Reference Document - RAL26/0011 (As Published)

 natural              framework and assessment             risk assessment are based       avoidance, risk minimisation and risk
 hazard area,         requirements based on avoiding       on the principle of             mitigation.
 and where it         the risk in the first instance and   avoidance as the first          Total avoidance of the hazard is not
 is not               where it cannot be avoided,          priority, and then mitigation   practicable given the application’s
 possible to          achieving an acceptable or           of the risk to an acceptable    connection to existing surrounding land
 avoid                tolerable level of risk for both     or tolerable level              uses. However, this report has assessed
 mitigates the        existing and new development.                                        identified potential bushfire prone areas
 risk to an                                                                                and deemed the bushfire risk to proposed
                  ▪   Growth and/or the intensification
 acceptable or                                                                             lots and structures as tolerable with the
                      of development in mapped
 tolerable                                                                                 implementation of mitigation measures
                      higher risk BPA should be avoided
 level.                                                                                    outlined within Section 7 of this BMP.
                      unless appropriate controls are
                      implemented.


                  ▪   Key planning responses mitigate      Policy 4 –
                      impact from sources of bushfire      Disaster management
                      attack including subdivision         capacity and capabilities are
                                                                                           Policy 4 –
                      layout with adequate access,         maintained to mitigate the
                                                                                           Disaster management capacity and
                      includes low fuel areas to reduce    risks to people and property
                                                                                           capabilities are maintained to mitigate the
                      radiant heat exposure and            to an acceptable and
                                                                                           risks to people and property to an
 Policy 5 –           landscape design / ongoing           tolerable level.
                                                                                           acceptable and tolerable level. In the
 Development          vegetation management to             Policy 5-
                                                                                           context of the proposed subdivision, the
 in natural           reduce fuel loads and structure.     Lot and neighbourhood
                                                                                           reconfiguration depicts a designated access
 hazard areas                                              layout and design mitigates
                  ▪   Disaster management capacity is                                      easement which facilitates direct access to
 supports and                                              the risks to people and
                      not compromised as a result of                                       serviced public roads and provide
 does not                                                  property to an acceptable
                      inadequate access for emergency                                      adequate space for firefighter in the event
 hinder                                                    and tolerable level.
                      services, inadequate water                                           of an emergency, effectively mitigation the
 disaster                                                  Policy 6-
                      supply, provides alternative safe                                    bushfire risk to a tolerable level.
 management                                                Vulnerable Uses are not
                      access/egress and provides                                           Policy 5-
 capacity and                                              located in BPA unless there
                      opportunity to establish control                                     Best practice bushfire mitigation urban
 capability,                                               is an overwhelming
                      lines for hazard reduction and                                       design principles have been adopted with
 avoids                                                    community need for the
                      back burning operations. As such,                                    what can generally be described providing
 increase in                                               development of a new or
                      provisions in RaL and other codes                                    a minimum separation distance between
 exposure or                                               expanded service and there
                      should consider the above.                                           hazard vegetation and new structures to
 severity of                                               is no suitable alternative
                                                                                           ensure radiant heat level don’t exceed
 the hazard,      ▪   Vulnerable uses are specified and    location, and site planning
                                                                                           29kW/m2. As such, it is considered that
 avoids risk to       policy position regarding            can adequately mitigate the
                                                                                           adequate design principles have been
 public safety        vulnerable uses to be articulated    risk.
                                                                                           included to mitigate the risks to people and
 and                  with avoidance in BPA unless         Policy 7-
                                                                                           property to an acceptable and tolerable
 environment          overriding need and lack of ither    Revegetation and
                                                                                           level.
 from storage         suitable location is justified.      rehabilitation avoids an
                                                                                           Policy 6 and 7- Not applicable. No
 of hazardous         Levels of assessment should          increase in the exposure or
                                                                                           vulnerable uses have been identified and
 materials and        reflect the policy position in       severity of bushfire hazard
                                                                                           no proposed rehabilitation is inclusive in
 their release        regard to vulnerable uses.           Policy 8-
                                                                                           the design.
 and                                                       Development does not
                  ▪   Revegetation and rehabilitation                                      Policy 8-
 maintains the                                             locate buildings or
                      for proposed developments do                                         Storage of dangerous goods and / or
 protective                                                structures used for the
                      not result in increased area of                                      hazardous materials in quantities that
 function of                                               storage or manufacture of
                      BPA or an increase in exposure to                                    would represent a risk are not proposed.
 landforms                                                 materials that are hazardous
                      bushfire intensity.                                                  Policy 9 –
 and                                                       in the context of a bushfire
                                                                                           The protective function of vegetation
 vegetation       ▪   Hazardous materials in the           within a bushfire prone are
                                                                                           arrangements that can mitigate bushfire
 that can             context of bushfire exposure are     unless there is no suitable
                                                                                           risk are maintained. Detailed design
 mitigate risk        identified and locating              alternative location.
                                                                                           applications are to include
                      development associated with the      Policy 9 –
                                                                                           recommendations to limit the potential of
                      production or storage of such        The protective function of
                                                                                           site landscaping increasing ignition risk.
                      materials avoids BPA. Such           vegetation arrangements
                      developments should be               that can mitigate bushfire
                      classified as code or impact         risk are maintained.
                      assessable and be linked to

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