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

Noosa Civic Expansion
Bushfire Assessment Report




1                Introduction
This Bushfire Assessment Report (BAR) has been prepared on behalf of QIC Noosa Civic Pty Ltd in support
of an application for development adjacent to the existing Noosa Civic centre at 28 Eenie Creek Road,
Noosaville on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. The locality of the proposed expansion of the existing Noosa
Civic development (the proposed development) is illustrated in Figure 1.
This BAR provides:
> an assessment of the post-development bushfire hazard levels that would exist within the locality of the
  proposed development, in accordance with the bushfire hazard assessment guidelines provided for in State
  Planning Policy 1/03 Guideline – Mitigating the Adverse Impacts of Flood, Bushfire and Landslide (SPP
  1/03 Guideline); and
> an assessment of the adequacy of the bushfire hazard mitigation measures that have been incorporated
  into the design of the proposed development to ensure that people and property are not placed at an
  unacceptable risk of harm in the event of a bushfire; and
> bushfire hazard mitigation and management recommendations, including a Bushfire Management Plan
  prepared in general accordance with Appendix 8 of the SPP 1/03 Guideline.
This BAR has also considered the findings and recommendations of the Noosa Shire Business Centre Stage
1 Bushfire Management Plan (The Consultancy Bureau, 2004). The Stage 1 Bushfire Management Plan was
prepared in respect of the existing Noosa Civic development. In general the factors that affect bushfire hazard
levels and risk management requirements in the vicinity of Noosa Civic, as assessed in the Stage 1 Bushfire
Management Plan, remain relevant and applicable, except that the development of buildings, roads and
carparks over the past 10 years has changed the proportion and distribution of bushland.
This BAR also includes relevant information responding to issues raised by Noosa Sire Council within an
Information Request dated 12 February 2015.




QIC Noosa Civic Pty Ltd                           Version 2                                         23 April 2015
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