Bushfire Management Report

                         Ecological Natural Area Management


1 Executive Summary
Introduction
A house to be constructed at 26 Little Springs Lane, Lake MacDonald in the Noosa Council
jurisdiction is mapped in a High Potential Bushfire Intensity area on the Noosa Plan Bushfire
Overlay map and Queensland Potential Bushfire Intensity mapping. Therefore, the house is
deemed to potentially be in a Bushfire Prone Area and an assessment of the bushfire risk to the
house and a bushfire risk management plan is required.
Site specific assessment of the Severity of the Bushfire Hazard
A site specific assessment of the Potential Bushfire Intensity Class using the protocol in A new
methodology for state-wide mapping of bushfire prone areas (Leonard et al, 2014) as specified by
Queensland State Planning Policy 2017 to assess the bushfire prone area status of the
development assessed that:
    •    The house is assessed as being in a Potential Bushfire Impact Class area.
Assessment of Bushfire Prone Area
As the house is subject to an assessed Potential Bushfire Impact Class, this confirms that:
    •    The house is deemed to be in a Bushfire Prone Area.
As the house is in a Bushfire Prone Area, an assessment of the Bushfire Attack Level using the
protocol of Australian Standard AS3959 Construction of buildings in bushfire prone areas is
required to be conducted as specified by the Queensland Building Act and the bushfire
requirements of the National Construction Code of Australia.
Assessment of the Bushfire Attack Level
The assessed Bushfire Attack Level using Method 2 of Australian Standard AS3959 Construction
of buildings in bushfire prone areas is:
    •    BAL 19 for all building elevations
Assessment of vegetation clearing
443m2 of vegetation with conservation significance is required to be cleared for bushfire risk
mitigation in this plan
443m2 of vegetation clearing is less than the 500m2 of vegetation clearing in Koala habitat areas
See Figure 12 for the area of vegetation required to be cleared.

Recommendations
Recommendations for the Noosa Plan 2020 Bushfire Overlay Code
It is recommended that:
    •    The level of bushfire hazard shown on a Bushfire Hazard Overlay Map is confirmed through
         the preparation of a site-specific bushfire hazard assessment and management plan,
         prepared in accordance with the Planning scheme policy for the bushfire hazard overlay
         code and
    •    The house is sited in a low hazard area in the lot and achieves a setback of 10 metres from
         any retained vegetation.




Bushfire Risk Assessment and Management Plan for a house at 26 Little Springs Lane, Lake MacDonald   February 2021

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