Public Exhibition Commences and Online Information Session

Council at its Ordinary meeting of Thursday the 23rd of September 2021 resolved to publicly exhibit the draft Middle Creek Flood Study, draft Middle Creek Floodplain Risk Management Study and Plan, the draft updated flood mapping datasets. and minor amendments to Coffs Harbour Development Control Plan (DCP) 2015.

The draft Middle Creek Flood Study provides a new flood model for the Middle Creek catchment that incorporates advances in numerical modelling techniques and technology, updated topographic survey and rainfall data, and a major update to the national guideline for flood estimation (Australian Rainfall and Runoff). The draft Middle Creek Floodplain Risk Management Study and Plan provides a detailed assessment of the impact of flooding on the community and evaluates a range of management options to control or mitigate flood risk.

As the new flood study and floodplain risk management study has redefined the 1% Annual Exceedance Probability (AEP), also known as the 100-year Annual Recurrence Interval (100 year ARI) flood extent and Flood Planning Area for the Middle Creek catchment, Council’s online flood mapping datasets need to be updated. The update to these datasets also includes some minor housekeeping updates to the 1% AEP (100 year ARI) flood extent, the Flood Planning Area and the Indicative Planning Area in other areas of the LGA to improve the accuracy of the mapping.

As a consequence of the completion of the Middle Creek Flood Study, a minor amendment is also required to Part E4 Flooding of Coffs Harbour Development Control Plan (DCP) 2015.

The exhibition period is from Thursday 30th of September 2021 to close of business Monday 1st of November 2021. All related information can be viewed in the document library on this web page.

An online information session will be held on Thursday the 14th of October 2021 at 5pm. To sign up to the session please email simon.pierotti@chcc.nsw.gov.au