Approved Plans MCU22-0147

PERFORMANCE OUTCOMES                      ACCEPTABLE OUTCOMES                                          PROPOSED SOLUTION

Hazardous Material

PO5                                       AO5                                                   PO5 - The proposed development does not involve the
Public safety and the environment are not Hazardous materials are not manufactured or stored in manufacture or storage of hazardous materials in bulk.
adversely affected by the impacts of bulk in a bushfire hazard area.
bushfire on hazardous materials
manufacturing or storing in bulk.

Access and Evacuation Routes

PO6                                       AO6.1                                                        PO6 - N/A – No new roads are proposed. The northern
Roads provide for easy and safe           The road layout provides for through-roads and avoids        primary driveway access is approximately 460m long.
evacuation of residents of premises and   cul-de-sacs and dead-end roads.                              The northern access would direct occupants to an area
access by emergency services.             OR                                                           of low hazard vegetation (Stratford Park Estate) in an
                                          AO6.2                                                        easterly and northerly direction and away from the
                                          The development has a perimeter road reserve with a          likely direction of a fire front to the west of the site. An
                                          minimum width of 20 metres and maximum gradient of           additional longer evacuation/access route is present to
                                          12.5%.                                                       the west of the site which would direct occupants to
                                          OR                                                           the south-west in the less likely event that a fire front
                                          AO6.3                                                        was present to the north or east of the site.
                                          Cul-de-sacs or no-through roads are provided with fire
                                                                                                       The development site is on a gentle/low grade and the
                                          trails or access easements, which are capable of being
                                                                                                       cottage is provided with sufficient cleared area to
                                          navigated by conventional vehicles and which link to
                                                                                                       provide adequate turning space for fire-fighting
                                          through roads.
                                                                                                       appliances. Whilst the development cannot comply
                                                                                                       with the 60m distance as recommended in Assessment
                                          AO6.4
                                                                                                       Benchmark 4 of the SPP, it is considered acceptable in
                                          Safe access and egress is available at all times to all of
                                                                                                       this instance in consideration of all of the other bushfire
                                          the development for emergency vehicles and
                                                                                                       management measures implemented.
                                          personnel.

                                          AO6.5


                     JULY 2022                     BUSHFIRE HAZARD ASSESSMENT & MANAGEMENT PLAN                                   Page: 33
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