Bushfire Hazard Assessment & Management Plan v1 - 60 Glenridge Drive COOROIBAH

Bushfire Hazard Assessment & Management Plan v1                                 NCES REF: J001001
Lot 47 on RP860577 – 60 Glenridge Drive, Cooroibah



access between lots (i.e., gates provided within boundary fencing) to allow for safe access
and egress and operational space for fire-fighting vehicles. Given the level topography of the
site the trail can be an earthen trail (i.e., unsealed).




     Plate 14 - SPP Bushfire 2019 Assessment Benchmark 4 Table 4 Fire trail specifications

5.5 Vehicular Access
Development in bushfire prone areas should be serviced by safe access/exit points for both
occupants and emergency services personnel.
The development is to be serviced by a new dual lane road with access directly from Glenridge
Drive adjacent to the site’s north-eastern boundary. The total length of the proposed road is
approximately 200m and will generally be constructed on level ground. The proposed new
road will be flanked by the revegetation areas within the site which will represent hazardous
bushland within a few of years of establishment. Therefore, the risk of access/egress
becoming constrained within the site during a bushfire event is deemed tangible. Specific
additional road design recommendations are therefore deemed warranted and comprise:
    •    The road design complies with the Fire Hydrant and Vehicle Access Guidelines for
         residential, commercial and industrial lots, Queensland Fire and Emergency Services,
         2015, unless otherwise specified by the relevant water entity; and
    •    The revegetation works within the covenant areas and road verge maximises the use
         of low flammability species for at least 10m width where it interfaces with the proposed
         new road through the site.

5.6 Landscaping and Regrowth
Existing and future landscaping within the site should avoid increasing the potential for
bushfire hazard. Assessment benchmark 5 of the SPP Bushfire 2019 seeks that the site layout
places the landscape and open spaces within the site between premises and adjacent mapped
medium, high or very high potential bushfire intensity areas. This landscaping and open space
comprises protective landscape treatments that:
1. Comprise only low threat vegetation (for example grassland managed in a minimal fuel
condition, maintained lawns, golf courses and cultivated gardens); or
2. Are designed to ensure a potential available fuel load is maintained at less than 8
tonnes/hectare in aggregate and with a fuel structure that remains discontinuous.
To reduce the potential for bushfire impact to buildings, structures and occupants as a result


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