Appendix D - Bushfire Hazard Assessment and Management Plan

1.0     INTRODUCTION
1.1     PURPOSE
This Bushfire Hazard Assessment and Management Plan has been prepared to assess the degree of
bushfire hazard and associated risk acting on Lot 46 on RP136461 located at 21 Jirrima Crescent,
Cooroibah (herein referred to as ‘the site’). The applicant is seeking a reconfiguration of a lot development
permit from Noosa Council for a rural residential subdivision (1 Lot into 2 Lots). The proposed Plan of
Development has been provided as Appendix A. This assessment has been undertaken to determine the
specific extent of bushfire hazard acting on the proposed development and the bushfire mitigation
measures required to safely undertake the development. This report has been prepared as per the
requirements for undertaking a Bushfire Hazard Assessment and preparing a Bushfire Management Plan
as detailed in Bushfire Resilient Communities. Technical Reference Guide for the State Planning Policy State
Interest ‘Natural Hazards, Risk and Resilience - Bushfire’ (Queensland Fire and Emergency Services, 2019).

1.2     ASSESSMENT AREA
QFES (2019) defines the assessment area as the development footprint and all land within 150m of the
extent of the development footprint. In this instance, the entire site is proposed for development,
therefore the assessment has been undertaken for the entire site and a 150m assessment buffer
surrounding the site.

The site is approximately 4.39ha and currently contains an existing dwelling and associated outbuildings
in the eastern extent. The site is predominantly cleared of vegetation, with a low density of trees retained
adjacent to a central waterway and scattered individual trees over mown grass in the west of the site.
Predominantly cleared residential allotments are located to the east and immediate south of the site, with
a semi-vegetated allotment located to the north. Remnant native vegetation is located within a Noosa
Council managed park immediately to the west of the site. Plate 1 depicts the existing site conditions
within the assessment area.




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