7. Attachment F - Bushfire Hazard Assessment

                                                                                                                             Bushfire Hazard Assessment and Management Plan



                                                            The development has a perimeter road reserve with a               The development maintains both adequate
                                                            minimum width of 20 metres and maximum gradient of                access for local firefighting appliances and
                                                    AO6.2   12.5%.                                                            egress for residents. The site directly adjoins
                                                                                                                              Beddington Rd and easy access is provided to
                                                            OR                                                                the rear of the property. Residents leaving the
                                                            Cul-de-sacs or no-through roads are provided with fire            site can travel either north or south on
                                                            trails or access easements, which are capable of being            Beddington rd to escape bushfire threat.
                                                    AO6.3
                                                            navigated by conventional vehicles and which link to
                                                            through roads.                                                    The rear of the lot contains an appropriately
                                                            Safe access and egress is available at all times to all of        sized fire break between the hazardous
                                                    AO6.4                                                                     vegetation and the maintained gardens and
                                                            the development for emergency vehicles and personnel.
                                                            Where an emergency access point is required, it                   lawns of the hospice.
                                                    AO6.5   complies with the relevant works codes and PSP6
                                                            Engineering Design Standards.
Lot design
         Lot design and building siting minimises            Each residential lot:
         bushfire hazard risk to people and                                                                                   COMPLIES WITH PO7
         property.                                           a.     includes a building envelope, identified on a plan
                                                             of subdivision;                                                  The proposed new building is located in the most
                                                             a.     is of sufficient size and shape to allow for efficient    appropriate location on the property from a
                                                             emergency access to buildings for fire fighting                  bushfire hazard perspective, being furthest from
                                                             appliances (e.g. by avoiding battle-axe/hatchet lots and         hazardous vegetation and close to the road
                                                             long narrow lots with long access driveways to                   frontage.
 PO7                                                AO7
                                                             buildings);
                                                             a.     where more than 2500m², achieves setbacks
                                                             from hazardous vegetation in line with Bushfire Attack
                                                             Level 29 requirements as per AS3959; and
                                                             a.     is designed so that buildings and structures are
                                                             sited in locations of lowest hazard within the lot and
                                                             elements of the development least susceptible to fire
                                                             are closest to the fire hazard.
Firebreaks and fire access tracks
         Firebreaks and fire access tracks                   Where development involves the creation of a new
         provide:                                            road and lots, a firebreak is provided by providing a           COMPLIES WITH PO8.
                                                             cleared road reserve not less than 20 metres wide and
         a.     adequate access for fire fighting            maximum gradient of 12.5% around the perimeter of                The development maintains both adequate
 PO8                                                AO8.1
         and other emergency vehicles; and                   the subdivision, between the created lots and                    access for local firefighting appliances and
         a.     adequate access for the                      surrounding vegetated lands.                                     adequate egress for residents and emergency
         evacuation of residents and emergency                                                                                services personnel. The site directly adjoins
         personnel in an emergency situation.                OR                                                               Beddington Rd and easy access is provided to




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