Draft Lismore Flood Risk Management Plan

Lismore City Council is exhibiting its draft Flood Risk Management Plan, which provides a short-to-medium-term plan to manage flood risk in the Lismore urban area. The goal of the Plan is to enhance community safety and manage the impacts of flooding through a combination of preventative, preparatory and responsive measures.

What is a Flood Risk Management Plan?

Under the NSW Government’s Flood Prone Land Policy, Councils are responsible for managing flood affected areas to help reduce risk to people and property.

The Plan includes information on flood risk across Lismore’s urban area, and includes a range of measures to improve risk through property modification, flood response and flood behaviour modification. It also includes an implementation plan that Council will enact over the coming years to improve and manage flood risk.

The Flood Risk Management Plan follows on from the Flood Risk Management Study, completed in 2021.

Why is the Flood Risk Management Plan being updated?

It is recommended that flood studies and plans are updated at least every five years or following major flood events. Council’s most recent Flood Risk Management Plan is from 2014, and there have been three major flood events since this time. The new Plan is based on updated modelling and provides a more accurate reflection of flood risk in the Lismore urban area.

Upcoming Updates to the Flood Risk Management Plan

Due to concurrent work being undertaken by CSIRO through the Northern Rivers Resilience Initiative, the Flood Risk Management Plan will be reviewed and updated following the completion of CSIRO’s modelling and flood mitigation investigations, scheduled for 2026.

Have Your Say

1. Read the draft Flood Risk Management Plan.
2. Share your thoughts by:
   • Making a submission below
   • Writing a letter to Council at PO Box 23A, Lismore, NSW 2480
   • Emailing us at council@lismore.nsw.gov.au.

Submissions close 5.00pm, 7 July 2024.

All submissions, including any personal information contained therein, will become publicly available documents and will be made available on Council’s website, in accordance with the provisions of the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009.