Bush Fire Prone Land Map
A bush fire prone area contains or is near vegetation that could come under bush fire attack.
What does it mean to be in a bush fire prone area?
New development in these areas is subject to the controls of Planning for Bush Fire Protection 2019. It must be designed to improve the survivability of the development and the occupants that are exposed to a bush fire hazard.
How do I find out if my property is in a bush fire prone area?
NSW Rural Fire Service Bush fire prone land tool
The bush fire prone land online mapping tool ("Tool") has been created using NSW Local Council’s bush fire prone maps and is designed to identify if your property is designated as bush fire prone. The Tool is provided by the NSW Rural Fire Service (NSW RFS).
Click here for the online mapping tool
The map of Hornsby Shire below helps identify bush fire prone land.
Note: Any areas coloured yellow, red or orange on the bush fire Prone Land Map are considered to be bush fire prone land. However, the map does not specify the bush fire risk or bush fire Attack Level (BAL) rating. For further information concerning the BAL rating please refer to the NSW Rural Fire Service website.
A property described as “a bush fire Prone Property” or “a parcel of land within a designated bush fire prone area” may be only partly in a bush fire Prone Land zone. For clarity refer to detailed bush fire Prone Land Mapping available for viewing on the Council’s Mapping System and RFS bush fire Prone Mapping Tool.
Frequently Asked Questions
Bush fire prone land is land that falls within, or partially within, a bush fire prone area which can support a bush fire, or is likely to be subject to bush fire attack. Further, the map includes a buffer of up to 100 metres adjacent to areas of high bush fire hazard and a 30m buffer adjacent to areas of medium to low bush fire hazard. Because of this buffer, you may have land which has no bush designated as being bush fire prone.
Planning for Bush Fire Protection 2019 requires that certain measures be met in order to make a building less likely to be subject to damage or destruction from bush fires. It is not the intention of Planning for Bush Fire Protection 2019 to prevent the development of land in bush fire prone areas, however, in order to provide adequate protection from bush fires, it may be necessary to modify the style, construction material or siting of a building.
Land identified as being bush fire prone is not necessarily excluded from the State Environmental Planning Policy (Exempt and Complying Development Codes) 2008 (Codes SEPP). Under the Codes SEPP, some development can be undertaken on low risk bush fire prone land. You may wish to contact an Accredited Bush Fire Consultant to assist with advice.
You can use the mapping tool above or visit the NSW RFS building in a bush fire area section or contact a bush fire consultant (for more information see Fire Protection Association Australia, Bush Fire Planning and Design (BPAD) Accredited Practitioners.
Can you spare a moment for some feedback?
Council is seeking feedback regarding the web mapping application's functionality and useability. Please click on the link below to fill out a survey and send us your feedback.
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Contact Us
For more information please contact Council’s Duty Planner on 9847 6760.
