density residential, with a
small recreational park and pathway. An electricity infrastructure line is located north of the site on
adjoining land and has a broad continuous clearing of mowed grass. An area of forest borders the
northern side of this easement clearing, north-east of the subject site. The land in the surrounding
area is flat to very shallow grade.

1.3       BUSHFIRE HAZARD
An inspection of the site and surrounding areas of impact was undertaken on 2 March 2018, to
provide a site specific assessment of the bushfire hazard, taking into account surrounding areas of
impact.

Vegetation classified for hazard in the surrounds is identified as follows:
-Vegetation north-east of the lot, on adjoining land, and beyond the electricity easement clearing.
The vegetation is wet eucalypt tall open forest structure with lower subcanopy and shrubs at the
perimeter adjoining the grassy cleared easement for powerlines. The area is mapped as remnant
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vegetation. The Vegetation Hazard Class is VHC 8.1, based on Regional Ecosystem type and
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membership to Fire Regime Group. Redi-portal assigns a weighted Potential Fuel Load of 28.9t/ha,
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