Bushfire Management Plan (Strategic Planning Proposal)

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1 BPP Pty Ltd t/a Bushfire Prone Planning PO Box 3489 MIDLAND WA 6056 ABN Bushfire Manageent Plan (Strategic Planning Proposal) Lot 1107 (40) Masonill Road, Carel Shire of Kalaunda Project Nuber: Assessent Date: 11 February 2016 Report Date: 12 February 2016

2 Plan Authoring, Version and Copliance Stateent BMP Teplate Version 3.4 Docuent Author 2016 BPP Pty Ltd Bushfire Planning and Design (BPAD) Accreditation Level Nuber Sean Winter Level 2 Accreditation does not currently exist - Docuent Reviewer Mike Scott Level 2 Accreditation does not currently exist - Version Report Date Reviewed Date Subitted Date Subitted To Ver Feb Feb Feb-16 Planner Version Aendent Record Bushfire Manageent Plan Copliance Stateent As the author of this Bushfire Manageent Plan (the Plan) I state that this Plan eets the requireents of both the State Planning Policy No. 3.7: Planning in Bushfire Prone Areas (SPP 3.7) and the supporting Guidelines for Planning in Bushfire Prone Areas (WAPC 2015; the Guidelines). Sean Winter BMP v1.0.docx 2016 BPP Pty Ltd Page 1

3 Contents 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY COMMISSIONING AND THE PROPOSAL APPLICATION OF SPP PLANNING SUBMISSION DETAILS AND REQUIRED BUSHFIRE RISK ASSESSMENTS ASSESSMENT OF BUSHFIRE RISK VEGETATION IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION Existing Vegetation Vegetation Excluded fro Classification Expected On-site Vegetation Changes Due to Proposed Subdivision or Developent BUSHFIRE HAZARD LEVEL (BHL) ASSESSMENT BUSHFIRE ATTACK LEVEL (BAL) CONTOUR MAP Identification of Specific Issues Arising fro BAL Contour Map Existing Habitable Buildings on Subject Site BAL Ratings Identification of Specific Issues Arising fro BAL Assessent BUSHFIRE PROTECTION CRITERIA ASSESS AND DEMONSTRATE COMPLIANCE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS NATIVE VEGETATION AND RE-VEGETATION BUSHFIRE RISK MANAGEMENT MEASURES SITING OF BUILDINGS AND ALLOWABLE BAL S VEGETATION MANAGEMENT VEHICULAR ACCESS FIREFIGHTING WATER SUPPLY REQUIRED BUILDING CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS EXISTING HABITABLE BUILDINGS ON SUBJECT SITE STATEMENTS OF PROPOSAL COMPLIANCE AND JUSTIFICATION STATE PLANNING POLICY NO. 3.7: PLANNING IN BUSHFIRE PRONE AREAS (SPP 3.7) GUIDELINES FOR PLANNING IN BUSHFIRE PRONE AREAS (WAPC 2015 AS AMENDED) BUSHFIRE PROTECTION CRITERIA (WAPC 2015 GUIDELINES ) LOCAL VARIATIONS TO BUSHFIRE PROTECTION CRITERIA WA BUILDING ACT AS 3959 CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS IN BUSHFIRE PRONE AREAS (2009 AS AMENDED) LOCAL GOVERNMENT FIRE BREAK NOTICE OTHER APPLICABLE LOCAL GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS RESPONSIBILITIES FOR IMPLEMENTATION & MAINTENANCE LANDOWNER / PROPONENT RESPONSIBILITIES (AND THOSE ACTING ON THEIR BEHALF) BUILDER RESPONSIBILITIES LOCAL GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBILITIES APPENDICES BMP v1.0.docx 2016 BPP Pty Ltd Page 2

4 Appendices APPENDIX THE WA FRAMEWORK FOR BUSHFIRE RISK MANAGEMENT APPENDIX BUSHFIRE RISK ASSESSMENT UNDERSTANDING THE METHODOLOGY APPENDIX VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION EXCLUSIONS (AS S ) APPENDIX TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS BUSHFIRE PROTECTION CRITERIA (APZ & HSZ) APPENDIX TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS - BUSHFIRE PROTECTION CRITERIA (VEHICULAR ACCESS) APPENDIX TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS - BUSHFIRE PROTECTION CRITERIA (WATER) Disclaier The easures contained in this Bushfire Manageent Plan are considered to be iniu standards and they do not guarantee that a building will not be daaged in a bushfire. This is substantially due to the unpredictable nature and behaviour of fire and extree weather conditions. Additionally, the achieveent of and level of ipleentation of bushfire anageent easures will depend, aong other things, on the actions of the landowners or occupiers over which Bushfire Prone Planning has no control. All surveys, forecasts, projections and recoendations ade in this report associated with the project are ade in good faith on the basis of inforation available to Bushfire Prone Planning at the tie. All aps included herein are indicative in nature and are not to be used for accurate calculations. Notwithstanding anything contained therein, Bushfire Prone Planning will not, except as the law ay require, be liable for any loss or other consequences (whether or not due to the negligence of their consultants, their servants or agents) arising out of the services provided by their consultants. Copyright Notice The forat and certain content of this work is copyright. Apart fro any use peritted under the Copyright Act 1968, none of these parts ay be reproduced by any process, nor ay any other exclusive right be exercised, without the perission of BPP Pty Ltd of PO Box 3489 Midland WA This work was ade in As this aterial is in an electronic forat, the reoval or alteration of this aterial is prohibited by the Copyright Act in certain circustances BMP v1.0.docx 2016 BPP Pty Ltd Page 3

5 1 Executive Suary This Bushfire Manageent Plan has been prepared to allow the land owners of Lot 1107 (40) Masonill Road, Carel within the Shire of Kalaunda, to plan the developent of the lot for touris purposes, and to understand their obligations with regard to bushfire planning regulations. The Proposal requires the application of State Planning Policy No. 3.7: Planning in Bushfire Prone Areas (SPP 3.7). The developent site is within a designated bushfire prone area and the assessed bushfire risk is considered to be anageable. This has been deterined by deonstrating copliance against all applicable legislation, policy, standards and guidelines including the four eleents of the Bushfire Protection Criteria. Against the Bushfire Protection Criteria, this Proposal is to be assessed on the basis of fully eeting the acceptable solutions. It is possible to site buildings within Lot 1107 so that they do not exceed BAL-29 (assessed using Method 1 as per AS ). The highest indicative Bushfire Attack Level for the proposed developent does not exceed BAL-29 (assessed using Method 1 as per AS ). Future buildings within 100 etres of classified vegetation are to be constructed to standards which correspond to the deterined BALs, as required by AS Construction of buildings in bushfire prone areas. As this proposal does not identify the actual location of building works within each lot, there ay be a requireent to deterine the BAL for individual building works once the actual building site has been identified. An Asset Protection Zone (APZ) has been recoended to be incorporated into the landscaping surrounding any future buildings and is to be aintained. This will assist with reducing bushfire risk and iprove the safety of firefighters and residents during fire suppression activities. There is two-way access to the property via Masonill Road. The private driveways on the subject lot will need to be upgraded to eet the standards as set out in the Guidelines for Planning in Bushfire Prone Areas (2015). The subject site has appropriate water tanks with copliant couplings. However, access to these tanks is not copliant with the standards as set out in the Guidelines for Planning in Bushfire Prone Areas (2015) and is required to be upgraded. Manageent of the bushfire risk will be achieved by the ipleentation and aintenance - by the identified stakeholders - of the stated bushfire risk anageent easures and other requireents as set out in this BMP BMP v1.0.docx 2016 BPP Pty Ltd Page 4

6 2 Coissioning and the Proposal Bushfire Prone Planning (BPP) has been coissioned to carry out the assessents and prepare the required bushfire planning docuentation (as a Bushfire Manageent Plan) to accopany the proponent s planning subission associated with their land use project. Coissioning Record Landowner / Proponent: BPP Coissioned by: Purpose: Rob Tielean Land Insights To deterine the requireents for developent of the subject site Subject Site: Lot No Proposed Project Location Zoning and R-Code: Road: Locality: Local Governent: Rural Conservation Masonill Road Carel Shire of Kalaunda Proposed Project Description Description: Developent of subject property for touris purposes Site Plan: Refer to Figure 2.1 Site Map: Refer to Figure BMP v1.0.docx 2016 BPP Pty Ltd Page 5

7 Figure 2.1: Site Plan BMP v1.0.docx 2016 BPP Pty Ltd Page 1

8 3 Application of SPP 3.7 The State Planning Policy No. 3.7: Planning in Bushfire Prone Areas (SPP 3.7) provides the foundation for land use planning to address bushfire risk in Western Australia and will apply if any of the first three conditions is satisfied and the fourth; Are the conditions for application of SPP 3.7 satisfied? 1. The project site is located in a designated bushfire prone area on the WA Map of Bushfire Prone Areas: 2. The project site is not located in a designated bushfire prone area on the WA Map of Bushfire Prone Areas but the existing vegetation type and condition dictate that it should be: 3. The project site is located in an area not yet designated as bushfire prone but is proposed to be developed in a way that introduces a bushfire hazard (Guidelines for Planning in Bushfire Prone Areas WAPC 2015 s3.2.2): 4. The planning subission is a higher order strategic planning docuent, a strategic planning proposal or a subdivision or developent application; Yes N/A N/A Yes This planning subission will need to coply with the policy easures of SPP 3.7 if either of the following first two conditions is satisfied. If the subission is a developent application the third condition ust also be satisfied; Is the requireent to coply with the policy easures of SPP 3.7 satisfied? 1. The subject land has or will have a Bushfire Hazard Level above Low: Yes 2. The subject land has or will have a Bushfire Attack Level rating above BAL-Low: Yes 3. The developent application is for a lot or lots greater than or for the construction or/and use of a habitable building other than a single house or ancillary dwelling (Local Planning Schee Aendent Regulations 2015): N/A BMP v1.0.docx 2016 BPP Pty Ltd Page 2

9 4 Planning Subission Details and Required Bushfire Risk Assessents Planning Subission Detail Planning Stage: Project Type: Vulnerable Land Use: High Risk Land Use: Minor Developent: Unavoidable Developent: For Subission to: Strategic - local planning schee/aendent Change of use / addition of use No No No No Shire of Kalaunda Policy easures in SPP 3.7 (and the associated docuent Guidelines for Planning in Bushfire Prone Areas WAPC 2015) set out the bushfire planning inforation and assessents that are to accopany a planning subission. It is dependent on the type of proposal and stage of the developent process. In ost circustances this inforation is to be presented in the for of a Bushfire Manageent Plan (BMP). This Bushfire Manageent Plan will include the following required inforation as indicated by the check ark. If an ite is not checked it is not required by either SPP 3.7 or by a local governent variation and has not been requested by the proponent; Bushfire Hazard Level Assessent Bushfire Attack Level Contour Map Bushfire Attack Level Assessent Identify any issues arising fro BAL contour ap or BAL assessent Identify and specifically address the list of issues defined in the Guidelines s5.2 Deonstrate copliance with the Bushfire Protection Criteria can be achieved in subsequent planning stages Deonstrate copliance with the Bushfire Protection Criteria BMP v1.0.docx 2016 BPP Pty Ltd Page 3

10 For vulnerable and high risk land use and developent in areas with an extree bushfire hazard level and/or areas where BAL-40 or BAL-FZ applies, the following additional bushfire planning inforation will accopany and/or be included in this Bushfire Manageent Plan. Vulnerable Land Use High Risk Land Use Minor Developent Unavoidable Developent Provision for Eergency Evacuation Eergency Evacuation Plan for Proposed Occupants Risk Manageent Plan for Flaable On-site Hazards Stateents Against SPP 3.7 s6.7.1 ites (a) to (d) Stateents Against SPP 3.7 s6.7.2 ites (b) and (d) Note that for vulnerable and high risk land uses involving Class 4 to Class 9 buildings, the planning process focuses on location, siting, vehicular access and firefighting water supply and not building construction requireents - as the Building Code of Australia only applies to Classes 1, 2, 3 and associated Class 10a buildings or decks. However, the construction requireents as set out in AS 3959 can be utilised voluntarily BMP v1.0.docx 2016 BPP Pty Ltd Page 4

11 5 Assessent of Bushfire Risk 5.1 Vegetation Identification and Classification Existing Vegetation All vegetation within 100 etres of the subject site has been identified and classified or excluded and presented in Table 5.1 (in accordance with AS s refer Appendix 3 Vegetation Classification Exclusions ). Representative photos of each vegetation area are presented after Table These areas of classified vegetation that will deterine the bushfire risk and behaviour are defined on the topography and vegetation ap Figure Vegetation Excluded fro Classification Certain areas and vegetation ay be assessed as low threat or non-vegetated. These are to be excluded fro classification and are therefore rated BAL-LOW (refer Appendix 3 Vegetation Classification Exclusions ). The entirety of Lot 1107 Masonill Road is considered low threat under clause (f) of AS (2009). Two low threat areas exist on adjacent lots: (i) a sall area of anaged pasture on Lot 312, 50 Masonill Road to the south; and (ii) an area along the creekline, including two das, on Lot 8, 550 Canning Road to the north Expected On-site Vegetation Changes Due to Proposed Subdivision or Developent In assessing vegetation for bushfire threat, consideration ust be given to possible future vegetation changes likely on the site that is being assessed for this Proposal. This ay be due to growth of existing vegetation or as part of future landscape plantings, including future roadside revegetation. In particular, there ust be careful consideration of the creation of vegetation corridors where they join offsite vegetation and ay provide a route for fire to enter the subdivision area. For this Proposal the future onsite vegetation has been considered and is expected to be aintained as low threat with a BAL rating of BAL-Low. It will eet AS s requireents (refer Appendix 3 Vegetation Classification Exclusions ) BMP v1.0.docx 2016 BPP Pty Ltd Page 5

12 Lot 1107 Masonill Rd, Carel LEGEND AREA : 5 Class (G) Grassland 25 5 Other Lots 235 Lot 1107 Area of Interest extent AREA : 6 Class (A) Forest (A) Forest (B) Woodland (G) Grassland Managed Exclusion Elevation () LOW THREAT :Managed Exclusion (f) 235 Classified Vegetation Topography & Classified Vegetation Figure Figure: AREA : 2 Class (A) Forest L O T AREA : 1 Class (A) Forest LOW THREAT :Nursery Exclusion (f) 0 SCALE (A3) Meters R E O Y W H LOCALITY GOOSEBERRY HILL PPAAUULLLLSS VVAALLLLEEYY WALLISTON BBI ICCKKLLEEYY IN NK TO WY H RD PPI ICCKKEERRI INNGG BBRROOOOKK CCAARRMMEELL OORRAANNGGEE GGRROOVVEE AREA : 3 Class (A) Forest BICKLEY KALAMUNDA CARMEL PICKERING BROOK GOSNELLS ILL LLEESSMMUURRDDI IEE NM LESMURDIE HHAACCKKEETTTTSS GGUULLLLYY SO KALAMUNDA MA SOUTH KALAMUNDA MAIDA VALE CCAANNNNI INNGG MMI ILLLLSS LOW THREAT :Rocky Outcrops Exclusion (e) A L NY BA Y W H MMAARRTTI INN Assessent Date: 11/02/2016 Iage Date: Feb-15 Prepared by: Sean Winter Accreditation Level: Accreditation No: Expiry: AREA : 4 Class (B) Woodland KARRAGULLEN KKAARRRRAAGGUULLLLEENN Coordinate Syste: GDA 1994 MGA Zone 50 Projection: Universal Transverse Mercator Copyright Bushfire Prone Planning Pty Ltd Created on: 22/02/2016 Disclaier and Liitation: This ap has been prepared for bushfire anageent planning purposes only. All depicted areas, contours and any diensions shown are subject to survey. Bushfire Prone Planning does not guarantee that this ap is without flaw of any kind and disclais all liability for any errors, loss or other consequence which ay arise fro relying on any inforation depicted.

13 Table 5.1: Vegetation types identified, the applied classification and effective slope All Vegetation Within 100 etres of Subject Site Vegetation Area Identified Types (AS3959) or Description if Excluded Applied Classification Effective Slope Under Classified Vegetation (degrees) 1 Open jarrah / arri forest A-03 Class A Forest 11 2 Open jarrah / arri forest A-03 Class A Forest 0 3 Open jarrah / arri forest A-03 Class A Forest 7 4 Marri / wandoo woodland B-05 Class B Woodland 7 5 Closed tussock grassland G-21 Class G Grassland 6 6 Open jarrah / arri forest A-03 Class A Forest 0 Exclusion AS Managed gardens (f) Note: When ore than one vegetation type is present each type is classified separately with the worst case scenario being applied. The predoinant vegetation is not necessarily the worst case scenario BMP v1.0.docx 2016 BPP Pty Ltd Page 7

14 Vegetation Area 1 Classification Applied: Class A Forest Assessent Coent: Jarrah / arri forest Photo 1 Vegetation Area 2 Classification Applied: Class A Forest Assessent Coent: Jarrah / arri forest Photo 2 Photo 3 Vegetation Area 3 Classification Applied: Class A Forest Assessent Coent: Jarrah / arri forest with significant weed (blackberry / lantana / bracken) infestation Photo BMP v1.0.docx 2016 BPP Pty Ltd Page 8

15 Vegetation Area 4 Classification Applied: Class B Woodland Assessent Coent: Marri / wandoo woodland with grass / watsonia understory Photo 5 Photo 6 Vegetation Area 5 Classification Applied: Class G Grassland Assessent Coent: Closed tussock grassland Photo 7 Vegetation Area 6 Classification Applied: Class A Forest Assessent Coent: Jarrah / arri forest Photo 8 Photo BMP v1.0.docx 2016 BPP Pty Ltd Page 9

16 Vegetation Area 7 Classification Applied: Exclusion AS (f) Assessent Coent: Managed gardens Photo 10 Photo Bushfire Hazard Level (BHL) Assessent For a suary of the assessent ethodology refer to Appendix 2. BHL assessents are required to accopany all strategic planning proposals unless the future lot layout of the Proposal is known in which case a BAL Contour Map is ore appropriate (SPP 3.7 s6.3). Is a Bushfire Hazard Level assessent required to be included in this Bushfire Manageent Plan? Yes The results of the Bushfire Hazard Level assessent, detailing the vegetation type, class and the hazard levels assigned, are presented in Table 5.2 and are identified on the Bushfire Hazard Level Map, Figure 5.2. Table 5.2: Results of BHL assessent Assessed Area Bushfire Hazard Level Land inside the external boundary of the subject site: Low Land within 100 etres of external boundary of the subject site: Moderate + Extree Method of assessent (using the ethodology set out in the Guidelines Appendix 2): site inspection + aerial ap data BMP v1.0.docx 2016 BPP Pty Ltd Page 10

17 If any of the assessed area is deterined to have an extree BHL this will trigger further considerations. Can the extree hazard level be initially reduced to low or oderate and then aintained for the life of the developent? No If the assessent is Yes then Section 7 of this Plan Bushfire Risk Manageent Measures will outline how this will be achieved. If the assessent is No then the indicative Bushfire Attack Levels for the subject site will need to be BAL-29 or lower for the subject land to be considered suitable for developent unless it eets the definition of inor or unavoidable developent. Are the indicative Bushfire Attack Levels for the subject site BAL-29 or lower? Yes Is this proposal for inor or unavoidable developent? No BMP v1.0.docx 2016 BPP Pty Ltd Page 11

18 Figure 5.2 Bushfire Hazard Level Lot 1107 Masonill Rd, Carel LEGEND Lot 1107 Other Lots Area of Interest extent Bushfire Hazard Level Extree Bushfire Hazard Moderate Bushfire Hazard Low Bushfire Hazard NOTE: Hazard apping has been prepared in accordance with the ethodology set out in the Guidelines for Planning in Bushfire Prone Areas, (WAPC 2015, as aended). Hazard apping is required to extend for 100 beyond the property boundary. L O T MASONMILL RD SCALE (A3) Meters ROE HWY TON KIN H WY LOCALITY MAIDA VALE KALAMUNDA LESMURDIE L E S M U R D I I E GOOSEBERRY HILL SOUTH KALAMUNDA WALLISTON P A U L L S V A L L E Y H A C K E T T S G U L L Y B I I C K L E Y BICKLEY C P I I C K E R I I N G A R M E L B R O O K KALAMUNDA CARMEL PICKERING BROOK O R A N G E G R O V E GOSNELLS C A N N I I N G M I I L L S A LBANY HWY M A R T I I N KARRAGULLEN K A R R A G U L L E N Assessent Date: 11/02/2016 Iage Date: Feb-15 Prepared by: Sean Winter Accreditation Level: Accreditation No: Expiry: Coordinate Syste: GDA 1994 MGA Zone 50 Projection: Universal Transverse Mercator Copyright Bushfire Prone Planning Pty Ltd Created on: 22/02/2016 Disclaier and Liitation: This ap has been prepared for bushfire anageent planning purposes only. All depicted areas, contours and any diensions shown are subject to survey. Bushfire Prone Planning does not guarantee that this ap is without flaw of any kind and disclais all liability for any errors, loss or other consequence which ay arise fro relying on any inforation depicted.

19 5.3 Bushfire Attack Level (BAL) Contour Map A BAL Contour Map of the subject lot/s illustrates the potential radiant heat ipacts and associated BAL ratings in reference to any vegetation within 100 etres of the assessent area after subdivision works are coplete. It is typically used at the subdivision stage of the planning process, but is also appropriate for strategic planning proposals where the lot layout of a proposal is already deterined ( Guidelines s4.2). A BAL Contour Map is based on an assessent of the developent site and surrounding area as they will be when the proposed developent is constructed i.e. when the land has been cleared and all the subdivision works have been undertaken. It needs to take into account any vegetation that will reain or will be introduced when the works are coplete (Factsheet BAL Contour Maps Version 1 Deceber 2015 WAPC). BAL assessent procedure applied: Siplified procedure 'Method 1" (AS ) Vegetation assessent: Physical site inspection Refer to Appendix 2 Bushfire Risk Manageent Understanding the Methodology, for a suary of the BAL assessent procedures. Figure 5.3 on the following page is the BAL Contour Map for this Proposal and the data is also tabulated in Table 5.3. In accordance with SPP 3.7 Planning in Bushfire Prone Areas, proposed lots where a BAL-40 or BAL-FZ rating is indicated on the BAL Contour Map will generally not be supported except where it eets the definition of inor or unavoidable developent. Are the indicative or deterined Bushfire Attack Levels any of the proposed lots BAL- 40 or BAL-FZ? No Does this proposal include an application for inor or unavoidable developent on any lot? No If this proposal includes an application for inor or unavoidable developent on any lot, then Section 7 of this Plan Bushfire Risk Manageent Measures will present the required additional inforation BMP v1.0.docx 2016 BPP Pty Ltd Page 13

20 Bushfire Attack Level Contour Map Lot 1107 Masonill Rd, Carel LEGEND Area of Interest extent 25 5 Other Lots 235 Lot Figure 5.3 Elevation () Bushfire Attack Levels (Method 1) BAL FZ (Indicative only) BAL 40 (Indicative only) BAL 19 (Indicative only) BAL 12.5 (Indicative only) 235 BAL 29 (Indicative only) BAL LOW (Indicative only) L O T SCALE (A3) Meters R E O Y W H LOCALITY GOOSEBERRY HILL PPAAUULLLLSS VVAALLLLEEYY WALLISTON BBI ICCKKLLEEYY LLEESSMMUURRDDI IEE ILL BICKLEY IN NK TO WY H RD PPI ICCKKEERRI INNGG BBRROOOOKK CCAARRMMEELL OORRAANNGGEE GGRROOVVEE NM LESMURDIE HHAACCKKEETTTTSS GGUULLLLYY SO KALAMUNDA MA SOUTH KALAMUNDA MAIDA VALE KALAMUNDA CARMEL PICKERING BROOK GOSNELLS CCAANNNNI INNGG MMI ILLLLSS A L NY BA Y W H MMAARRTTI INN Assessent Date: 11/02/2016 Iage Date: Feb-15 Prepared by: Sean Winter Accreditation Level: Accreditation No: Expiry: KARRAGULLEN KKAARRRRAAGGUULLLLEENN Coordinate Syste: GDA 1994 MGA Zone 50 Projection: Universal Transverse Mercator Copyright Bushfire Prone Planning Pty Ltd Created on: 22/02/2016 Disclaier and Liitation: This ap has been prepared for bushfire anageent planning purposes only. All depicted areas, contours and any diensions shown are subject to survey. Bushfire Prone Planning does not guarantee that this ap is without flaw of any kind and disclais all liability for any errors, loss or other consequence which ay arise fro relying on any inforation depicted.

21 Table 5.3: Achievable BAL s for Lot 1107 Achievable (Indicative) Bushfire Attack Levels for Lot 1107 (as per AS Method 1 and Table 2.4.3) Lot Nuber Vegetation Area Applied Vegetation Classification Effective Slope Under the Classified Vegetation (degrees) Achievable BAL s BAL-29 BAL-19 BAL-12.5 BAL-LOW Identified by stating the separation distance (in etres) to classified vegetation required to achieve the stated BAL 1 Class A Forest <56 56-<73 73/<100 Not Achievable 2 Class A Forest 0 21-<31 31-<42 42-<100 Not Achievable 3 Class A Forest 8 33-<46 46-<61 61-<100 Not Achievable Class B Woodland 7 22-<31 31-<43 43-<100 Not Achievable 5 Class G Grassland 6 10-<16 16-<23 23-<50 Not Achievable 6 Class A Forest 0 21-<31 31-<42 42-<100 Not Achievable 7 Exclusion AS (f) 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A Identification of Specific Issues Arising fro BAL Contour Map The BAL contour ap highlights areas of the property where it is possible to locate new buildings, and the BAL level they ust correspond to, dependent upon location Existing Habitable Buildings on Subject Site BAL Ratings For any existing habitable buildings on the subject site the following Bushfire Attack Level assessent is provided for each building. The recoended bushfire risk anageent easures to apply to each building are detailed in Section 7 of this Plan BMP v1.0.docx 2016 BPP Pty Ltd Page 15

22 Vegetation Area Existing Building BAL Assessent Cafe Applied Vegetation Classification Effective Slope Under Vegetation (degrees) Separation Distance Fro Building to Vegetation (etres) Bushfire Attack Level 1 Class A Forest BAL-LOW 2 Class A Forest BAL-LOW 3 Class A Forest BAL-LOW 4 Class B Woodland BAL-LOW 5 Class G Grassland 6 40 BAL Class A Forest 0 38 BAL-19 7 Exclusion AS (f) N/A N/A N/A Deterined Bushfire Attack Level (AS Method 1) BAL-19 Vegetation Area Existing Building BAL Assessent House Applied Vegetation Classification Effective Slope Under Vegetation (degrees) Separation Distance Fro Building to Vegetation (etres) Bushfire Attack Level 1 Class A Forest BAL Class A Forest BAL-LOW 3 Class A Forest BAL-LOW 4 Class B Woodland BAL-LOW 5 Class G Grassland 6 48 BAL Class A Forest 0 15 BAL-FZ 7 Exclusion AS (f) N/A N/A N/A Deterined Bushfire Attack Level (AS Method 1) BAL-FZ Identification of Specific Issues Arising fro BAL Assessent Any odifications ade to the two existing buildings ust coply with requireents for the assessed BAL ratings. The house is rated BAL-FZ and as such, any developent application for the alteration of this building is unlikely to be granted, unless the separation distance between it and classified vegetation is increased to allow a BAL rating of BAL-29 (or lower) to be achieved BMP v1.0.docx 2016 BPP Pty Ltd Page 16

23 5.4 Bushfire Protection Criteria Assess and Deonstrate Copliance (Source: Guidelines for Planning in Bushfire Prone Areas WAPC 2015) Bushfire Protection Criteria - Eleent 1- Location Intent: To ensure that strategic planning proposals, subdivision and developent applications are located in areas with the least possible risk of bushfire to facilitate the protection of people, property and infrastructure. Perforance Principle P1 (used to develop alternative solutions): The intent ay be achieved where the strategic planning proposal, subdivision or developent application is located in an area where the bushfire hazard assessent is or will, on copletion, be oderate or low OR a BAL-29 or below applies AND the risk can be anaged. For inor or unavoidable developent in areas where BAL-40 or BAL-FZ applies, deonstrating that the risk can be anaged to the satisfaction of DFES and the decision aker. Acceptable Solution Copliance Explanation / Requireents Stateents of Project Copliance and Justification A1.1 Developent Location The strategic planning proposal, subdivision and developent application is located in an area where the bushfire hazard assessent is or will, on copletion, be oderate or low OR The developent is subject to BAL-29 or below. Yes No N/A Land is ost suitable for land use intensification where hazard levels are low. Where there is an extree bushfire hazard level or requireents for use of BAL-40 or BAL-FZ construction standards, the land is not considered suitable for developent unless it eets the definition of inor or unavoidable developent (which requires WAPC, DFES and local planning approval). The proposed developent is located within a designated bushfire prone area. The proposal is copliant as building envelopes can be cited subject to BAL-29 or below. The bushfire risk can be anaged by constructing buildings to the standard that corresponds to the deterined Bushfire Attack Level; aintaining the required separation distance fro classified vegetation; creating and aintaining asset protection zones (priarily vegetation anageent); and eet requireents for vehicular access and firefighting water supply BMP v1.0.docx 2016 BPP Pty Ltd Page 17

24 Bushfire Protection Criteria - Eleent 2 - Siting and Design of Developent Intent: To ensure that the siting and design of developent iniises the level of bushfire ipact. Perforance Principle P2 (used to develop alternative solutions): The intent ay be achieved where the siting and design of the strategic planning proposal, subdivision or developent application, including roads, paths and landscaping, is appropriate to the level of bushfire risk that applies to the site. That it iniises the bushfire risk to people, property and infrastructure, including copliance with AS3959 if appropriate. Acceptable Solution (either or both solutions to be et to the extent that it satisfies Eleent 1) A2.1 Asset Protection Zone (APZ) Every building is surrounded by a iniu 20 etre wide Asset Protection Zone (APZ), depicted on subitted plans, which eets the defined requireents. OR Where a full 20 etre APZ is not possible the APZ should be sufficient enough to ensure the potential radiant heat ipact of a fire does not exceed 29 kw/ 2. Copliance Explanation / Requireents Yes No N/A The APZ is a low fuel area iediately surrounding a habitable or specified building (see specifications in Appendix 4). All requireents in A2.1 are essential and ust be achieved to ensure copliance. If the ipleentation of protection zones was to result in the loss of vegetation that is not acceptable or causes conflict with landscape and environental objectives, then the developent ay need to be odified. Stateents of Project Copliance and Justification The proposed developent eets the acceptable solution: It is possible to establish and aintain an APZ that eets all specified requireents. By incorporating an APZ, to the extent possible within the boundary of the lot, into the landscaping surrounding the proposed building works and aintaining it to coply with specified requireents into the future; and The extent of the achievable APZ results in the potential radiant heat ipact of a fire on the building not exceeding 29kW/ 2 ; and By constructing the future building works to the standard corresponding to the deterined BAL rating as per AS3959; and Maintaining firebreaks and fuel loads as per the local governent s annual firebreak notice issued under s33 of the Bushfires Act BMP v1.0.docx 2016 BPP Pty Ltd Page 18

25 Bushfire Protection Criteria - Eleent 2 - Siting and Design of Developent (continued) Acceptable Solution (either or both solutions to be et to the extent that it satisfies Eleent 1) A2.2 Hazard Separation Zone (HSZ) Every building and its contiguous APZ is surrounded by a iniu 80 etre wide Hazard Separation Zone (HSZ), depicted on subitted plans, that eets the defined requireents. OR A HSZ ay not be required if the proposed construction eets the standard appropriate to the BAL for that location and the deterined BAL does not exceed BAL-29. Copliance Explanation / Requireents Yes No N/A Hazard separation should be provided between extree bushfire hazards and buildings to create a cobined separation distance of 100 (50 for unanaged grassland) in order to protect the fro burning ebers, radiant heat and direct flae contact (specifications in Appendix 4). The iniu hazard separation distance ay be reduced by copliance with AS 3959 which requires that as the distance fro the vegetation is reduced, the construction standard ust be increased. Stateents of Project Copliance and Justification The proposed developent eets the acceptable solution by: It is possible to cite buildings within the proposed developent so that they do not exceed BAL-29; and The construction standards of the proposed building being increased to eet the requireents corresponding to the deterined Bushfire Attack Level (BAL), as per AS BMP v1.0.docx 2016 BPP Pty Ltd Page 19

26 Bushfire Protection Criteria - Eleent 3 - Vehicular Access Intent: To ensure that the vehicular access serving a subdivision/developent is available and safe during a bushfire event. Perforance Principle P3 (used to develop alternative solutions): The intent ay be achieved where the internal layout, design and construction of public and private vehicular access and egress in the subdivision /developent allow eergency and other vehicles to ove through it easily and safely at all ties. Acceptable Solutions Copliance Explanation / Requireents Stateents of Project Copliance and Justification A3.1 Two access routes Yes No N/A Two different vehicular access routes are provided, both of which connect to the public road network, provide access and egress to two different destinations and are available to all residents and the public at all ties and under all weather conditions. Two way access should be provided as a public road, however, where a public road cannot be provided (this will need to be deonstrated by the proponent providing justification) an eergency access way ay be considered. Masonill Road provides two points of access and egress fro the subject property to two different destninations. A3.2 Public Road A3.3 Cul-de-sacs (including dead-end roads) A3.4 Battle Axe A public road is to eet the technical requireents set out in Appendix 5. Should be avoided in bushfire prone areas. Where no alternative exists (i.e. the lot layout already exists and/or will need to be deonstrated by the proponent) they ust be constructed to eet the technical requireents (set out in Appendix 5) including a axiu length of 200 (possibility of 600 if cul-de-sacs joined by eergency access way). Should be avoided in bushfire prone areas. If no alternative exists (this will need to be deonstrated by the proponent) they ust be constructed to eet the technical requireents set out in Appendix 5. N/A N/A N/A BMP v1.0.docx 2016 BPP Pty Ltd Page 20

27 Bushfire Protection Criteria - Eleent 3 - Vehicular Access - (continued) Acceptable Solutions Copliance Explanation / Requireents A3.5 Private Driveways Yes No N/A Must be constructed to eet the design requireents set out in the Guidelines. Where a house site is further than 50 fro a public road there are additional technical requireents - see A3.6 Eergency Access Way A3.7 Fire Service Access Routes (perieter roads) A3.8 Firebreak Width Appendix 5. An access way that does not provide through access to a public road is to be avoided in bushfire prone areas. Where no alternative exists (this will need to be deonstrated by the proponent) an eergency access way is to be provided as an alternative link to a public road during eergencies (axiu length of 600) and ust be constructed to eet the technical requireents set out in Appendix 5. Fire service access routes are to be established to provide access within and around the edge of the subdivision and related developent to provide direct access to bushfire prone areas for fire fighters and link between public road networks for firefighting purposes. They ust be constructed to eet the technical requireents set out in Appendix 5. Lots greater than 0.5 hectares ust have an internal perieter firebreak of a iniu width of three etres or to the level prescribed in the local firebreak notice issued by the local governent. Stateents of Project Copliance and Justification The technical requireents as set out in Table 4 of the Appendices of the Guidelines for Planning in Bushfire Prone Areas (2015: 64) will be et. N/A N/A The site will coply with the local governent annual firebreak notice BMP v1.0.docx 2016 BPP Pty Ltd Page 21

28 Bushfire Protection Criteria - Eleent 4 Water Intent: To ensure water is available to the subdivision, developent or land use to enable people, property and infrastructure to be defended fro bushfire. Perforance Principal P4 (used to develop alternative solutions): The intent ay be achieved where the subdivision, developent or land use is provided with a peranent and secure supply that is sufficient for firefighting purposes. Acceptable Solutions Copliance Explanation / Requireents Stateents of Project Copliance and Justification A4.1 Reticulated Areas The subdivision, developent or land use is provided with a reticulated water supply, in accordance with the specifications of the relevant water supply authority and DFES. Yes No N/A The Water Corporations No 63 Water Reticulation Standard is deeed to be the baseline criterion for developents and should be applied unless local water supply authorities conditions apply. The technical requireents set out in the Guidelines (refer to Appendix 6) and any local governent variation ust be et (s8.4). A reticulated water supply is not currently available to the site. The closest hydrant is located on the corner of Carel Road and Canning Road, 825 etres north of the subject site. A4.2 Non-reticulated Areas The specification of the requireents for the proposal being assessed will be set by the water supply authority and DFES. A4.3 Non-reticulated Areas (Individual Lots) Single lots above need a dedicated static water supply on the lot that has the effective capacity of 10,000 litres. A procedure ust be in place to ensure that water tanks are aintained at or above the designated capacity at all ties, including hoe tanks on single lots. (Note: A4.3 is only for use if creating one additional lot and cannot be applied cuulatively). The technical requireents set out in the Guidelines (refer to Appendix 6) and any local governent variation ust be et (s8.4). Lot 1107 has 4 large water tanks holding in excess of 250,000 litres of stored water for firefighting purposes. These have appropriate couplings to allow fire appliances to access the. The turn-around area adjacent to these tanks is 13 in diaeter and will be increased to 17.5 in diaeter, to allow appropriate access for a 3.4 firefighting appliance BMP v1.0.docx 2016 BPP Pty Ltd Page 22

29 6 Environental Considerations Many bushfire prone areas also have high biodiversity values. SPP 3.7 Policy objective 5.4 recognises the need to consider bushfire risk anageent easures alongside environental, biodiversity and conservation values ( Guidelines s2.3). 6.1 Native Vegetation and Re-vegetation Establishing developent in bushfire prone areas can adversely affect the retention of native vegetation through clearing associated with the creation of Asset Protection and Hazard Separation Zones. Where loss of vegetation is not acceptable or causes conflict with landscape or environental objectives, it will be necessary to consider available options to iniise the reoval of native vegetation. Options to Miniise Reoval of Native Vegetation Reduce lot yield Cluster developent Construct building to a higher standard as per BCA and AS 3659 Modify the developent location Considered and Ipleented in this Proposal N/A N/A N/A N/A Coents: Does this planning proposal satisfy bushfire protection requireents within the boundaries of the land being developed so as not to ipact on the bushfire and environental anageent of neighbouring reserves, properties or conservation covenants? N/A Where, as part of the Proposal, revegetation of waterway foreshore, wetland or coastal buffers is necessary for their protection or anageent, this bushfire anageent plan will need to assess the ability and practicality of aintaining vegetation separation distances corresponding to deterined BAL s.

30 Re-vegetation of riparian and/or coastal areas is part of this Proposal. Can the required BAL separation distance be aintained into the future? Have any other landscape plans applying to this Proposal been considered in assessing the potential change in bushfire risk into the future N/A N/A If any of the above applies, further inforation is presented in Section 7 Bushfire Risk Manageent Measures BMP v1.0.docx 2016 BPP Pty Ltd Page 24

31 7 Bushfire Risk Manageent Measures 7.1 Siting of Buildings and Allowable BAL s Future buildings on the proposed lots are to be located in areas where an appropriate Bushfire Attack Level rating can be achieved and where inial reoval of valuable existing native vegetation is required to achieve this rating. The intent is to have the subject land of this Proposal located in an area where the bushfire hazard level is, or will on copletion, be oderate or low and subject to a axiu Bushfire Attack Level of BAL-29. The proposed developent is unlikely to be approved if the assessed BAL rating is either BAL-40 or BAL-FZ, as this is unacceptable on planning grounds. The exception will be if it eets the definition of inor or unavoidable developent. The assessent for this proposal is detailed in Section 5 of this Plan which includes how the intent will be et in Section 5.5 Bushfire Protection Criteria Assess and Deonstrate Copliance. The assessent of the subject property has identified an area of the property where buildings can be located to BAL-29 or lower. 7.2 Vegetation Manageent An Asset Protection Zone (APZ) creating a low fuel area will be incorporated into the landscaping surrounding any future buildings (refer to Appendix 4 for specifications). This will decrease the potential bushfire intensity, iniise the likelihood of direct flae contact and reduce the exposure of the buildings to radiant heat. It will also be iportant for firefighter and occupant s safety during fire suppression activities. Where possible a Hazard Separation Zone (HSZ) will also be established (refer to Appendix 4 for specifications). If this is not practical or achievable then any proposed construction will eet the standard appropriate to the BAL for that location (refer to Section 7.5). At least the stated iniu separation distance fro any classified vegetation, that corresponds to a particular lot s assessed BAL, will be aintained as either a non-vegetated area or as low threat vegetation anaged in a inial fuel condition (i.e. insufficient fuel available to significantly increase the severity of the bushfire attack e.g. short cropped grass to noinal height of 100) as per AS s (e) and (f) (refer Appendix 3 of this Plan). Where the existing or planned re-vegetation has been assessed as low threat (eeting AS Section requireents), excluded fro classification and directly resulted in the assessed BAL for a given lot or building being BAL-LOW, then this area will be anaged to continue to eet those requireents and BAL rating BMP v1.0.docx 2016 BPP Pty Ltd Page 25

32 Any classified vegetation that has directly contributed to the deterined BAL rating for a given lot or building, will be anaged such as to not change that vegetation to a higher risk classification. The requireents of the local governent s annual firebreak notice will be coplied with. 7.3 Vehicular Access The necessary requireents to allow safe private and eergency vehicles access and egress in the subdivision/developent at all ties will be established. These requireents and actions have been detailed in Section 5.4 of this Plan. Private driveways on the subject property will need to be upgraded and constructed to the standard outlined in Table 4 of the Appendices of the Guidelines for Planning in Bushfire Prone Areas (2015: 64) 7.4 Firefighting Water Supply The required water tanks with appropriate couplings are installed and will be aintained such that the developent is provided with a peranent and secure water supply that is sufficient for firefighting purposes. Access to these tanks needs to be upgraded to eet the standard as detailed in Appendix 6 and Section 5.5 of this Plan. 7.5 Required Building Construction Standards The future residential buildings (Class 1, 2, 3 and associated Class 10a buildings and decks) in this Proposal will be subject to a Bushfire Attack Level greater than BAL-LOW as the required separation distances fro classified vegetation are unable to be et. As a result the future residential buildings in this Proposal will be constructed to the requireents corresponding to their assessed BAL as set out in AS Construction of buildings in bushfire prone areas or (NASH) Standard Steel Fraed Construction in Bushfire Prone Areas (for Class 1a and 1b buildings). This Plan has provided achievable (or indicative) BAL s rather than deterined BAL s because any future building works actual location is unknown. Once actual building locations have been deterined confiration or reassessent of the BAL ay be required prior to the construction of any buildings BMP v1.0.docx 2016 BPP Pty Ltd Page 26

33 7.6 Existing Habitable Buildings on Subject Site For any existing structures, within designated bushfire prone areas, the building standards are generally not retrospective. Coplying with the required construction standards corresponding to a deterined BAL, can only be a recoendation in order to iprove the buildings perforance when subject to a bushfire attack. To iprove the bushfire resistance of the existing building/s it is recoended to lower the BAL rating by increasing the separation distance between the building and the areas of classified vegetation deterining the BAL rating (refer Section 5.3.4). The target BAL and the required separation distances are presented below. HOUSE - TARGET BAL Vegetation Area Assessed separation distance () Assessed BALs BAL BAL- LOW BAL- LOW BAL- LOW BAL BAL-FZ Target Building BAL BAL-29 Miniu required separation distance () Is reoval of vegetation required to achieve the Target BAL? No No No No No Yes Notes: 1. A target BAL lower than BAL-29 will not be given if it requires the reoval of native vegetation which would require the approval of the local governent. 2. The area of land representing the above iniu separation distance ust be aintained as either a non-vegetated area or as low threat vegetation anaged to a inial fuel condition (i.e. insufficient fuel available to significantly increase the severity of the bushfire attack e.g. short cropped grass to noinal height of 100) as per AS s It is the responsibility of the landowner to aintain the bushfire protection easures on their property. This includes the vegetation separation distance, the asset protection zone and hazard separation zone (Appendix 4) and copliance with the local governent s annual firebreak notice issued under s33 of the Bushfires Act BMP v1.0.docx 2016 BPP Pty Ltd Page 27

34 8 Stateents of Proposal Copliance and Justification Appendix 1 sets out and suarises the key purpose of the applicable policies, guidelines, regulations, docuents, and associated bushfire risk assessent tools that for the WA fraework for bushfire risk anageent. The content of this Bushfire Manageent Plan will reference and where applicable, coply with these. This section of the Plan contains the stateents of copliance and justification against these requireents. 8.1 State Planning Policy No. 3.7: Planning in Bushfire Prone Areas (SPP 3.7) SPP 3.7 Objectives and Justification for Copliance Response Proposal Meets Objective 5.1 Avoid any increase in the threat of bushfire to people property and infrastructure Yes Ipleentation of the bushfire risk anageent easures as set out in this Plan, including eeting the requireents of the bushfire protection criteria; will avoid any increase in the threat of bushfire. 5.2 Identify and consider bushfire risks in decision-aking at all stages of the planning and developent process (to reduce vulnerability to bushfire). Yes The bushfire risks have been identified and assessed, as relevant for the stage of this planning subission, using the tools prescribed in SPP 3.7 (and the associated docuent Guidelines for Planning in Bushfire Prone Areas WAPC 2015). Refer to Section 5 Assessent of Bushfire Risk. 5.3 Ensure that all stages of planning subissions take into account bushfire protection requireents and include specified bushfire protection ethods. Yes The bushfire protection requireents and any specified protection ethods, relevant for the stage of this planning subission, have been taken into account and presented in Section 6 Bushfire Risk Manageent Measures. 5.4 Achieve an appropriate balance between bushfire risk anageent easures; biodiversity conservation values; environental protection and biodiversity anageent; and landscape aenity, with consideration of cliate change. Yes The coponents of this objective have been considered along with the requireents set out in the Guidelines s2.3. Identifying and addressing issues relevant for the stage of this planning subission is presented in this Plan in Section 6 Environental Considerations BMP v1.0.docx 2016 BPP Pty Ltd Page 28

35 SPP 3.7 Policy Measures and Justification for Copliance Response Proposal Copliant 6.1 Higher order strategic planning docuents in bushfire prone areas N/A 6.2 Strategic planning proposals, subdivision and developent applications (given the assessed bushfire risk, the application ay be considered for approval where it can be undertaken in accordance with policy easures 6.3, 6.4 or 6.5 i.e. provide required inforation). Yes The proposal relates to land that has a BHL of low and a BAL above BAL-Low BUT has or will on copletion be subject to a BAL of less than BAL Inforation to accopany strategic planning proposals Yes A Bushfire Hazard Level assessent, BAL Assessent and BAL contour ap are included as part of this BMP. 6.4 Inforation to accopany subdivision applications N/A 6.5 Inforation to accopany developent applications N/A 6.6 Vulnerable or high risk land uses. N/A 6.7 Strategic planning proposals, subdivision or developent applications in areas where an extree BHL and/or BAL-40 or BAL-FZ applies N/A 6.8 Advice of State/relevant authority/s for eergency services to be sought N/A BMP v1.0.docx 2016 BPP Pty Ltd Page 29

36 SPP 3.7 Policy Measures and Justification for Copliance Response Proposal Copliant 6.9 Advice of State/relevant agencies/authorities for environental protection to be sought N/A 6.10 Bushfire conditions ay be iposed N/A 8.2 Guidelines for Planning in Bushfire Prone Areas (WAPC 2015 as aended) The Guidelines are designed to assist in the interpretation of SPP3.7 s objectives and policy easures. As such they have been referenced and coplied with in copiling this Bushfire Manageent Plan which is to accopany the planning subission. This Plan contains, as a iniu, the inforation required as per the Guidelines checklist. 8.3 Bushfire Protection Criteria (WAPC 2015 Guidelines ) The proposed land use has been assessed against the bushfire protection criteria. The assessent of the bushfire risk anageent easures (i.e. those relevant to each eleent) and the deonstration of how the proposal eets the criteria are presented in Section 5.5 of this Plan - Bushfire Protection Criteria - Assess and Deonstrate Copliance. Where the proposal has not been able to fully eet an acceptable solution for a given eleent or an alternative solution is proposed, then Section 7 Risk Manageent Measures, deonstrates how the Proposal will coply with the perforance principle and the intent of that eleent. Any required advice and recoendations fro DFES and other referral authorities will be included in this section. A suary of the outcoe is presented below BMP v1.0.docx 2016 BPP Pty Ltd Page 30

37 Basis of Proposal Assessent Bushfire Protection Criteria Eleent Acceptable Solutions Perforance Principle Variation on Acceptable Solutions Justification presented in Section 7 Alternative Solution Presented in Section 7. Includes advice fro the relevant referral authorities Location Siting and Design of Developent Vehicular Access Water Proposal Satisfies All Criteria Yes Yes Yes Yes 8.4 Local Variations to Bushfire Protection Criteria Are there any endorsed local variations to the bushfire protection criteria (e.g. through a local planning policy) that are to apply to the proposed land use and therefore addressed in Section 7 Bushfire Risk Manageent Measures of this Plan? No Does the proposal satisfy the local variations to the bushfire protection criteria? N/A 8.5 WA Building Act 2011 Relevant regulations associated with the Act are the Building Regulations 2012 and the LPS Aendent Regulations The legislation also adopts the Building Code of Australia as the iniu technical requireents for the design and construction of buildings and certain other structures in WA. Is this planning subission a required developent application for construction of any Class of building? No If the response is No, then this planning subission is for a planning stage where direct copliance with the Act for the land use proposal is not required. However, the BAL Contour Map and/or the BAL BMP v1.0.docx 2016 BPP Pty Ltd Page 31

38 assessent contained in this Plan will apply for any future planning application at the applicable planning stage i.e. construction of buildings. If the response is Yes, then one of the situations below will apply to this proposal. This Planning Subission the Land Use Proposal A proposal for a single house or ancillary dwelling (Class 1 and associated Class 10a building or deck) located in a bushfire prone area on a lot less than or on a lot equal to or greater than but subject to a BAL of BAL-29 or less, does not need to lodge a developent application (rather it goes direct to the Building Perit Process). However, the relevant local governent additionally requires a developent application to be subitted for planning approval. Bushfire construction requireents will apply in both cases. A proposal for a single house or ancillary dwelling (Class 1 and associated Class 10a building or deck) located in a bushfire prone area on a lot equal to or greater than but subject to BAL-40 or BAL-FZ ust lodge a developent application and bushfire construction requireents will apply. A proposal, regardless of lot size, for residential or accoodation buildings, other than a house (i.e. Class 2 or 3 and associated Class 10a building or deck), located in a bushfire prone area, ust lodge a developent application and bushfire construction requireents will apply. Applicable No No No A proposal, regardless of lot size, for ixed use, coercial, industrial buildings or public facilities (i.e. Class 4-9 buildings), located in a bushfire prone area, ust lodge a developent application and bushfire construction requireents will not apply (unless the local governent additionally requires the to apply). No This Proposal coplies with the WA Building Act 2011 and associated regulations by creating a BAL Contour Map and conducting a bushfire attack level assessent (refer Section 5 of this Plan Assessent of Bushfire Risk ) and noting the obligation for buildings to be constructed to the standard corresponding to the deterined bushfire attack levels in Section 9 of this Plan Responsibilities for Ipleentation and Maintenance. 8.6 AS 3959 Construction of Buildings in Bushfire Prone Areas (2009 as aended) This Proposal coplies with the ethodology set out in AS 3959 to classify vegetation that is a bushfire threat and to calculate the bushfire attack levels presented as a BAL Contour Map and/or a BAL assessent in Section 5 of this Plan Assessent of Bushfire Risk. For the construction of applicable buildings this land use proposal will coply with the construction requireents, set out in AS 3959, that correspond to the deterined bushfire attack level/s for the BMP v1.0.docx 2016 BPP Pty Ltd Page 32

39 subject site. This obligation is stated in Section 9 of this Plan Responsibilities for Ipleentation and Maintenance. 8.7 Local Governent Fire Break Notice This Proposal coplies with the requireents of the relevant local governent by stating the landowner s obligations in Section 9 of this Plan Responsibilities for Ipleentation and Maintenance. Additionally the obligation is noted as part of eeting the requireents of the bushfire protection criteria Section 5.5 Eleent 2 Siting and Design. 8.8 Other Applicable Local Governent Docuents This Plan provides the required inforation such that this Proposal can coply with the requireents of: The Local Planning Schee provisions with respect to bushfire risk anageent BMP v1.0.docx 2016 BPP Pty Ltd Page 33

40 9 Responsibilities for Ipleentation & Maintenance This section sets out the responsibilities of landowners/proponents (including future landowners), builders and local governent in relation to the ipleentation and aintenance of the requireents of SPP 3.7 and the Guidelines. 9.1 Landowner / Proponent Responsibilities (and those acting on their behalf) Ipleentation Ensure anyone listed as having responsibility under the Plan has endorsed it and is provided with a copy for their inforation (future landholders if the Plan was prepared as part of a subdivision application), local governent and any other authorities or referral agencies ( Guidelines s4.6.3). Construction of private driveways and battle axes ust coply with the standards (Appendix 5 Vehicular Access ) For a non-reticulated water supply, ensure that the eergency water supply structure for firefighting purposes (tanks, couplings and access) is constructed to coply with the standards (s7.4 Fire Fighting Water Supply and Appendix 6 Water ). Ipleent the low fuel Asset Protection Zone (APZ) and where applicable the Hazard Separation Zone (HSZ) as per s7.2 Vegetation Manageent and Appendix 4 APZ and HSZ. Ensure all new buildings the landowner/proponent has responsibility for, are designed and constructed in full copliance with the requireents of the WA Building Act 2011 and the referenced Building Code of Australia; and additional requireents of the local governent. This will include copliance with AS Construction of Buildings in Bushfire Prone Areas (2009 as aended) and/or the National Association of Steel Housing (NASH) Standard Steel Fraed Construction in Bushfire Prone Areas, whereby construction standards corresponding to the assessed BAL will be applied (Appendix 2 Bushfire Risk Assessent Methodology Explained ) BMP v1.0.docx 2016 BPP Pty Ltd Page 34

41 Maintaining Copliance Ensure the ongoing review and ipleentation of the Plan to ensure that the bushfire risk anageent easures reain effective. This includes aending the Plan to detail changes with any future developent ( Guidelines s4.6.4) Respond to and coply with fire protection or hazard anageent notices issued by the local governent. This includes copliance with the Shire of Kalaunda Fire Break Notice issued under s33 of the Bushfires Act 1954 as directed by the Guidelines s6.1 and referenced in this Plan s5.5 Bushfire Protection Criteria, s8.7 Local Governent Firebreak Notice and Appendix 4 APZ and HSZ. View the current requireents on the Shire of Kalaunda website. Maintain the low fuel Asset Protection Zone (APZ) and where applicable the Hazard Separation Zone (HSZ) as per s7.2 Vegetation Manageent and Appendix 4 APZ and HSZ. At least the stated iniu separation distance (refer to s5.4) fro any classified vegetation, that corresponds to a particular lot s assessed BAL, ust be aintained as either a nonvegetated area or as low threat vegetation anaged in a inial fuel condition (i.e. insufficient fuel available to significantly increase the severity of the bushfire attack e.g. short cropped grass to noinal height of 100) as per AS s (e) and (f) (refer to Appendix 3 of this Plan Vegetation Classification Exclusions ). If existing or planned re-vegetation has been assessed as low threat (eeting AS Section requireents), excluded fro classification and directly resulted in the assessed BAL for a given lot or building being BAL-LOW then this area ust be anaged to continue to eet those requireents and BAL rating. Any classified vegetation that has directly contributed to the deterined BAL rating for a given Lot or building, ust be anaged such as to not change that vegetation to a higher risk classification. For a non-reticulated water supply, ensure that the eergency water supply (tank) for firefighting purposes is aintained in good condition and has the specified couplings (s7.4 Fire Fighting Water Supplies and Appendix 6 Water ). The landowner/occupier has responsibility for water tank/s on a single lot for the purposes of firefighting. A procedure ust be in place to ensure that water tanks are aintained at or above designated capacity at all ties. This could be in the for of an agreeent with the local governent and the fire service ( Guidelines Appendix 6 Water, this Plan s7.4 Fire Fighting Water Supplies ) BMP v1.0.docx 2016 BPP Pty Ltd Page 35

42 9.2 Builder Responsibilities The builder (generally naed on the building perit) is responsible for ensuring that the building or incidental structure to which a building perit applies is, on copletion, copliant with the Building Code of Australia (BCA). For Classes 1a, 1b, 2, 3 and associated 10a buildings or decks located in a designated bushfire prone area, copliance with the BCA requires that these buildings are constructed to the requireents corresponding to their bushfire attack level rating. The construction standards for Class 1a and 1b buildings are contained in: AS Construction of buildings in bushfire prone areas; or National Association of Steel Housing (NASH) Standard Steel Fraed Construction in Bushfire Prone Areas. The construction standards for Classes 2, 3 and associated 10a buildings or decks are contained in: AS Construction of buildings in bushfire prone areas The building/s ust also coply with any additional local governent requireents. 9.3 Local Governent Responsibilities Ipleentation For Proposals that do not coply with the acceptable solutions of the bushfire protection criteria, the local governent request a perforance based assessent, liaising with the Departent of Fire and Eergency Services for advice ( Guidelines s6.2). Referring proposals that have significant environental iplications to the Environental Protection Authority; and proposals abutting Departent of Parks and Wildlife (DPAW) anaged land to DPAW; and proposals abutting waterways or which have other water resource iplications to the Departent of Water Providing advice where the clearing of locally significant vegetation is proposed Local governent to register this Bushfire Manageent Plan and keep a record of the sites referred to for the purpose of identify servicing and infrastructure gaps. ( Guidelines s4.6.4) BMP v1.0.docx 2016 BPP Pty Ltd Page 36

43 Maintaining Copliance Develop and aintain district bushfire fighting services and facilities. Any existing and planned revegetation areas that have been assessed in this Plan to have: 1. Met the Australian Standard AS s (f) requireents and has been excluded fro classification (refer to Appendix 3 Vegetation Classification Exclusions ); and 2. Has directly resulted in the assessed BAL-LOW rating and/or fors part of the iniu required classified vegetation separation distance that that corresponds to a particular structure s assessed BAL; and 3. Is an area whose aintenance is the responsibility of the Local Governent (i.e. the subject land is vested in the control of the local governent - Guidelines s6.2); such areas of vegetation ust be aintained to be low threat as specified in AS Section (refer to Appendix 3 Vegetation Classification Exclusions ) BMP v1.0.docx 2016 BPP Pty Ltd Page 37

44 10 Appendices Appendix 1 The WA Fraework for Bushfire Risk Manageent This section of the Bushfire Manageent Plan sets out the applicable policies, guidelines, regulations, docuents, and associated bushfire risk assessent tools, that a Bushfire Manageent Plan will need to reference and where applicable, coply with. Stateents of copliance against these requireents are presented in Section 8 of this Plan. Background The state governent of WA has coitted to addressing bushfire through the ipleentation of a risk-based syste of land-use planning and developent that ais to reduce the risk of bushfire. The legislative eans of facilitating this is through the Planning and Developent Act 2005 and its interaction with the Fire and Eergency Services Act 1998 and the Building Act As part of the Planning and Developent Act 2005 the Planning and Developent (Local Planning Schees) Regulations 2015 have been aended (LPS Aendent Regulations 2015) to introduce Part 10A Bushfire risk anageent which establishes the deeed bushfire provisions (being the parts of Clause 78). The deeed bushfire provisions provide a echanis to require a developent approval and apply to all local planning schees prepared under the Planning and Developent Act 2005, to ensure that bushfire risk is appropriately anaged in new developent throughout the state. The deeed bushfire provisions: Only apply to developent that is proposed on a site in a designated bushfire prone area. Can be suppleented by a local planning schee ay but not varied or exepted. Are applied and work through the following policies, guidelines, regulations and docuents each of which this Bushfire Manageent Plan will address BMP v1.0.docx 2016 BPP Pty Ltd Page 38

45 Map of Bushfire Prone Areas The Map of Bushfire Prone Areas identifies land that has been designated as being bushfire prone by the Fire and Eergency Services Coissioner under the Fire and Eergency Services (Bushfire Prone Areas) Order 2015 as part of the Fire and Eergency Services Act Designation as a bushfire prone area (highlighted as pink on the ap) reflects the potential of bushfire to affect that site. It acts as a echanis for initiating further assessent in the planning and building process. This can involve bushfire risk assessent and anageent easures being required in planning subissions and activation of the bushfire construction requireents of the Building Code of Australia. State Planning Policy No. 3.7: Planning in Bushfire Prone Areas (SPP 3.7) This policy is ade under the Planning and Developent Act 2005 and provides the foundation for land use planning to address bushfire risk anageent in Western Australia. SPP 3.7 applies to every stage of the planning process (i.e. all higher order strategic planning docuents; strategic planning proposals; subdivision and developent applications) in designated bushfire prone areas. It also applies to an area not yet designated as bushfire prone but is proposed to be developed in a way that introduces a bushfire hazard (Guidelines for Planning in Bushfire Prone Areas WAPC 2015 s3.2.2). The objectives of this policy are to: Ensure that all stages of land use planning (higher order strategic planning docuents; strategic planning proposals; subdivision and developent applications) identify and consider bushfire risk and apply specified bushfire protection easures; and To have an outcoe that will avoid any increase in the threat of bushfire to people, property and infrastructure, preserve life and achieve an appropriate balance between bushfire risk anageent easures and all environental conservation aspects. Policy easures to achieve the objectives are defined and: They vary according to the type and scale of the planning proposal and stage of the developent process; and They set out the inforation to be prepared for each type of proposal; and They refer to the Guidelines for Planning in Bushfire Prone Areas (WAPC 2015) as supporting this policy and providing the procedural detail for assessent and presentation of the required inforation BMP v1.0.docx 2016 BPP Pty Ltd Page 39

46 Guidelines for Planning in Bushfire Prone Areas (WAPC 2015 as aended) These Guidelines are designed to suppleent and assist in the interpretation of SPP3.7 s objectives and policy easures. They provide advice on how bushfire risk is to be addressed when planning, designing or assessing a planning proposal. As an endorsed standard (by the Office of Bushfire Risk Manageent), these Guidelines, in conjunction with SPP 3.7, are the predoinant docuents in the State for use by decision aking authorities and referral agencies, during the consideration of strategic planning proposals, subdivisions and developent applications. The Guidelines set out the interrelationships between, and requireents for, various assessent tools used to assess risk in the planning context, as prescribed by SPP 3.7. These include: Bushfire Hazard Level assessent; Bushfire Attack Level (BAL) Contour Map; Bushfire Attack Level (BAL) assessent; Bushfire Protection Criteria; and Bushfire Manageent Plan The Guidelines reference the Bushfire Attack Level descriptions and assessent ethodologies that are defined in AS Bushfire Protection Criteria The bushfire protection criteria (set out in the Guidelines Appendix 4) are a perforance based syste of assessing bushfire risk anageent easures. An assessent against the criteria is to be undertaken for any strategic planning proposal, subdivision and developent application for a site that has or will on copletion, have a bushfire hazard level above Low or a BAL rating above BAL- LOW. The protection criteria consist of four eleents: Location; Siting and Design of Developent; Vehicular Access; and Water. Each eleent has three coponents: Intent; Acceptable Solutions; and a Perforance Principle. How to apply the Criteria is set out in the Guidelines s BMP v1.0.docx 2016 BPP Pty Ltd Page 40

47 Local Variations to Bushfire Protection Criteria Local governents ay seek to add or to odify the acceptable solutions to recognise special local or regional circustances (e.g. topography / vegetation / cliate which reinforce the intent of a particular bushfire protection eleent and apply across a defined locality. These endorsed (by WAPC and DFES) variations will be in the for of a local planning schee aendent /provision or special control area. Currently they ay be in the for of a local planning policy. WA Building Regulations 2012 These regulations exist under the WA Building Act 2011 and adopt the Building Code of Australia as the iniu technical requireents for the design and construction of buildings and certain other structures in WA. The ajority of developent in WA requires a building perit before construction can coence. This process typically occurs after the planning process. The Regulations include the Building Aendent Regulations (No.3) 2015 that prescribe applicable building standards for buildings located in areas designated by the Fire and Eergency Services Coissioner as bushfire prone areas (identified on the Map of Bushfire Prone Areas). Building Code of Australia (BCA) The BCA provides iniu technical requireents for the construction of buildings. These are presented as Volues One and Two of the National Construction Code series. The BCA requires an assessent of the potential intensity of bushfire attack for specific classes of residential buildings located in designated bushfire prone areas (Classes 1a, 1b, 2, 3 and associated 10a buildings or decks). The BCA requires that these buildings are constructed to the requireents corresponding to their bushfire attack level rating. Copliance with BCA bushfire requireents for Class 1a and 1b buildings in designated bushfire prone areas can be deonstrated by copliance with: a. Australian Standard AS 3959 Construction of buildings in bushfire prone areas; or b. National Association of Steel Housing (NASH) Standard Steel Fraed Construction in Bushfire Prone Areas. Copliance with BCA bushfire requireents for Classes 2, 3 and associated 10a buildings or decks in designated bushfire prone areas can be deonstrated by copliance with: a. Australian Standard AS 3959 Construction of buildings in bushfire prone areas BMP v1.0.docx 2016 BPP Pty Ltd Page 41

48 AS 3959 Construction of Buildings in Bushfire Prone Areas (2009 as aended) The objective of this Standard is to prescribe particular construction details for buildings to reduce the risk of ignition fro a bushfire, appropriate to the: a) Potential for ignition caused by burning ebers, radiant heat or flae generated by a bushfire; and b) Intensity of the bushfire attack on the building To achieve this, the Standard defines six categories of Bushfire Attack Level (BAL), details their assessent ethodology and specifies constructions standards corresponding to each. Western Australia Bush Fires Act 1954 (as aended) An Act to ake better provision for diinishing the dangers resulting fro bush fires, for the prevention, control and extinguishent of bush fires. Matters addressed in the Act include prohibited burning ties, total fire bans, bushfire control and extinguishent The Act sets out the authority given to local governent which enables the to: Control and extinguish bushfires Establish and aintain Bushfire Brigades Require landowners and/or occupiers to install and aintain firebreaks to their required specifications Require landowners and/or occupiers anage bushfire fuel loads upon the land to their required specifications The applicable docuent is the annually issued Fire Break Notice published by the relevant local governent that sets out the obligations for landowners and/or occupiers. Other Applicable Local Governent Docuents These ay include: Local planning schee provisions Local planning strategy references to bushfire risk anageent Local planning strategy references to environent e.g. Shire of Mundaring Local Natural Areas Applicable structure plans Special control area provisions Previous planning approvals BMP v1.0.docx 2016 BPP Pty Ltd Page 42

49 Other Docuents These ay include: Any existing Bushfire Manageent Plan, Bushfire Hazard Level assessent or BAL assessent prepared over the site Relevant landscaping plans applicable to the subject site BMP v1.0.docx 2016 BPP Pty Ltd Page 43

50 Appendix 2 Bushfire Risk Assessent Understanding the Methodology In SPP 3.7 bushfire risk is defined as the chance of a bushfire igniting, spreading and causing daage to people, property and infrastructure. Before a strategic planning proposal, subdivision or developent application can be considered, it is necessary to understand the extent of the bushfire hazard and its potential to affect people, property and infrastructure. An assessent of bushfire risk is a key coponent of deciding whether a strategic planning proposal, subdivision or developent application should be approved in an area with a potential bushfire threat (fro the Guidelines ). Policy easures in SPP 3.7 (and the associated docuent Guidelines for Planning in Bushfire Prone Areas WAPC 2015) prescribe the various assessent tools to be used to assess bushfire risk in the planning context. These are: Bushfire Hazard Level assessent; Bushfire Attack Level (BAL) Contour Map; Bushfire Attack Level (BAL) assessent; Bushfire protection criteria; and Bushfire Manageent Plan The intent of this Appendix Bushfire Risk Assessent Understanding the Methodology is to provide an overview of the ethodology used in assessing the Bushfire Hazard Level and the Bushfire Attack Level. Bushfire Hazard Level Assessent Methodology A Bushfire Hazard Level assessent provides a broad-brush eans of deterining the potential intensity of a bushfire for a particular area. The Bushfire Hazard Level assessent assists in inforing the suitability of land contained within strategic planning proposals for future subdivision and developent The Bushfire Hazard Level assessent categorises land within a designated bushfire prone area as having a low, oderate or extree bushfire hazard level. Different hazard levels ay be assigned to different parts of individual lots ( Guidelines s4.1). The hazard levels are assessed priarily based on defined fuel characteristics. These characteristics include: Prevailing cliatic conditions Vegetation threat type and area Effective ground slope under the vegetation threat Existing land use on and around the area being assessed BMP v1.0.docx 2016 BPP Pty Ltd Page 44

51 Bushfire Attack Level Assessent Methodology The Australian Standard AS Construction of Buildings in Bushfire Prone Areas defines a Bushfire Attack Level (BAL) as: A eans of easuring the severity of a building s potential exposure to eber attack, radiant heat and direct flae contact, using increents of radiant heat expressed in kilowatts per etre squared, and is the basis for establishing the requireents for construction to iprove protection of building eleents fro attack by bushfire. AS defines six categories of Bushfire Attack Level (BAL) (AS 3959 Appendix G); provides the assessent ethodology (AS 3959 s2 and Appendix B); and specifies constructions standards corresponding to each BAL (AS 3959 s3 Table 3.1). The BAL s and corresponding descriptions of the predicted levels of exposure and heat flux exposure thresholds are contained in the table on the following page. AS provides two ethods to calculate Bushfire Attack Levels: 1. Method 1 - a siplified procedure that involves five procedural steps to deterine the BAL. It is subject to soe liitations of the circustances in which it can be used. 2. Method 2 - a detailed procedure using calculations to deterine BALs where a ore specific result is sought or site conditions are outside the scope of Method 1. Method 1 Suarised Procedure Deterination of the area to be assessed Deterine predoinant vegetation type(s) within 100 etres of the site and classify Deterination of distance of the site, building or building envelop fro the classified vegetation type(s) Deterination of the effective slope under the classified vegetation type(s) Deterination of BALs - Forest Fire Danger Index (FFDI) of 80 is used for WA BMP v1.0.docx 2016 BPP Pty Ltd Page 45

52 Bushfire Attack Level Definitions and Corresponding Sections Specifying Construction Requireents (Source: AS , Appendix G and Table 3.1) Bushfire Attack Level (BAL) Description of Predicted Bushfire Attack and Levels of Heat Flux Exposure Construction Section BAL - LOW There is insufficient risk to warrant specific construction requireents but there is still soe risk. 4 BAL There is risk of eber attack. 3 and 5 The construction eleents are expected to be exposed to a heat flux not greater than 12.5 kw/ 2 BAL - 19 BAL - 29 BAL - 40 BAL - FZ There is a risk of eber attack and burning debris ignited by wind borne ebers and a likelihood of exposure to radiant heat. The construction eleents are expected to be exposed to a heat flux not greater than 19 kw/ 2 There is an increased risk of eber attack and burning debris ignited by wind borne ebers and a likelihood of exposure to an increased level of radiant heat. The construction eleents are expected to be exposed to a heat flux not greater than 29 kw/ 2 There is a uch increased risk of eber attack and burning debris ignited by wind borne ebers, a likelihood of exposure to a high level of radiant heat and soe likelihood of direct exposure to flaes fro the fire front. The construction eleents are expected to be exposed to a heat flux not greater than 40 kw/ 2 There is an extreely high risk of eber attack and burning debris ignited by wind borne ebers, a likelihood of exposure to an extree level of radiant heat and soe likelihood of direct exposure to flaes fro the fire front. The construction eleents are expected to be exposed to a heat flux greater than 40 kw/ 2 3 and 6 3 and 7 3 and 8 3 and BMP v1.0.docx 2016 BPP Pty Ltd Page 46

53 Method 2 Suarised Procedure Deterine the relevant FDI or wind speed Deterine classified vegetation type(s), height and fuel loads Deterine the effective slope under the classified vegetation Deterine the slope of the land between the site and classified vegetation Deterine the distance of the site fro classified vegetation Calculate the flae length and deterine the flae width Deterine the elevation of receiver/buildings Calculate the radiant heat flux Deterination of BALs - Forest Fire Danger Index (FFDI) of 80 is used for WA BMP v1.0.docx 2016 BPP Pty Ltd Page 47

54 Appendix 3 Vegetation Classification Exclusions (AS s ) Certain vegetation can be excluded fro being classified in which case the Bushfire Attack Level shall be rated as BAL-LOW and no bushfire specific construction requireents apply. Such vegetation is one or a cobination of the following: a) Vegetation of any type that is ore than 100 fro the site. b) Single areas of vegetation less than 1ha in area and not within 100 of other areas of vegetation being classified. c) Multiple areas of vegetation less than 0.25ha in area and not within 20 of the site or each other. d) Strips of vegetation less than 20 in width regardless of length and not within 20 of the site or each other, or other areas of vegetation being classified. e) Non-vegetated areas, including waterways, roads, footpaths, buildings, and rocky outcrops. f) Low threat vegetation, including grassland anaged in a inial fuel condition (i.e. insufficient fuel available to significantly increase the severity of the bushfire attack for exaple short cropped grass to 100), aintained lawns, golf courses, aintained public reserves and parklands, vineyards, orchards, cultivated gardens, coercial nurseries, nature strips and windbreaks BMP v1.0.docx 2016 BPP Pty Ltd Page 48

55 Appendix 4 Technical Requireents Bushfire Protection Criteria (APZ & HSZ) A vital and effective coponent of anaging the potential bushfire risk to people, property and infrastructure is creating bushfire protection zones in which fire fuel loads are reduced and aintained. They are an integral part of subdivision and developent design and appropriately designed will greatly assist with bushfire prevention and suppression operations. The Guidelines for Planning in Bushfire Prone Areas (WAPC 2015, Appendix 4) set out the requireents to create an Asset Protection Zone (APZ) and a Hazard Separation Zone (HSZ). The ai of these bushfire protection zones is to have a fire of diinishing intensity and flae length as it approaches developent. These reduced fuel loads will reduce the intensity of radiant heat onto the buildings, thereby increasing their survivability. The APZ is a low fuel area iediately surrounding a habitable or specified building and is designed to prevent direct flae contact with buildings and it iproves safety for firefighters and occupants during fire suppression activities. Maintaining this zone in a inial fuel condition is essential and firefighters are not obliged to protect an asset if they think the separation distance between the dwelling and vegetation is unsafe. Asset Protection Zone (APZ) Requireents (source: WAPC Guidelines ) Width: 20 etres easured fro any external wall of the building or building envelope. Where the slope increases above 10 0, the APZ should be increased to ensure the potential radiant heat ipact of a fire does not exceed 29 kw/ 2 (i.e. a BAL-29 rating on the building). Location: the APZ should be accoodated within the boundaries of the lot on which the building is situated. Where a full 20 etre APZ is not possible the APZ should be sufficient enough to ensure the potential radiant heat ipact of a fire does not exceed 29 kw/ 2 (i.e. a BAL-29 rating on the building). Fine Fuel Load: reduced to and aintained at 2 t/ha. (DFES guidance-keep grasses short, reove leaves, twigs, dead aterial within shrubs and trailing bark, and prune branches to 2 etres above the ground). Trees: crowns are a iniu distance of 10 etres apart (a sall group of trees within close proxiity to one another ay be treated as one crown provided the cobined crowns do not exceed the area of a large or ature crown size for that species) and no crowns overhang the building. Shrubs/Trees: no tall shrubs or tree foliage within two etres of a building Sheds and Fences: within the APZ are constructed using non-cobustible aterials (e.g. iron, brick, liestone, etal post and wire) and sheds do not contain flaable aterials. Additional DFES Guidance a) Do not clup shrubs close to a building. Ensure there is a gap between shrubs and buildings of three ties their ature height. b) Store firewood at least 20 etres away fro the building. c) Keep gutters free of leaves and other cobustible aterial BMP v1.0.docx 2016 BPP Pty Ltd Page 49

56 d) Roof ounted evaporative coolers to be fitted with eber screens. e) Gas cylinders to vent away fro a building and be tethered to prevent falling over. f) Driveways and access ways ust allow for safe passage of a fire appliance to all buildings on the land. g) Land owners/occupiers ust aintain copliance with the local governent s annual firebreak notice issued under s33 of the Bushfires Act h) Barriers such as driveways, lawns, ovals, orchards and pathways surrounding dwellings can for part of a APZ. Locate the to axiise building protection. Hazard Separation Zone (HSZ) Requireents (source: WAPC Guidelines ) The Guidelines set out the requireent for a physical separation between extree bushfire hazard areas and developent in low and oderate hazard areas both around and within subdivisions. Width: a iniu of 80 etres easured fro the outer edge of the APZ for any vegetation classified in AS3959 as forest, woodland, closed shrub, open shrub, allee/ulga and rainforest OR 30 etres, easured fro the outer edge of the APZ, for unanaged grassland. Location: within the boundaries of the lot on which the building is situated or, where this is not possible or desirable, within the boundaries of the developent precinct in which the building is proposed to be located. Fine Fuel Load: dead aterial <6 diaeter and live aterial <3 is to be reduced to and aintained at 5-8 t/ha for jarrah/arri doinated forest and woodlands, below t/ha in allee heath and below 15 t/ha in karri forest. Exception - a HSZ ay not be required if the proposed construction eets the standard appropriate to the assessed BAL for that location/building and that BAL does not exceed BAL- 29. The intent is to create a cobined iniu separation distance of 100 etres between the buildings and the hazard (50 etres if unanaged grassland). This separation distance ay be reduced if the developent is copliant with AS 3959 (i.e. as the distance fro classified vegetation is reduced, the construction standard ust be increased) or by using a perforance principle assessent BMP v1.0.docx 2016 BPP Pty Ltd Page 50

57 Appendix 5 Technical Requireents - Bushfire Protection Criteria (Vehicular Access) Vehicular Access Technical Requireents of Acceptable Solutions - Part 1 Source: Guidelines for Planning in Bushfire Prone Areas WAPC 2015 A3.3 Cul-de-sacs (including a dead-end road) Their use in bushfire prone areas should be avoided. Where no alternative exists then the following requireents are to be achieved: Maxiu length is 200. If public eergency access is provided between cul-de-sac heads (as a right of way or public access easeent in gross), the axiu length can be increased to 600 provided no ore than 8 lots are serviced and the eergency access way is less than 600 in length; and Turnaround area requireents, including a iniu 17.5 diaeter head to allow type 3.4 fire appliances to turn around safely; and The cul-de-sac connects to a public road that allows for travel in two directions; and Meet the additional design requireents set out in Part 2 of this appendix. A3.4 Battle-axe Their use in bushfire prone areas should be avoided. Where no alternative exists then the following requireents are to be achieved: Maxiu length 600 and iniu width 6; and Coply with iniu standards for private driveways BMP v1.0.docx 2016 BPP Pty Ltd Page 51

58 A3.5 Private Driveways The following requireents are to be achieved: The design requireents set out in Part 2 of this appendix; and Where the house site is ore than 50 etres fro a public road: Passing bays every 200 etres with a iniu length of 20 etres and a iniu width of two etres (ie cobined width of the passing bay and constructed private driveway to be a iniu six etres); and Turn-around areas every 500 etres and within 50 etres of a house, designed to accoodate type 3.4 fire appliances to turn around safely (ie kerb to kerb 17.5 etres); and Any bridges or culverts are able to support a iniu weight capacity of 15 tonnes; and All weather surface (i.e. copacted gravel, liestone or sealed). A3.6 Eergency Access Way An access way that does not provide through access to a public road is to be avoided bushfire prone areas. Where no alternative exists, an eergency access way is to be provided as an alternative link to a public road during eergencies. The following requireents are to be achieved: No further than 600 etres fro a public road; and Must be signposted including where they ajoin public roads; and Provided as a right of way or public access easeent in gross; and Where gates are used they ust not be locked and they ust be a iniu width of 3.6 etres with design and construction approved by local governent (refer to the exaple in this appendix); and Meet the additional design requireents set out in Part 2 of this appendix BMP v1.0.docx 2016 BPP Pty Ltd Page 52

59 A3.7 Fire Service Access Routes (Perieter Roads) Are to be established to provide access within and around the edge of subdivision and related developent and to provide direct access to bushfire prone areas for firefighters and link between public road networks for firefighting purposes. Fire service access is used during bushfire suppression activities but can also be used for fire prevention work. The following requireents are to be achieved: No further than 600 etres fro a public road (driveways ay be used as part of the designated fire service access; and Dead end roads not peritted; and Allow for two-way traffic (i.e. two 3.4 fire appliances); and Provide turn-around areas designed to accoodate 3.4 fire appliances and to enable the to turn around safely every 500 (i.e. kerb to kerb 17.5 etres); and All weather surface (i.e. copacted gravel, liestone or sealed) and have erosion control easures in place; and Must be adequately sign posted; and Where gates are used they ust be a iniu width of 3.6 etres with design and construction approved by local governent (refer to the exaple in this appendix) and ay be locked (use a coon key syste). Meet the additional design requireents set out in Part 2 of this appendix; and Provided as right of ways or public access easeents in gross; and Manageent and access arrangeents to be docuented and in place. A3.8 Firebreak Width Lots greater than 0.5 hectares ust have an internal perieter firebreak of a iniu width of three eters or to the level as prescribed in the local firebreak notice issued by the local governent BMP v1.0.docx 2016 BPP Pty Ltd Page 53

60 Vehicular Access - Technical Requireents of Acceptable Solutions - Part 2 Source: Guidelines for Planning in Bushfire Prone Areas WAPC 2015 Vehicular Access Types Technical Coponent Public Roads Cul-de-sacs Private Driveways Eergency Access Ways Fire Service Access Routes Miniu trafficable surface () 6* 6 4 6* 6* Horizontal clearance () Vertical clearance () 4.5 N/A Maxiu grade <50 etres 1 in 10 1 in 10 1 in 10 1 in 10 1 in 10 Miniu weight capacity (t) Maxiu cross-fall 1 in 33 1 in 33 1 in 33 1 in 33 1 in 33 Curves iniu inner radius () * A six etre trafficable surface does not necessarily ean paving width. It could, for exaple, include four etre wide paving and one etre wide constructed road shoulders. In special circustances, where 8 lots or less are being serviced, a public road with a iniu trafficable surface of four etres for a axiu distance of ninety etres ay be provided subject to the approval of both the local governent and DFES BMP v1.0.docx 2016 BPP Pty Ltd Page 54

61 Vehicular Access - Technical Requireents of Acceptable Solutions Gates and Signs (exaple requireents check with local governent) Gates (Bollards) Miniu width 3.6 Design and construction to be approved by relevant local governent Eergency access way gates ust not be locked. Fire service access route gates ay be locked but only with a coon key that is available to local fire service personnel Bollards will be to the relevant local governent specifications Signs Miniu height above ground of 0.9 Lettering height to be 100 To display the words (as appropriate) Eergency Access Only or Fire Service Access No Public Access Design and construction to be approved by the relevant local governent Size 600 x 400 Sign colour red, base (white) area is reflective background Rounded corners, radius 20 White key-line 3 wide, 3 fro outside edge Suggested ounting hole six 6 diaeter BMP v1.0.docx 2016 BPP Pty Ltd Page 55

62 Appendix 6 Technical Requireents - Bushfire Protection Criteria (Water) Source: Guidelines for Planning in Bushfire Prone Areas WAPC 2015 and DFES website A4.1 Reticulated Areas The requireent is to supply a reticulated water supply, together with fire hydrants, in accordance with the specifications set by DFES and the relevant water supply authority (WA Water Corporation or Aqwest - Bunbury or Busselton Water). The Water Corporation s No 63 Water Reticulation Standard is deeed to be the baseline criteria for developents and should be applied unless local water supply authority s conditions apply. Key specifications in the ost recent version/revision of the design standard include: Residential Standard hydrants are to be located so that the axiu distance between the hydrants shall be no ore than 200 etres. Coercial Standard hydrants are to be located with a axiu of 100 etre spacing in Industrial and Coercial areas Rural Residential Standard where iniu site areas per dwelling is 10,000 2 (1ha), hydrants are to be located with a axiu 400 spacing. If the area is further subdivided to land parcels less than 1ha, then the residential standard (200) is to be applied. Figure A4.1: Hydrant Location and Identification Specifications BMP v1.0.docx 2016 BPP Pty Ltd Page 56

63 A4.2 Non-Reticulated Areas Static water supplies are used by firefighters in areas where there is no reticulated water supply. Water tanks are the only acceptable static water source acceptable to eet Eleent 4 (Water) of the Bushfire Protection Criteria as per the Guidelines for Planning in Bushfire Prone Areas (WAPC 2015) Appendix 4. The requireents for the developent being assessed can be increased by the relevant local governent. If a variation applies it will be noted in s7.1 and s7.4. Volue: Ratio of tanks to lots: Location: Tank Construction: Pipe Construction: Access: Couplings: 50,000 litres per tank 1 tank per 25 lots (or part thereof) No ore than two kiloetres to the furtherost house site within the residential developent to allow a 2.4 fire appliance to achieve a 20 inute turnaround tie at legal road speeds. Above ground tanks constructed using concrete or etal. Stands of raised tanks are constructed using non-cobustible aterials and heat shielding where applicable (required for etal stands). Galvanised or copper (PVC if buried 300 below ground). Hardstand and turnaround areas suitable for a 3.4 appliance (i.e. kerb to kerb 17.5etres) are provided within three etres of each tank. Tanks are to be fitted with a full flow valve and a 100 ca-lock coupling of etal/alloy construction (source: DFES). Exaples below: Ownership and Responsibility: Water tanks and associated facilities are vested in the relevant local governent. A procedure ust be in place to ensure that water tanks are aintained at or above designated capacity at all ties. This could be in the for of an agreeent with the local governent and the fire service BMP v1.0.docx 2016 BPP Pty Ltd Page 57

64 A4.3 Non-Reticulated Areas - Individual Lots This solution is only for use if creating one additional lot and cannot be applied cuulatively (Guidelines for Planning in Bushfire Prone Areas WAPC 2015 Appendix 4). Single lots above need a dedicated static water supply on the lot that has an effective capacity of 10,000 litres (Guidelines for Planning in Bushfire Prone Areas WAPC 2015). An Exaple Local Governent Requireent: Volue: Tank Construction: Pipe Construction: Access: Couplings: Responsibility: Miniu 10,000 litres (effective) per tank dedicated to firefighting purposes. The storage tank ust not facilitate sharing the water for doestic use (danger of containation). Above ground tanks constructed using concrete or etal. Galvanised or copper (PVC if buried 300 below ground). Hardstand and turnaround area suitable for a 3.4 appliance (i.e. kerb to kerb 17.5etres) is provided at the tank. Tanks are to be fitted with a full flow valve and a 50 or 100 calock coupling of etal/alloy construction. Exaples below: A procedure ust be in place to ensure that water tanks are aintained at or above designated capacity at all ties. This could be in the for of an agreeent with the local governent and the fire service BMP v1.0.docx 2016 BPP Pty Ltd Page 58