2016-07-18 General Committee Meeting - Item 3 - Attachment 1 - Flood Management Plan

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        Planning
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Whilst flood studies, flood mapping and flood data                9.1 Noosa Planning Scheme
collection inform our understanding of the flooding
characteristics of the region it is the organisation’s planning   The most visible application of planning and policy for
and policy positions that define the response.                    flooding is presented from within the Noosa Planning
                                                                  Scheme (The Noosa Plan 2006). The Planning Scheme
Council’s Development Assessment Unit is responsible for          includes provisions in the Natural Hazards Overlay Code
the assessment of development applications and supporting         for:
information such as flood models and associated reporting
                                                                  •   minimum floor levels;
which may be submitted by an applicant in response to the
provisions of the Planning Scheme.                                •   filling and excavations in flood hazard areas;
                                                                  •   storage of hazardous materials with regards to
Flood management covers a diverse range of responsibilities
                                                                      flooding;
and council stakeholders and hence it remains important
for these functions to be overseen and coordinated by             •   design requirements for flood resilience with regards
a clearly identifiable representative or a collective of              to flood immunity relating to essential infrastructure,
representatives which may meet under the banner of an                 community uses, subdivisions, residential and non-
internal flooding working group. Such representation                  residential buildings
would serve to rationalise competing demands from                 •   disaster management and evacuation;
across the organisation, actively promote the sharing of
                                                                  •   ensuring development on the floodplain does not
information, and identify opportunities for mutual benefit
                                                                      impact on the floodplain characteristics and flood
whilst avoiding duplication and conflicts.
                                                                      capacity or downstream properties; and
                                                                  •   considering current and future climate conditions.

                                                                  The Natural Hazard: Landslide and Flooding Overlay
                                                                  series of maps depict a Flood Hazard Area for flood prone
                                                                  locations. The flood hazard area typically represents the
                                                                  extents of a 1% AEP flood event. Developments proposed
                                                                  within the flood hazard area of the Overlay are required
                                                                  to address the relevant provisions of the Natural Hazard
                                                                  Overlay Code and respond to the requirements outlined in
                                                                  Planning Scheme Policy 01.




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