21Environmental risk—bush fire

21 Environmental risk—bush fire

21 Environmental risk—bush fire

The consent authority must not consent to development on bush fire prone land unless it has considered the following matters that are of relevance to the development—

(a) the extent to which the proposed development will achieve an appropriate balance between the conservation of the natural environment and the provision of appropriate bush fire protection measures,

(b) the risk of bush fire to life, property or the environment,

(c) the extent to which any proposed buildings will be constructed using techniques and materials to maximise their resistance to bush fire,

(d) whether adequate measures will be in place to enable the safe evacuation of people from the land, and enable access to that land by emergency services, during a bush fire,

(e) the intensity of the existing and proposed use of the land,

(f) the need to restrict vulnerable development on the land.

Note—

Section 79BA of the Act and the Rural Fires Act 1997 also make provision for the carrying out of development on bush fire prone land.