Draft Development Control Plan – Flood Chapter

Draft Development Control Plan – Flood Chapter

At its meeting of 14 August 2024 Council resolved to place the Draft Development Control Plan – Flood Chapter on public exhibition for a period of 28 days.

A copy of this Plan can be viewed by clicking on the name of the Plan listed above.

A review of the Moree Floodplain Management Plan in 2021 recommended that the development controls for flood prone land in Moree Development Control Plan 2013 (DCP) be updated. The review of the DCP Flood Chapter is consistent with the flood risk management framework in the NSW Flood Risk Management Manual 2023.

https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/research-and-publications/publications-search/flood-risk-management-manual

The new format DCP chapter includes flood controls for different types of development and flood hazard categories. A matrix of flood controls by development type is provided for ease of identifying the requirements for specific developments.

Period of Exhibition: The Draft Development Control Plan Flood Chapter will be on exhibition for 28 Days, from Thursday 29 August 2024 until Thursday 26 September 2024.

A hard copy of the Plan is available from Council’s customer service centres, level 2 30 Heber Street, Moree.

Your feedback and comments are welcomed and can be submitted to the General Manager, Moree Plains Shire Council, PO Box 420, Moree NSW 2400. Comments can also be submitted to Council by email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Please note that submissions may be disclosed to Councillors, council officers, consultants to Council, or members of the public in accordance with Section 18(1)(b) of the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998. Submissions, summaries of submissions, and names and addresses of persons making submissions may also be included in publicly available reports relating to the development application. Under the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009, Council must also allow inspection of any submissions it receives and allow persons to make copies.

However, if you consider that disclosure of your place of living would put your or your family’s personal safety at risk, you can apply to Council under Section 739 of the Local Government Act 1993 which requires that requests for protection of privacy be made in writing to the General Manager. The request is to give particulars of the relevant risk to the person and is to be verified by a statutory declaration by the person making the request or by some other person.

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Further enquiries in relation to this Policy should be directed to Darryl Fitzgerald on (02) 6757 3222.