What is the purpose of the flooding investigation and the resulting planning controls?
The flooding investigation and new planning controls (Technical standard 3- Nov 2009 ) guide development of land in areas subject to flooding in the Willoughby City Local Government Area (LGA), pending the completion of Floodplain Risk Management Studies for each of the catchments comprising the overall drainage system. The broad objectives of the new planning controls are to: • Provide controls for the assessment of applications on land in flood prone areas. • Alert the community to the potential hazards and extent of land affected by flooding. • Inform the community of Council’s policy in relation to the use and development of land in flood prone areas in the Willoughby City LGA. • Reduce the risk to human life and damage to property caused by flooding through controlling development in flood prone areas.
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