The State Planning Commission has commenced Public Consultation on the State-wide Bushfire Hazards Overlay Code Amendment and are seeking your feedback.

The purpose of this is to update South Australia's Bushfire Hazard Mapping and Planning Rules to respond to recent bushfire events and the worsening effects of climate change.

What's being decided?

The State Planning Commission are seeking your feedback on proposed changes to the bushfire hazard mapping and overlays in the Planning and Design Code.

The State-wide Bushfire Hazards Overlay Code Amendment proposes to:

• review and update the mapping and policy framework of the current six bushfire hazard overlays
• deliver improved policy within the Code
• ensure the right measures are in place to keep our state’s people, property, infrastructure, economy and environments as safe as possible.

They want to better reflect bushfire hazards across the state and introduce new rules to help save lives and build more climate-resilient communities.

Consultation closes at 5pm on 8 March 2024. A Community Information session will be held in February 2024.

Further information can be found here: Updating South Australia's Bushfire Hazard Mapping and Planning Rules | YourSAy

An interactive map of the proposed changes can be viewed here: plus.geodata.sa.gov.au/bushfire/index.html

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