Appendix D - Bushfire Hazard Assessment and Management Plan

OR
Landscaping management maintains a potential available fuel load which is less than eight tonnes/hectare
in aggregate, and fuel structure which is discontinuous.
OR
Development includes a bushfire management plan for the maintenance of any identified asset protection
zone, including landscape design and ongoing vegetation management.

To reduce the potential for bushfire impact to the Lot 2 dwelling as a result of future landscaping,
regrowth and fuel load accumulation within the site, the 21m APZ is to be established and maintained
according to the following criteria:
     The APZ is maintained as a low threat zone dominated by a maintained grassy surface cover to a
       nominal 100mm height which is regularly mowed to reduce fuel loads and the risk of a grassfire
       encroaching toward the building
     Any landscaping within the APZ satisfies the low threat vegetation criteria prescribed in section
       2.2.3.2 of AS3959:2018 and be planted as discrete isolated clumps of low flammability vegetation
       aligned parallel to the building to aid in interception of ember and smoke attack and not
       perpendicular and in a manner which could transmit fire toward the building
     No trees or large shrubs are to be retained or planted within 10m of the building and no tree limbs
       are to extend to within 6m of the roof line
     No woody mulch is to be used within 2m of the church building
     Landscaping only incorporates locally indigenous, low flammability species and or low density
       plantings of suitable open forest /woodland species with low bark shedding characteristics
     Surface fuels and woody regrowth be controlled in the APZ to maintain a low fuel load
       environment. Roof tops, roof gutters and other areas of the building are to be regularly inspected,
       and debris removed to reduce the risk of spot fires developing during a bushfire event
     In accordance with Assessment Benchmark 7 of the SPP Bushfire, the APZ is to be 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.

6.3     FIREBREAKS
A risk of fire impact has been identified from the west of the site. The proposed new allotment adjoins
the hazardous vegetation to the west; however, approximately 60m of cleared open space is located
between the proposed building envelope and the vegetation to the west. Furthermore, the new Lot 2
dwelling is to be provided with a minimum 21m dedicated APZ consisting of cleared grassed separation
to the west of the new dwelling. The allotment is located on flat land and is generally cleared of
vegetation, hence offers suitable operating conditions for emergency services with excellent exposure to
the forest edge to the west. Therefore, no formal firebreaks are considered necessary. The development
will rely on the other bushfire risk management measures detailed within this management plan to reduce
the bushfire risk to an acceptable level.




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