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Designated Bushfire Prone Area (BPA) Simplified

Created 05/05/2025

Updated 05/05/2025

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Generalised version at 1:100:000 scale with the LGA boundaries dissolved of the BUSHFIRE_PRONE_AREA dataset. Polygon features identify designated Bushfire Prone Areas where specific bushfire building construction requirements apply. The municipal areas of Melbourne, Yarra, Maribyrnong, Moonee Valley, Darebin, Boroondara, Stonnington, Glen Eira, Moreland, Port Phillip and Bayside do not have any designated bushfire prone areas. The original boundaries were gazetted on 7 Sep 2011. Changes to the boundaries have been gazetted on 25 Oct 2012, 8 Oct 2013, 30 Dec 2013, 3 June 2014, 22 Oct 2014, 19 August 2015, 21 April 2016, 18 October 2016, 02 June 2017, 06 November 2017, 16 May 2018, 16 Oct 2018, 4 Apr 2019, 10 Sep 2019, 24 March 2020, 7 September 2020, 25 January 2021, 6 July 2021, 18 March 2022, 17 August 2022, 20 April 2023, 15 December 2023, 10 September 2024 Bushfire prone areas (BPA) of Victoria review 23, gazetted 10/09/2024. The BPA map depicts locations where new buildings, alterations and/or additions must meet the ‘bushfire prone area’ requirements of the National Construction Code and a minimum Bushfire Attack Level (BAL) 12.5 construction standard (Section 192A Building Act 1993 – Bushfire Prone Areas determination, and construction requirements of the Building Regulations 2018). This data set has been simplified using ArcGIS Pro 3.0.0 - Generalize Tool with a 50m tolerance.

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Title Designated Bushfire Prone Area (BPA) Simplified
Language English
Licence Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia
Landing Page https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/afbfa2b5-4083-4d9d-b547-92bf321f5446
Remote Last Updated 03/04/2025
Contact Point
Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
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Reference Period 09/09/2024
Geospatial Coverage http://www.ga.gov.au/place-names/PlaceDetails.jsp?submit1=GA7
Data Portal data.gov.au

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This dataset was originally found on Victoria Government "Designated Bushfire Prone Area (BPA) Simplified". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/designated-bushfire-prone-area-bpa-simplified

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