Appendix I - Bushfire

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        As a consequence, the 100-metre-wide Potential impact buffer extends over more than half of the
        southern portion of the site.
       As the site is affected by area mapped as Very high potential bushfire hazard and the Potential impact
        buffer, a response to the Natural Hazards Overlay Code is required (see Attachment I below).
       The Noosa Plan also maps this area as an Environmental Protection Area under the Biodiversity
        overlay.




Figure 3 – Noosa Plan - Bushfire Overlay Map

Bushfire Hazard Assessment

Methodology

       An assessment of the bushfire hazard was undertaken using a desktop review. Resources such as
        historic and current aerial photography, Google street view images, the Noosa Plan (2013) and the
        State Planning Policy (April 2016) Natural Hazards, Risks and Resilience Bushfire Hazard Mapping
        were used as part of the desktop analysis.
       A site inspection was undertaken to identify the status of vegetation within and around the site and to
        determine the likelihood of a bushfire on the site presenting risk to life and property.

Findings

       With respect to the existing vegetation on the subject site and to the west of the subject site, we
        observed the following: -
         Melaleuca quinquenervia, Eucalyptus microcorys, Eucalyptus robusta, Syncarpia glomulifera,
            Cinnamomum camphora (w), Lophostemon suaveolens, Livistona australis, Syzygium smithii,
            Endiandra sieberi, Acacia maidenii, Macaranga tanarius, Alphitonia excelsa, Allocasuarina littoralis,
            Elaeocarpus reticulatus, Melaleuca linariifolia, Syagrus romanzoffiana (w), Glochidion ferdinandi,
            Cryptocarya longifolia, Schefflera actinophylla (w), Senna pendula var. glabrata (w), Breynia
            oblongifolia, Hovea longifolia, Lantana camara (w), Cordyline rubra, Lophostemon polygalifolia,