2017-06-06 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                             6 JUNE 2017


      xii.    Fire breaks are to be provided around the proposed building as indicated on the
              plans by Oksio and outlined in this report. Fire breaks are to be measured from the
              exposed wall of the facility toward the hazardous vegetation and include (minimum):
                  24m to the north
                  20m to the east
                  20m to the south
                  20m to the west
      xiii.   Future buildings are constructed to AS3959:2009 BAL19 or as determined by
              subsequent specific site design and assessment by private certifiers at Building
              Application Stage;
      xiv.    A perimeter road able to accommodate 2wd urban fire appliances is constructed as
              indicated on the design plan by Oksio Designs;
      xv.     A copy of the QFES Prepare Act Survive brochure (or latest equivalent) be provided
              to future management of the facility from the developer);
      xvi.    Vegetation within the buffer areas to the south and east that is to be retained is to be
              thinned and replaced with non-flammable species.
      xvii. A fire hydrant system should be designed, provided and maintained to the minimum
            required performance standard as per AS2419.1 2005. Hydrants are to be provided
            to all sides of the building;
      xviii. The Energex Electrical Easement to the east of the site is to be regularly slashed or
             mown to reduce the fuel load in this area which contains numerous shrubs and
             grasses. A properly prepared fuel management plan signed with Energex would be
             the basis of this obligation. This should include management of the grass / fuels
             within the easement to the north east of the site to reduce the risk of a fire front
             moving from the east into the bushland to the north of the site. This would ideally
             include management of the fuels to a grass sward and at a minimum slashed 4-5
             times a year and prior to the start of the bushfire season;
      xix.    Landscaping within the proposed bio-retention basin avoids the predominant use of
              flammable species;
      xx.     Landscaping within the internal courtyards and the landscape area to the south of the
              building is to be carefully landscaped to not exacerbate fire risk.
      xxi.    All firebreaks, buildings and mitigation measures are to be maintained to achieve
              optimum mitigation performance;
      xxii. Gas supply is to comply with Australian Standards;
      xxiii. A bushfire evacuation plan is to be developed for the facility to evacuate residents
             and staff in the face of an imminent bushfire threat. The emergency / evacuation plan
             is be prepared consistent with the NSW RFS guidelines for the Preparation of
             Emergency / Evacuation Plan
It is the applicant’s position that the facility can operate as a standalone facility as:
      a.      The development can withstand any bushfire event without external intervention and
              evacuation.
      b.      There will be no increase in demand on resources for the management of the
              adjacent NP as a result of the establishment and use of the development.
      c.      There will be no decrease in the ecological values of the adjacent NP as a result of
              the establishment and use of the development.




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