45Application for bush fire safety authority—the Act, s 100B

45 Application for bush fire safety authority—the Act, s 100B

45 Application for bush fire safety authority—the Act, s 100B

(1) For the purposes of the Act, section 100B(4), an application for a bush fire safety authority must be made in writing.

(2) An application for a bush fire safety authority must include the following—

(a) a description, including the address, of the property on which the development the subject of the application is proposed to be carried out,

(b) a classification of the vegetation on and surrounding the property, out to a distance of 140 metres from the boundaries of the property, in accordance with the system for classification of vegetation contained in Planning for Bush Fire Protection,

(c) an assessment of the slope of the land on and surrounding the property, out to a distance of 100 metres from the boundaries of the property,

(d) identification of significant environmental features on the property,

(e) the details of a threatened species or threatened ecological community under the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 that the applicant knows to exist on the property,

(f) the details and location of an Aboriginal object or place, within the meaning of the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974, that the applicant knows to be situated on the property,

(g) a bush fire assessment for the proposed development, including the methodology used in the assessment, that addresses the following matters—

(i) the extent to which the development is to provide for setbacks, including asset protection zones,

(ii) the siting and adequacy of water supplies for fire fighting,

(iii) the capacity of nearby public roads to handle increased volumes of traffic when a bush fire emergency occurs,

(iv) whether or not nearby public roads that link with the fire trail network have two-way access,

(v) the adequacy of arrangements for access to and egress from the development site for the purposes of an emergency response,