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

Noosa Civic Expansion
Bushfire Assessment Report



 Lot design

 O13 Lot design and building         S13.1 Each residential lot—                      Complies.
 siting minimises bushfire            a) includes a house site area, identified       Whilst the proposed development does
 hazard to people and                     on the plan of subdivision;                 not involve the creation of new lots, it
 property having regard to                                                            does involve the construction of new
 slope,    aspect,  existing          b)    is of sufficient size and dimensions to   retail buildings on an existing lot.
 vegetation and adequate                    accommodate a dwelling and
 separation from hazardous                  ancillary buildings and use areas;
 vegetation.                                                                          The proposed building locations are
                                      c)    for lots more than 2,500m2 —              generally sited in a low hazard position
                                                                                      with respect to topographic position
                                           i. conform with the principles for         (mid slope), slope gradient (< 5%) and
                                              house site numbers 1, 2 or 3 shown      aspect (east to south) landscape
                                              in Figure 13.5; and                     position.
                                           ii. are separated from hazardous
                                               vegetation for a distance the          Building setbacks are provided from
                                               minimum of 1.5 times the               hazardous       vegetation     that    are
                                               predominant mature canopy height       generally compliant with the desired 1.5
                                                                                      times the predominant mature canopy
                                               or 10m, whichever is the greater;
                                                                                      height, with the exception of the
                                               and                                    setback to Covenant J. As detailed in
                                      d)    for lots less than 2,500m 2, maximise     Section 4.1 the vegetation in Covenant
                                            separation      of   buildings   from     J, whilst currently satisfying the criteria
                                                                                      for    classification    as    hazardous
                                            hazardous vegetation.
                                                                                      vegetation, does not pose an
                                     S13.2 Residential lots are designed so that      unacceptable risk to the proposed
                                     their size and shape allow for efficient         development and the proposed building
                                     emergency access to buildings for fire           setbacks are equivalent to those
                                     fighting appliances (e.g. by avoiding long       provided for the existing Noosa Civic
                                     narrow lots with long access driveways).         development on the opposite side of
                                                                                      Covenant J.




5.2              State Planning Policy (SPP)
The proposed development site contains and adjoins bushfire hazard areas and as such the proposed
development requires assessment against the interim development assessment requirements of Part E of the
SPP.
Based on the previously presented information, an assessment of the levels of compliance that the proposed
development achieves with the interim development assessment requirements of Part E of the SPP is presented
in Table 5-3.

Table 5-3        SPP Part E Interim Development Assessment Requirements compliance assessment
 Requirement                                              Response

 Development:

 (1) avoids natural hazard areas or mitigates the         The proposed development will constitute development within a
 risks of the natural hazard to an acceptable or          bushfire hazard area. As detailed in Section 4 and Section 5.1 a
 tolerable level                                          range of hazard reduction and response measures would be
                                                          implemented and the associated risk posed by bushfire in the
                                                          locality would be less than that to which the existing Noosa Civic
                                                          development is exposed.
 (2) supports, and does not unduly burden,                The proposed development would not unduly burden bushfire
 disaster management response or recovery                 management response or recovery capacity and capabilities. In
 capacity and capabilities                                fact the proposed development would improve the capacity for
                                                          safe and effective bushfire response in the vicinity of the existing
                                                          Noosa Civic development.



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