Owners and builders with a block in Victoria's BMO

Where is the block in the overlay?

Free check for a Victorian block in the Bushfire Management Overlay: the clauses your permit must address and who should prepare the bushfire report.

  • Free to read
  • No sign-up until the draft
  • Hands off to the right door
AUSTRALIA

ePlan fills in

  • Bushfire Management Overlay
  • Zone
  • Bushfire prone area
  • Slope

How it works

BMO permit checklist, from one answer

  1. Enter the address and what you're building.
  2. ePlan checks the overlay, zone and slope and lists the clauses to address.
  3. Read the checklist free. Running a business on the block? Start a bushfire evacuation plan.

What you get

BMO permit checklist and 1 more document

The check is free. The paperwork after it is drafted at the Bushfire emergency management and evacuation plan door.

The first draft

BMO permit checklist (free)

  1. Is the BMO on your land?
  2. Planning scheme clauses to address
  3. Bushfire hazard landscape and site assessment
  4. Defendable space and BAL
  5. Water supply and access
  6. Who prepares the report

Modeled on: CFA guidance on planning and the Bushfire Management Overlay; Clause 53.02 of the Victoria Planning Provisions

Next · 2

Bushfire emergency and evacuation plan

  1. Bushfire risk
  2. Triggers to leave
  3. Where to go
  4. Roles

From public data

What ePlan fills in, and from where

Level 2 or 3

BPAD accredited practitioners are who CFA says should prepare reports for the Bushfire Management Overlay
Source: Country Fire Authority (CFA)

Ready for the paperwork?

A bushfire emergency management and evacuation plan for a farm stay, childcare centre, school or venue on bush fire prone land. Free to read.

Bushfire emergency management and evacuation plan →

Questions

Bushfire Management Overlay: what people ask

Who should prepare the bushfire report for the BMO?

CFA says Level 2 or 3 BPAD practitioners should be used to prepare reports that address the requirements of the Bushfire Management Overlay. BPAD is bushfire planning and design accreditation.

Source: cfa.vic.gov.au

Which planning scheme clauses apply?

CFA points applicants to Clauses 13.02-1S, 44.06, 53.02 and 71.03 of the planning scheme. Clause 44.06 is the Bushfire Management Overlay itself.

Source: cfa.vic.gov.au

How do I check if my block is in the BMO?

Search the address in VicPlan, or get a free planning property report, which lists the zone and overlays that apply.

Source: cfa.vic.gov.au

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