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

Noosa Civic Expansion
Bushfire Assessment Report



 SPP 1/03 Slope Category                     Occurrence in Site Locality                                         Hazard
                                                                                                                 Score
 Plains (0 to 5% slope)                      Present. The vegetated land adjacent to the Noosa Civic               1
                                             expansion is all characterised by slopes < 5%.

3.1.3            Aspect Hazard Assessment
As the vegetated land in the vicinity of the proposed development is characterised by slopes < 5%, then in
accordance with the SPP 1/03 Guideline an Aspect hazard score of zero is applied. Table 3-6 summarises
the aspect categories associated with areas of potentially hazardous vegetation and their equivalent hazard
scores as outlined in the SPP 1/03 Guideline.

Table 3-6        Aspect of vegetated areas and their equivalent SPP 1/03 Guideline hazard score
 SPP 1/03 Aspect Category                    Occurrence in Site Locality                                         Hazard
                                                                                                                 score
 North to North-West                         Not present.                                                         3.5
 North-West to West                          Not present.                                                          3
 West to South                               Not present.                                                          2
 North to East                               Not present.                                                          1
 East to South and all land under            Present. The vegetated land adjacent to the Noosa Civic               0
 5% slope                                    expansion is characterised by both an east-south aspect and
                                             slopes < 5%.

3.1.4            Composite Hazard Assessment
For the purposes of this assessment, the Noosa Civic locality has been separated into a total of 11 discrete
potentially hazardous vegetation units for which composite bushfire hazard ratings have been derived based
on consideration of the individual hazard scores attributable to the vegetation, slope and aspect characteristics.
The derivation of potentially hazardous vegetation units also takes into account existing development and
future land use intents for the land as set out in the Shire Business Centre Map.
Composite hazard score = vegetation community hazard score + slope hazard score + aspect hazard score.

                             Total Hazard Score                               Bushfire Hazard Severity
                             13 or greater                                               High
                             6 to 12.5                                                  Medium
                             1 to 5.5                                                     Low


The resultant composite bushfire hazard scores are presented in Table 3-7, and spatially illustrated in Figure
2.

Table 3-7        SPP 1/03 composite bushfire hazard scores for different parts of the Noosa Civic
                 expansion locality post development
  Unit     Description                                                            SPP 1/03 Bushfire Hazard      Composite
                                                                                          Loading                Score -
                                                                              Vegetation     Slope     Aspect    Rating

    A      Areas of open forest located within Shire Business Centre
           Map Rec/Mu Precinct situated approximately 200m to the
           north-east and generally upslope of the Noosa Civic                                                     9
                                                                                    8            1         0
           expansion. In the future it is likely that some of this                                               Medium
           vegetation will be removed to facilitate the development or
           use of this land for its intended purposes.




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