12. Code Assessment

Performance outcomes                    Acceptable outcomes                                         Comment

                                        Safety of people and property
PO1                                     AO1.1                                                       AO1.1 – Performance outcome
Development maintains the safety of     Development which will materially increase the number of
                                                                                                      The proposed development is mainly sited within the
people and property from the adverse    people living or congregating on premises,
                                        including reconfiguring a lot, is not located within a medium potential impact buffer area which adjoins the High
impacts of bushfire.
                                        or high bushfire hazard area.                                 potential bushfire intensity mapping situated toward
                                                                                                    the rear of the site.
                                        AO1.2
                                        Development maximises setbacks from                         However, the proposed extension to the hospice has
                                        hazardous vegetation to achieve an acceptable risk.         adequate water supply, alternative energy supply and
                                                                                                    a detailed Bushfire Management Plan, Bushfire
                                        Editor’s Note — PSP8 Natural Hazards provides guidance survival plan and Emergency evacuation plan (refer to
                                        for assessing bushfire hazard risk and preparing a bushfire Appendix C, D & E) which will ensure that the safety
                                        hazard management plan.                                     of people and property will be maintained in the
                                                                                                    event of a bushfire.



                                        Impacts on Ecologically Important Areas

PO2                                                                                                 PO2 – Complies
Bushfire mitigation measures do not     No acceptable outcome provided                              No bushfire mitigation measures are proposed that
adversely impact on:                                                                                will disturb or adversely impact nearby areas of
                                                                                                    native vegetation, biodiversity values or the long
                                                                                                    term integrity of adjoining waterways, wetlands and
        1. biodiversity values,
                                                                                                    vegetation.
           connectivity and ecosystem
           functioning; and
        2. the long term physical
           integrity of