MCU14/0106 & OPW15/0001 Appendix F - Ecological and Bushfire Management Response

Noosa Civic Expansion
Bushfire Assessment Report




Table of Contents
1       Introduction                                                                                             1
2       Proposed Development                                                                                     2
3       Bushfire Hazard Assessments                                                                              4
        3.1          SPP 1/03 Hazard Assessment                                                                  4
                     3.1.1   Vegetation Community Hazard Assessment                                              6
                     3.1.2   Slope Hazard Assessment                                                             7
                     3.1.3   Aspect Hazard Assessment                                                            8
                     3.1.4   Composite Hazard Assessment                                                         8
        3.2          SPP Hazard Assessment                                                                      10
                     3.2.1   Potential Fuel Loads                                                               12
                     3.2.2   Forest Fire Danger Index                                                           13
                     3.2.3   Slope Assessment                                                                   14
                     3.2.4   Post-Development Potential Bushfire (Fire-line) Intensity                          14
4       Bushfire Hazard Mitigation and Management Specifications                                                16
        4.1          Buildings and Structures                                                                   16
        4.2          Water Supplies                                                                             18
        4.3          Lot Layout and Siting                                                                      18
        4.4          Firebreaks and Maintenance Trails                                                          18
        4.5          Access/Egress Arrangements                                                                 19
5       Compliance Assessments                                                                                  21
        5.1          Noosa Plan Natural Hazards Overlay Code                                                    21
        5.2          State Planning Policy (SPP)                                                                26
6       Bushfire Management Plan                                                                                28
7       Conclusions                                                                                             29
8       References                                                                                              30




Tables
Table 3-1        Likely relationship between SPP 1/03 and SPP Bushfire Hazard Classes                       4
Table 3-2        Noosaville Natural Hazard: Bushfire & Acid Sulfate Soils Overlay (Map OM8.4) Extract       5
Table 3-3        Bushfire Hazard Landscape Factor Contributions                                             5
Table 3-4        Vegetation communities and their equivalent SPP 1/03 Guideline hazard scores that occur
                 within the Noosa Civic expansion locality post development                              6
Table 3-5        Vegetated slope types and their equivalent SPP 1/03 Guideline hazard scores                7
Table 3-6        Aspect of vegetated areas and their equivalent SPP 1/03 Guideline hazard score             8
Table 3-7        SPP 1/03 composite bushfire hazard scores for different parts of the Noosa Civic expansion
                 locality post development                                                                  8
Table 3-8        SPP Interactive Mapping System- Bushfire Hazard Area Extract                              11
Table 3-9        Vegetation Hazard Classes (VHCs) and associated Potential Fuel Loads                      12
Table 3-10 Vegetation Hazard Classes (VHCs) and associated Potential Fuel Loads                            14
Table 3-11 SPP Potential Bushfire Intensity Classes for different parts of the Noosa Civic expansion
           locality post development                                                                 14

QIC Noosa Civic Pty Ltd                               Version 2                                      23 April 2015
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