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




Contents
1   INTRODUCTION                                                                         4

1.1 BACKGROUND                                                                                4
1.2 STATE PLANNING POLICY BUSHFIRE INTENSITY OVERLAY MAP                                      4
1.3 DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL                                                                      4

2   SITE DESCRIPTION                                                                     5

2.1 GENERAL                                                                                   5
2.2 TOPOGRAPHY                                                                                5
2.3 VEGETATION                                                                                6
2.3.1 VEGETATION HAZARD CLASS 9.1 – MOIST TO DRY EUCALYPT OPEN FORESTS ON COASTAL
LOWLANDS OR RANGES                                                                            8
2.3.2 VEGETATION HAZARD CLASS 39.2 – LOW TO MODERATE TREE COVER IN BUILT UP AREAS             8
2.3.3 VEGETATION HAZARD CLASS 41.4 – DISCONTINUOUS LOW GRASS OR TREE COVER IN BUILT UP
AREAS 9
2.4 VEGETATION EXTERNAL OF THE 150M ASSESSMENT BUFFER                                         9

3   HAZARD ASSESSMENT                                                                   11

3.1 HAZARD ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY                                                            11
3.2 LOCAL HAZARD AREA MAP                                                                    11
3.3 QUANTITATIVE MODELLING                                                                   15

4   BUSHFIRE RISK ASSESSMENT                                                            19

4.1 GENERAL                                                                                  19
4.2 RISK FROM IDENTIFIED HAZARDOUS VEGETATION                                                20

5   BUSHFIRE IMPACT REDUCTION MEASURES                                                  21

5.1 GENERAL                                                                                  21
5.2 ASSET PROTECTION ZONES                                                                   21
5.2.1 GENERAL                                                                                21
5.2.2 STATE PLANNING POLICY – STATE INTEREST GUIDANCE MATERIAL (NATURAL HAZARDS, RISKS AND
RESILIENCE – BUSHFIRE) DECEMBER 2019                                                         22
5.2.3 RADIANT HEAT FLUX SETBACKS                                                             22
5.3 WATER SUPPLY                                                                             22
5.4 FIRE BREAKS                                                                              22
5.5 VEHICULAR ACCESS                                                                         24
5.6 LANDSCAPING AND REGROWTH                                                                 24
5.7 GENERAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE                                                             25

6 AUSTRALIAN STANDARD 3959:2018 CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS IN
BUSHFIRE PRONE AREAS (AS 3959:2018) SETBACKS                                            26

7   LEGISLATION AND OVERLAYS                                                            27

7.1 NOOSA PLAN 2006 – NATURAL HAZARDS OVERLAY CODE                                           27
7.2 STATE PLANNING POLICY – NATURAL HAZARDS, RISK AND RESILIENCE                             30

8   CONCLUSIONS                                                                         32




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