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Planning and Environment Committee Meeting 5 April 2011 Page 182.2 Bush Fire Prone Land Map2.2 Bush Fire Prone Land MapReporting OfficerManager Environmental PlanningAttachments1. Campbelltown City Council Bush Fire Prone Land Map – Current (distributed underseparate cover)2. Campbelltown City Council Bush Fire Prone Land Map – Revised (distributed underseparate cover)PurposeTo seek Council’s endorsement of the draft Bush Fire Prone Land Map prior to its submission tothe Commissioner of the New South Wales Rural Fire Service for certification.ReportBackgroundSection 146 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (EP&A Act) requirescouncils, where a Bush Fire Risk Management Plan (BFRMP) applies, to prepare and submit aBush Fire Prone Land Map (BFPLM) to the Commissioner of the New South Wales Rural FireService (NSW RFS) for certification. A bush fire prone area is described as an area of land thatcan support a bush fire or is likely to be subject to bush fire attack. Campbelltown Council has aBFRMP and therefore is required to prepare a BFPLM.The BFPL Map provides the foundation for planning for bush fire. New development on areasidentified as bush fire prone are subject to the development and planning controls of ‘Planning forBush Fire Protection 2006’ and must be designed to improve the survivability of the developmentand the occupants that are exposed to a bush fire hazard.Areas of bush fire hazard are illustrated on the map in two ways; (1) bush fire vegetation and (2)bush fire vegetation buffer. Table 1 describes the breakdown of bush fire vegetation and the bushfire vegetation buffer.Table 1: Description of BFPL map vegetation categoriesVegetationCategoryDescription Identifier Buffer width1 Forest, woodlands, heaths and wetlands Orange 100m2Moist rainforests, shrub land, open woodlands,mallee and grasslandsYellow30m
Planning and Environment Committee Meeting 5 April 2011 Page 192.2 Bush Fire Prone Land MapOf note, vegetation less than 1 hectare, managed grassland, managed botanical gardens,agricultural lands and mangroves are excluded from the bush fire categories.Council’s current BFPLM (provided as attachment one) was certified by the Commissioner of theNSW RFS Mr Phillip Christian Koperberg AM, AFSM, BEM in 2003. In accordance with theEP&A Act, the map is required to be revised.Proposed Bush Fire Prone Land MapIn accordance with guidelines developed by the NSW RFS, and in consultation with the NSWRFS, a draft BFPLM has been prepared for Council’s endorsement (provided as attachment two).Although there have been no significant amendments to the guidelines since the development ofCouncil’s current map, the revised map includes a number of minor changes. Of note are thefollowing:- Consistent with written advice provided by the NSW RFS, areas of grassland along thewestern edge of the Local Government Area (LGA) have been included. Following recentfire events including the Victorian Fires and the associated Royal Commission, findingshave highlighted the significant threat posed by grassland. Standards Australia is currentlyreviewing their position on grasslands which is anticipated to redefine how grasslands areconsidered and mapped.- Portions of land within the Menangle Park Urban Release Area have been excluded fromthe BFPLM based upon recognition of its regular management/maintenance.- Properties located in Wedderburn, Minto Heights and Kentlyn that were not originallyidentified to be bush fire prone land have been included based upon updated vegetationmapping.As a result of the above mentioned changes, bush fire prone land within the LGA is proposed toincrease from 20,630 hectares or 6,586 land parcels to 23,290 hectares or 7,370 land parcels.Officer's RecommendationThat the draft Bush Fire Prone Land Map provided as Attachment 2 be endorsed by Council andsubmitted to the Commissioner of the NSW Rural Fire Service for certification.Committee’s Recommendation: (Hawker/Oates)That the Officer's Recommendation be adopted.CARRIEDCouncil Meeting 12 April 2011 (Kolkman/Oates)That the Officer's Recommendation be adopted.Council Resolution Minute Number 48That the Officer's Recommendation be adopted.
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