FAQs
What is a Bushfire Prone Area?
Bushfire Prone Areas (BPA) are areas that are subject to or likely to be subject to bushfires. Since November 2011 the Minister for Planning has formally designated BPAs under the Building Act. Specific construction and planning requirements apply to development in a BPA.
Bushfire Prone Areas include grasslands and other vegetation types, and therefore include most of the State of Victoria except for some urban areas.
See Bushfire Prone Areas in Manningham on the map below.