Draft Lachlan Valley Floodplain Management Plan: Stage 1 public consultation

Have your say on key elements of the plan

The department is seeking your comments on key elements that will be used to prepare the draft Lachlan Valley Floodplain Management Plan.

The Report to assist Stage 1 public consultation provides information that can assist with completing this submission form.

We recommend reading the report and looking at the Stage 1 interactive spatial map prior to or while completing this form.

To provide feedback on the maps shown in the report, you can:

1. take a screenshot of the relevant area/s displayed on the interactive spatial map

2. use a drawing tool to illustrate or refer to the area shown in written feedback

3. save the screenshot of the map as an image file and attach it to your submission.

Enquiries and assistance: floodplain.planning@dpie.nsw.gov.au

Please submit this form by: 11:59 pm (AEST) on Sunday, 19 April 2026.

Privacy and confidentiality

All submissions, including maps, received by the NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water will be reviewed and summarised in a What we heard report that will be published on the department’s website.

The department values your input and accepts that information you provide may be private and personal. Submissions, including maps, received by the department will be made available on request. We will make every effort to redact personal and identifying information (your name will be published if you provide us with permission to do so).

Your information will be handled by the department in accordance with the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998. Any personal information you provide in completing this form will only be used to inform the development of the Lachlan Valley Floodplain Management Plan. We will not use or disclose the information for any other purpose, unless required or authorised to do so.

If you would like to know more about how the department meets its obligations in collecting, storing, using and sharing personal information, you can read our complete Privacy Policy or Privacy Management Plan. 

If you wish to view or amend the information held by us, you can email us at floodplain.planning@dpie.nsw.gov.au, or contact the department’s privacy officer on 02 8275 1095 or at privacy.dcceew@environment.nsw.gov.au.

Important information about this form

You cannot save a draft of this form and access it later—you will need to create and submit the form in one session.

The fields marked with an asterisk * are mandatory and must be completed to submit the form.

After you have submitted your form, a copy of the submission will be sent to your email address.

If you have any questions about the submission form, please email: floodplain.planning@dpie.nsw.gov.au

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Local variances from default rules

Floodplain management plans follow a default rule set which determines what can be assessed and approved as a flood work. These rule sets fall into two main categories depending on the location of the work:

Floodways and areas of ecological, heritage or Aboriginal cultural significance – flood works in these areas will be restricted to specific types essential for the protection of life and property, or improvement of the floodplain.
Inundation extent and flood fringe – all flood work types are permitted, subject to conditions and assessment criteria.

There are some specific aspects of the rule set that can be tailored to account for local conditions and needs (Refer to Section 3.7 in the Report to assist Stage 1 public consultation for more information).

Do you have any comments on the types of flood works that should be permitted within a floodway? (Refer to Table 1 in the Report to assist Stage 1 public consultation.)

Do you have any comments on an appropriate maximum height (10 to 50 cm above the natural surface level) for standard access roads within a floodway? (See Section 3.7.2 in the Report to assist Stage 1 public consultation.)

Do you have any comments on an appropriate maximum height (10 to 50 cm above the natural surface level) for primary access roads within a floodway? (See Section 3.7.2 in the Report to assist Stage 1 public consultation.)

Draft Lachlan Valley Floodplain Management Plan: Stage 1 public consultation

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