Attachment 4 - Response to Further Advice Rob Friend and Associates

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       Performance outcomes                             Acceptable outcomes                                    Response
Firebreaks and fire access tracks
PO8                                            AO8.1                                          R8.1 – R8.3
Firebreaks and fire access tracks provide:     Where development involves the creation of a 1. Firebreaks are provided between the
1. Adequate access for fire fighting and other new road and lots, a firebreak is provided by     hazardous vegetation of Girraween Nature
    emergency vehicles; and                    providing a cleared road reserve not less than    Refuge by Resort Drive, existing carparks
2. adequate access for the evacuation of       20 metres wide and maximum gradient of            and existing pedestrian and service vehicle
    residents and emergency personnel in an 12.5% around the perimeter of the subdivision,       infrastructure.
    emergency situation.                       between the created lots and surrounding       2. The total width of these existing
                                               vegetated lands.                                  firebreak/roadways is approximately 11
                                                                                                 metres.
                                               OR                                             3. Emergency Service/QFES Urban and Rural
                                                                                                 Appliances will have access along all
                                               AO8.2                                             formed roadways. No access is provided
                                               Fire access tracks are provided between the       or required from Resort Drive into the
                                               created lots and surrounding vegetated land       Council manager Girraween nature
                                               that:                                             Refuge/Reserve.
                                                                                              4. Further bushfire mitigation measures will
                                               1. have a cleared minimum width of 6 metres;      include the limiting of less flammable plant
                                               2. have a maximum gradient of 12.5%;              species in the groundcover and
                                               3. provide unbroken access for fire fighting      understorey/shrub stratum to reduce the
                                                   vehicles;                                     flammability of areas of landscaping within
                                               4. provide passing bays and turning areas;        the development site.
                                               5. are located within an access easement       5. A 5-metre-wide lawn area is to be located
                                                   that is granted in favour of Noosa Council    along the eastern wall of the hotel unit’s
                                                   and the Queensland Fire and Rescue            courtyards of the easterly most hotel units.
                                                   Service.                                   6. All bushfire mitigation measures will only be
                                                                                                 undertaken within the subject site.




RFA17-040Bushfire Hazard Assessment & Mitigation Plan | 61 Noosa Springs Dr. Noosa Heads                                         30 April 2022

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