39Bush fire risk assessment

39 Bush fire risk assessment

39 Bush fire risk assessment

(1) Environmental management objectives The environmental management objectives of this clause are to minimise bush fire risk to built assets and people as well as to reduce bush fire threat to ecological assets.

(2) What must be included in assessing a development application? Before granting consent to development on land that is bush fire prone land, the consent authority must take into account—

(a) whether the development is likely to have a significant adverse effect on the implementation of any strategies for bush fire control and fuel management outlined in the adopted Bush Fire Risk Management Plan, and

(b) whether a significant threat to the lives of residents, visitors or emergency services personnel may be created or increased as a result of the development, and

(c) whether the increased demand for emergency services during bush fire events increased by the development would lead to a significant decrease in the ability of the emergency services to effectively control major bush fires, and

(d) the measures proposed to avoid or mitigate the threat from bush fire, including—

(i) the siting of the development, and

(ii) the design of structures and combustible nature of materials used, and

(iii) the provision of an asset protection zone on the land, and

(iv) the provision of a two-way access that links the road and fire trail network, and

(v) adequate access around buildings and manoeuvring areas on site for fire fighting vehicles, and

(vi) adequate water supply for fire fighting purposes, and

(e) whether any such proposed measures meet the performance requirements of Planning for Bush Fire Protection, available from the Council, and the nature of any variations from those requirements, and

(f) the environmental and visual impacts of the clearing of vegetation for hazard reduction activities, including the conservation priority rating of the vegetation community and any wildlife corridors or links or riparian corridors.

cl 39: Am 2007 No 82, Sch 3.21 [1]; 2020 (69), Sch 1.8[2]; 2023 (83), Sch 1.5[1].