Covering letter - 555 Louis Bazzo Dr.pdf

   (b) for establishing a necessary fire management line, if the maximum width of the
       clearing for the fire management line is 10m.

   The bushfire attack level assessment completed for the site confirms that clearing to
   form a setback distance of 24m to the west and 20m to the east of the dwelling house
   is required to achieve a BAL 29 construction standard under AS3959. This equates to
   the 29kW/m2 radiant heat exposure assessment benchmark nominated under the SPP
   Guidelines. Advice received from SARA confirms that if the vegetation clearing is
   restricted to that which is required to facilitate an adequate asset protection zone for
   land use activities within the definition of a dwelling house, as determined by the
   specialist bushfire report, the project will not trigger assessment, as it will comprise
   exempt clearing for fire management. The bushfire hazard assessment requires a
   cleared area of approximately 3,155m2 of mapped core koala habitat to be cleared to
   provide an asset protection zone around the proposed dwelling (including the
   residence and the two proposed sheds). This is less than the maximum 1.5 times the
   height of the adjacent mature vegetation (42m tall) permitted under the Regulation
   and accordingly, the clearing is able to occur under the exemption for essential
   management.

On this basis, the proposed development is not assessable development under State
legislation and therefore referral to the State Assessment Referral Agency is not required.

Under Table 5.5.13 of the Noosa Plan 2020, a dwelling house is accepted development in
the rural zone, subject to requirements of the Rural zone code and the Low density housing
code. The development complies with the nominated acceptable outcomes of the
respective codes and can proceed as accepted development.

On a local level, the site is subject to the following overlays:
• Agricultural land
• Biodiversity, waterways and wetlands overlay
• Bushfire hazard overlay
• Flood hazard overlay
• Landslide hazard overlay.

A material change of use for a dwelling house involving clearing vegetation identified as
area of biodiversity significance, on land subject to the Biodiversity, waterways and
wetlands overlay is subject to code assessment. Section 5.9 of the Noosa Plan 2020
confirms that assessment against the relevant overlay codes is not required for a dwelling
house for the Agricultural land overlay, the Bushfire hazard overlay, the Flood hazard
overlay or the Landslide hazard overlay. In this regard, the development has been assessed
against the Biodiversity, waterways and wetlands overlay code for the loss of 6,200m2 of
vegetation mapped matters of State environmental significance (MSES) environmental
values and areas of biodiversity significance. This includes areas to the south that comprise
stockpiles of topsoil intended to be used to rehabilitate the area of the former extractive
industry. Of note, 1,743m2 of the area affected by the overlay is already subject to exempt
clearing for bushfire management around the existing shed established on the property.



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