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Regulatory Responses to Bushfirein the Planning and Building System in Victoria, Australia
Professor Prem ChhetriRMIT University
Integrated Planning and Building Framework
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• 16 recommendations for planning and building brought together into an integrated package of planning and building rules
• Focused on prioritising human life and strengthening community resilience to bushfire
• Strengthens the consideration of bushfire at different stages of the planning process and better integrates the planning and building systems.
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Integrated Planning and Building Framework Regulatory responses
Areas where the extent, configuration and/or management of vegetation means that there
is low potential for bushfire spread.
Three levels of site-based response
BUSHFIRE HAZARD LEVEL LOW AREAS
BUSHFIRE HAZARD LEVEL 1 AREAS
Areas of high to extreme fuel loads where there is potential for high bushfire behaviour
such as a crown fire and ember attack
BUSHFIRE HAZARD LEVEL 2 AREAS
Areas of extreme fuel loads where there is potential for extreme bushfire behaviour such as a crowning fire and extreme ember attack
Planning response : Bushfire Management Overlay (BMO)
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Building response : Bushfire Prone Area (BPA) and the
Building Regulations
Building response : Bushfire Prone Area (BPA) and the
Building Regulations
No planning or building response
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Integrated Planning and Building Framework Regulatory responses
Bushfire Prone Areas (BPA) and
Bushfire Management Overlay (BMO)
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Structure of Objectives
• Subdivision – BF1 (General requirements)
– BF2 (Residential lots)
• All development– BF3 (Location)
– BF4 (Siting and layout)
– BF5 (Bushfire protection measures)
• Buildings and works – BF6 (Defendable space for dwellings)
– BF7 (Defendable space for industry, office and retail)
– BF8 (Defendable space for other occupied buildings)
– BF9 (Defendable space location)
– BF10 (Water supply and access)
Clause 52.47 Bushfire Protection: Planning Requirements
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• 10/30 rule
• Made permanent, based on expert fire science and advice from DSE
• Clear all veg within 10 metres and all veg except for trees within 30 metres
• Existing houses – need to check the dates
• Previously exempt metropolitan councils can opt-in through a planning scheme amendment
• 10/50 rule
• New, based on expert fire science and advice from DSE
• Clear all veg within 10 metres and all veg except for trees within 50 metres
• Existing houses – need to check the dates
• Applies to all areas within the BMO
• Replaces another exemption which provided for less extensive clearing but over a greater distance
10/30 and 10/50 Rules
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Strategic Planning for Bushfire Protection
State Planning Policy for Bushfire
• Use planning schemes to identify where the bushfire hazard requires specific consideration
• Asses the risk at a regional, municipal and local scale.