Objectives

1. Provide the framework for the protection of property and vegetation from bushfire hazard within the Site.

Controls

1. Subject to detailed design at development application stage, the indicative location and widths of Asset Protection Zones are to be provided in accordance with Figure 8-14 and;
   1. are to be located wholly within the Precinct.
   2. may incorporate roads and flood prone land.
   3. may be used for open space and recreation within private lots subject to appropriate fuel management.
   4. are to be maintained in accordance with the Planning for Bushfire Protection (NSW RFS).
   5. may incorporate private residential land, but only within the building setback (no dwellings are to be located within the APZ).
   6. are not to burden public land.
   7. are to be generally bounded by a perimeter fire trail/road that is linked to the public road system at regular intervals in accordance with Bushfire Protection.
   8. may be allowed within the outer 50% of the VRZ but any encroachment into the riparian corridor requires offsets to be provided.
2. Buildings adjacent to APZs are to be constructed in accordance with the requirements of Appendix 3 of Bushfire Protection and Australian Standard 3959 - Construction of Building in Bushfire-prone Areas.
3. Where an allotment fronts and partially incorporates an APZ it must have an appropriate depth to accommodate a dwelling with private open space and the minimum required APZ. The APZ will be identified through a Section 88b instrument.
4. Temporary APZs, identified through a Section 88b instrument, may be required where development is proposed on allotments next to undeveloped land. Once the adjacent stage of development is undertaken, the temporary APZ will no longer be required and must cease.

Figure 8-14: Indicative Bushfire Asset Protection Zones