Residential Design Guideline 10 Bushfire/wildfire protection Character Area Design Objective(S) & Design Design Suggestion(S) Type(S) Response(S) Bush Design Objective Building design and materials Semi Bush (SB2 To design buildings which Where landscape and tree Only) minimise the risk of loss in a retention permits, slab onground bushfire and landscaping which construction is preferable to Settlement minimises the spread and elevated floors with exposed Bush Garden intensity of bushfires. timber frames, as this prevents (BG3 Only) underfloor spark entry. Design Responses Low profile building forms are Bushfire/Wildfire Protection preferred, with simple pitched To design buildings which roofs. Profile the roof with the minimise the risk of loss in a shape of the terrain. bushfire and landscaping which Avoid breaks of slope in the roof minimises the spread and line, and roof valleys, where intensity of bushfires. leaves could accumulate and, if Development within the Wildfire ignited, burn rafters or barge Management Overlay is required boards. to conform to prescribed Avoid design details which enable vegetation management, access sparks to enter the roof space or and water supply standards or be lodge in crevices. subject to an approved Fire Risk Management Plan. Avoid building materials which catch sparks, such as rough Develop designs and layouts that sawn timber, or materials which increase the necessity for warp or melt under radiant heat vegetation management. such as aluminium or vinyl Buildings with a designated cladding. Bushfire Prone Area are required Landscaping and choice of to be built in accordance with plant material Australian Standard 3959.Complicated roof lines and Design the landscape around the other design details where house to enable annual fuel burning embers could lodge. reduction and clear up before the fire season. New properties should have a
Residential Design Guideline 10 Bushfire/wildfire protection Character Area Type(S) Design Objective(S) & Design Response(S) Design Suggestion(S) Bush Semi Bush (SB2 Only) Settlement Bush Garden (BG3 Only) Design Objective To design buildings which minimise the risk of loss in a bushfire and landscaping which minimises the spread and intensity of bushfires. Design Responses Bushfire/Wildfire Protection To design buildings which minimise the risk of loss in a bushfire and landscaping which minimises the spread and intensity of bushfires. Development within the Wildfire Management Overlay is required to conform to prescribed vegetation management, access and water supply standards or be subject to an approved Fire Risk Management Plan. Develop designs and layouts that increase the necessity for vegetation management. Buildings with a designated Bushfire Prone Area are required to be built in accordance with Australian Standard 3959.Complicated roof lines and other design details where burning embers could lodge. New properties should have a Building design and materials Where landscape and tree retention permits, slab onground construction is preferable to elevated floors with exposed timber frames, as this prevents underfloor spark entry. Low profile building forms are preferred, with simple pitched roofs. Profile the roof with the shape of the terrain. Avoid breaks of slope in the roof line, and roof valleys, where leaves could accumulate and, if ignited, burn rafters or barge boards. Avoid design details which enable sparks to enter the roof space or lodge in crevices. Avoid building materials which catch sparks, such as rough sawn timber, or materials which warp or melt under radiant heat such as aluminium or vinyl cladding. Landscaping and choice of plant material Design the landscape around the house to enable annual fuel reduction and clear up before the fire season.
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