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Strategic Assessment

Bushfire Assessments are prepared as part of a rezoning in a bushfire prone area.

Strategic planning is the first stage in the planning process; it is needed to ensure that any future proposals are not exposed to an unacceptable risk of bushfire.

The bushfire assessment will include:

  • Landscape assessment - considering potential severity, intensity, and impacts on life and property within the broader surrounding landscapes
  • Review of local bushfire history and assessment of potential fire runs onto the development site, including how intense these fire runs may be.
  • A risk profile of the development in relation to the landscape study and an outline of the proposal.
  • Evaluation of the proposed access including the capacity of the proposed road network to handle evacuating residents and responding emergency workers, the location and direction of key access routes and the risk of the development becoming isolated during a bushfire.
  • Consideration of water supply including the ability of reticulated water to manage a major bushfire event.

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Recent Projects

Strategic Assessment

There are certain requirements that must be met regarding bushfire. The RFS is consulted prior to exhibition and the department of planning and infrastructure (DoPI) determines compliance with the direction.

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Case Studies

WARRADALE ESTATE, SILVERDALE

The proposal involved the clearing of all the land required for the residential development, roads and APZ. After the clearing had been undertaken the main bushfire threat would have then been the forest in the three connecting drainage lines/riparian corridors which dissect the subject property. The drainage lines/riparian corridors containing the bushfire threat are characterized […]

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Redleaf

We were asked to provide Bushfire Hazard Assessments for a unique farmstay in an 1890s train carriage. The carriage is surrounded by gum trees on the 280-acre property. Issues: Any proposals involving eco-tourism are considered particularly vulnerable during bushfires and are therefore required to meet some specific requirements.

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Grasmere Place - Grasmere

This property was zoned RU1 Rural Landscape under the current Camden Local Environment Plan, and was proposed to be rezoned to R5 – Large Lot Residential. Indicative house lot layouts were identified in the assessment and it showed how the proposal can comply with bushfire protection requirements. Final details of landscaping and boundaries will be […]

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Appin Road

This proposal involved a new house built in the new development near Apin. There wasn’t any bushfire vegetation hazard within 100 metres of the proposed dwelling. The BAL certificate identified that this proposal was BAL-LOW which means that the building did not require to comply with any BAL construction.

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