141KDevelopment on bush fire prone land and grasslands

141K Development on bush fire prone land and grasslands

141K Development on bush fire prone land and grasslands

(1) Development consent must not be granted to development on bush fire prone land or on grasslands unless the consent authority has considered the following matters—

(a) access to and egress from the development if there is a bush fire,

(b) any additional measures or emergency procedures required for the site, if the site is not in an urban area or is otherwise remote.

(2) In this section—

grasslands has the same meaning as in Planning for Bush Fire Protection, ISBN 978 0 646 99126 9, prepared by the NSW Rural Fire Service in co-operation with the Department and dated November 2019.

s 141K: Ins 2024 (651), Sch 1[2].