The Department of Environment, Land, Water & Planning has announced that Minister for Planning Richard Wynne MP has approved the recommendations for bushfire-prone areas (BPA 7) and made a new determination that Specified Areas are Designated Bushfire-Prone Areas.

The notice was published in the Government Gazette Thursday 21 April 2016.

Following the update of the BPA online map the document will be viewable at www.land.vic.gov.au.