Bushfire Hazard Assessment & Management Plan v2 - 30 Pottery St Pomona 2021

Bushfire Hazard Assessment & Management Plan v2                               NCES REF: J000864
Lot 496 on MCH591 – 30 Pottery St, Pomona




The firebreak trail in Lot 8 is to be constructed and maintained to satisfy the above vehicle
turning requirements at the northern and southern terminus of the fire break trail as well as
the western terminus on the western boundary of the covenant area.
No other specific formalised fire break trails are considered necessary to assist in reducing
the risk and severity of bushfire ingress onto and through the site.

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 Pottery Street adjacent to the eastern site boundary.
The total length of the proposed road is approximately 90m and will generally be constructed
across the contour hence shall be relatively level. The proposed new road will be located
within the centre of a low threat area bordered by the proposed residential development,
therefore the risk of access/egress becoming constrained during a bushfire event is deemed
low. No specific additional road design recommendations are deemed warranted.

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
of future regrowth and landscaping works within the site, it is recommended:
    •    Any landscaping within the nominated APZ satisfies Assessment Benchmark 5 of the
         SPP Bushfire 2019, including the low threat vegetation criteria prescribed in section
         2.2.3.2 of AS 3959:2018 or later iterations thereof;
    •    No woody mulch is used within 2m of buildings;


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