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In most cases you should be able to develop a flood affected property as long as you follow planning requirements to manage flood risk.

Chapter E13 of our Development Control Plan PDF, 1824.81 KB explains the local flood-related planning controls.

Our Development Control Plan refers to the 1% AEP flood level, the Probable Maximum Flood (PMF) level, and the flood risk precincts. You will need to get this information for your property when you prepare a development application. See the 'How to get flood information' section of this page for details.

Advice about the development potential of flood affected property

You should get advice from a suitably qualified consultant engineer with experience in hydraulics and floodplain management to confirm what development could potentially be done on a property. They will generally need the following information before they can provide you with advice: