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20 results for “flood planning”, most relevant first — recent changes rank higher.

Direction/orderPlanning Circulars · July 7th, 2026
Flooding and land use planning
Outlines flood-related planning policies and their application in planning.…
ChangeHousing SEPP 2021 · 182 · December 12th, 2025
A numbering typo in the list of excluded flood-prone councils was fixed (Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional corrected from "(vii)" to "(xvii)"); the substance of section 182 is unchanged.
flood planning areas, ANEF/ANEC contours, pipeline buffers, deferred and accelerated…
ChangeBiodiversity & Conservation SEPP 2021 · · July 1st, 2026
The requirement to consult Transport for NSW and the planning department for recreation facilities adjoining the River Murray or on flood liable land is being removed from the Chapter 5 consultation table.
planning department where threatened species or the flood planning area…
ChangeHousing SEPP 2021 · 182 · November 28th, 2025
New section 182 defines the land across NSW where Chapter 7 of the Housing SEPP applies, with a long list of excluded areas and hazard zones.
This newly inserted provision sets the geographic scope for Chapter…
Direction/orderMinisterial Directions · July 1st, 2026
Flooding
Flood proposals must follow flood policy and avoid unsafe rezoning…
ChangeBiodiversity & Conservation SEPP 2021 · · July 1st, 2026
A consultation requirement (Transport for NSW and the planning department) for "bank and/or bed work" along the River Murray has been removed from the Planning Control and Consultation Table.
In the River Murray lands chapter, the Planning Control and…
ChangeBiodiversity & Conservation SEPP 2021 · · July 1st, 2026
A consultation requirement for public utility undertaking development in the River Murray planning table (item 21) is removed, dropping the trigger to consult Transport for NSW and the planning department.
In the River Murray lands chapter, the Planning Control and…
ChangeBiodiversity & Conservation SEPP 2021 · · July 1st, 2026
The consultation requirement for waste disposal facilities in the Murray River planning control table is being removed, but the change is not yet in force.
In the River Murray lands chapter, the Planning Control and…
ChangeBiodiversity & Conservation SEPP 2021 · · July 1st, 2026
The requirement to consult Transport for NSW and the Department when assessing a wetland subdivision along the River Murray has been removed from the Planning Control and Consultation Table.
Planning, Industry and Environment where the development was likely to significantly affect threatened species and was in the flood…
ChangeBiodiversity & Conservation SEPP 2021 · · July 1st, 2026
Removes the requirement to consult Transport for NSW and the planning department when assessing wetland filling, dredging, draining or clearing under the Murray River REP.
Planning, Industry and Environment where the development is likely to significantly affect threatened species and is in the flood…
ChangeBiodiversity & Conservation SEPP 2021 · · July 1st, 2026
A consultation requirement for tourist related facility development along the River Murray (item 27 of the s 5.12 table) has been removed, but the change has not yet commenced.
Section 5.12 of Chapter 5 (River Murray lands) contains a…
ChangeCodes SEPP 2008 · 3BA.6 · July 16th, 2025
A new clause 3BA.6 lists the development types that cannot be treated as complying development under this code in Part 3BA.
The Codes SEPP has added clause 3BA.6, which carves out…
Direction/orderLEP Making Guideline · July 1st, 2026
Flood Risk and Water Management
Flood assessment and water management strategy may be needed for…
Direction/orderLEP Making Guideline · July 1st, 2026
Further studies, assessment and consultation requirements
List the technical studies and consultation the proposal will require…
ChangeBiodiversity & Conservation SEPP 2021 · Schedule 4 · March 6th, 2026
The Chapter 5 dictionary in the Biodiversity and Conservation SEPP was tidied up — obsolete agency abbreviations and several redundant definitions were removed, in force from 6 March 2026.
This is a housekeeping update to Schedule 4, the dictionary…
Direction/orderLEP Making Guideline · July 1st, 2026
Consultation guidance for planning proposals
Table of agencies and triggers for consultation during LEP making…
ChangeBiodiversity & Conservation SEPP 2021 · Part 6.2 · July 1st, 2026
The mandatory requirement (old section 6.10) for consent authorities to consult adjacent and downstream councils about regulated catchment development with likely adverse environmental impacts is being repealed — but this change is not yet operative.
Within Part 6.2 (Development in regulated catchments), section 6.10 "Total…
ChangeCodes SEPP 2008 · 3BA.6 · August 29th, 2025
Clause 3BA.6 no longer excludes certain Housing SEPP (Chapter 2, Part 2, Division 1) development from being complying development under this code.
This clause lists the types of development that cannot be…
ChangeTransport & Infrastructure SEPP 2021 · 2.107 · December 12th, 2025
The exempt development rules for monitoring stations have been rewritten to apply anywhere (subject to standards) with new footprint, height and visual-impact criteria, replacing the old zone-restricted test.
Section 2.107 has been completely substituted. Previously, a monitoring station…
ChangeCodes SEPP 2008 · Division 1 · August 29th, 2025
The Codes SEPP dropped the exclusion (clause 3B.2(h)) that stopped Low Rise Housing Diversity Code development covered by the Housing SEPP from being complying development, effective 29 August 2025.
Clause 3B.2 lists development that cannot be done as complying…

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