Att 4 - Updated Bushfire Hazard Overlay Code

Noosa Plan 2020: Amendment 3
Part 8 Overlays \ 8.2 Overlay codes \ 8.2.3 Bushfire Hazard Overlay Code




Development maintains the safety of people and            Development which will materially increase the number              short-term accommodation is to occur within an
property from the adverse impacts of bushfire.            of people living or congregating on premises, including            existing approved small dwelling that is already
                                                          reconfiguring a lot, is not located within a medium or             lawfully established on the site. No new building
                                                          high bushfire hazard area.                                         work, earthworks or vegetation clearing are
                                                          AO1.2                                                              proposed.
                                                          Development maximises setbacks from hazardous
                                                          vegetation to achieve an acceptable risk.                          The dwelling is not located within a mapped medium
                                                          Editor’s Note —PSP8 Natural Hazards provides guidance              or high bushfire hazard area, but rather within the
                                                          for assessing bushfire hazard risk and preparing a bushfire        Potential Bushfire Impact Buffer only. The existing
                                                          hazard management plan.                                            siting of the dwelling provides substantial separation
                                                          Editor's Note - refer to State Planning Policy guidance            from hazardous vegetation and does not give rise to
                                                          material for Natural hazards, risk and resilience for details on   an unacceptable bushfire risk.
                                                          reducing risks to vulnerable uses
                                                                                                                             In those circumstances, the proposal maintains an
                                                                                                                             acceptable level of safety for people and property.

                                                                                                                             AO1.1 – Complies
                                                                                                                             The proposal does not involve development within a
                                                                                                                             medium or high bushfire hazard area. The small
                                                                                                                             dwelling proposed for short-term accommodation is
                                                                                                                             located within the Potential Bushfire Impact Buffer
                                                                                                                             only.

                                                                                                                             Further, the proposal does not materially increase
                                                                                                                             the number of people living or congregating on the
                                                                                                                             premises, particularly noting that the application
                                                                                                                             reduces the scale of approved short-term
                                                                                                                             accommodation on the land from the existing larger
                                                                                                                             five-bedroom dwelling to a one-bedroom small
                                                                                                                             dwelling.

                                                                                                                             AO1.2 – Complies
                                                                                                                             The existing approved small dwelling is sited to
                                                                                                                             maximise separation from hazardous vegetation and
                                                                                                                             achieve an acceptable level of bushfire risk.

                                                                                                                             The dwelling is located up to 70 metres from
                                                                                                                             mapped hazardous vegetation, which provides


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