Bushfire Planning Compliance and Certification Works (Level 3 – June 2023)

Bushfire Prone Planning can assist you with your Bushfire Compliance and Certification documentation required to meet your planning approval conditions. Contact our team at Admin@bushfireprone.com.au or 6477 1144....

Bushfire Prone Planning in the North West of WA (Level 3 Works – July 2023)

Our Team has just returned from a week working with the Wunambal Gaambera Aboriginal Corporation and Architect Stephen Vigilante in the far north Kimberley region on bushfire assessments for ranger and campground facility development. This is a stunning and pristine part of the country. The assessments are required accompany Development...

Mike Scott has been selected as an award finalist for the 2024 Fire Protection Industry Awards

Mike Scott (BPP Company Co-Director) has been selected as a finalist for the Ron Coffey Award for Excellence in Bushfire Protection. The awards will be presented at the Fire Australia Conference and Awards Gala Dinner, being held on Wednesday 8 May, at The Event Centre Marquee at The Star Gold...

New State Planning Policy 3.7 – Bushfire – (Sept 2024)

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Bushfire Emergency Plans (Level 3) in Margaret River & City of Busselton (2025)

Bushfire Prone Planning specialises in Bushfire Emergency Plans (Level 3) in support of Short Term Rental Accommodation and BnB in the South West of WA. (City of Busselton/ Shire of Augusta Margaret River) Bushfire Prone Planning can assist you with the planning documentation required for the registration of your existing dwelling...

Kathy Nastov has been selected as a finalist for the Ron Coffey Award for Excellence in Bushfire Protection (2025)

The Fire Protection Industry Awards recognise and award businesses and individuals who lead the professional standard of commitment, excellence, innovation and leadership in the fire protection industry. (Fire Australia Website 2025) Fire Protection Industry Award Finalists for 2025 Kathy Nastov The “Ron Coffey Award for Excellence in Bushfire Protection” isn’t just a recognition;...

Release of the revised DRAFT Bushfire planning policy framework (April – 2023)

The WA State Government has released the draft State Planning Policy 3.7: Bushfire and Planning for Bushfire Guidelines which has been informed by extensive policy development, consultation and testing and is now open for public comment. Significant changes have been made to the policy and supporting guidelines to incorporate a contemporary...

Significant changes have been made in Version 1.4 of the Bushfire Guidelines (Western Australia)

The Western Australian Planning Commission has published Version 1.4 of the Guidelines for Planning in Bushfire Prone Areas. https://www.wa.gov.au/government/document-collections/state-planning-policy-37-planning-bushfire-prone-areas#frequently-asked-questions The changes are effective immediately and planning proposals and applications where State Planning Policy 3.7 Planning in Bushfire Prone Areas applies should be assessed against the updated criteria. However, decision-makers can continue to...

Bushfire Emergency (Evacuation) Planning (Level 3) in Busselton & Margaret River

Bushfire Prone Planning specialises in Bushfire Management Plans (Level 3) in support of Short Stay Holiday Home Accommodation and BnB in the South West of WA. (City of Busselton) Bushfire Prone Planning can assist you with the planning documentation required for the registration of your existing dwelling as Holiday Home Accommodation....

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Bushfire Prone Planning & the City of Kalamunda Community Centre

The new City of Kalamunda Community Centre has recently been completed.  Bushfire Prone Planning completed the bushfire and environmental components underpinning the approvals for this project, which was a tight balance between conservation of environmental assets, especially the retention of valued Black Cockatoo tree habitat, and meeting bushfire requirements.  Bushfire...

Holiday Home Accommodation (Bushfire Plans & BAL’s)

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Level 3 Bushfire Planning for the Coznic Bay Tourism Precinct (WA)

Bushfire Prone Planning are thrilled to be working with the Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation on the Coznic Bay Tourism Precinct. The world class precinct will include the Murujuga Living Knowledge Centre, campgrounds, jetty and day use areas. The project brings together an extensive team of consultants from various disciplines, working closely...

Bushfire Evacuation Planning (Level 3) in Busselton & Bunbury

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Bushfire Evacuation Planning (Level 3) in Margaret River & Augusta

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Bushfire Planning in the City of Busselton – Local Planning Policies

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Bushfire Evacuation Planning (Level 3) in the South West (Western Australia)

Bushfire Prone Planning specialises in Bushfire Management Plans (Level 3) in support of Short Stay Holiday Home Accommodation and BnB in the South West of WA....

Mike Scott to present at ‘Planning Institute of Australia’ (PIA) Event in Busselton

The Planning Institute of Australia is holding a South-West (WA) Event at 'The Fire Station' in Busselton to hear speakers discuss the future of Planning in Bushfire Prone Areas. Mike Scott (Bushfire Prone Planning Company Director) will be a Key Speaker at the Event. Date – Friday 13th March 2020 Venue – The...

Bushfire Evacuation Planning (Level 3) in Abbey Beach & Prevelly

Shire of Augusta - Margaret River & the City of Busselton...

Bushfire Evacuation Planning (Level 3) in Osmington & Eagle Bay

Shire of Augusta - Margaret River & the City of Busselton...

BAL (Bushfire Attack Level) Assessments – Margaret River & Busselton

Bushfire Prone Planning is a bushfire risk management company that prides itself on the ability to offer State-Wide BAL (Bushfire Attack Level) Assessments and Bushfire Management Plans. Just in the past month alone our Margaret River based Bushfire Consultant Mick Whitelaw (BPAD Level 2) has completed Bushfire Risk assessments (BAL's &...

Bushfire Management Plans (BMP’s) – Augusta & Dunsborough

Bushfire Prone Planning is a bushfire risk management company that prides itself on the ability to offer State-Wide Bushfire Management Plans. Just in the past month alone (October 2019) our Margaret River based Bushfire Consultant Mick Whitelaw (BPAD Level 2) has completed Bushfire Risk assessments (Bushfire Management Plans) in Augusta, Flinders...

Short Stay Accommodation (Vulnerable Land Use) in Bushfire Prone Areas (Air BnB)

Thinking of registering your home as Short Stay Accommodation or Air BnB in a Bushfire Prone Area? Contact Bushfire Prone Planning to discuss your requirements for progressing your development application through your Local Government. Bushfire Prone Planning can assist with your Development Application from start to finish – From simple BAL...

Bushfire Consultants Based in Bunbury, Margaret River and Albany

Bushfire Prone Planning Staff are available to assist with your questions regarding the application of the Updated Guidelines for Planning in Bushfire Prone Areas. We also welcome general enquiries regarding a Bushfire Attack Level (BAL) assessment for your next big project or an in depth Bushfire Management Plan (BMP) for...

BAL (Bushfire Attack Level) Assessments – Albany & Denmark

Bushfire Prone Planning is a bushfire risk management company that prides itself on the ability to offer State-Wide BAL (Bushfire Attack Level) Assessments and Bushfire Management Plans. In the past 3 months our Albany based Bushfire Consultant Jason Benson (BPAD Level 1) has completed Bushfire Risk assessments (BAL's & Bushfire Management...