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

Noosa Civic Expansion
Bushfire Assessment Report



Table 5-2        Noosa Plan Natural Hazards Overlay Code compliance assessment
 Specific Outcomes                   Probable Solutions                          Proposed Response

 13.33 Effects of use and works
 New Uses

 O4 The proposed use does            S4.1 The use is sited on land that is not   Complies:
 not compromise the safety of        in a Medium or High Bushfire Hazard         The proposed Noosa Civic expansion
 people or property from             Area38; or                                  involves the establishment of new retail
 bushfire.                                                                       buildings within a Medium Bushfire Hazard
                                     S4.2 The use is sited on land that is       Area. For the reasons specified in Section
                                     determined as low bushfire risk by a site   4, the proposed use does not compromise
                                     specific bushfire hazard assessment.        the safety of people or property from
                                                                                 bushfire.
 Protection of Infrastructure
 and Community Uses

 O5 Community Uses and               S5.1      Community        Uses      and    Complies:
 Infrastructure Uses, including      Infrastructure Uses are not located in a    The proposed development does make
 that identified below, are able     High or Medium Bushfire Hazard Area
 to function effectively during                                                  provision for the establishment of a new
                                     identified on Overlay Maps OM1.4 to         electricity      distribution      substation
 and       immediately     after     OM9.4;
 bushfire events—                                                                (33/11kV). The proposed location for this
                                     OR                                          electricity sub-station is shown in Plan Ref:
 a)        Emergency service                                                     DA-TBG-AR-1001-001(A) presented in
                                     S5.2 Building work will not involve more
 facilities;                                                                     Appendix B.
                                     than an additional 20m2 of gross floor
 b) Hospitals;                       area to an existing building;               The proposed location for the electricity
 c) Education Type 4 uses,           OR                                          sub-station is considered to be acceptable
 including stores for valuable                                                   given that it is separated from adjacent
                                     S5.3 Where located in a High or Medium      medium bushfire hazard rated vegetation
 records or items of historic or
 cultural significance; and          Bushfire Hazard Area identified on          to the south by the proposed extension to
                                     Overlay Maps OM1.4 to OM9.4, uses           Hofmann Drive. It is also noted that the
 d) Service and utility uses,        are designed to function effectively
 including            electricity                                                adjacent area of hazardous vegetation will
                                     during and immediately after bushfire       eventually be removed when the land is
 substations, major electrical       events.
 depots and water treatment                                                      developed generally in accordance with
 plants.                                                                         the Shire Business Centre Map.
                                                                                 Consideration of the potential for the
                                                                                 electricity substation (or associated
                                                                                 distribution network) to be impacted by (or
                                                                                 a source of) bushfire within adjacent areas
                                                                                 of hazardous vegetation will also be
                                                                                 required during the detailed design and
                                                                                 operational phases of development.
 Hazardous materials

 O6 Public safety and the            S6.1 Hazardous materials are not            Not      applicable:  The     proposed
 environment       are    not        manufactured and stored on the site.        development will not involve any
 adversely affected by the                                                       hazardous materials manufacture or bulk
 detrimental     impacts   of                                                    storage.
 bushfire     on    hazardous
 materials manufactured or
 stored in bulk.




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