Baw Baw Shire Council has extended the exhibition and submission period for a proposed amendment to the Baw Baw Planning Scheme to update flood maps for existing overlay controls until Thursday 1 September.
Amendment C144 – Baw Baw Flood Mapping Update proposes to amend the maps for the Floodway Overlay (FO) and Land Subject to Inundation Overlay (LSIO), both of which are designed to ensure flood risk and community safety in flood prone areas is appropriately managed.
The proposed Amendment will update the FO and LSIO maps to reflect the existing flood modelling information already held by the West Gippsland Catchment Management Authority and Melbourne Water.
The initial exhibition period for the proposed Amendment ran for 8-weeks from Thursday 10 March to Friday 6 May 2022, with submissions from impacted residents welcomed during this time.
At the Council Meeting held on Wednesday 27 July, following submissions from a number of residents, Council moved to extend the exhibition and submission period for a further four weeks, and to hold an additional information session for residents to provide an overview and the impacts of the Amendment.
The facilitated session will be held on Tuesday 23 August, from 5:30pm -7pm at the West Gippsland Arts Centre, Fountain Room. Council officers, representatives of the West Gippsland Catchment Management Authority and Melbourne Water will be in attendance.
The session will provide an opportunity for attendees to ask questions, seek clarifications and express any concerns they may have relating to the Amendment.
Council encourages all interested residents to register their attendance and submit their questions ahead of the session via Eventbrite.
About the consultation process
Residents are invited to view the proposed changes and make submissions in writing by 5pm on Thursday 1 September.
